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In a press statement earlier this month, SUARAM, a human rights NGO based in Malaysia, dismissed the idea mooted by several elite members of Malaysian society to form a unity council that will “establish guidelines” for a “national recalibration”. The proposed council is the second incarnation of the first...
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FAM investigates the tangled web of corruption that is the Obama Department of Justice and the Malaysian government. See separate coverage on Leonardo di Caprio and the 1MDB Malaysian corruption scandal here. (Reuters) – Malaysia will sign a contract to purchase Littoral Mission Ships from China when Prime Minister Najib Razak...
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(Yibada) – The Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), an NGO in Cambodia, is investigating the activities of foreign pedophiles in the poor Asian country. It has found that Asian men, including male Chinese, are customers of the thriving virgin trade in Phnom Penh. Pimps initially identify and train very...
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(TR Emeritus) – At a forum organised by the Economic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Management University (SMU) held yesterday (27 Oct), several experts have suggested that Singapore’s golden decade could possibly be over because of the lack of innovation and low productivity growth. Commentary: The golden era of...
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According to Community Action Network (CAN), a Singapore-based NGO, blogger Amos Yee, who was imprisoned on charges of “wounding religious feelings” of Christians and Muslims in an online YouTube video, has been transferred from maximum security prison to a medium security facility. Yee began serving a 6-week prison term on...
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(Brunei Times) – Brunei is the most improved economy in the world for the second year running according to the World Bank’s latest report which measures the efficiency and regulation of domestic businesses, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office (EIDPMO) said yesterday. Brunei: Most improved economy...
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(Tuoi Tre News) – U.S. Pacific Command Commander, Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., paid a three-day visit to Vietnam that concluded on Friday, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. Adm. Harris’s visit to Vietnam from October 26 to 28 included meetings with a number of Vietnamese military officers and government...
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(The World Bulletin) The Cambodian government has given the green light for three more refugees detained by Australia on the South Pacific island of Nauru to be resettled in Cambodia. The Cambodia Daily on Friday quoted refugee official Tan Sovichea as saying that the paperwork has been approved by...
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(NDTV) – As India’s purchasing power and geopolitical influence increases, Pakistan risks increasing global isolation when it comes to purchase of high-tech defence items, an American think-tank has said. “Over the long term, Pakistan may be unable to access the most advanced weapons systems in the global marketplace. Instead,...
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(AFP) – China’s ruling Communist Party declared its General Secretary Xi Jinping the “core” of its leadership on Thursday, elevating his already powerful status. A communique issued by top party leaders after a four-day meeting in Beijing called on all its members to “closely unite around the CPC Central...
In a press statement earlier this month, SUARAM, a human rights NGO based in Malaysia, dismissed the idea mooted by several elite members of Malaysian society to form a unity council that will “establish guidelines” for a “national recalibration”. The proposed council is the second incarnation of the first...
FAM investigates the tangled web of corruption that is the Obama Department of Justice and the Malaysian government. See separate coverage on Leonardo di Caprio and the 1MDB Malaysian corruption scandal here. (Reuters) – Malaysia will sign a contract to purchase Littoral Mission Ships from China when Prime Minister Najib Razak...
(Yibada) – The Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), an NGO in Cambodia, is investigating the activities of foreign pedophiles in the poor Asian country. It has found that Asian men, including male Chinese, are customers of the thriving virgin trade in Phnom Penh. Pimps initially identify and train very...
(TR Emeritus) – At a forum organised by the Economic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Management University (SMU) held yesterday (27 Oct), several experts have suggested that Singapore’s golden decade could possibly be over because of the lack of innovation and low productivity growth. Commentary: The golden era of...
According to Community Action Network (CAN), a Singapore-based NGO, blogger Amos Yee, who was imprisoned on charges of “wounding religious feelings” of Christians and Muslims in an online YouTube video, has been transferred from maximum security prison to a medium security facility. Yee began serving a 6-week prison term on...
(Brunei Times) – Brunei is the most improved economy in the world for the second year running according to the World Bank’s latest report which measures the efficiency and regulation of domestic businesses, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office (EIDPMO) said yesterday. Brunei: Most improved economy...
(Tuoi Tre News) – U.S. Pacific Command Commander, Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., paid a three-day visit to Vietnam that concluded on Friday, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. Adm. Harris’s visit to Vietnam from October 26 to 28 included meetings with a number of Vietnamese military officers and government...
(The World Bulletin) The Cambodian government has given the green light for three more refugees detained by Australia on the South Pacific island of Nauru to be resettled in Cambodia. The Cambodia Daily on Friday quoted refugee official Tan Sovichea as saying that the paperwork has been approved by...
(NDTV) – As India’s purchasing power and geopolitical influence increases, Pakistan risks increasing global isolation when it comes to purchase of high-tech defence items, an American think-tank has said. “Over the long term, Pakistan may be unable to access the most advanced weapons systems in the global marketplace. Instead,...
(AFP) – China’s ruling Communist Party declared its General Secretary Xi Jinping the “core” of its leadership on Thursday, elevating his already powerful status. A communique issued by top party leaders after a four-day meeting in Beijing called on all its members to “closely unite around the CPC Central...