PHNOM PEHN: At least 100 staff at the United Nations Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia are to go on strike over unpaid wages from today. The court is preparing for closing arguments in the case against two surviving leaders of the Pol Pot regime which ruled from 1975-1979. Both deny charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Spokesman Neth Pheaktra said at least 100 of the 250 Cambodian staff have not been paid since June. The ABC reports the tribunal has been frequently short of funds since it was set up in 2006. The Cambodian side of the tribunal urgently needs around $3m to cover costs for 2013.
Corrupt firms face penalty
KUALA LUMPUR: New provisions are being drafted in the laws to penalise companies involved in corrupt practices, says the Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the corporate liability provisions would complement existing anti-corruption, commercial crime as well as company laws. The new clause will be incor-porated into the Anti-Corruption Act. Under existing laws, action against corrupt practices is taken against individuals, and not companies.
Civil defence chief sacked
SINGAPORE: Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim has been dismissed from the civil service. Home Affairs Ministry spokesperson confirmed that the decision to dismiss him yesterday was taken by the Public Service Commission following the conclusion of civil service disciplinary proceedings against Mr Lim. Mr Lim was handed a six-month jail term, for corruption in June. The court had found Lim guilty of corruptly obtaining a illicit favour from Madam Pang Chor Mui.
Woman kills, cooks husband
SHANGHAI: A woman in eastern China murdered her husband and boiled the corpse to cover her tracks after he abused her and her daughter, a report said yesterday. The woman drugged the man, her second husband, and tortured him for three days in June by withholding food and water and beating him, causing his death, said a report on government-backed news portal Anhui News. She then dismembered the corpse with a saw and boiled the parts in a pressure cooker to hide the evidence, the report said. It did not say how she disposed of the cooked flesh. The psychological burden of the crime proved too much for her to bear, causing her to lose 6.3kg and surrender to police. The incident occurred in Anhui province’s Lu’an City.
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