'Baby Apec' dies in the hospital
'Baby Apec' dies in the hospital
THAILAND: A baby boy abandoned in a Bangkok trash can and
nicknamed "Apec" died in the hospital on Wednesday after nine
short days of life, hospital officials said a day following the
summit after which he was named.
The 3.2 kg (seven pound) baby, named after the two-day Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Bangkok, died
after his heart stopped beating due to complications from oxygen
deprivation.
The baby's 23-year-old mother, who was arrested by police on
Sunday and faces a murder charge, was allowed to visit her child
an hour before his death.
"She cried when she saw him," said Taydee Rukvanith,
supervising nurse at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of
Child Health, where "Baby Apec" had been attached to a respirator
with tiny strips of white tape. -- Reuters
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Shot Cambodian pop star evacuated
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Shot Cambodian pop star evacuated
CAMBODIA: A Cambodian pop star with links to the royalist
FUNCINPEC party was medically evacuated to a Bangkok hospital on
Wednesday as thousands of grieving fans prayed she survived gun
shot wounds to the face.
The 24-year-old siren Touch Sunnich, known across Cambodia as
the voice of FUNCINPEC, was evacuated under tight security with
members of her family, said Prime Minister Hun Sen's advisor, Om
Yentieng.
Police said four men on motorbikes opened fire on the singer
and her mother on Tuesday as they were getting into a car after
leaving a flower shop. Touch Sunnich was shot in the head; her
62-year-old mother, Kim Sinon, was shot in the back and died.
Prime Minister Hun Sen offered a reward on Wednesday for
information leading to the capture of the attackers of the
singer.
Hoping to prevent the shooting of Touch Sunnich from
snowballing into a major source of instability, Hun Sen ordered
all armed forces to boost security and suggested that political
forces were behind the crime. -- Agencies
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Bombs explode in Laos, 2 die
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Bombs explode in Laos, 2 die
VIETNAM: Two people were killed in a bomb blast in southern Laos,
while a hand grenade was thrown near a market in Vientiane on the
same day, Radio Free Asia (RFA) and state media said on
Wednesday.
The first blast took place on Sunday afternoon at the
Souvantxay market in Khanthabouly town, in southern Savannakhet
province, killing two people and injuring at least five others,
RFA said, citing local sources.
The second blast took place later on the same day near
Vientiane's Khoua Din evening market after a grenade was hurled
by two men on a motorbike, the U.S. government-funded network
said.
Tuesday's edition of the state-run Vientiane Times
acknowledged the incident had taken place, but blamed it on a
personal dispute, saying "two gangs were arguing with each other
when one gang member took the grenade and exploded it". -- AFP