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CAMBODIA: Cambodian critic charged with defamation over Facebook comments
PHNOM PENH (AP) – A critic of Cambodia’s government who was badly hurt by assailants four months ago has been arrested on a defamation complaint brought by a Cabinet member for comments he posted on Facebook.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court last Friday ordered Ny Nak held on charges of incitement and defamation, after the labour minister filed a criminal complaint against him for comments he posted on Facebook in December last year.
His post questioned the government’s decision to hand over some 91 hectares of land in the southern province of Kampot province to an individual he named only as Heng Sour, who a local newspaper later said was the minister.
If convicted on both charges, Ny Nak could face up to five years in prison.
https://borneobulletin.com.bn/cambodian-critic-charged-with-defamation-over-facebook-comments/
Labour Ministry spokesperson Sun Mesa said on his Facebook page Ny Nak has the right to speak out on social media, but Heng Sour also has the right to respond by suing him. He accused Ny Nak of violating others’ rights by posting untrue information for the purpose of getting attention to promote himself and his own interests.
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MYANMAR: Wa army claims control of China-Myanmar border town
The UWSA joins the Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armed organisations in taking over Hopang, which was partly under junta control
The UWSA joins the Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armed organisations in taking over Hopang, which was partly under junta control. . .
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SINGAPORE: President Tharman briefed by DPM Wong on projected returns from investing S’pore reserves
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President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at a briefing with the Council of Presidential Advisers, Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong and his Ministry officials. PHOTO: THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM/FACEBOOK
SINGAPORE – President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and the Council of Presidential Advisers were briefed on Jan 8 by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on the projected returns from investing Singapore’s reserves.
At the briefing – ahead of Budget Day on Feb 16 – DPM Wong and officials from the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and investment entities GIC, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Temasek outlined the impact of major factors, like climate change and the weakening of global order, on returns expected over the long term from investing the reserves.
GIC, MAS and Temasek play a key role in the investment of Singapore’s reserves.
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THAILAND: Couple in Thailand charged with hiding dead toddler in fridge
Thai police have charged two people in Nonthaburi province with concealing the body of a toddler in a refrigerator, local media reported on Jan 8.
The couple, Harnnarong Praiphanom and his wife Marisa Thong-iam, had failed to report the child’s death to the police, the Bangkok Post reported.
Harnnarong, 31, and Marisa, 25, were looking after the two-year-old because the child’s parents, who are Harnnarong’s friends, are drug addicts, according to Thai news website Thaiger in its report on Jan 6.
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