HEADLINES: THAILAND: Hundreds of Myanmar anti-junta protesters rally in Bangkok
CAMBODIA: Three Cambodian activists held in Thailand before PM’s visit
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun manet. PHOTO: CNACNA – Three Cambodian activists have been detained in Thailand ahead of a planned visit by Cambodia’s prime minister, rights groups said on Saturday.
Lem Sokha and Kung Raiya were taken into custody by officers in the capital Bangkok on Friday, while Pha Phaya – a member of the Cambodia Youth Network – was detained in Rayong province.
All three are believed to have been taken to Bangkok’s main immigration detention centre Suan Plu, according to rights groups working in the kingdom.
Police confirmed the arrest of a Cambodian man and his family in Rayong, and said he was being held at Suan Plu. His relatives remain in Rayong, they said without identifying him as Pha Phaya.
“They have United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards so they might not be deported because they could face danger in their home country,” Ban Chang police chief Arthit Yakaew told AFP.
MYANMAR: Myanmar man with fake UNHCR card among 25 nabbed in Immigration ops
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JERTIH: A Myanmar man with a forged UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) card was among 25 foreigners arrested in the Op Kutip and Op Belanja conducted by the Immigration Department here yesterday.
Terengganu immigration director Azhar Abd Hamid said the man, in his 20s, had been moving around freely using the fake UNHCR card as he thought the authorities would be unable to detect him.
He said the 25 immigrants, aged between 20 and 55, were nabbed in the operations involving 26 immigration officers from 7 am to 7 pm in Besut.
“The Myanmar man claimed he bought the card from a friend in Johor for RM150. Checks showed that the card belonged to a woman.
“A total of 154 immigrants from various countries including Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand and Indonesia, were inspected in the operations,” he told a news conference at the Besut immigration office here.
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SINGAPORE: New study by NTUC and Tsao Foundation finds gap in training for mature workers
SINGAPORE – Employers think that training plans are the best way to ensure mature workers stay employable and help them extend their career runway, according to a recent study.
However, this is not the top practice adopted by companies, according to the research study commissioned by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Tsao Foundation titled “Population Ageing and Slowing Workforce Growth”.
The survey from July to August 2023 polled 601 C-suite level executives, hiring managers, and human resource managers across 16 industries.
THAILAND: Hundreds of Myanmar anti-junta protesters rally in Bangkok
Rallying at the United Nations office, demonstrators called out slogans supporting Myanmar’s armed resistance and reenacted extrajudicial killings by the coup regime
Hundreds of protesters screamed and wept as they demonstrated against Myanmar’s junta in Thailand’s capital on Thursday, the third anniversary of an army coup that ended the country’s brief spell of democracy.
Young and old gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Bangkok, wearing T-shirts showing jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with white flowers in their hair and red bandanas on their foreheads.
While Yangon’s streets were quiet, in Bangkok around 300 protesters—eyed by Thai police—shouted anti-junta slogans and trampled bloodied images of Myanmar army leader Min Aung Hlaing.
Fake blood dripping from his head, clutching a sprig of green leaves, protester Tum Tum staged a dramatic performance representing a student killed by the army.
“We are here to protest because the military has been killing people,” he told AFP, his shirt wet with bright fake blood.
His demonstration. . .
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