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ANALYSIS: Businesses that plan to carry out internal investigations into the conduct of their employees or agents are likely to need to carry out data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) first, DPIAs are now mandatory in certain circumstances under the GDPR.

Solicitors representing fraudulent property sellers may be liable for breach of trust, breach of warranty of authority or breach of undertaking in cases involving identity fraud, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

The new Malaysian owner of one of Cambodia’s major newspapers has brushed off suggestions of a far-reaching media crackdown and vehemently denied links to Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled for 33 years, as concerns about the country’s press freedom deepen.
In a fiery press conference in the capital Phnom Penh on Friday, Malaysian businessman Siva Kumar Ganapathy blasted former Phnom Penh Post journalists as “careless, malicious and defamatory” in their reporting of…

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping “could be influencing” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after Kim’s regime abruptly shifted to a sharp, negative tone this week about the prospects of a planned summit with the US in June.
“If you remember two weeks ago, all of a sudden out of nowhere Kim Jong-un went to China to say hello again – second time – to President Xi,” Trump told reporters during an Oval Office…

The biggest Brexit-related concern for pharmaceuticals companies is that the UK will deviate from EU regulation of the market, according to a new report by a committee of MPs.

Malaysia’s newly installed Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said his government would “respect all agreements” even as it reviewed the viability of Chinese-linked projects in the country. 
Responding to a question from This Week in Asia during a press conference, Mahathir said: “As far as the leaders from China and the Chinese are concerned, we have made it clear that we are going to look into all these contracts again because they are very costly for the…

The prospects for a summit meeting next month between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might look a bit shaky, but if it does go off as scheduled, a larger issue remains: how best to build on it and end the decades of hostility between the two nations.
US analysts suggest that a road map already exists – the diplomatic path Washington and Beijing took to reach the normalisation of their relations.
That path starts with setting up liaison offices, not an…

At least a dozen Malaysian police officers raided former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s house late on Wednesday, reportedly searching for documents as part of a renewed inquiry into a massive corruption scandal involving a state investment fund that is being investigated abroad. More than a dozen police vehicles arrived at Najib’s house soon after he returned home from prayers at a nearby mosque, fuelling speculation that he may be arrested after new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad…

The anticipated adoption of smart meters in the UK looks set to fall below government’s original expectations, an expert has said.

North Korea has said it is suspending its “high-level” talks with South Korea, scheduled for Wednesday, over military drills its southern neighbour has scheduled with the US, as South Korean newspapers say that a meeting with US President Donald Trump may also be in danger.
The two Koreas were set to hold a meeting Wednesday at a border village to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks to reduce border tension and restart reunions between families separated by the…