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More than 50 people, mostly Muslims, died in the 2020 religious clashes in Delhi
Five years since deadly Delhi riots, many police cases are falling apart
NEW DELHI — Five years after deadly religious riots engulfed India's capital Delhi, there is no legal closure in sight for the people involved.A BBC Hindi analysis has found that more than 80% of the cases related to the violence where courts gave decisions have resulted in acquittals or discharges.More than 50 people, mostly Muslims, were killed after clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in February 2020. The violence, the deadliest the city had seen in decades, stretched on for days, with hundreds of homes and shops set on fire by violent mobs.The BBC had earlier reported on incidents of police brutality and complicity during the riots. The police have denied any wrongdoing and in their investigation, alleged that the violence was...
February 28, 2025

Five years since deadly Delhi riots, many police cases are falling apart

An immigration detention center where Uyghur detainees are held in Bangkok, Thailand, seen on January 11, 2025. The detainees say they are facing deportation back to China, where they fear persecution
Alarm as activists warn Thailand may have secretly deported Uyghurs back to China
BANGKOK — Dozens of Uyghur men detained in Thailand after fleeing China may have been secretly deported to their home country, activists and rights groups said on Thursday, warning they could face torture and imprisonment on their return.The 48 men were arrested by Thai authorities 11 years ago after crossing the border to Thailand in an attempt to escape persecution in China and had been kept in detention and legal limbo ever since.On Thursday Thai opposition lawmaker Kannavee Subsang cited unspecified reports suggesting it was “very likely” the group had been sent back to China on Thursday morning.Subsang posted images on his Facebook page showing six vans with covered up windows, leaving the Bangkok immigration center where it was believed the group had been held.Arslan Hidayat,...
February 27, 2025

Alarm as activists warn Thailand may have secretly deported Uyghurs back to China

Kwek Leng Beng (right) and Sherman Kwek at a news conference in 2019
Succession-like feud engulfs one of Singapore's richest families
SINGAPORE — A Succession-like feud has engulfed one of Singapore's richest families as property tycoon Kwek Leng Beng accused his son of plotting a boardroom takeover.Kwek filed court papers on Wednesday saying his son Sherman, two other board members and a group of directors were trying to take control of his property firm City Developments Limited (CDL).He is seeking to fire his son who is chief executive of CDL. "This is necessary to deal with this attempted coup at the board level and restore corporate integrity," said the octogenarian Kwek, who is CDL's executive chairman.CDL, Singapore's biggest listed property developer, has halted trading in its shares on the financial hub's stock exchange.The feud has sparked comparisons to the HBO television series...
February 27, 2025

Succession-like feud engulfs one of Singapore's richest families

PVR operates 173 cinemas across India and Sri Lanka
Indian man awarded damages over length of commercials before movie screening
BANGALORE — An Indian man has been awarded damages in a legal case against the country’s biggest movie theater chain after he complained that it showed too many commercials before a movie.Abhishek M R, a 31-year-old lawyer from the southern city of Bangalore, decided to take action against the PVR INOX chain after he was forced to cancel work calls because the movie overran the scheduled finish time.In a case brought before Bangalore’s District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, he claimed that his time was wasted and that he suffered “mental agony” as a result of the 25 minutes of commercials that preceded a 2023 screening of the film “Sam Bahadur.”According to a court document obtained by CNN, Abhishek bought three tickets to see the war drama on the afternoon of...
February 27, 2025

Indian man awarded damages over length of commercials before movie screening

Former workers and victims of scam centres are now stuck in makeshift camps, uncertain what happens next
Freed from Myanmar's scam centers, thousands are now stranded
MAE SOT, Thai-Myanmar border — "I swear to God I need help," said the man quietly on the other end of the line.The Ethiopian, who calls himself Mike, said he is being held with 450 others in a building inside Myanmar, along the country's border with Thailand.They are among the thousands of people who have been freed from the notorious scam compounds that have thrived on the border for years, in what appears to be the toughest action so far against the industry along the Thai-Myanmar border.But many of them are now stranded in Myanmar in makeshift camps because the process of assessing them and arranging flights back to their own countries is so slow.The armed militia groups who are holding them have a very limited capacity to support so many people – more than 7,000. One...
February 27, 2025

