Week of 13 – 19 of April 2018

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	Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen reassured residents that the island was secure on Tuesday (April 17), a day before China is set to hold live-fire drills in the narrow strait that separates the two. http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ east-asia/taiwan-leader-says-island-secure-ahead-of-china-drills
	DEMOCRAT PARTY partriarch Chuan Leekpai admitted on April 13: there is an attempt within the party to replace current leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and that he and Supachai Panichpakdi were being considered. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30343127
	The Penang Gerakan has appealed to the people to gauge whether the Pakatan Harapan-ruled government is business-oriented or people-oriented over the past 10 years. http://malaysiandigest.com/news/733185-gerakan-penangites-should-vote-for-people-oriented-government-not-business-oriented.html

	Liberal Party Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino on Thursday (April 12) hinted that the senatorial candidates of the opposition in next year’s midterm elections would come from a variety of sectors as he recognized the difficulties of putting up an independent slate in the current political climate. https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/04/12/1805293/new-face-opposition-bam-aquino-hints-multisectoral-senatorial-bets
	The former member of Cambodia parliament from the opposition party, Mu Sochua, stated that Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen is currently in huge debt to China, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank. The money was said to be used for backing Hun Sen’s ascendant. https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/04/17/308917658/Opposition-Says-Cambodia-is-Near-Bankruptcy
	For decades under British rule and after its handover to China, Hong Kong was a bastion of free speech in the Chinese-speaking world. International media and rights groups established their headquarters there, and it served as a haven for political fugitives, from Tiananmen student leaders to Edward Snowden. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/world/asia/china-taiwan-hong-kong-free-speech.html

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Week of 13 – 19 of April 2018CAMBODIA
Sam Rainsy: Cambodia in Uncertainty State Without Opposition
Apr 17, 2018
https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/04/17/308917651/Sam-Rainsy-Cambodia-in-Uncertainty-State-Without-Opposition
Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy urges Japan to lean on Hun Sen to ensure fair elections
Apr 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2141727/cambodias-former-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy-urges-japan

HONGKONG
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Party Denied Permission to Register as a Company
Apr 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-pro-democracy-party-denied-permission-to-register-as-a-company-04172018123251.html

INDONESIA
Indonesia to ensure stability during elections, says president’s chief of staff
Apr 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-politics/indonesia-
to-ensure-stability-during-elections-says-presidents-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN1HJ110

TAIWAN
Ex-Premier Su Tseng-chang to run for New Taipei mayor: DPP
Apr 12, 2018
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/
201804120009.aspx

THAILAND
Abhisit says the NCPO’s only achievement is to maintain peace and order
Apr 14, 2018
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/abhisit-says-ncpos-achievement-maintain-peace-order/

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