A US fugitive wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over a bitcoin scam has been arrested in Indonesia and charged under child protection law for suspected sex crimes, Indonesian police said on Tuesday, June 16. Russ Albert Medlin, who entered the Southeast Asian nation on a tourist visa last year, was arrested on Monday after three minors alleged …

The government has decided to re-open schools in the corona green zone in the new school year 2020/2021. However, schools in the yellow, orange, and red zones still have to carry out teaching and learning activities from home. Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim stressed there was no change in the schedule for the new academic year 2020/2021. …

The Cabinet has approved four projects to help people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as they have not received assistance from the government in the past three months. The first project is to pay 1,000 baht to 1,164,222 welfare cardholders for three months, from May to July. A total of 3.49 billion baht is allocated to this project. The second …

Thailand’s Air Force is set to launch a security satellite with its core mission to prevent foreign powers from spying on Thailand. The head of the air force’s Space Operation Centre (Spoc) said the security satellites is scheduled for launch Friday. The security satellite was built by Dutch NewSpace company, Innovative Solutions In Space. Furthermore the Napa-1 security satellite will …

Thousands of Sabah PKR members are expected to quit the party this Friday, claimed Datuk Karim Ghani, its acting strategic and election machinery manager. The step is seen as the new political effort to rock the Government of Warisan-led Sabah. Karim said that some representatives were dissatisfied with the leadership of the state and wished to be allied with the …

Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) debate on his nominee for prime minister is still underway, its chief secretary Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said tonight in the middle of this evening’s self-imposed deadline for decision. In a brief comment, Saifuddin, who is also Secretary-General of PKR, denied many media outlets stating otherwise, claiming that they are not the official stand of either …

MANILA – Singer and now former ABS-CBN talent Daryl Ong revealed that he’s no longer part of the network after he and fellow singer Bugoy Drilon were banned from ABS-CBN after talking about the embattled network’s franchise while on a gig in Visayas. In his video on YouTube, Daryl explained why the network banned him and this is due to …

MANILA – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday claimed that the case of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was not about the suppression of press freedom, but rather  a case of “bad journalism.” According to Roque, The Rappler article on businessman Wilfredo Keng who had filed the cyber libel case has no basis and there was no fact-checking made. The Presidential …

Chairman of the National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) Ardiansyah Parman said there were as many as 14 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) meters or customers’ electricity meters that had expired. These fourteen million electricity meters must be redone by a state-owned power company, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) or PLN, and converted into kWh smart meters. “I suggest that in 2021 it …

Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri is said to have signed a recommendation letter for President Joko “Jokowi’s” Widodo’s eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, advanced in the Mayoral election. The three PDIP officials who knew about the nomination of Gibran Jokowi said that Megawati had long signed the letter. The three PDIP officials said it …