en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-10-28 Singapore Southeast Asia

PAS in Johor state assembly will be 'awkward', says state Amanah chairman
The Rakyat Post
Johor Amanah chairman Aminolhuda Hassan says it will be awkward for the Opposition front during the next Johor state legislative assembly sitting in November. — TRP file pic. Adjust Font Size: JOHOR BARU, Oct 28, 2015: Johor's Parti Amanah Negara ...

Opposition risks returning to irrelevance   Free Malaysia Today
PAS 'ready to work with ruling BN'   The Straits Times
'Hadi, placard protest was in no way uncivil'   Malaysiakini (subscription)
AsiaOne
Malaysia Chronicle
Malay Mail Online
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Najib to answer RM2.6b query in Parliament
The Edge Markets
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be answering questions about the RM2.6 billion in his personal accounts in the current Parliament sitting, his lawyer said yesterday in asking the High Court for an early date to hear the prime minister's ...
Dr Ling: I'm patiently waiting for him to sue   The Star Online
Najib gets stay in lawsuit over account deposits   The Straits Times
Najib to defer suing WSJ until clear reply on US law, says lawyer   TODAYonline
Malay Mail Online
Free Malaysia Today
The Rakyat Post
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Action on Najib, Hadi photo stompers pending AGC's instructions, Zahid says
Malay Mail Online
Bersih 4 supporters gather at Menara Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, August 29, 2015. ― File picKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 ― Police have completed their investigations on individuals involved in the stomping of a photo depicting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib ...

Probe into provocative incidents completed   Malaysiakini (subscription)
10% OF BERSIH 4 CROWD SIZE BUT TWICE THE COST: Red Shirts' rally cost cops ...   Malaysia Chronicle
Malaysian DPM: Red shirt rally cost police twice as much as Bersih   AsiaOne
TODAYonline
The Rakyat Post
Free Malaysia Today
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NDTV

Aquino confident Marcoses won't return to power
Manila Bulletin
President Aquino yesterday expressed confidence that the Marcoses would not return to national power as he called anew on the family to apologize for the martial law abuses. In a media forum yesterday, the President believes that the Filipino voters ...
PNoy rejects permanent refugees   Visayan Daily Star (press release)
Australia urged to pursue asylum seeker deal with Asian countries   SBS
President's last FOCAP forum tackles sea dispute   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Voice of America
Philippine Star
Inquirer.net
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NASA warns of worst ever forest fires, environmental disaster, as smoke ...
NEWS.com.au
IT'S the biggest environmental disaster in our region and Australia cannot avoid being affected by its enormous reach. A sickening haze that has spread across southeast Asia is being described as a “crime against humanity” and has NASA warning of a ...

Indonesian lawmakers wants haze declared national disaster   AsiaOne
Comments on other issues: Haze spreading throughout   Jakarta Post
30 years later, is there an end in sight to haze problem?   TODAYonline
The Straits Times
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Times LIVE
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Overstayers face stiff re-entry bans
The Phuket News
The Immigration Bureau has asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to exercise his special powers to issue a ban on foreigners found guilty of overstaying in Thailand from re-entering the country for one to 10 years. immigration, ...

Thailand Arrests Some 9200 Foreigners in Immigration Crackdown   KBS WORLD Radio News
Thailand to issue new and tougher penalties for visa overstays   FTNnews.com (press release)
PM Prayuth to decide on tough new penalties for foreigners who overstay   ThaiVisa News

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Issue of the day: Ubud cancels sessions on 1965
Jakarta Post
Organizers of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF), due to kick off Friday, have canceled all sessions that were to look at the massacre of communists in Indonesia in the 1960s, citing pressure from the government. Three panel discussions, a ...
Message to Joko Widodo: Strong nations don't censor writers festivals   ABC Online
Censorship is returning to Indonesia in the name of the 1965 purges   The Guardian
Indonesia 1965: 50 years since anti-communist massacres   China Worker
Crikey (registration)
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The Chess Master vs. Putin
Wall Street Journal
When Garry Kasparov, in 2005, suddenly announced his retirement from competition after two decades dominating the chess world, there was widespread puzzlement. He explains in “Winter Is Coming” that he left the pawns and pieces behind to join Russia's ...

S'pore ex-chess official and Kasparov get 2-year ban   The Straits Times
Former Chess Champ Kasparov: Make Putin Look Like a Loser   Fox Business
Kasparov: Putin 'looking only for enemies'   BBC News

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Rain brings respite from the haze
Channel News Asia
Haze conditions in Singapore saw some improvement following widespread showers early on Wednesday morning (Oct 28), said to the National Environment Agency (NEA). POSTED: 28 Oct 2015 09:43; UPDATED: 28 Oct 2015 10:01. PHOTOS. File photo of ...

Haze improves dramatically on Wednesday after early morning showers   The Straits Times

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AsiaOne

Prepaid phone card rebate only for Malaysians
AsiaOne
CYBERJAYA: The rebate for prepaid phone card users announced in Budget 2016 will only benefit Malaysian citizens and does not cover foreigners. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Salleh Said Keruak said the Government ...

Putrajaya willing to bear part of GST cost on prepaid top-ups, minister says   Malay Mail Online
Msian prepaid users to get GST rebates soon   New Straits Times Online
Rebate system for prepaid card users being developed   Free Malaysia Today

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