Geo Politics

KUALA LUMPUR  – On Friday, Malaysia’s highest court found the Malaysiakini news portal in contempt of court over comments made by readers considered insulting to the judiciary, in a case widely seen in the Southeast Asian nation as a measure of media freedom. Malaysia’s attorney general filed an application last year to cite Malaysiakini and editor-in-chief Steven Gan for contempt …

There’s a change of approach from Risa Hontiveros as China needs to pay for the harm it caused and the marine abundance it took from the West Philippine Ocean which she said now adds up to P800 billion. Referring to information distributed by worldwide diary Environment Administrations a year ago, Hontiveros said the assessed estimations of reefs obliterated by China …

Thailand cautioned clients of Clubhouse not to violate the law after the online media application arose practically for the time being as a stage for conversation of the government where the most recent illustration of the quickly developing application getting under the governments in Asia. In view of this, Puttipong Punnakanta who is the digital minister shared that the Thai …

Indonesia will unswervingly endeavor to add to settling the political clash in Myanmar following a military upset and detainment of regular citizen pioneers on February 1st. This is what unfamiliar clergyman Retno Marsudi expressed. Since the beginning, Indonesia has reliably communicated availability to add. Marsudi commented while conveying a joint press proclamation following a reciprocal gathering with her Hungarian partner. …

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin sent Umno Supreme Council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi a legal letter asking for a public apology and compensation of RM10 million for allegedly defaming him last week via a Facebook post. In a letter of request dated Feb 16, released by Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership, Muhyiddin’s law firm, the prime minister, among others, requested …

PETALING JAYA: The government has to take another look at its prohibition of inter-district travel, especially in bordering townships where the 10 km radius limit is easier to follow, a health expert says. Former Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said that when one district ends and the other starts as there is no simple demarcation of boundaries, there …

PETALING JAYA: Veteran politician Daim Zainuddin tried to protect Dr Mahathir Mohamad from a perceived effort to show the former prime minister as the sole person responsible for the fall from power of Pakatan Harapan (PH). Referring to the recently published memoirs of Tommy Thomas, he said it was unreasonable for the former attorney-general to place the blame squarely at …

It’s not over as the Court of Appeal denied a motion for the release of four Ratsadon Party leaders, Parit Chiwarak, Arnon Nampa, Patipan Luecha and Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk, citing their contempt for the monarchy and alleging that they posed a risk of escape. The decision, read out by the Criminal Court, refused their temporary release, arguing that their crimes had …

Thai pro-democracy demonstrators climbed a huge Bangkok statue, draping it in a crimson cloth and calling for the monarchy to revoke the oppressive rules of royal defamation. Owing to a new outbreak of coronavirus infections in Thailand, support for the youth-led campaign calling for an overhaul of Premier Prayut Chan-o- cha’s government has stalled in recent months. But the latest …

PETALING JAYA: The Sexual Harassment Bill must be tabled urgently at the next session of Parliament, especially after a woman has been harassed by a police officer at a roadblock, say opposition MPs Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Hannah Yeoh. The Minister of Women, Family and Community Development and Deputy Minister under Pakatan Harapan’s administration, Wan Azizah and Yeoh, …