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Doctor’s death shows risk of fake news crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2020
» HONG KONG: Governments across Asia are stepping up arrests over a growing scourge of misinformation related to the coronavirus outbreak, even as outrage grows in China over how early virus whistleblowers were punished for spreading falsehoods after one of the doctors passed away.
Hong Kong protesters rehearse ‘anti-communist march’
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/01/2020
» HONG KONG: Thousands of people gathered in a square in Hong Kong’s city centre on Sunday afternoon in a pre-march assembly for a rally scheduled for next week that organisers describe as “universal siege on communists.”
Singapore govt again uses fake news law on opposition
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: The Singapore government again invoked its recently enacted law against false information, ordering the opposition party to correct social-media and website posts about local employment rates.
Cambodia warns of coup as neighbours detain exiles
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2019
» SINGAPORE: Cambodia has sent troops to its border and called on neighbouring countries to arrest exiled dissidents after accusing them of plotting a coup as the European Union reviews trade privileges that are essential to the economy.
Future Forward says attorney-general to drop computer crimes case
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/10/2019
» The opposition Future Forward Party said on Tuesday that the attorney-general had decided against indicting its leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit on computer crimes charges.
Singapore leader’s wife defends his 7-figure pay on Facebook
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/08/2019
» SINGAPORE: Ho Ching, who is married to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, took to Facebook to defend her husband’s pay, which looks higher than those of many government leaders.
Boat-sinking Indonesian minister dares Zuckerberg to paddle board race
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2019
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian minister known for sinking foreign vessels intruding into the country’s waters has challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a race after the Facebook Inc founder posted a picture of himself paddling on Lake Tahoe.
Hundreds of flights cancelled as attendants strike in Taiwan
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/06/2019
» BEIJING: A flight attendants strike has forced Taiwan’s EVA Airways Corp to cancel hundreds of flights, just as the peak summer vacation season starts to get under way.
Grab said to be eyeing Bangkok-based startup
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/06/2019
» Singapore ride-hailing giant Grab held talks to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte and was turned down, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of the ambitions Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup has in financial services.
Amnesty urges US to press Vietnam on rights as arrests rise
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/05/2019
» HANOI: Vietnam is increasingly jailing “prisoners of conscience” for comments made on social media platforms such as Facebook Inc, Amnesty International said, urging the US to challenge the government over the growing arrests during talks this week.