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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.
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2 Japanese men arrested in Cambodia for allegedly killing taxi driver
Published on 18/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Two Japanese men in their 20s were arrested in Cambodia late on Sunday on suspicion of killing a taxi driver in the country's north, a local police official said.
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Malaysia pardon board to meet on Wednesday
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is expected to be released soon after the Royal Pardon Board meets on Wednesday, his party said Monday, putting him in position to become prime minister just as soon as he can secure a seat in parliament.
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Myanmar soldiers jailed for killing civilians in rare trial
Associated Press, Published on 21/01/2018
» BANGKOK: A Myanmar military tribunal has sentenced six soldiers to 10 years in prison with hard labour for killing three civilians in war-torn Kachin state, officials said Saturday, in a move welcomed by rights groups.
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Detained Kem Sokha rejects new opposition movement
Reuters, Published on 20/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's detained opposition leader Kem Sokha has declined to join a new movement, founded by prominent exiles following a ban on the main opposition party, his lawyer said on Saturday.
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Vietnam oil executives apologise to Communist Party in trial
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2018
» HANOI: Vietnamese executives on trial for losses at a scandal-hit state oil firm used their final statement in court on Wednesday to apologise to the ruling Communist Party, media said, as Vietnam's biggest corruption trial for years draws to a close.
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Vietnam seeks lengthy jail terms for former officials of state oil firm
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» HANOI: Prosecutors in Vietnam were seeking long jail terms on Thursday for a former member of the country's ruling politburo and a high-profile former official over losses of hundreds of millions of dollars at a state oil firm, domestic media said.
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Indonesian police probe foreign 'orders' for child porn
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities are investigating whether a child pornography ring had links to an international network, police said on Tuesday, after videos of adult women engaged in sexual acts with boys went viral on social media.
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Jailed Malaysian opposition leader to undergo surgery
Published on 07/11/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: The family of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim called for the government on Tuesday to guarantee that he will receive required medical treatment without any interference when he undergoes shoulder surgery on Sunday.
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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.
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