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By Jessie Pang and Marcus Lum HONG KONG(Reuters) – A Hong Kong court jailed pro-democracy activist Owen Chow for three days on Wednesday and levied a fine on his solicitor, Phyllis Woo, for taking a document out of prison without authorisation. Chow is one of 14 people convicted of conspiracy to commit subversion in a …

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By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand’s prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election where his party had finished only second. Just under a year later, the 62-year-old property tycoon-turned-politician was dismissed from the premiership by a court order on Wednesday, plunging Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had violated rules on ethics over his appointment to cabinet of a lawyer who served time in prison. The judges were reading a verdict in a case seeking Srettha’s dismissal. They had yet to announce whether he would remain in office. He …

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By Bernard Orr and Qiaoyi Li BEIJING (Reuters) -China has uncovered widespread corruption in its funeral services industry, state media said on Wednesday, with offences such as illegal fees and cemeteries committed by long-time managers and officials of funeral homes. Just last week a Chinese company was caught up in a scandal over the illegal …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Army intelligence analyst on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to sell military secrets to China, the Department of Justice said. Korbein Schultz was charged in March with conspiracy to disclose national defense information, exporting defense articles and technical data without a license, and bribery of …

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By Ruma Paul and Maksud Un Nabi DHAKA (Reuters) -Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina called on Tuesday for action against those involved in “killings and vandalism” in the country last month, her first comments since violent protests forced her to flee to India. Around 300 people died in the demonstrations that began as protests …

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By Sudarshan Varadhan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -An Adani Power coal-fired power plant under contract to sell all its output to Bangladesh can now supply the domestic market after an amendment to India’s power export rules, helping the company hedge against political risks in Bangladesh. An internal federal power ministry memo, dated Aug. 12 and seen by …

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By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Olivier Sorgho (Reuters) – With Muhammad Yunus in charge, Bangladesh may see much-needed reforms and investment in its telecoms sector given the caretaker government leader’s knowledge of the industry, according to one of the country’s leading mobile operators. Yunus, who took over last Thursday, founded the Grameen Bank that won …

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