Hun Sen Threatens to Expropriate Opposition Leader’s Assets

 Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he will seize the opposition party’s headquarters and the assets of its exiled leader, Sam Rainsy, as compensation in an ongoing defamation case.

Read more:
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/hun-sen-threatens-to-expropriate-opposition-leader-assets/3701948.html

A Senate bill seeks to require a mandatory autopsy on crime victims and those who died under “mysterious and suspicious circumstances.”

Read more:
http://www.rappler.com/nation/160342-pangilinan-bill-mandatory-autopsy-killings

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri made a speech at a large campaign event for incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama  and Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat on Saturday in Senayan in Central Jakarta.

Read more:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/02/04/
megawati-calls-for-unity-amid-divisive-
slander-during-ahok-concert.html

Read more:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-04/myanmars-suu-kyi-vows-to-investigate-crimes-against-rohingya/8241036

Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills)
Ong Ye Kung’s suggestion that the PAP’s
continued one-party rule is the best course for
Singapore’s future is at complete odds with reality.

Read more:
http://yoursdp.org/news/
for_singapore_39_s_future_survival_a_
multi_party_system_must_replace
_the_one_party_rule/2017-01-25-6160

Read more:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-lawyer-idUKKBN15I1OR?mod=related&channelName=worldNews

Announcements:

CALD Consultative Meeting on the 2017 Liberal Manifesto
& CALD Executive Committee Meeting
24 – 27 February 2017
Bangkok, Thailand

BURMA

A Blow to Myanmar’s Democracy
February 3 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/
2017/02/03/opinion/a-blow-
to-myanmars-democracy.html?_r=0 

CAMBODIA
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Refuses to Allow Ministers to Appear for Questioning
February 2 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/
cambodia/cambodias-hun-sen-
refuses-02012017142655.html  

Hun Sen: Seize CNRP Headquarters, Ban Sam Rainsy From Party Leadership
February 1 2017
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/
morenews/hun-sen-seize-cnrp-
headquarters-ban-sam-rainsy-
party-leadership-124362/

Megawati calls for unity amid divisive ‘slander’ during Ahok concert

February 4 2017
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/
2017/02/04/megawati-calls-for-unity-amid-
divisive-slander-during-ahok-concert.html

TAIWAN
DPP to set up committee on new immigrants
February 3 2017
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News
/taiwan/archives/2017/02/04/2003664315