en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-10-31 Singapore Southeast Asia

If Nothing2Hide, let's hear from Arul and Pua
Malaysiakini (subscription)
YOURSAY | If Arul goes head to head with Pua, the DAP leader will crucify him.' Tony Pua offers to host live talk show for 1MDB chief. Anonymous_1421806811: If 1MDB boss Arul Kanda is thoroughly sincere to prove to the world that the sovereign fund has ...

No need to quit PAC to debate me, 1MDB boss tells Pua   Malay Mail Online
Pua hits out at 'ridiculous condition' over debate   The Star Online
No conditions, let's debate, 1MDB chief tells Tony Pua   The Malaysian Insider

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Comelec denies plan to extend voters' registration deadline
Gulf Times
Kabataan party-list representative Terry Ridon (centre) and two youth leaders show copies of the petition they filed at the Supreme Court seeking to extend the voters' registration until the first week of January 2016. Manila Times Manila The ...
No more tomorrow for voter registration   Manila Bulletin
Philippines' Supreme Court urged to extend biometric voter registration period   Biometric Update
More voters expected to beat last day of registration   Philippine Star
Davao Today
CNN
Coconuts Manila
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Sacking is what cowards do to get rid of opponents
Malaysiakini (subscription)
RCZ: This only goes to show that the 154 Umno division chiefs are indeed cowards as they have no guts to oppose alleged theft in the billions, no guts to bring down the actual crooks and no guts to save the country from the actual crooks. Please sack ...
'NO NEED FOR PLOT, JUST SACK HIM': Umno warlords may support Najib but ...   Malaysia Chronicle
Umno chiefs: Act on troublemakers   The Straits Times
Shahbudin questions Nazri's sudden concern over Zahid   Free Malaysia Today

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Aquino: I really felt traffic on Edsa
Inquirer.net
President Aquino on Friday said he himself was caught in a traffic jam on Edsa recently and had a firsthand experience of the daily misery endured by motorists and commuters on Metro Manila's busiest thoroughfare. “Last night, I passed through Edsa and ...
Noy names OIC Carlos as permanent MMDA chief   Philippine Star
MMDA OIC appointed new chairman   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Carlos named MMDA chief   The Standard (press release)
CNN
Malaya
InterAksyon
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Palace, lawmakers pay tribute to Ernesto Herrera
Inquirer.net
Even in death, former senator and labor leader Ernesto Herrera will continue to be an inspiration, according to Senate President Franklin Drilon. “He was a giant of Philippine labor. Our country's workers have lost a champion,” said Drilon in a ...
Herrera's legacy   Philippine Star
Palace, lawmakers remember Herrera   The Manila Times
Leaders mourn solon's passing   The Standard (press release)
Sun.Star
CNN
InterAksyon
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Philippine Airport Security Allegedly Put Bullets In Bags
Newsy
Officials at an airport in the Philippines are allegedly putting bullets into luggage in order to extort money from passengers. October 30, 2015 by Samantha Crook. Officials at an airport in the Philippines are allegedly slipping bullets into ...
World's worst airport now most dangerous   The Standard (press release)
Beware! Thieves have made NAIA their den   The Manila Times
Bullet binge   Inquirer.net
Rappler
Mashable
Inquirer News - Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Shift in ASEAN against Chinese buildup
Nikkei Asian Review
SINGAPORE -- Malaysia, Indonesia and others are stepping up criticism of China's island-building in the South China Sea, abandoning previously neutral stances and potentially swinging the balance of opinion in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...

Defense Minister Han to attend regional security meeting in Malaysia   GlobalPost
Conflict watered down in draft defence document   TODAYonline
Malaysia urges all parties to ensure stability in South China Sea   Channel News Asia

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Maldives: When Yameen Doesn't Trust Yameen's Choice – Analysis
Eurasia Review
The one thing that stands out in the weekend arrest of Maldivian Vice-President Ahmed Adheeb for an 'assassination attempt' against President Abdulla Yameen is that the latter continues to not trust his own choices in senior Cabinet positions. Rather ...

Maldives envoy held over murder plot   AsiaOne
Malaysia deports 5 Maldivians over alleged assassination bid   Washington Post
Maldives boat blast suspect deported from Malaysia   Free Malaysia Today
benarnews
New York Times
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AsiaOne

Maid starved to death: Malaysian couple to hang
AsiaOne
Soh Chew Tong (extreme right) and his wife Chin Chui Ling at the Penang High Court. Photo: The Star. Maid starved to death: Malaysian couple to hang. The Star/ANN | M. Mageswari | Saturday, Oct 31, 2015. M. Mageswari. The Star/ANN Saturday, Oct 31 ...

Court enhances punishment   The Star Online
Court restores death sentence on couple for murder of maid   The Borneo Post
M'sian court puts couple on death row for starving Cambodian maid to death   TODAYonline

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AsiaOne

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra appears at Thai court
AsiaOne
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Thursday (Oct 29) for court proceedings in connection with a rice subsidy case brought against her. The ousted PM is charged with negligence for her role in a ...

Court sets the dates to hear witnesses in Yingluck's trial   The Nation
Witness testimony in Yingluck's rice trial starts Jan 15 | Bangkok Post: news   Bangkok Post
Yingluck Shinawatra in court over rice scheme   CCTV
Khaosod English
Business Standard
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