Today’s news: A close collaborator of Hun Sen is detained upon his return from China in Phnom Penh. UN warning: growing presence of transnational criminal networks on small Pacific islands. Delhi wants to introduce a toll on the busiest roads during rush hour. Baku calls for a ceasefire during the days of the climate conference. Memorial: 50 Russian citizens are in “asylums for dissidents” as in Brezhnev’s time.
SRI LANKA-ISRAEL
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo condemned strongly condemned the Israeli army’s attack on the Unifil mission headquarters in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in which two Sri Lankan UN peacekeepers were injured. The Colombo government maintains “the obligation to ensure the safety of UN personnel and the inviolability of its facilities at all times.” The two Sri Lankan soldiers were hit by shrapnel from a tank; His condition is not serious.
THAILAND-ISRAEL-LEBANON
Once again, in Israel it is Asian foreign workers who pay the price of war: a 27 year old thai died yesterday and another worker was injured when an unexploded device exploded in an orchard near Kibbutz Yir’on, in the Upper Galilee. Israeli security officials said they believed the cause was a munition previously fired by Hezbollah.
CAMBODIA
Duong Dara – advisor to Hun Sen, current president of the Cambodian Senate and father of current Prime Minister Hun Manet – was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport while returning from a business trip to China. It is not clear what charges he is facing, although a complaint was filed against him earlier this year for fraud. The arrest comes a few days after Hun Sen himself wrote on Facebook that another of his advisors, Ly Sameth, had defrauded several Cambodians in the last two years by demanding bribes in exchange for favors and government positions.
OCEANIA
The Pacific island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as criminal activity increases in this isolated and economically vulnerable region. The report states that the “threat environment” in the region, due to drug and human trafficking, illegal fishing and wildlife theft, money laundering and cybercrime, is increasing more rapidly than in no other time in history.
INDIA
To tackle the traffic problem, the Delhi government is considering introducing an ad hoc tax: according to Shahzad Alam, Special Commissioner for Transport, they are working on a strategy of «congestion pricing», under which motorists would be charged for using certain roads during peak traffic hours. In the pilot phase, 13 key points have been identified on the borders of Delhi.
AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan proposed suspending armed clashes during Cop29 scheduled in Baku in November. The initiative – supported by 127 countries around the world – aims, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to “highlight the relationship between conflicts and climate change, and the possibility of overcoming hostilities to unite around these issues.” vital for everyone.
RUSSIA
The Memorial Center has reported that more than 50 Russian citizens have already been sent for forced medical and psychiatric treatment for political reasons, as in the days of “dissident asylums” under the Brezhnev regime. In the treatment centers they would be subjected to violence and torture, with injections of anti-schizophrenia preparations that would reduce them to a pitiful state.
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