The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network delivered a statement to Singapore’s embassy urging that Kalwant Singh’s execution be suspended to allow him an opportunity to file for clemency. Source link
Read More »Why is Malaysia seeing a rise in data leaks, and what is the government doing to stop it?
Security breaches occurred as the pandemic thrust Malaysia onto the path of accelerated digitisation amid extended lockdowns and movement curbs that prompted a surge in remote working and e-commerce. Source link
Read More »China seeks to bolster position in Southeast Asia
The visit will start in Myanmar, which Wang will be the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit since last year’s coup. Source link
Read More »Malaysia’s Mahathir ‘proud’ Malaysia-born Australian Wong is Canberra’s FM
Mahathir said in 2004 that Australia could not join an East Asian diplomatic group because ‘they are Europeans, they cannot be Asians’; now, soon after Australian FM Penny Wong visited Malaysia, where she was born, he said all nations will be multiracial. Source link
Read More »Asian expats still see Hong Kong as a ‘land of opportunities’
Amid a Western exodus, expats from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand share why they remain confident in the city’s future – even if Covid curbs are a major turn-off. Source link
Read More »Malaysia’s role pressuring Myanmar junta praised by UN human rights expert
Tom Andrews urged 10-member bloc Asean to follow Malaysia’s lead and move from non-interference to ‘non-indifference’ in Myanmar, with much more needing to be done to avoid more death and suffering. Source link
Read More »Syed Saddiq faced political ‘pressure’, his parents say in Malaysia graft trial
Parents of the former youth minister, who was sacked from PPBM for objecting to the party’s defection in 2020, say he is a ‘political victim’. Source link
Read More »Indonesia looks to offload its surplus chickens on Singapore
Indonesia produces 55 million to 60 million chickens per week and currently has a surplus. Singapore has been scrambling to find alternative supply sources since Malaysia restricted poultry exports. Source link
Read More »Why Malaysia is bracing for a fresh influx of Rohingya refugees
Over 600 Rohingya were arrested trying to reach Malaysia in the past seven months – and activists say desperate conditions in Myanmar and Bangladesh are forcing more to risk the perilous sea voyage. Source link
Read More »Shock as Iraq jails British man for 15 years over smuggling artefacts
An Iraqi court has jailed British retiree Jim Fitton for trying to smuggle antiquities he found on holiday, a judgment his family called ‘tantamount to a death sentence’. Source link
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