Monthly Archives: December 2020

FMT: Cramped container hostel, home to 100+ Bangladeshis, in oil palm plantation, Jeram, Selangor…

.. They work for two furniture making factories, not a glove factory. .. Cramped container hostel is home for more than 100 Bangladeshis pic.twitter.com/Ig4PQnRuNa — Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) December 21, 2020 .. https://t.co/ZInJP1IAfh — Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) December … Continue reading

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Lim Kit Siang: Why is Malaysia paying 20 times more than Belgium for Pfizer 19 vaccine?

.. With this announcement, I hope it clears up the misinformation spread by @limkitsiang that we spent RM3bn on just the Pfizer deal alone that covers 20% of our population. — Khairy Jamaluddin 🇲🇾🌺 (@Khairykj) December 22, 2020 .. RM3bn … Continue reading

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No, Joe Biden and the Democrats didn’t try to stop Vietnamese refugees from coming in 1975. | by Nick Nguyen | Medium

.. No, Joe Biden and the Democrats didn’t try to stop Vietnamese refugees from coming in 1975. Nick NguyenAug 7, 2020·7 min read A regular experience for second generation Vietnamese-Americans was this constant refrain we heard from our parents, that … Continue reading

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‘You can take any of the platforms Ant has,’ Jack Ma told Beijing amid IPO scrutiny: WSJ…

.. Sources: in an early November meeting, Jack Ma offered concessions to Chinese regulators, including handing over parts of Ant Group if "the country needs it" (Lingling Wei/Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/ickIuIQsMK pic.twitter.com/bqWqSNUmui — imreganreynolds (@imreganreynolds) December 20, 2020 .. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/platforms-ant-jack-ma-told-031157488.htmlContinue reading

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Tengku Adnan: A chronology of corruption (FMT)…

.. A Chronology of Corruption pic.twitter.com/CrazgwQpXn — Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) December 21, 2020

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Guilty! Tengku Adnan gets 12 months for corruption! And a fine of RM2 million.

.. pic.twitter.com/T9y5MZd7xa — Fahmi Reza (@kuasasiswa) December 21, 2020 .. UPDATE: Tengku Adnan has been sentenced to 12 months in jail & fined RM2mil by the High Court. Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan says any default would land him another 6 … Continue reading

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Mandarin Orchard Singapore Covid-19 cases: Frustration, anxiety and holidays cut short over hotel stay…

.. Investigations ongoing to assess if #COVID19 case from the Philippines could be linked to 13 who served stay-home notice at Mandarin Orchard hotel https://t.co/t8fXMfmQeY pic.twitter.com/VTcgcjZC5z — CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 25, 2020 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-cases-singapore-imported-community-moh-dec-25-13841312?cid=TWTcna https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-cases-singapore-imported-community-moh-dec-25-13841312?cid=TWTcna .. 'Frustrating' to have possibly caught … Continue reading

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Fight at Clarke Quay, Singapore!

.. Singapore: Fight at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3…  MICHELLE LEE SHI HUI Published DECEMBER 22, 2020Updated DECEMBER 22, 2020 SINGAPORE — Seven more people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the case of rioting with a deadly weapon … Continue reading

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The New York Times on Top Glove and workers’ conditions…

.. "At the urging of European and other governments, Top Glove was given a special exemption to continue operations during Malaysia’s lockdown earlier this year." — Martha Lincoln (@heavyredaction) December 20, 2020 .. First it was evidence of forced labor … Continue reading

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James Carter: How Kublai Khan’s Yuan complicates the notion of â€˜China’…

.. 1 The People’s Republic of China — like every modern nation-state — presents itself as the heir to an immutable, timeless entity. It draws its legitimacy from this past, enabling a claim that it is not just 70 years … Continue reading

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