S'pore mother jailed for burning maid<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: A doctor turned consultant was sentenced to four
\nmonths in a Singapore jail after admitting to burning her
\nIndonesian maid's arm with an iron, it was reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Lim May Ling, 42, initially faced eight other charges of
\nabusing Lilis Suryani, 20, but these accusations were withdrawn,
\nThe Straits Times said.<\/p>\n
District Judge Valerie Thean was told on Monday the maid had
\nbeen ironing clothes on March 17 last year when Lim asked her to
\nhelp carry some bags.<\/p>\n
When she returned, Lim scolded Lilis for leaving the hot iron
\nunattended while her three children were in the apartment
\nalthough the maid had switched the iron off.<\/p>\n
When the maid said it was not dangerous, Lim placed it on her
\nforearm to show \"it was still hot\", the court heard. The maid was
\ntreated at Singapore General Hospital.<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Cambodia-security
\nPolice brace for future riots
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Police brace for future riots<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's national police chief said on Tuesday that
\nsecurity forces would get crowd control training and equipment to
\nprevent unrest like the anti-Thai riots that rocked the capital
\nlast month.<\/p>\n
Police Gen. Hok Lundy said officers were girding themselves in
\nanticipation of street protests organized by political opponents
\nof Prime Minister Hun Sen before and after the general election
\non July 27.<\/p>\n
Next month, up to 700 police officers will be trained on the
\nuse of sticks, electric shock batons and barbed wire to cordon
\noff and control crowds.<\/p>\n
Cambodian mobs torched the Thai Embassy and dozens of Thai-
\nowned businesses during the riots, which was sparked by false
\nrumors that a Thai actress claimed that Angkor Wat, Cambodia's
\nnational symbol, should belong to Thailand. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Vietnam-gangster-trial
\nGangster trial opens, 19 face death
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Gangster trial opens, 19 face death<\/p>\n
VIETNAM: Communist Vietnam launched the trial of 155 suspected
\ngangsters on Tuesday in a showpiece trial aimed at reassuring
\ninvestors the government is serious about cracking down on crime.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people gathered outside the court in the bustling
\nsouthern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City as the trial began.
\nProsecutors have accused a 55-year-old former soldier, Truong Van
\nCam, of heading a gang that went on a 15-year spree of murder,
\ngambling, illegal emigration and bribery.<\/p>\n
A former vice minister of public security, Bui Quoc Huy, is
\namong the mostly male defendants, along with several police
\nofficials and prosecutors.<\/p>\n
If found guilty by two judges and a jury of three civilians
\npicked by the Communist Party, 19 defendants face the death
\npenalty.<\/p>\n
About 100 journalists watched the trial from an adjoining room
\non closed-circuit television. Foreign media can only cover the
\nopening day and the verdict, expected in May. --Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-MILF-rebels
\n25 slain in new RP fighting
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
25 slain in new RP fighting<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: Thirteen people have died in new clashes between the
\nmilitary and Moro separatists in the southern Philippines even as
\nMalaysia and Libya offered to mediate a solution to the 25-year
\ninsurgency.<\/p>\n
Five guerrillas of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
\nwere killed and a soldier wounded in a gunbattle on Tuesday in
\nBuldon on Mindanao island, regional military spokesman Maj.
\nJulieto Ando said.<\/p>\n
A clash on Monday in nearby Pikit left four guerrillas dead
\nand two soldiers wounded, local military commander Col. Carduzo
\nLuna said. Two government militiamen and two civilians were also
\nkilled in an MILF ambush on Monday in Sirawai, a military report
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, five communist guerrillas and seven soldiers,
\nincluding an officer, were slain in scattered clashes between
\ngovernment forces and rebels in different parts of the
\nPhilippines on Tuesday, military officials said. --AFP<\/p>",
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