People enjoying the beach during sunset in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, September 2, 2022. - Reuters
Malaysia:
* Covid-19 Watch: 2,356 new cases bring total to 4,784,980
* SC fines former unit trust consultant RM2mil for defrauding investor
* Foreign Ministry to reorganise diplomatic offices abroad next year
* No agreement between Ismail Sabri and Muhyiddin, just an understanding, says Annuar Musa
* Judge wants to start Bung, Zizie's graft trial in September after couple ordered to enter defence
* Factory worker wins appeal against conviction for raping underage girl
* Rosmah back in court to support Najib in 1MDB trial
* Two former senior private hospital officers charged with corruption
* Experts: Pandemic fatigue, stigma may drive monkeypox spread in Malaysia
* Offensive, defensive, advocacy measures to tackle cyber security issues, says Annuar Musa
* Environment Ministry: National river trails to address socio-environmental challenges
* Health Ministry to make announcement on face mask mandate soon, says Khairy
* Johor recorded highest investments in the country from January-June this year, says MB
The Tuas Port, operated by PSA Corporation Ltd., has opened in Singapore,. The Singapore govt's plan for Tuas Port, a highly automated port with double the existing capacity, offers a strategy for easing global supply-chain congestion. - Bloomberg
Singapore:
* First Zika case reported in Singapore since 2020 amid surge in dengue cases
* Luxury goods scam: Duo accused of helping couple flee to plead guilty
* Secondary school discipline master in SG took upskirt videos of colleagues and students
* Trio in S’pore charged after they allegedly sold their bank account details to scammers
* SG uni student jailed 12 weeks for filming upskirt videos of 19 women
* Two dead, eight injured in collision between car and bus in Singapore's Woodlands
* Three men in S’pore to be charged for selling bank account details to scammers
* Oil gains ahead of OPEC+ meeting; Russian oil price cap looms
* Asian shares muted ahead of US payrolls report
* Giant pandas Jia Jia and Kai Kai to extend stay in Singapore till 2027
Indonesia
* Indonesia inflation eases in Aug, but pressure seen from fuel price hike
* Indonesia says G20 meeting fails to agree communique on adopting cleaner energy
* Peru prosecutors to probe transgender man's death in Bali
* 'Indonesian startups chase profit to survive amid investment crisis
* Hackers: ‘I think Indonesia’s cybersecurity is run by 14-year olds
* G20 climate talks end without joint communique
A security guards walks along an overpass in Bangkok on Friday, September 2, 2022. (- AFP
Thailand:
* TThailand draws 4.6 million tourists in first eight months before high season; Malaysia tops with over 640,000 visitors
* Malaysian fugitive businessman Tedy Teow to be deported to China, say Thai cops
* Thailand's Bangkaew, country's favourite puppy, finally receives international canine federation recognition
* Foreign investment in Thailand surges in January-July period
* 630 million baht spent as new phase of Thai govt subsidies begins
* Bankrupt Sri Lanka's deposed president 'to return home' from Thailand
Philippines:
* Philippines logs 2,452 new Covid-19 cases and 46 deaths on Friday (Sept 2)
* Philippines raises US$7.4 billion via first Marcos Retail Bond
* Emerging markets - Philippines' peso on track for fifth weekly loss as most Asian stocks, currencies dip ahead of key US jobs data
* Philippine peso slides to record, boosting case for bigger hikes
* Typhoon Henry unlikely to cause major agriculture, infrastructure damage
Customers at a coffee shop in Hanoi, Vietnam. The country's vast hoard of coffee beans is shrinking, a phenomenon that's set to push rising global prices even h- Bloomberg
Vietnam:
* Vietnam reports 1,548 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Friday (Sept 2)
* Vietnam tops Asia Pacific economies with most malicious emails; Malaysia now second
* Vietnam tourists are among top five visitors for Singapore
* Vietnam sees strong rebound in domestic air transport after pandemic
* Vietnam imposes stricter measures to catch drink drivers
Myanmar:
* Life just gets harder Myanmar's Suu Kyi once the shining star of Asia; junta gives her jail with hard labour for election fraud
* Seven Rohingya dead after boat seized, Myanmar authorities say
* Myanmar junta jails former British envoy for one year
* Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets more jail, hard labour for election fraud
Nobel Peace Prize 2021 laureate Maria Ressa of the Philippines gives a speech in connection with the Nobel Peace Center's celebration of freedom of the press and expression at a conference on Friday, September 2, 2002 in Oslo. - AFP
Cambodia:
* Cambodia sets up hotline to report illegal detention in the country
* Taiwan indicts nine over Cambodia human trafficking scams
* Hun Sen: Be tolerant of ‘doomsday’ cult followers
* Sam Rainsy faces defamation trial in France
Laos:
* Flooding wrecks 90% of the agricultural land in Oudomxay province in Laos
* Cambodia to send 70 soldiers to join three-nation disaster rescue exercise in Laos
* Domestic tourists generate US$85mil over six months for Laos: report
Brunei:
* Two killed in Katok highway accident in Brunei
* 20-year-old cyber bully in Brunei dragged to court after threatening to circulate a doctored picture of victim naked
Residents line up for Covid-19 screening in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province. Chinese authorities on Friday (Sept 2) have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in Covid-19 cases. - AP
AseanPlus
* China's economy faces more damage as megacity Chengdu locks down
* 'Explosive' Antonsen reaches Japan Open badminton semis; Chen-Akane sets up exciting rematch in women's section
* Japan’s easing of travel rules will not spark influx of tourists from Hong Kong, experts say
* ‘Anti-China plot’: Beijing slams UN human rights report on Xinjiang and Uygur treatment as ‘pure farce’
* China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, UN says
* N.Korea denounces new UN human rights expert as 'biased'
* China chips away at US-Australian influence in the Pacific, as Solomon Islands bans foreign naval vessels
* Coronavirus: 5-11 age group set to be included in Hong Kong vaccine pass scheme, civil service chief confirms
* Hong Kong customs arrests four suspected triad gang members on suspicion of laundering HK$411 million in criminal proceeds over two years
* Coronavirus: back to school for tens of thousands of Hong Kong pupils as stricter Covid vaccination rules loom
* Four armed robbers hold up Causeway Bay store at lunchtime, escape with 80 watches
* ‘Economic tsar’ Liu He has President Xi’s full trust, but who can fill in when Liu retires?
* Chinese astronauts undertake seven-hour spacewalk
* Shenzhen gets antsy as officials quell rumours of second lockdown
* South Korea sees 'betrayal' in Biden's electric vehicle push
* Free BTS concert in Busan faces snowballing concerns – from safety issue to traffic confusion
* Most Asian markets down as traders focus on US jobs data
* Hui eyes strategy to turn HK into full-fledged finance hub
* S. Korean Netflix hit 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' sparks autism debate
* Drone shot down near Taiwan islet
* Pakistan's armed forces rescue 2,000 marooned by catastrophic floods
