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Former MediaCorp editor appointed as press secretary for DPM Heng Swee Keat

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Law and Home Affairs Minister shares distasteful post from fellow MP at Nee Soon GRC

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《联合早报》等境外媒体受邀访新疆 BBC记者揭采访受监督 “再教育营”“转换思想”

今年4月,中国国务院新闻办安排八家中国境外媒体,前往新疆参观两所职业技能教育培训中心。其中一家即是我国中文媒体《联合早报》。 人权组织和一些西方媒体,此前批评中国政府打压和监控新疆维吾尔族穆斯林,而联合国指当地有过百万穆斯林被关押在“再教育营”。 对此,中国政府近期安排境外媒体前往新疆,试图向外展示这些“再教育营”的现况。中国政府称之为“育职业技能培训中心”,指这些中心乃是透过教育“转换”这些学员的思想,同时提供技能培训,解决低知识水平和就业问题。 《联合早报》在4月23日在该报官网刊载有关报导,指受访官员和学员对记者有问必答,教培中心重点关注年轻人,因为进行暴力行为的潜力比年长者高,但他们同时又比年长者更容易接受“思想改造”。 称教培中心“去极端化” 该中心的维族校长介绍,教培中心的宗旨是让学员“三学一去”——学中文、学法律、学技能,以及去极端化。 而关于逼迫学员进行违反宗教信仰活动的问题,校长表示,没有逼学员吃猪肉、喝酒的情况。 而外国媒体也被带到乌鲁木齐的新疆国际会展中心,参观暴恐案例展。展览以一组超大尺寸的图片和一小段文字来呈现每个案例。死者照片血腥,呈现包括焦尸和无头尸等照片。简短的文字只交代事件的日期、地点、干案手法、死伤人数等基本信息,并把肇事者一律称为“恐怖分子”。为避免挑起民族之间的仇恨,展览一般不对外开放。 3月18日,中国国务院新闻办公室发表《新疆的反恐、去极端化斗争与人权保障》白皮书指新疆深受民族分裂势力、宗教极端势力和暴力恐怖势力“三股势力”影响,简介新疆恐怖主义和分裂势力背景,以及过去在新疆等地发生的暴力恐怖案件。 白皮书指: 自2014年以来,新疆打掉暴恐团伙1588个,抓获暴恐人员12995人,缴获爆炸装置2052枚,查处非法宗教活动4858起、涉及3万0645人,收缴非法宗教宣传品34万5229件。 BBC除了跟大队,还进行“暗访”…

Hong Kong university students continue pushing back against extradition Bill, possible escalation via protest on Fri

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Visa unveils Future of Security Roadmap to strengthen payment security in Singapore

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