Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Thursday (Feb 27, 2025)


Men ride a motorbike loaded with chickens on a bridge in Phnom Penh on Feb 26, 2025. A two-year-old girl has died from bird flu in Cambodia, officials said, the country's second death from the virus this year. - Photo: AFP

Malaysia

* Don't expect sympathy after you've siphoned millions, says Anwar

* Anwar announces RM15mil cash aid for padi farmers for Ramadan, Aidilfitri

* Urban Renewal Bill won't affect land status, says Anwar

* Reduced uncollected taxes in 2023 due to loophole, says PAC

* Sarawak records RM12.45bil from tourism last year, exceeds state’s target of four million visitors

* Senior citizen fined RM6,000 for unlawful possession of firearms

* JB not ready for Federal Govt’s congestion charge idea, says exco member

* Orchard worker fined for threatening Tourism Minister

* Court orders accused in newborn's murder to undergo mental health check

* Sabah set to attract 3.5 million tourists in 2025

* Ping-pong ball-sized gummy candy removed from market after choking incident

* LRT3 line to begin operations on Sept 30

* RM30mil boost for higher education access through MyWaqafPTPTN

* Govt looking into elevating busking in KL ahead of Visit Malaysia 2026

* KL, JB and George Town identified for possible congestion charge rollout, Dewan Rakyat told

* Police announce transfers of 13 senior officers

* Johor cops and DOE conduct joint operation, seize items worth over RM41mil

* Agri Ministry imports 660,000 old coconuts to stabilise domestic supply

* CEC seat will help me fulfil role as Penang CM, says Chow

* Mother safely delivers baby after being stranded in Tambunan

* Eight to give statements in MACC probe of ex-PM's former officers

* Air Force personnel charged with sexual assault of 12-year-old sister-in-law

* Govt in final phase of drafting fair, effective mechanism for targeted RON95 subsidy, says Armizan

* Cops seize 200kg of meth worth RM6.4mil, two suspects escape

* S'wak bans import of pigs and pork from peninsula after ASF outbreak in Selangor

* Take immediate action on cyberbullying against teachers, minister tells schools

* Work on Penang's RM2.43bil coastal paired road to start next year

* EPF did not lose money in MAHB deal, says Finance Minister II

* Five civil servants arrested in e-waste bribery case

* Laksa Johor, Muar otak-otak star at Asean delegation welcome dinner in Desaru

* Man goes missing after croc attack in Sandakan

* Kluang octogenarian loses more than half a million ringgit to bogus investment scam

* Form Five student dies after cross-country event in Sg Petani

 

 

Singapore

* Singapore man sexually assaulted intellectually disabled daughter, 11, in shared bedroom over three years

* Singapore appoints SMU law prof, veteran lawyer as reps to Asean human rights body

* Stay of execution granted for second Singapore death row inmate, days before scheduled hanging

* CDL’s Sherman Kwek disappointed over father’s ‘extreme actions’ on filing lawsuit over alleged coup

* New CDL directors won’t exercise powers until court’s further notice: Kwek Leng Beng

* What to know about CDL’s father-and-son duo and other family members in the business

* Father-Son feud plunges richest Singapore clan into crisis

* Qawwali magic heads to the Lion City with 'Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in Singapore'

* Over three years’ jail for ex-senior manager who cheated firm of more than S$940,000 in Singapore

* Traveller arrested for shop theft in Changi Airport upon returning to Singapore

* K-drama star Song Joong-ki spotted playing golf in Singapore

* Man who raped unconscious woman after hubby’s invitation loses appeal against conviction and sentence

* Three men charged with fraud in Singapore case allegedly linked to Nvidia chips

* Jail for Singaporean woman, 79, who repeatedly gave others control of bank accounts that received over S$82,000 in scam proceeds

 

 

Indonesia

* Megawati makes power gamble with party leaders’ pullback from Indonesian President Prabowo’s retreat

* Indonesia launches campaign to raise US$200 million for Palestine

* 6.1-magnitude quake hits near Sulawesi

 

 

Thailand

* Global hacker arrested in Thailand after collaboration between Thai and Singapore police

* Thai Opposition explains reasons for submitting no-confidence motion against PM

* Thailand to introduce 300 baht tourism tax during upcoming high season

* THAI execs reiterate airline on course to exit rehabilitation plan

* Miss Universe judge accuses Anne Jakrajutatip of trying to rig pageant results

* Thai govt and auto industry in early talks on scrapping scheme: Officials

* Rare planetary alignment visible this week: Thai astronomers

* Public sex by tourists in Thailand’s Pattaya sparks call for misconduct clampdown

* Cartoon-shaped e-cigarettes, or toy pods, pose health risks to children, Thai expert warns

