BANGKOK - THAILAND'S justice minister said on Tuesday his office has no dispute with the police department though the ministry has accused officers of botching an investigation into a New Year's Eve fire at a Bangkok nightclub that killed 66 people.
HANOI - Vietnam's capital Hanoi has banned the transportation of poultry and cattle on motorbikes and bicycles for fear it could help spread epidemics, state media said Tuesday.
MEDAN (Indonesia) - AN INDONESIAN provincial speaker died after he was beaten by a mob on Tuesday which stormed the local parliament building carrying a coffin, officials and witnesses said.
The protesters blamed North Sumatra provincial speaker Azis Angkat for delays in the creation of a new province as approved recently by five local districts.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S Election Commission on Tuesday rejected the opposition's bid to force the resignation of two of its own state lawmakers who are rumoured to be defecting to the government.
