HEADLINES: SINGAPORE: Five injured in Singapore knife attack
CAMBODIA: Cash-ewing in: Cambodia set to gain more revenue by exporting processed and not raw nuts
In a bid to wean out the exporting of raw cashews, which allows other countries to gain more revenue by selling processed nuts, the government has been strongly pushing for investment in processing facilities across the country to support the production chain.
Cambodia has big ambitions to become the largest cashew producer in the world but currently, amid a lack of processing facilities, the country has exported up to 90% of 1.1 million tonnes of raw cashew nuts annually to neighbouring countries, mainly Vietnam.
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INDONESIA: More than 140 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia’s North Sumatra
Rohingya take shelter under a tent after landing on a beach in North Sumatra, Indonesia. PHOTO: CNACNA – More than 140 Rohingya have arrived in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province over the weekend, state news agency Antara reported on Monday, adding to a surge of arrivals of members of the Myanmar ethnic minority to Indonesia.
The group, consisting mostly of women and children, arrived by boat in North Sumatra’s Deli Serdang area late on Saturday, according to the Antara report that cited a police officer.
The arrivals came after the military said last week its navy vessel had driven away a boat carrying Rohingya in waters further north off Sumatra, as the persecuted ethnic minority faces growing hostility and rejection in Indonesia.
More than 1,500 Rohingya have landed in Indonesia since November, according to data from the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNCHR).
For years Rohingya have been leaving Myanmar, where they are generally regarded as foreign interlopers from South Asia, denied citizenship and subjected to abuse.
They depart usually for Indonesia or neighbouring Malaysia from November to April, when the seas are calmer.
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MYANMAR: Denial of medical treatment caused 17 Myanmar political prisoners’ deaths in 2023
Prison authorities refuse treatment, slow the delivery of necessary medications, and prohibit relatives from sending medicine and Red Cross personnel from aiding inmates
Prison authorities refuse treatment, slow the delivery of necessary medications, and prohibit relatives from sending medicine and Red Cross personnel from aiding inmates. . .
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SINGAPORE: Five injured in Singapore knife attack
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES
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ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Five people who were at Orchard Central in Singapore on New Year’s Day were rushed to hospital with knife wounds after an incident on the 11th floor of the mall at around 4am.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told The Straits Times yesterday that the SCDF received a call for assistance at 181 Orchard Road at about 4.10am on January 1, and took five people to Singapore General Hospital.
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