Portal:Southeast Asia/February 2008

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Headlines in February 2008

Blogger Nay Myo Latt is detained in a crackdown on the Internet by the Burmese junta.
East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is wounded in an attack that leaves rebel leader Alfredo Reinado dead.
Floods in Jakarta kill three people, displace thousands and cover the roads to Soekarno-Hatta Airport A landslide in Brebes, Central Java, kills seven people.
Eight civilians are killed in a raid by Armed Forces of the Philippines commandos in Sulu who were looking for two hostages seized by the Abu Sayyaf.
Singapore wins the bid to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
The Thai government led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is officially endorsed. Close allies of military-ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold positions, including Noppadol Pattama as foreign minister, Chalerm Yoobamrung as interior minister and Surapong Suebwonglee as finance minister. Samak also holds the defense minister portfolio.
The Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam ends more than a month of protests in Hanoi after the Vietnamese government agrees to return church land seized 50 years ago.

February 1, 2008 (Friday)

Dutch lawyer Victor Koppe, attorney for former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea is disallowed from addressing the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia because the Cambodian bar association has refused to swear him in.(AP via IHT)
Avian influenza updates:
- A 32-year-old woman is the 102nd fatal victim of avian influenza in Indonesia, according to local media reports. She died on Thursday at a Jakarta hospital. (Xinhua)
- The H5N1 virus is confirmed in the deaths of around 30 chickens that died Phichit Province a week ago. (Reuters)
Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta Airport is completely closed on Friday morning because of heavy rains that reduce visibility range. (Xinhua)
Inaugural flights by budget carriers, Air Asia, Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia, take off between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur route. (CNA) (Bernama)
A Cessna light plane, with two pilots onboard, crashed into the sea of Manila Bay of the Philippines on Friday afternoon. No immediate report of casualties. (Xinhua)
United States' military aid to Thailand will be resumed as the result of a democratically elected government headed by Samak Sundaravej taking power. (AP via Google News) (AFP via Google News)

February 2, 2008 (Saturday)

Floods in Jakarta has killed 3 people and forced nearly 1,500 to evacuate their homes, officials said Saturday. (Reuters) (AFP via CNA)
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200 plane flying to Beijing had to return to Singapore Changi Airport some 90 minutes after takeoff due to loss of cabin pressure. (CNA) (Xinhua)
Vietnamese Catholics have ended more than a month of protests in Hanoi aimed at pressing the Government of Vietnam for the return of church land seized 50 years ago. (Reuters)

February 3, 2008 (Sunday)

Floods in Jakarta have forced thousands to abandon homes or cars and cutting the roads to the Soekarno-Hatta Airport. (Reuters)
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has agreed to buy the Westin Tokyo luxury hotel for 77 billion yen (723 million US dollars) from Morgan Stanley, a newspaper said Sunday. (CNA) (Reuters)

February 4, 2008 (Monday)

Former Khmer Rouge No. 2 leader Nuon Chea briefly appears before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, asking for postponement of his appeal because of a dispute regarding his Dutch attorney and the Cambodian Bar Association. (BBC)
Two soldiers are killed and at least three Abu Sayyaf militants are killed in the attempted search for hostages taken by the Muslim insurgents on Jolo. (BBC) (DPA via Hindustan Times)
South Thailand insurgency: One person is killed and nearly 17 are injured in two separate bombings. In Amphoe Mayo, Pattani Province, a remote-control bomb was set off at a ceremony to release fish into a canal to mark the opening of a school. An agriculture ministry official was killed and 11 were injured. In Yala Province, a lunchtime bombing a restaurant injured six people, including three police officers. (Nation)

February 5, 2008 (Tuesday)

A National League for Democracy spokesman has confirmed that Burmese blogger Nay Myo Latt is being detained by the junta.
The United States Department of Treasury says it is tightening financial sanctions against Tay Za, described as "an arms dealer and financial henchman of Burma's repressive regime". (AP via Google News)
US$2.808 billion was invested in Cambodia in 2007, according to the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce. (Xinhua)
The United Nations has transferred authority to East Timorese police at three posts in Dili. (Bloomberg)
Garuda Indonesia airline Captain Marwoto Komar faces charges including manslaughter in connection with last year's crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, which burst into flames upon landing at Yogyakarta, killing 21 people. (Reuters)
Royal Thai Army chief General Anupong Paochinda begins an official visit to Laos, with a focus on combatting drug trade along the two countries' border areas. (Xinhua)
Sulu governor Abudsakur Tan condemns the killing of eight civilians, including two children and a pregnant woman, by a government commando squad who were looking for two hostages seized by Abu Sayyaf militants.(Inquirer) (Al Jazeera)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo says incandescent light bulbs will be banned in the Philippines by 2010 in favor of compact fluorescent lamps in order to lower energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. (AP via Google News)

February 6, 2008 (Wednesday)

At least seven people are killed in a landslide in the village of Brebes, Central Java. (AP via Google News) (AFP via CNA)
The government led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is endorsed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Close allies of military-ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold positions, including Noppadol Pattama as foreign minister, Chalerm Yoobamrung as interior minister and Surapong Suebwonglee as finance minister. Samak also holds the defense minister portfolio. (TNA via MCOT) (The Nation) (Bloomberg) (BBC) (Xinhua)
South Thailand insurgency: A bomb hidden in the front basket of a motorcycle explodes near a Chinese shrine in Sai Buri, Pattani. One soldier is killed and six others are wounded. (AP via Google News)

February 11, 2008 (Monday)

East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is shot and seriously wounded in an attack at his home. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado, who led the attack, is killed. Gunman also attack a motorcade of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, but there are no injuries. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (Bloomberg) (New York Times)
At least 11 people have been killed and hundreds of houses swept away by flash floods in East Java. (Xinhua via Hindustan Times)
Former Garuda Indonesia director Indra Setaiwan is sentenced to 12 months in jail for his party in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who died from arsenic poisoning on a flight to Amsterdam in 2004. He was poisoned by pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, who was earlier sentenced to 20 years in prison. (ABC News)
The Singapore Flyer, the world's largest Observation wheel, made its first spin. (Reuters) (CNA)

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