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An employee working for the United Overseas Bank (UOB) reportedly fell victim to a Chinese police impersonation scam which resulted into information leak of about 1,166 UOB customers. The customers are of Chinese nationality and the leaked information involves the name of the customers, mobile numbers and the balances of the account as well. The UOB, in a written statement …

Cambodia has declared the end of blanket Covid-19 lockdown in Phnom Penh after three weeks of its announcement, as the roads and streets of the capital are getting jammed with traffic again despite the efforts of the authorities to impose stricter protocols to curb the virus from spreading in the districts where a rise of Covid-19 infections have been reported. …

Raffles Hospital engaged to carry out free Covid-19 swab testing following the arrival of about thousands of people at the four regional screening centers as the public testing for the possible exposure to the TTSH cluster of Covid-19 started on Monday. The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Health Promotion Board (HPB) stated that those who have visited the premises …

State media said five people, including an ousted official had been killed in a bombing in Myanmar this week. Since the Feb 1 coup, there have been growing number of small-scale bomb explosions in cities and towns where government offices and military facilities are located. There is still no update as to what group is responsible for the said bombing …

It has been reported that Myanmar has pressed charges against a Japanese journalist for spreading “fake news” in the latest blow to press freedom following the military coup. Yuki Kitazumi which is a Japanese freelance reporter has been apprehended during the previous month and was charged under the “fake news” law during the World Press Freedom Day. Kitazumi is one …

According to the media, the military forces have opened fire for security measures against on Sunday (May 2) which led to the death of eight people. These big protests aim to demonstrate the mark of the so-called “the global Myanmar spring revolution.” “Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people’s unity,” the organizers said in a statement. A lot …

Indonesia has stated that they are going to recover the remains of the sunken submarine such that the relatives who are suffering in grief would be able to pay their respects to the crew members that died in the submarine tragedy. The authorities have not yet given an accurate answer whether they would pull up the broken pieces of KRI …

The Magistrate’s Court has convicted the 38-year-old female security guard with 16-month imprisonment for vehicle robbery. Deputy Public Prosecutor Sabrina binti Haji Mahmud briefed the court that defendant Noormarlianti binti Haji Omar saw the vehicle parked behind the building with her two friends nearby Bangunan GP Satu, Jalan Gadong at 6.10pm on April 20. The defendant reached out to a …

It was reported on Wednesday that authorities would be filing charges of murder and treason against a protest campaign’s main leader. Wai Moe Naing got arrested by the authorities on April 15 after getting hit with a car by the security while leading a motorbike protest rally in Monywa. It has been broadcasted in Myanmar Television that there are several …

According to the Navy, a strong underwater wave may have been the cause for the Indonesian submarine to sink in the deep waters of Bali Island last week, causing the death of 53 crew members. It has been mentioned by two senior naval officers that there was a strong interval wave spotted on the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 image report …