Singapore

Jail for man in Singapore who used bogus wine investment scheme to pocket S$12.67mil of investors’ funds

SINGAPORE: A man, who set up a company that dealt with wines, and an alleged accomplice devised a fraudulent investment scheme involving the beverage to cheat over 200 investors of millions of dollars between 2008 and 2011.

Entertainment

Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Kung marries Malaysian girlfriend, to hold wedding in Putrajaya

Kung's wife is reportedly the niece of the late Malaysian business magnate and IOI Group founder Lee Shin Cheng.

India

India, Pakistan expel High Commission officials

ANKARA: (Bernama-Anadolu) India and Pakistan have expelled each other's diplomats, declaring them "persona non grata" and ordering them to leave their respective countries within 24 hours, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

China

19 trapped in southwest China landslides

GUIYANG, (China): (Bernama-Xinhua) A total of 19 residents from eight households have been trapped by landslides in Dafang County under Bijie City in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Thursday (May 22), the local government said, Xinhua reported.

Thailand

Malaysia and Thailand to enhance power grid interconnection facilities

BANGKOK: (Bernama) Malaysia and Thailand have announced plans to upgrade their existing power interconnection facilities, further solidifying a decades-long partnership in energy cooperation.

China

No booze, no bouquets: China tightens frugal code for officials

BEIJING: No booze, no banquets, no bouquets. China has barred alcohol, luxury dishes, and cigarettes from official meals, part of a sweeping crackdown on extravagance in public life.

Singapore

China woman in Singapore who duped firm into delivering metal sheets worth nearly S$7mil gets 9½ years’ jail

SINGAPORE: An assistant sales manager of a company that sold construction materials submitted fake purchase orders to dupe it into releasing its products – metal sheets – worth nearly S$7 million in total.

Nation

Malaysia welcomes joint statement calling for resumption of humanitarian aid in Gaza

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has welcomed the joint statement issued on May 19 by the foreign ministers of 23 donor countries to Palestine, calling for the immediate and full resumption of humanitarian aid into Gaza and condemning Israel's continued obstruction of life-saving assistance.

Indonesia

Clashes erupt during tuition fee protest at Papua university in Indonesia

JAKARTA: (Bernama) A protest by university students in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua turned violent on Thursday (May 22), leaving four police officers injured and a police truck burned, authorities said.

Entertainment

HK actor Ai Wai says wife has died at 61, over a week after plea for liver donor

Lisa Chan had been battling polycystic liver and kidney disease for years and underwent a surgery in 2015 to remove a 6kg uterine tumour.

Nation

No further action on Teoh Beng Hock's death, says AG's Chambers

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has directed that no further action (NFA) be taken in connection with the death of Teoh Beng Hock, which occurred on July 16, 2009 outside a fifth-floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Nation

International cooperation needed for GLC investment probe, says MACC

PUTRAJAYA: Cooperation from more than three countries is required in its investigation involving a GLC, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

China

Chinese Premier Li Qiang to attend Asean-GCC Summit in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: (Bernama) Chinese Premier Li Qiang (pic) will attend the inaugural Asean-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur next week.

Singapore

Six men in Singapore to be charged over child sexual exploitation offences, including commercial sex with a minor

SINGAPORE: Six men will be charged for their alleged involvement in separate cases of child sexual exploitation, including engaging a minor for sex and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Nation

National language important for country's development, says Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians must remember the importance of the national language, even as the country advances in progress and technology, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Japan

Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women: Reports

TOKYO: Japanese police said on Thursday (May 22) they had arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.

South Korea

Stain of martial law bid deters use of South Korea Yoon's office

SEOUL: Just three years after South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office from the historic Blue House, his potential successors are vowing to move again, as they seek to escape the taint of his martial law attempt.

Thailand

Rescue efforts delayed by underground structures at Bangkok metro site

BANGKOK: Bangkok officials accelerate removal of pile structure and underground concrete to rescue construction worker buried at metro site in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district.

Nation

PKR issues warning to Rafizi for listing preferred candidates

PETALING JAYA: One day before the PKR polls, the party's election committee has issued a stern warning to Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli for announcing his preferred candidate line-up.

World

Convicted Indonesian military general set to get key finance ministry post

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is expected to appoint a military officer - once found guilty of kidnapping rights activists - to a top finance ministry post, two sources said, underlining the military's growing role in governing the world's third largest democracy.