Indonesia resumes penalising exporters that break repatriation rules

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank offers reinstated rules to sanction natural resources exporters that do not receive their earnings through domestic banks, deputy governor Juda Agung said upon Thursday (Sep 22). Indonesia in 2019 issued rules requiring organic resource exporters to put their earnings in the domestic banking system, with theContinue Reading

Cambodia Khmer Rouge court upholds conviction in final ruling

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict on Thursday (Sep 22), upholding the genocide conviction plus life sentence imposed on the regime’s final surviving leader. The tribunal was ruling with an appeal by Khieu Samphan, head of state for the murderous communist regime, whichContinue Reading

No special treatment given to hospitalised former Malaysia PM Najib: Khairy

PUTRAJAYA: There has been simply no interference in Najib Razak’s medical treatment and the former Malaysian prime minister has not received any special treatment while he has been hospitalised, Malaysia’s Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday (Sep 21). Khairy said that Ministry of Health (MOH) performs itself professionally accordingContinue Reading

Malaysia brings home 15 victims of Cambodian cybercrime racket

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian specialists have rescued 15 victims of thought cybercrime rackets in Cambodia, its international ministry said, as the government steps up efforts to help hundreds of its citizens trapped by similar operations across Southeast Asia. The recovery of the victims, exactly who arrived in Kuala Lumpur on TuesdayContinue Reading