BANGKOK - A GROUP of academics on Wednesday launched a campaign to reform tough laws protecting Thailand's widely revered monarchy, amid a growing crackdown on alleged violators.
More than 50 foreign and local experts, including famed linguist Noam Chomsky, have signed a letter to be sent to new Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva which says the law is being abused for political ends.
LAHORE (Pakistan) - PAKISTAN has detained around two dozen people for questioning in connection with the deadly ambush on the Sri Lankan cricket team, police and security officials said on Wednesday.
'Around two dozen people have been picked up - most of them belonging to banned or outlawed organisations - in the hope of finding a clue to the identity of the escaped terrorists,' one police official told AFP.
KUALA LUMPUR - RIGHTS groups and political parties on Wednesday demanded action against rogue police in Malaysia after a new autopsy revealed an ethnic Indian man died in police custody because of a beating.
A second post mortem examination on 22-year-old suspected car thief A. Kugan, released on Tuesday, showed he died while being interrogated on Jan 20 from injuries consistent with being beaten. There were also a number of burn marks on his body.
