M’sia: Lawyer cries foul over 2-year sentence for blogger
PETALING JAYA, Jan 21 ― Civil liberties lawyer Eric Paulsen questioned a Sabah court’s decision to mete out the maximum sentence to pro-PKR blogger Milosuam for disseminating false news, saying it was too harsh for a first-time offender. The blogger, whose full name is Yusuf al-Siddique, was found guilty on Monday for posting...
Reliance on cheap foreign labour undermines productivity
In its recommendations for the upcoming Budget, the Singapore Business Federation's SME Committee called for the Government to defer further planned increases in foreign worker levies and to remove the foreign worker levy for S-Pass holders ("Small companies' Budget wishlist"; Jan 8). While I appreciate the need for businesses...
Disillusioned Hong Kongers press UK for escape route
sg.news.yahoo - By Dennis Chong - AFP News – 22 Jan 2015 People take photos of an installation of paper umbrellas -- symbols of Hong Kong With Hong Kong increasingly polarised on political reforms and fears growing over the influence of Beijing, frustrated residents are pressing former colonial power Britain to offer them...
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