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| Myanmar asked to review disputed terrorism case after law reform | | | By Wa Lone and Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) - Campaigners are calling for Myanmar to review the convictions of 20 Muslims jailed on terrorism charges after the Southeast Asian country repealed an authoritarian law under which they were convicted. President Htin Kyaw had signed off on a bill abolishing the notorious Emergency Provisions Act of 1950, which was frequently used by previous military governments to quash dissent, his office said in a statement on Tuesday. "It is incumbent upon the government to review cases that involve defendants who possibly were wrongly convicted under this law," said Matthew Smith, founder of campaign group Fortify Rights. |
| Swiss request further assistance from Malaysia in 1MDB case | |  Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has requested further legal assistance from Malaysian authorities as part of its investigation into scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). "On analysing the evidence obtained, the OAG identified further suspect transactions involving the Swiss financial sector," the OAG said in a statement on Wednesday. Secondly, it is suspected that a 'Ponzi' scheme fraud... was committed to conceal the misappropriations from both the SRC fund and from 1MDB." At this stage of its criminal proceedings in connection with 1MDB and SRC International, a former 1MDB subsidiary, four people and one bank are under investigation, the OAG said.
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| South African watchdog to quiz Zuma in Gupta inquiry, newspaper reports | |  South Africa's public protector will question President Jacob Zuma this week over allegations he was influenced by the wealthy Gupta family in making government appointments, according to the newspaper Business Day. The Gupta family became household names in South Africa after Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas dropped a political bombshell earlier this year when he said they offered to secure him his boss's job. Zuma says the Guptas are his friends but denies they have influenced political appointments.
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| Poland's Kaczynski says has no plans to become PM - report | |  The leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has no plans to become the country's prime minister, he told Gazeta Polska daily, rebuffing speculation that he might step into the top government job. The speculation revived when Prime Minister Beata Szydlo announced planned changes in the government in September. In the end, she dismissed Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha and replaced him with Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who also serves as economy minister.
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| Cambodia opposition leader leaves headquarters for first time in 5 months | |  By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's main opposition party on Wednesday welcomed a sign of cooling political tension after authorities refrained from arresting its leader, Kem Sokha, on his emergence from months of being holed up in party headquarters. Tension between the country's two main political parties has risen in recent months, with the opposition complaining of a crackdown on critics in a bid to intimidate it before a general election in 2018. The top leader of the main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) is in self-exile to avoid arrest over a case he says was raked up for political reasons, while Sokha, the acting leader, had stayed in the headquarters since May 6, to avoid what he said were separate trumped-up charges.
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| Democrat Kaine takes aim at Trump in U.S. vice presidential debate with Republican Pence | |  By Ginger Gibson and Alana Wise FARMVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - Democrat Tim Kaine tried to make the vice presidential debate all about Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling the Republican presidential nominee a danger to U.S. national security and someone who denigrates women and minorities and appears to pay little in federal taxes. The debate between Kaine, the No. 2 to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and his Republican rival, Mike Pence, was the only such encounter between the vice presidential contenders, and the two spent most of their time attacking each other's running mates.
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| Pence takes harder line than Trump on Russia at contentious VP debate | |  By Ginger Gibson and Alana Wise FARMVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "small and bullying leader" on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine. Pence's denunciation of Putin for his interference in the Syrian civil war and support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was a departure from the frequent praise of Putin by Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, who has called him a better leader than U.S. President Barack Obama and said he could work with him. "The small and bullying leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States," Pence said.
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