BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) – On a tiny island off Brunei’s northern tip on the South China Sea, thousands of Chinese workers are building a refinery and petrochemical complex, along with a bridge connecting it to the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. When completed, the first phase of the $3.4 billion complex on Muara Besar island, run by China’s Hengyi Group,… Read more »
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s election organizers said on Monday they will investigate a complaint against about 30 former opposition party members for calling for a boycott of Sunday’s general election. The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved last year, part of a wide-ranging crackdown by Prime Minister Hun Sen who is looking to secure his grip… Read more »
SYDNEY/HONG KONG, June 8 (TRLPC) – Singapore is preparing to launching a collateralised loan obligation (CLO) consisting of dozens of project financings across Asia Pacific in a bid to boost institutional investment in Asian infrastructure. According to a banker familiar with the matter, several key project finance banks have transferred assets totalling slightly under US$500m into the pool to kick-start… Read more »
MANILA — One of the founding members of a Philippine lawyers’ group at the forefront of opposing President Rodrigo Duterte’s lethal war on drugs was gunned down on Tuesday, killed by three bullets as he was leaving his office for the night. The attorney, Benjamin Ramos, 56, was the 34th lawyer killed since Mr. Duterte became president two years ago…. Read more »
In the Philippines, there is a lethal war on drugs that has been enacted by their President, Rodrigo Duterte. Recently, a lawyer leading the charge against this lethal drug war was shot three times and killed while he was leaving work. This was the thirty-fourth lawyer that has been killed since Duterte has come to power and pursued this war…. Read more »