Other news of the day: In Afghanistan, the Taliban are asking local residents to pay for road construction. A missing Taiwanese soldier was found in China. Living conditions in Nagorno Karabagh worsen after new blockades of the Lachin corridor. The trial against the man who has been on death row for the longest time is reopened in Japan.
BANGLADESH
According to the authorities investigating the events, the fire in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp on March 5, which left nearly 15,000 people displaced, was a “planned and intentional act of sabotageAs yet unidentified militant groups set fire to “control” the camp, which is home to mostly minority Rohingya people who have fled Myanmar since 2017.
AFGHANISTAN
Some teachers in Ghor province stated that the taliban have asked them to pay a month’s salary (about US$70) to build a 15 km road connecting Taiwara district with the Herat-Ghor highway. They have also asked civil servants and military personnel to contribute, but local residents are barely paid enough to feed their families.
JAPAN
The Tokyo Supreme Court ordered on Monday a new trial for Iwao Hakamada, an 87-year-old former boxer and the longest-serving man on death row. Hakamada was sentenced almost 60 years ago for the murder of his boss and his family. A year after the trial began, blood-stained clothing was used as evidence, but recent DNA tests found no link between it and Hakamada.
CHINA – TAIWAN
A Taiwanese soldier who was serving on Erdan Islet – part of the Kinmen Islands off the Chinese coast – and had gone missing last week was found in china Chiu Tai-san, head of the Mainland Affairs Council, said today. The Defense Ministry and relevant agencies are aware of the progress made and the whole situation,” he stated. During the Cold War, defectors from both sides swam between China and the Kinmen Islands.
BELARUS
Lukashenko signed the law that introduces the death penalty in Belarus for soldiers and public officials who betray the homeland, adding draconian punishments for discrediting the armed forces or any of the military organizations that help the country, the propaganda of terrorism, the violation of state secrets and damage to world peace.
NAGORNO KARABAKH
The inhabitants of Nagorno Karabagh denounce on social networks the worsening of living conditions as a result of the new blockades in the Lachin corridor, as a result of which shops are increasingly out of stock and prices are increasingly higher, despite the fact that Russian peacekeepers must guarantee regular access to at least food.