* Amnesty condemns Thailand’s Uyghur deportation as unimaginably cruel

 

 

Philippines

* Bohol historian and playwright Marianito Jose Luspo dead at 65

* Philippines could be role model for gender equality in land ownership

* Philippine police rescue Chinese student whose finger was cut off by kidnappers

* Philippines, Malaysia reaffirm robust defence ties

 

 

Vietnam

* Vietnam mulls merging laws, streamlining export mechanisms

* Leading journalist goes on trial in Vietnam over Facebook posts

* Taking care of people's health is a priority in Vietnam's strategy: President Cuong

 

 

Myanmar

* On a lawless tropical border, the global scam industry thrives

* 'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home

 

 

Cambodia

* Cambodia logs fourth newborn rare Mekong dolphin in 2025

* Archaeologists begin to restore northeast platform of Angkor Wat Bakan Tower in Cambodia

* Toddler is second bird flu fatality

 

 

Laos

* Laos calls for a united and resilient Asean amid global challenges

* Laos to hold fair promoting wooden furniture industry

 

 

Brunei

* Royal call for bi-annual Brunei Legislative Council sessions welcomed

* Sultan of Brunei welcomes Malaysian King

 

 

Aseanplus

* Muslim world experiencing trust deficit, says Anwar

* Japan park recognised as world’s smallest park by Guinness World Records

* Comment: Does Bangladesh need to shift gear on the Rohingya crisis?

* Alarming trend: Young suicides rising in Japan

* Breakthrough archaeological findings in China span from Paleolithic period to Qing Dynasty

* Asian currencies, stocks decline as US tariff uncertainty looms

* Top mathematician Shing-Tung Yau leads China’s bid for 2030 maths Olympics

* New Australian blood test capable of detecting pregnancy health complications earlier

* Island evacuates as cyclone strengthens off northeastern Australian coast

* Young China hiker survives by eating toothpaste after lost in cold mountains for 10 days

* Japan's births fell to record low in 2024

* New round of stimulus steps anticipated in China

* ‘Stingy’ firm: China new mum wins case after breastfeeding leave revoked due to illness

* AI chats feel ‘emotionally meaningful’, say about 40 per cent of young South Koreans in survey

* Peaceful Afghanistan vital for regional connectivity: PM Shehbaz

* AI’s new frontier: affordable, domain-specific models are coming, says PolyU scientist

* Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu meets Anwar in Putrajaya

* Hong Kong cutting 10,000 civil service jobs – is it enough to turn its finances around?

* China's top court intensifies crackdown on cross-border telecom fraud

* Investors take gains from Bursa Malaysia as results period heads for a close

* Nepal, China sign deal to boost ethnic ties

* Chinese grandmas fall head over heels for ‘AI grandsons’ who cook dinners, spread laughter

* Suicide deaths in South Korea hit 13-year high in 2024

* ‘Contemplated suicide’: Ethiopians recount horror of South-East Asia scam centres

* Henry Golding takes Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski to Sarawak in new docuseries

* Real-life Squid Game to take place in Seoul

* New Zealand raises China's surprise warship drills in high-level talks

* Equities in tight range after Nvidia underwhelms

* Ringgit opens marginally higher vs US$ amid mixed market sentiment

* Japan forest fire burns buildings, prompts evacuations

* Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment trial: 73 days, 11 hearings, 16 witnesses

* FBM KLCI sees slight profit-taking after corporate results-driven rally

* FBI says North Korea was responsible for $1.5 billion ByBit hack

* HK actress Rain Li falls into a 2-metre snow pit while snowboarding in Japan – narrowly escapes death

* Kim wants war capabilities intensified

* Martial law was a ‘necessary evil’

* Former Brazil president hospitalised in Shanghai

* Big role in shaping peace prospects

* Yoon floated martial law plans over drinks, claims book

* Nightmare from Malaysia to Myanmar

* Chinese company's drug beats world's biggest-selling medicine: media

* Olympics-IOC president Bach to resign as member after end of term

* Asean defence ministers tuck into Musang King durian, traditional fare at retreat

* Malaysia to propose 18 priorities for Asean economies, says Tengku Zafrul

* Rescuers save cave divers after 69-hour search in Guangxi, South China

* 40 Chinese nationals repatriated from Thailand in joint crackdown on illegal immigration

* Former Hong Kong lawmaker, six others jailed for rioting after 2019 mob attack

* Japan set to raise tourist tax to counter overtourism

* Malaysia will play pivotal role in Timor-Leste’s Asean membership, says Tengku Zafrul

* HK actor Aaron Kwok's wife Moka Fang robbed in Milan, loses RM20K bag

* Chinese woman with Cambridge master’s degree declines biotech job to become zookeeper

* Two tigers killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri

 

 

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