Asian Legal Review

Singapore’s government will establish a centralised gas procurement framework which will be responsible for all the power sector’s future gas demand including gas contract renewals.

Conservative lawmakers are concerned that eliminating the requirement on genital resemblance could cause social disruption.

The Philippines has questioned China’s sincerity in easing tensions in the South China Sea after the latest collision involving the Chinese coastguard and a Philippine vessel.

The English Court of Appeal has reminded claimants that, where there are competing explanations for causation in an action for damages, it is for them to prove their case on the balance of probabilities.

Last year, India expressed concerns over a similar port call by a Chinese research vessel, which New Delhi described as a spy ship.

The UK chancellor has announced new rules to restrict the practice of ‘de-banking’ amid reports that some banks may have closed customer accounts because of their political beliefs.

Human Rights Watch says Indonesia’s blasphemy law is prone to misuse, as it allows the ‘protection of religion to be weaponised as a political tool’.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says the situation will become more brutal because of ‘Israel’s arrogance that is backed by the United States and Europe’.

A decision by PM Srettha Thavisin to support the purchase of a Chinese frigate instead of a submarine has prompted an investigation into the deal.

The ruling came one week after the Constitutional Court carved out an exception to the law’s minimum age, allowing Prabowo Subianto, 72, to choose his preferred vice presidential candidate.