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Mayor of Rome sues local region over wild boar ‘invasion’

Five Star Movement’s Virginia Raggi accuses Lazio regional government of failing to tackle problem

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo@lorenzo_tondoThu 2 Sep 2021 13.12 BST

Last modified on Fri 3 Sep

Rome’s mayor has opened a criminal lawsuit against the surrounding Lazio regional government over “the massive and uncontrolled presence of wild boar in Italy’s capital”.

In recent years, Rome’s citizens and farmers have protested about wild boar wreaking havoc on their land and causing fatal car crashes. The animal is believed to be responsible for an average of 10,000 road accidents a year in the country.

The capital’s mayor, Virginia Raggi, of the Five Star Movement (M5S) has accused the regional government, led by former Democratic party (PD) leader Nicola Zingaretti, of being responsible for what she described as a “boar invasion” and failing to implement “effective management plans for these animals”.

Debate was rekindled in May by a video widely shared on social media that showed six wild boar surrounding and stealing the shopping from a woman who had just come out of a supermarket near Rome.

The animals, four adults and two piglets, pursue the woman as she backs away, attempting in vain to keep them at bay. She is then forced to drop the shopping bag on the ground, which is immediately raided by the boar.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/02/mayor-of-rome-sues-local-region-over-wild-boar-invasion

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S’wak Report editor charged with defamation over T’ganu sultanah case

Published:  Sep 23, 2021 3:45 PM⋅Updated: 7:29 PM67

Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown has been charged in absentia for criminal defamation in a Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Terengganu.

This is over her book “The Sarawak Report – The inside story of 1MDB” which mentioned the Terengganu sultanah.

The charge was brought against Rewcastle Brown (above) in absentia this morning under Section 500 of the Penal Code which provides a punishment of up to two years imprisonment or a fine or both.

According to the charge sheet, the offending parts is contained in line seven of paragraph four on page three of the book.

“(It) contains accusation against Sultanah Nur Zahirah as underlined ‘the wife of the sultan’ which is libel where you have cause to believe that the accusation will spoil the good name of Sultanah Nur Zahirah.”

The charge sheet claimed the book was written at Lot 60048, Taman Chenderiang 21080 in Kuala Terengganu on Sept 14, 2018 at 8am.

The venue in a charge sheet can sometimes follow the venue of where the report was lodged or where the alleged offence was first witnessed.

According to Bernama, magistrate Nordiana Abd Aziz issued a warrant for Rewcastle Brown’s arrest for failing to turn up in court. The case has been set for mention on Nov 23.
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In a statement, Rewcastle Brown responded to the charges by decrying it as intimidation and abuse of power.

She added that there is no such crime as “criminal defamation” under British law, so any attempt to extradite her will fail.

“Given this rather ridiculous situation, I humbly suggest that the abolition of Malaysia’s outdated criminal defamation laws should be added to the long list of reforms needed to end the oppression of civil liberties and basic human rights in Malaysia.

“Sadly, attempts to do so under the elected Pakatan Harapan government were overturned by the return to office of those responsible for 1MDB. Hence, the revival of this case,” she said.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/592523

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Wei Jingsheng (Chinese: 魏京生; pinyin: Wèi Jīngshēng; born 20 May 1950, Beijing) is a Chinese human rights activist who is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. He is most prominent for having authored the essay “The Fifth Modernization“, which was posted on the Democracy Wall in Beijing in 1978. As punishment for writing his manifesto, Wei was arrested and convicted of “counter-revolutionary” activities, and he was detained as a political prisoner from 1979–93.^[1][2] Briefly released in 1993, Wei continued to perform his dissident activities by speaking to visiting journalists, and as punishment, he was imprisoned again from 1994–97, making it a total of 18 years he spent in various prisons. He was deported to the United States on 16 November 1997, on medical parole.^[3] Still a Chinese citizen, in 1998 Wei established the Wei Jingsheng Foundation in New York City (now based in Washington D.C.) whose stated aim is to work to improve human rights and advocate democratization in China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng

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Chinese whistleblower claims first COVID outbreak was INTENTIONAL and happened in October 2019 at Military World Games in Wuhan – two months before China notified the world about virus

• Defector Wei Jingsheng said virus may have first spread at military tournament
• Reports emerged in October 2019 athletes at event fell ill with mystery sickness
• Mr Jingsheng alleged China deliberately spread virus during Military Games 
• He claims he took his concerns to senior figures in the US gov but was ignored  

By Charlie Coë and Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 03:44 BST, 22 September 2021 | Updated: 15:17 BST, 22 September 2021

A whistleblower has sensationally claimed China deliberately spread Covid at a military tournament two months before the rest of the world knew about the deadly virus.

Ex-Chinese Communist Party insider Wei Jingsheng said The World Military Games in October 2019 could have acted as the virus’ first superspreader event.

The international tournament for military athletes was held in Wuhan – the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic – two months before China notified the World Health Organisation about its first cases.

Mr Jingsheng claimed it was no coincidence some of the 9,000 international athletes who gathered for the event reportedly became sick with a mystery illness.

‘I thought the Chinese government would take this opportunity to spread the virus during the Military Games, as many foreigners would show up there,’ he told the new Sky News documentary What Really Happened in Wuhan.

The whistleblower claimed he had heard of the Chinese government carrying out an ‘unusual exercise’ during the games.

‘[I knew] of the possibility of the Chinese government using some strange weapons, including biological weapons, because I knew they were doing experiments of that sort,’ he said. 

His claims were supported by the former Principal China Adviser to the US State Department Miles Yu.

He said French, German and American athletes were among those to fall ill at the tournament with Covid-like symptoms, but were never tested for the virus.
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Mr Jingsheng also claims he took his concerns about the unfolding situation to senior figures within the Trump administration in November 2019 but was ignored.

The long-time democracy campaigner, who has served time in prison for ‘counter-revolutionary activities’, said he made the approach as whispers of a ‘new SARS virus’ began circulating on WeChat and other Chinese social media platforms.

‘I felt they were not as concerned as I was, so I tried my best to provide more detail and information,’ he said.

‘They may not believe that a government of a country would do something like that (cover up a virus), so I kept repeating myself in an effort … to persuade them.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10014895/Ex-Chinese-Communist-Party-insider-Wei-Jingsheng-speaks-Wuhan-theory-relating-Covid-19.html

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