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Sanctions-hit Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi owned luxury condo in Tokyo
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/11/2025
» KYODO — The chairman of a Cambodia-based conglomerate indicted by US authorities over alleged large-scale investment fraud and money laundering had acquired a luxury property in Tokyo as his residence, Japanese corporate registration documents showed on Monday.
Singapore ties to alleged Cambodian scam ring under spotlight
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/10/2025
» SINGAPORE — The alleged head of a Cambodian criminal ring and his associates set up a family office in Singapore that claimed to receive tax breaks, while also building relationships with firms backed by state investor Temasek Holdings Pte and spending millions on properties in the city-state.
'We need aid': rescuers in quake-hit Myanmar city plead for help
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» MANDALAY — Exhausted, overwhelmed rescuers in Myanmar's second-biggest city pleaded for help Saturday as they struggled to free hundreds of people trapped in buildings destroyed by a devastating earthquake.
Singapore wealth flows face renewed scrutiny in superhacker case
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2024
» SINGAPORE- Before he was arrested this month for allegedly running what is likely the world's largest cybercrime computer network, Wang Yunhe enjoyed a lavish lifestyle in Singapore.
Lhasa building boom heightens divisions in Tibet
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» LHASA - Under towering mountains, cranes and newly-built blocks of flats stretch up to blue skies around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, as a construction boom creates a two-tier system of property wealth between state workers and everyone else.
Storm Elsa moving on Florida after battering Cuba
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» MIAMI - After battering Cuba with drenching rain and strong winds, tropical storm Elsa was moving towards Florida late Tuesday, where it was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as rescue workers pressed on with their search of the debris of a Miami condominium that collapsed almost two weeks ago.
Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block to be demolished overnight
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - The remaining section of the collapsed apartment block in Surfside, Florida will be demolished overnight between 10:00pm (0200 GMT) and 3:00 am, the county mayor said Sunday, with the confirmed death toll at 24, and 121 people missing.
Tropical storm Elsa lashing Haiti with gusty winds
AFP, Published on 04/07/2021
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Elsa was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday afternoon as it churned off southern Haiti, battering the area with hurricane conditions.
Florida building collapse toll rises to 22
AFP, Published on 03/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - Two more victims were found in the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment building in Florida on Friday, bringing the death toll from last week's tragedy to 22, with 126 people still unaccounted for, officials said.
Biden heads to Florida condo collapse site, death toll at 18
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - President Joe Biden headed to Florida Thursday to meet with families heartbroken by the collapse of a beachfront condo building a week ago, as hopes of finding survivors in the rubble all but vanished.