Chinese police release clip of detained activist
BEIJING • Chinese police released a video yesterday of detained human rights activist Jiang Tianyong to refute what it described as rumours that he had been tortured. But his wife said the clip had not assuaged fears for his safety.
REUTERS
Indonesian soldiers killed in accident
JAKARTA • Four Indonesian soldiers have been killed and eight others injured by artillery fire in an accident during training on a South China Sea island, the army said yesterday. It took place on Wednesday when an artillery cannon malfunctioned on Tanjung Datuk Natuna, on the north-western fringe of the Indonesian archipelago.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Duterte signs order to ban smoking in public
MANILA • Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order banning smoking in public in the country. The ban, which carries a maximum penalty of four months in jail and a fine of 5,000 pesos (S$140), covers both indoor and outdoor smoking.
REUTERS
Coal set to be biggest power source in S-E Asia
JAKARTA • Following rising demand in recent years, coal is projected to overtake natural gas by 2030 to become the largest source of power in South-east Asia. The International Energy Agency has forecast a threefold rise in coal-fuelled power generation to 920 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2035 from only 255 TWh in 2013.
THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
