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Singapore parliament passes online fake news law
Published on 09/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's parliament passed a controversial bill late Wednesday aimed at combating fake news online, amid strong concerns from rights groups and journalists that it will further curtail freedom of expression and speech in the city-state.
Indonesia ends identification of Lion Air plane crash victims
Published on 23/11/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities on Friday ended the process of trying to identify the 189 victims of last month's Lion Air jetliner crash in the Java Sea, with two-thirds of them being confirmed on the basis of recovered remains.
7.5 yrs jail for female would-be suicide bomber
Kyodo News, Published on 28/08/2017
» JAKARTA -- A Jakarta court has sentenced a 28-year-old woman convicted of planning to carry out a suicide bombing at the Indonesian presidential palace in December to seven years and six months in prison, her lawyer said late Sunday.