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| Second small oil tanker goes missing in Malaysia this month | | | By Anuradha Raghu and Keith Wallis KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A small-sized oil tanker went missing off the southeast coast of Malaysia close to Singapore over the weekend in what could be the second hijacking of such a vessel this month, maritime officials said on Monday. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said the 7,300 deadweight tonne (DWT) Orkim Harmony disappeared about 30 nautical miles from the Johor port of Tanjung Sedili, carrying 5,879 metric tonnes litres or 50,000 barrels of RON95 gasoline. The Orkim Harmony is operated by shipping company Orkim Ship Management. |
| Hong Kong police arrest nine suspected of bomb-making conspiracy | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested nine people in raids and seized suspected explosives, authorities said on Monday, just days ahead of a contentious vote on how the Asia financial centre chooses its next leader in 2017. All nine had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to manufacture explosives. Seven are members of a radical group, police said. (Reporting by Anne Marie Roantree, Donny Kwok and Clare Jim; Editing by Nick Macfie) |
| Indonesian court to decide on French death row convict's appeal next week | |  An Indonesian court will rule next week on an appeal lodged by a Frenchman on death row who is challenging the president's refusal to grant him clemency, a judge told a hearing on Monday. Convicted drug trafficker Serge Atlaoui was due to face the firing squad with other convicts in April but was granted a last-minute reprieve to allow for the completion of his legal appeals. "We have received the arguments of both the defence and prosecution and will deliver a verdict on June 22," said presiding judge Ujang Abdullah.
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| Sudan's Bashir in South Africa, leaving Monday - spokesman | |  Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been ordered not to leave South Africa by the Pretoria High Court, is still in the country but will leave later on Monday, a Sudanese presidency spokesman said. Bashir, who is in South Africa attending an African Union summit, stands accused in an International Criminal Court arrest warrant of war crimes and crimes against humanity over atrocities committed in the Darfur conflict. "President Bashir is still in Johannesburg but we are leaving South Africa today," Mohamed Hatem told Reuters.
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| Japan PM Abe's support lowest since 2012 amid doubts about security bills | |  By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has fallen to the lowest level since he took office in 2012, to just over 40 percent, with nearly two-thirds of voters opposed to his muscular defence policy that would end a self-imposed ban on the military fighting overseas, a weekend media survey showed. The survey by Nippon Television Network coincided with weekend rallies by thousands protesting the legislation, which would allow Japan to exercise its right of collective self-defence, or militarily aiding a friendly country under attack. Abe's cabinet adopted a resolution last July reinterpreting the pacifist constitution to allow the dramatic shift in security policy.
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| Hong Kong braces for new democracy showdown as poll reform vote looms | |  By Viola Zhou and Shan Kao HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is gearing up for a vote this week on a contentious electoral reform package backed by Beijing, with a weekend poll showing public support has shifted against the proposal amid renewed street marches by pro-democracy protesters. Police are taking no chances following sometimes violent clashes last year during demonstrations against the package, in which Beijing has proposed a direct vote for Hong Kong's next leader in 2017 among pre-screened, pro-Beijing candidates. All details in the South China Morning Post came from an anonymous police source.
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| Calls grow for inquiry into alleged Australian people-smuggler payments | | | By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Calls grew on Monday for an inquiry into reports that Australian officials paid people-smugglers bound for Australia thousands of dollars to turn their boat back to Indonesia, with Jakarta and the United Nations also expressing serious concern. Australia has vowed to stop asylum-seekers reaching its shores, turning boats back to Indonesia when it can and sending asylum-seekers for long-term detention in camps in impoverished South Pacific nations Papua New Guinea and Nauru. A boat captain and two crew members arrested on suspicion of human trafficking told Indonesian police Australian authorities had paid each of them A$5,000 ($3,860) to turn back their vessel with 65 migrants on board. |
| Hong Kong police seize explosives ahead of political reform vote - media | | | Hong Kong police seized explosives and arrested nine members of a radical political group on Monday, including a student and a teaching assistant, media in the city reported. The arrests come ahead of a crucial vote on political reform in Hong Kong this week that has split the former British colony and triggered widespread protests. It was not immediately clear if the explosives and arrests were linked to the vote. |
| Sex, lies and debt potentially exposed by U.S. data hack | |  By Arshad Mohammed and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When a retired 51-year-old military man disclosed in a U.S. security clearance application that he had a 20-year affair with his former college roommate's wife, it was supposed to remain a secret between him and the government. The disclosure last week that hackers had penetrated a database containing such intimate and possibly damaging facts about millions of government and private employees has shaken Washington.
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