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Myanmar’s neighbours have to negotiate with a newly formed government of national unity if they want to help resolve the turmoil triggered by a February 1 military coup, a representative said on Sunday. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has been trying to find a way out of the bloody crisis that has racked member Myanmar since the military ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.The military has shown little willingness to engage with…

At least five people were shot dead and dozens injured when Bangladesh police opened fire Saturday on demonstrating workers at the construction site of a Chinese-financed power plant, officials said.Police started shooting after workers became violent, said Saiduzzman Chowdhury, government administrator in the southern coastal town of Banshkhali.They were protesting over unpaid wages, working hours and alleged discrimination.Azizul Islam, Banshkhali police chief, said about 2,000 protesters…

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Indonesia on April 24, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman said on Saturday, for his first known foreign trip since he staged a February 1 coup.Myanmar has been in upheaval since Min Aung Hlaing ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, with security forces killing 728 people, according to an activist group tally, in an attempt to stamp out protests.In the…

When Suriya Koedsang uploaded photos of his wedding to Facebook on April 4, the 28-year-old Thai never could have imagined the hate his heartwarming post would soon receive from online trolls in Indonesia. Within days, the pictures of Koedsang and his husband Bas’ April 3 marriage ceremony began attracting homophobic comments, ranging from rants about how homosexuality is “a sin” according to Islam, to posts listing various Indonesian words for the male reproductive organ.As of Friday, the post…

Very large organisations may see fines for health and safety breaches doubled, according to the Court of Appeal in England and Wales. There remains, however, no clear judicial guidance on what the threshold for ‘very large’ looks like in practice.

There is an opportunity for litigation funders to help victims of investor fraud to obtain access to justice through group litigation at a time when frauds are at record levels and rising.

Financial institutions are under increasing pressure to support the decarbonisation of industry through their lending practices but face being caught up in litigation if their actions do not match up to stated ‘green’ commitments.

A Singaporean activist who for years had been paying small instalments of the S$150,000 (US$112,000) damages awarded to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a defamation suit said on Friday he had raised the full amount through a crowdfunding campaign. Taiwan-based Roy Ngerng told This Week in Asia he raised S$144,389.14 in nine days. Since the 2015 award against him, he has paid Lee S$6,000. His crowdfunding campaign follows a similar effort by blogger and opposition figure Leong Sze Hian, who in…

China on Thursday summoned Japan’s ambassador over Tokyo’s “wrong decision” to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.Assistant foreign minister Wu Jianghao “lodged solemn representations” with ambassador Hideo Tarumi and accused Japan of “suspected violation of international law”, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.The Japanese government insists the release from the stricken plant which has stored the large volume of…

The High Court of England and Wales has dismissed a claim brought by the liquidators of One Blackfriars Limited against its former joint administrators over the sale of the company’s main asset, a development site in Blackfriars, London.