Asian Legal Review

The shadow government and UN denounced the military for transferring the ousted leader from house arrest to solitary confinement in prison this week.

The world we now live in is swamped with data from a myriad of sources, affecting all aspects of our lives. The financial services industry is no different – with only a few paper based transactions remaining, financial services is data.

There are two inescapable themes which have arisen in the financial services world over the past few years – digitisation and the environment.

‘The president [Duterte] had spoken … oil and gas discussions are terminated completely. Nothing is pending; everything is over,’ Filipino minister said.

While some Singaporeans accused Mahathir of fomenting ill will between the neighbours, observers in Malaysia said the remarks were likely a veiled jab at the sultan of Johor.

Mitsuhiro Taniguchi is accused of taking part in a fraud scheme that netted several million dollars in government funds intended for small Japanese businesses affected by coronavirus.

Payments will be disbursed along with 1.11 billion ringgit to be handed out in the second of four tranches of direct aid budgeted for this year. Announcement came hours after the opposition threatened a mass demonstration.

Parents of the former youth minister, who was sacked from PPBM for objecting to the party’s defection in 2020, say he is a ‘political victim’.

Adult Singaporeans earning below S$34,000 (US$24,500) a year will receive S$300 in cash in August, and every household will get S$100 to offset utilities.

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