Indonesian arrested for abusing boy
Indonesian arrested for abusing boy
HONG KONG: An Indonesian domestic helper has been arrested for
allegedly abusing her employer's 14-month-old boy, police said on
Wednesday.
The 28-year-old maid, surnamed Rosikah, was arrested on
Tuesday after the boy's mother saw her allegedly beating the
toddler on film from a hidden video camera installed in the flat,
said a police spokesman, Mackenzie Mak.
The boy suffered bruises on his forehead and right foot, Mak
said. He was in satisfactory condition in hospital, said a
government spokesman, speaking on terms of customary anonymity.
Local media reported that the toddler's mother installed the
surveillance camera after discovering minor injuries on her son
on several occasions.
An estimated 66,000 Indonesians work as live-in maids in Hong
Kong to support their poor families back home. --AP
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Australia military takes blame for asylum furor
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Aussie military takes scandal blame
AUSTRALIA: Australia's defense force chief took the blame on
Wednesday for an asylum scandal dogging the government, admitting
that suggestions that a boatload of illegal migrants had thrown
their children into the sea were false.
Declaring the "buck stops" with him, Admiral Chris Barrie told
a news conference that a mix-up in military communications had
caused him to pass on incorrect information to Prime Minister
John Howard and former defense minister Peter Reith.
"After speaking at considerable length on Sunday with
Commander Banks, the commanding officer of HMAS Adelaide, I have
now reached the conclusion that there is no evidence to support
the claim that children were thrown overboard," Barrie said.
Barrie, who was referring to the Australian warship at the
center of the scandal, said the armed forces would investigate
the breakdown in communication. --Reuters
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Notorious Tokyo red-light zone now web of surveillance cameras
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Red-light zone recorded by secret cameras
JAPAN: Vagrants and visitors to Tokyo's raunchiest red-light
district beware - someone's watching you.
Beginning on Wednesday, nearly every public nook and cranny of
the crime-ridden Kabukicho entertainment district will be filmed
24-hours a day by 50 secret cameras tucked behind billboards and
stashed behind street lights.
It's part of an unprecedented sweep to clean up a quarter as
popular for its drinking holes, karaoke haunts and hostess clubs
as it is notorious for gangster shoot outs, gambling dens and
brothels.
Crime in the cramped neighborhood has skyrocketed in recent
years, peaking at 5,388 cases in 2000, according to the most
recent figures. That's about 40 times the Tokyo average, when
calculated on the basis of crimes per square meter
Use of surveillance cameras is common elsewhere in Tokyo, but
has never been pioneered on such an intensive scale, police
spokesman Yasunori Fujita said. The idea: Catch crooks on camera,
and cut down on crime. -- AP
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New magazine celebrates bravery of Afghan women
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Magazine depicts Afghan women's bravery
AFGHANISTAN: As Afghanistan's cultural life recovers from the
devastation of Taliban rule, a new women's magazine has hit the
streets with a message of defiance for armed men who still run
much of the country.
Filled with political and social comment, interviews with
prominent women and poems from contributors, Malalai is the
second women's magazine launched in the Afghan capital, Kabul,
since the fall of the Taliban last November.
Editor Jamila Mujahed said the magazine took its name, and
inspiration, from a legendary Afghan woman who led a band of
guerrilla fighters against invading British troops in the 1880s.
In a country wracked by war for more than two decades and
still at the mercy of tribal militias and warlords, Malalai's
portrait on the back cover is a powerful symbol of the battles
women have fought for freedom in Afghanistan. --AFP