Asia Pacific

Singapore's fight against fake news; Govt shows direction to identify false stories

Singapore government's picture shows that STOMP and Straits Times are among those platforms which have published fake news.

Nov 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Who is to blame for the death of 31-foot sperm whale with 6kg of plastic waste in its stomach?

A dead sperm whale found in Indonesia, that swallowed six kilograms of plastic waste but the real cause of death is unknown.

Nov 21, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: Father raped own teen daughter multiple times, faces jail term for 26 years

The 35-year-old man, who rapped own teenage daughter eight times gets imprisonment but is appealing against his sentence.

Nov 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Why Facebook did not take down States Times Review post

Facebook stood by its policies and said that the social media company doesn't have a policy that prohibits alleged falsehoods.

Nov 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news Facebook

Mother of baby who died after alleged rape in Malaysia shares her emotions and pictures of daughter

An 11-month-old baby allegedly raped by caretake's husband and died after two days. But, the case sparked outrage in Malaysia.

Nov 12, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

The image was labelled false, with MOT clarifying in its graphic that the vouchers are in fact for lower income households

Singapore: MOT clarifies details of public transport vouchers after noticing false information on WhatsApp

Ministry of Transport clarified that the public transport vouchers are not for all senior Singaporeans but for lower-income households.

Nov 10, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Video of kneeling child sparks outrage; Police, MSF investigating Ikea carpark abuse incident

A passer-by shot the video from a distance that showed a school girl was forcefully kneeled and slapped by a man at Ikea carpark.

Nov 9, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore crime

Indonesias dog meat trade exposed in horrific video

Woman failed to save own pet but 171 dogs rescued from illegal Chinese slaughterhouse

The police raided the illegal slaughterhouse in Chengdu, China and saved almost 200 stolen dogs from brutal death.

Nov 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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State secrets case: Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar appeal against conviction

The appeal against the conviction in state secrets case cited evidence of a police set-up and lack of proof of a crime.

Nov 5, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Authorities are still searching for body parts and debris

Diver died while searching for dead bodies and debris from Lion Air crash

The deceased diver was a volunteer with the Indonesian navy's Search and Rescue division and was assigned to recover dead bodies and debris from the Java Sea.

Nov 4, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Former Hong Kong actress Yammie Lam's dead body found at her apartment

The beautiful and hottest actress of the industry was renowned for her beauty and won hearts in the 1995 fantasy A Chinese Odyssey.

Nov 4, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Indonesia plane crashes with 188 on board plunges into sea

The aircraft is said to be a Boeing 737 Max 8, with 188 people on board, including 3 children and 7 crew members.

Oct 29, 2018

By Vanilla Sharma

Operation 'X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner' termed racist for allegedly targeting 'dark-skinned people' in Thailand

Operation "X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner" was started about a year back, but has gained quite some momentum of late.

Oct 21, 2018

By Vanilla Sharma

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Malaysia: Politician Anwar Ibrahim wants Malay students to master Chinese language

He said that he is not defending Chinese and English language but the mastery in other languages must be supported.

Oct 21, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Education

Malaysian mother killed own 8-month-old boy, slashes other three children's throat

The mother was taken to hospital after her attempt to commit suicide and it was found that she was suffering from depression.

Oct 19, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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