Family of student killed in accident involving retired police officer, calls for transparency from Indonesian police
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — A University of Indonesia (UI) student was named a suspect even as he died in a tragic accident after being knocked down by a car driven by a retired police officer. Muhammad Hasya Atallah Saputra died from injuries after allegedly being hit by a car driven by...
Read moreChina’s mega-rich move their wealth, and partying, to Singapore
by Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE — Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion. Beijing's recent crackdowns on tech billionaires and tax-shy celebrities, as well as three years of zero-Covid, have led many rich...
Read more2024 Olympic torch relay to start in Marseille
MARSEILLE, FRANCE -- The torch relay for the Paris Olympics will start in the southern port of Marseille in April 2024, organisers announced on Friday. The torch will arrive in Marseille from Greece, the spiritual home of the Olympics, on a three-masted ship. It will set the tone for a...
Read moreIndia’s Adani denies rise due to Modi as shares fall again
by Glenda Kwek MUMBAI, INDIA -- Beleaguered Indian tycoon Gautam Adani denied Friday that his rise to become Asia's richest man -- a title he has lost in a phenomenal stock rout -- was due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as shares in his conglomerate fell again. His listed units'...
Read moreTotalEnergies says Adani exposure ‘limited’ at US$3.1 bn
PARIS, FRANCE -- French oil and gas major TotalEnergies said Friday its capital exposure to troubled Indian conglomerate Adani was "limited" at US$3.1 billion. Adani's market capitalisation has sunk by more than US$120 billion since US short-seller Hindenburg Research released an explosive report last week accusing the group of accounting...
Read moreIndia’s finance minister says markets ‘well regulated’ after Adani storm
MUMBAI, INDIA -- Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday her country's markets were "well regulated" and she did not expect the controversy around tycoon Gautam Adani's business empire to affect investor confidence. The combined market cap of Adani Group's listed units has collapsed by more than $120 billion --...
Read moreA man can be sentenced to death by a testimony of another, but CPIB finds it hard to prosecute with mountain of evidence and self-confession?
On 7 July last year, 48-year-old Norasharee bin Gous was executed in Changi Prison after being accused by a rival gang member, Mohamad Yazid bin Md Yusof of instructing him to traffic drugs in 2013. Yazid was arrested along with another Malaysian by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on 24...
Read moreMyanmar junta imposes tough new measures on resistance strongholds
YANGON, MYANMAR -- Myanmar's junta has introduced tough new measures in resistance strongholds under which people accused of treason and "spreading false news" will be tried by a military court, state media said Friday. In the 37 townships affected by the measures, no appeals will be allowed for convictions handed...
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