Today Around Southeast Asia
PHUKETWAN recognises the importance of Asean with the Economic Community approaching and marks what's happening around the region with a new column, Asean Today.
Malaysia
afp Malaysian authorities have arrested a European man for allegedly stripping naked and urinating on Mount Kinabalu, an act that some in the country say angered tribal spirits and caused a deadly earthquake. The report said the man was arrested as he sought to fly to the Philippines.
huffingtonpost.com So far, five tourists have been barred from leaving the country pending ''gross indecency'' charges, the AP reports.
wsj.com The Malaysian currency weakened more than one percent against the US dollar, bringing its loss so far this year to more than seven percent. In the bond markets, yields have surged on government debt and the stock market is languishing at its lowest level since January.
Singapore
bbc.com Singapore and Malaysia's Sabah state are observing a day of mourning for those killed in the Mt Kinabalu quake. Sixteen people are confirmed dead after the magnitude 6.0 quake, which hit the mountain in Sabah on Friday. Among the dead were six Singaporean children, their teacher and a guide.
Burma
afp Impoverished Rakhine state is a tinderbox of tension between its Buddhist majority and a heavily persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, many of whom live in displacement camps after deadly unrest erupted there in 2012. Buddhist hardliners there are planning a day of protest on Sunday against local authorities for helping the desperate boat migrants.
Indonesia
todayonline.com About 28 million Indonesians, or more than five times Singapore's population, continue to live below the poverty line. Taking home US$25 a month, they lack not only education, healthcare, and a roof over their heads but sufficient nutrition to survive.
Philippines
cnn.com The Philippines is set to submit to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in The Hague this week an almost 300-year-old map showing Scarborough Shoal or Panatag Shoal as part of Philippine territory for three centuries now.
Cambodia
thelawyer.com Thailand's Tilleke & Gibbins continues Asean expansion with Cambodia launch.
Vietnam
AP When ''napalm girl'' photographer Huynh Cong ''Nick'' Ut returned to the village of Trang Bang, he came equipped with something more era-appropriate: He brought his iPhone with him and was given custody of AP Images' Instagram account for the day.
Laos
ft.com In 2009 a poacher killed and ate the last tiger in a preserve for the animals along the border with Laos.
Brunei
channelnewsasia.com Chelsea forward Faiq Jefri Boliah is easily the most marked footballer at the Southeast Asian Games. Everywhere the 17-year-old Brunei royal goes someone is by his side. Close onfield marking meant his SEA Games adventure ended early at the group stage after Brunei were beaten 2-0 by Malaysia to make it five defeats in five games.
and urinating on Mount Kinabalu
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does it mean they has to carry plastic bags for collection of urine, and provably also a kind of rubber Schlong to connect those reservoirs while hiking without need to stop?
Posted by Sue on June 9, 2015 05:59