Financial firms should assess how resilient their suppliers are to cyber risk in the same way that they evaluate their own cyber resilience, a UK regulator has said.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi blames world conflicts partly on illegal immigration amid Rohingya crisis
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism in a speech on Monday that comes as her country is accused of violently pushing out hundreds of thousands of unwanted Rohingya Muslims.
Suu Kyi did not directly mention the refugee exodus as she welcomed European and Asian foreign ministers to Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. But her speech highlighted the views of many in Myanmar who see the Rohingya as…
Singapore’s ‘not very reliable’ MRT train system fails to keep cars off the road
In the battle against the car, space-starved Singapore has deployed road tolls, massive spending on public transport, and a licence fee that bumps the cost of an average vehicle to over US$80,000.
But urban planners looking for solutions to gridlock may find the draconian measures hard to replicate in other less-compliant cities.
Singapore has gone further than any other major city to avoid the monster jams that have blighted Asian metropolises such as Jakarta or Manila.
The tough approach has…
China lays out three-point plan to ease Rohingya crisis
China has offered to help Bangladesh and Myanmar resolve the Rohingya crisis, a move Chinese analysts said reflected Beijing’s more proactive and conciliatory tack on regional affairs.
Arriving in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on Sunday after a stop in Bangladesh, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also said the international community must help fight poverty and promote development in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since late…
Defiant Hun Sen challenges US to cut all aid to Cambodia as Washington moves to penalise PM for opposition crackdown
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen challenged the United States on Sunday to cut all aid after it announced it was ending funding for a general election next year in response to the dissolution of the main opposition party, media reported.
Hun Sen, the strongman who has ruled Cambodia for more than three decades, has taken a strident anti-American line in an increasingly tense run-up to a 2018 election that has included a crackdown on critics, rights groups and independent media.
The United…
Radio Free Asia Cambodian journalists charged with providing information to foreign nation
Two Cambodian journalists who used to work for US-funded Radio Free Asia were charged on Saturday with providing information to a foreign country and face 15 years in prison if found guilty.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor Sieng Sok issued the charge, which accuses the two journalists of “providing information to a foreign state which may damage the nation”.
If found guilty, the two journalists face from seven to 15 years in prison.
Uon Chhin and Yeang Socheameta both had…
Philippine court convicts motorcycle bomber in congressman’s death
A Philippine court has convicted a man for a daring 2007 motorcycle bombing that killed a Muslim congressman, who was once a rebel leader, and three other people and wounded 10, including two legislators.
Judge Ralph Lee of the Regional Trial Court Branch 83 on Friday convicted Ikram Indama but acquitted two other key suspects in the November 13, 2007 bombing that killed Wahab Akbar as he walked out of a lobby at the House of Representatives.
Indama, who has links to Muslim militants, was…
‘Genuine right to substitute’ behind Deliveroo drivers’ union recognition defeat, expert says
Cyclists delivering food on behalf of Deliveroo are self-employed, rather than ‘workers’ who would be entitled to unionise, a labour rights body has ruled.
Businesses should review restrictive covenants for long-term staff to address risk of confidentiality breaches, says expert
Businesses should review the restrictive covenants written into their employees’ contracts on a regular basis to ensure that the terms provide fitting protection against the risks of confidentiality breaches, an expert in dispute resolution has said.
Indonesia’s Widodo vowed to ‘erase stigma’ in Papua. Tell that to the separatists
Oktovianus Warnares gathered with five other men outside a government building on the picturesque island of Biak, just off the coast of the Indonesian province of Papua.
It was May 1, 2013, the 50th anniversary of Indonesia assuming control of Papua from the United Nations. Warnares and his crew had gathered to raise the outlawed Morning Star flag of independence to protest against the rule of Jakarta – a distant city not only in kilometres but ethnicity and religion. Warnares estimates…