Freed from Myanmar's scam centers, thousands are now stranded

File photo showing Manila skyline. On February 20, 2025 a Chinese student was kidnapped from a British school in Manila
Philippine police rescue a Chinese student whose finger was cut off by kidnappers
MANILA — A Chinese student who was kidnapped by a gang, which killed his driver and cut off the student’s finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, was rescued by Philippine police, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said the parents rejected the ransom demand but the kidnappers, who included former Filipino police officers and soldiers, abandoned the 14-year-old student Tuesday night in the middle of a busy street in metropolitan Manila when police closed in on their vehicle.The Feb. 20 kidnapping of the student after attending classes at a British school in Manila set off alarms due to its brazenness and brutality.Remulla told reporters that the student’s family and the Chinese leader of the kidnappers allegedly were former...
February 27, 2025

Philippine police rescue a Chinese student whose finger was cut off by kidnappers

Zeya says the money he received was enough to pay off his debts and buy some land
Myanmar villagers reveal 'desperate' illegal kidney sales
YANGON/DELHI — "I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts — that's why I decided to sell my kidney," says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar.Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021 triggered civil war. He could barely feed his young family and was badly in debt.They all lived in his mother-in-law's house, in a village where thatched houses lined dirt roads, a few hours' drive from the country's largest city, Yangon.Zeya, whose name has been changed to conceal his identity, knew of local people who had sold one of their kidneys. "They looked healthy to me," he says. So he started asking around.He is one of eight people in the area who told BBC Burmese they had sold a kidney by traveling to India.Illegal organ trading is a problem across...
February 26, 2025

Myanmar villagers reveal 'desperate' illegal kidney sales

Brands are driving growth by doubling down on expensive, upgraded products catering to the wealthy
A billion Indians have no spending money, says report
MUMBAI — India is home to 1.4 billion people but around a billion lack money to spend on any discretionary goods or services, a new report estimates.The country's consuming class, effectively the potential market for start-ups or business owners, is only about as big as Mexico, 130-140 million people, according to the report from Blume Ventures, a venture capital firm.Another 300 million are "emerging" or "aspirant" consumers but they are reluctant spenders who have only just begun to open their purse strings, as click-of-a-button digital payments make it easy to transact.What is more, the consuming class in Asia's third largest economy is not "widening" as much as it is "deepening", according to the report. That basically means India's...
February 26, 2025

A billion Indians have no spending money, says report

Rescuers say mud and slush inside the tunnel have complicated their efforts to save the men
Race against time to save eight Indian workers trapped inside tunnel
HYDERABAD — Authorities in the southern Indian state of Telangana are racing against time to save eight construction workers trapped inside a tunnel for more than 72 hours.Around 50 workers had been working inside the 43km (26.7-mile)-long tunnel, located in Nagarkurnool district, when a part of its roof caved in early Saturday morning.Officials say 43 of them managed to come out safely but efforts to reach the remaining eight men have faced repeated setbacks due to loose soil, mud and slush inside the tunnel.They have also been unable to establish contact with the trapped men, or provide them with oxygen and other essential supplies.Jupally Krishna Rao, a state minister overseeing the rescue effort, told PTI news agency that "the chances of their survival are very remote."On...
February 25, 2025

Race against time to save eight Indian workers trapped inside tunnel

Abdul Moyeen Khan, a senior official from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, is leading the delegation in Beijing
China woos Bangladesh with Beijing invitation
BEIJING — A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists has begun a 10-day visit to China.They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and senior members of the ruling Communist Party, a delegation leader confirmed with the BBC.Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues.This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina living in exile in India. Dhaka has requested her extradition but Delhi has refused.Abdul Moyeen Khan, a senior official from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) who's leading the delegation in Beijing, told the BBC: "It's basically a goodwill visit, initiated by Beijing.""It is unique...
February 25, 2025

China woos Bangladesh with Beijing invitation

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