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🔥 US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers. The firm is essentially treating Hong Kong as the same as mainland China.

Latham & Watkins — the world’s second-highest-grossing law firm — has told… pic.twitter.com/4zgCFzom4Z

— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) February 13, 2024

//“What it means is if you have . . . raids in Hong Kong, law enforcement [can only] access Hong Kong and China databases,” the second person said.// https://t.co/z5TzbaP1yH

— Mary Hui (@maryhui) February 13, 2024

The world's second-highest grossing law firm is cutting off its #HongKong-based lawyers from automatic access to its international databases, a sign of how greater #CCP control over HK is forcing global firms to rethink how they operate there. .https://t.co/BPOMdzROD7

— Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us) February 13, 2024

"US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers, in a sign of how Beijing’s closer control of the territory is forcing global firms to rethink the way they operate"https://t.co/fqWcYYDVQd

— China Beige Book (@ChinaBeigeBook) February 13, 2024

Action: "HK last month unveiled its proposals for a new security law that would step up scrutiny on data and “state secrets”"
Reaction: "The world’s second-highest-grossing law firm […] is now “treating Hong Kong as the same as mainland China”"https://t.co/ruI0qcsXqy

— Raphaël Becanne (@rbecanne) February 13, 2024

Xi reappears: Observers say he did so because of two targets

On February 1, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) general secretary, Xi Jinping, appeared in Tianjin. Observers said that Xi reappeared to dispel rumors that he had cancer. pic.twitter.com/xJshyeFK5D

— Spotlight on China (@spotlightoncn) February 6, 2024

We shall wait all of 2024 for economist David Rosenberg to be proven right. Or wrong.https://t.co/1I7O29nWTs pic.twitter.com/jMHKbtOQQE

— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) February 13, 2024

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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) February 13, 2024

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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) February 13, 2024

David Rosenberg predicted recession but it did not come.https://t.co/9LFzRp8CwJ pic.twitter.com/6uEFX2j6hv

— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) February 13, 2024

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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) February 13, 2024

WATCH: Malaysian police have confirmed that two people on board a light aircraft belonging to a Singapore-based flight trainer company that caught fire and crashed near a town in Selangor on Tuesday (Feb 13) were killed. https://t.co/MGsPILPMNX pic.twitter.com/PBmUJguDrn

— TODAY (@TODAYonline) February 14, 2024

2 dead after Singapore firm's light aircraft crashes near town in Selangor https://t.co/gQuLqbbihN pic.twitter.com/xIHVYB9QY6

— TODAY (@TODAYonline) February 13, 2024

2. The two men hailed from Johor and Penang.

Selangor police said the bodies have been recovered and sent to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

Both victims were found in the plane’s cockpit.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) February 13, 2024

4. The aircraft was a Blackshape Gabriel aircraft, belonging to the Air Adventure Flying Club based in Subang.

Police also said that the incident did not cause any damage to the houses of residents around the area. pic.twitter.com/D4boPtGbct

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) February 13, 2024

Sebuah pesawat ringan dilapor terhempas di kebun kelapa sawit, Kg Tok Muda Kapar, Klang pada jam 1:10 petang tadi.

Rakaman Video dikatakan " yang berterbangan itu adalah serpihan dari pesawat yang sempat dirakam oleh penduduk sebelum terhempas. " pic.twitter.com/GW67TD2BVr

— Jabatan Netizen Malaysia 🇲🇾 (@jnmalaysia) February 13, 2024

Berita penuh:https://t.co/AUAVXVehnu

— Buletin TV3 (@BuletinTV3) February 13, 2024

2. A search and rescue operation is underway, says the Selangor and Fire Rescue Department. It received a distress call about the incident at 1:56pm.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said it in the process of gathering information and will issue a statement soon.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) February 13, 2024

Polis sahkan kejadian pesawat terhempas di Kapar, Klang – Ketua Polis Selangor

📹 Awam#BernamaNews pic.twitter.com/WLv5sxxL4A

— BERNAMA (@bernamadotcom) February 13, 2024

Sebuah helikopter ringan dilapor terhempas di kebun kelapa sawit, Kg Tok Muda Kapar Klang 1:10 petang tadi.@BuletinTV3 sedang mendapatkan pengesahan pihak berkuasa @bombaJBPM mengenai maklumat penduduk kampung itu. pic.twitter.com/N8K0iWgvwv

— Juliana Sharin (@julianaNewsMPB) February 13, 2024

Dr Mahathir warded in IJN, defamation trial against DPM Zahid adjourned to July 19 https://t.co/1uPKSA96Uh

— Malay Mail (@malaymail) February 13, 2024

IJN had also sent a letter to the court indicating Dr. Mahathir, 98, was unable to attend court proceedings today due to his health condition. #IJN #TunMahathir #ZahidHamidi #Court #Defamationhttps://t.co/s5mS0BXzlx

— Sinar Daily (@sinardailymy) February 13, 2024

Don't be like Taylor Swift? At 36, still unmarried, childless. Be what Xi Jinping wants: child bearers.
*But Chinese women want to be like Taylor Swift https://t.co/gKcbhoR38D https://t.co/XLIbsQdgMq pic.twitter.com/CeAvtzK3ev

— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) February 13, 2024

Singing along with their favourite singer and waving glow sticks, Chinese fans of Taylor Swift turned a normally quiet Beijing cinema into a place of celebration on February 3, 2024. pic.twitter.com/4pEv3jFnzT

— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) February 8, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour concert movie is packing theaters across China, providing a rare outlet for young women rejecting ever-tighter social controls https://t.co/a5VcuqZDD7 via @bbgequality

— Matthew Brooker (@mbrookerhk) February 13, 2024

The CCP has deleted this video from Weibo, a Chinese social media platform. https://t.co/bZ8KoZEJJV

— Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng 曾錚真言 (@jenniferzeng97) February 13, 2024

An irrational driver ran amok in downtown #Chongqing , and the citizens and the police subdued him together. I think the #China police should carry #guns at this time. pic.twitter.com/cTeknaEawn

— May小麦 (@spacemaidu) February 13, 2024

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— 陽光普照 (@Cmz75683107) February 12, 2024

有评论区网友称是酒驾 pic.twitter.com/GUQfGdUdDV

— 李老师不是你老师 (@whyyoutouzhele) February 12, 2024

Do not know what happened in China's Chongqing. Generally speaking there's no bullet in policeas gun in case of revelling. pic.twitter.com/xWpr4gCn0t

— 坐看云起时 (@WalkerSmit83251) February 12, 2024