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CRIME Taxi driver renato marques renato threatens passengers with violence

he long history of infractions Tby Macau taxi drivers has had a new episode. This time, pas- sengers have accused a driver of From left to right: Jorge Menezes, Sulu Sou, Scott Chiang and Pedro Leal being aggressive, according to a report by the Hong Kong Apple Daily. The alleged victims are a Hong Kong couple and their two one- year-old children. Courts will not provide On Sunday, the family took a taxi from the Grand Lisboa towards the Macau Ferry Terminal. Portuguese translation of ruling Soon after the family entered the taxi, the driver told the cou- he Times has learned ge Menezes and Pedro Leal unhappy over the sentence, that a request to have court ple to pay MOP200 for the ride. Tthat a request from the are both Portuguese and nei- adding that they had expected documents translated into The couple refused. During the two lawyers defending Sulu ther speaks Chinese. their clients to be acquitted Portuguese, an official lan- taxi ride to the destination, the Sou and Scott Chiang to have Sou and Chiang were both Menezes and Leal said that guage of the MSAR, has been driver reportedly said, “every Ma- the 60-page ruling translated sentenced to fines worth 120 they are studying with their refused. cau [taxi] driver is like this. Is this from Chinese to Portugue- days on Tuesday, drawing to a clients the possibility of However, in January this your first day taking a taxi? If you se has been rejected by the close a controversial case that appealing the sentence. The year, Menezes was successful don’t have money, why do you court. had been subject to numerous verdict and sentencing may in requesting that the Court take a taxi?” The two official languages appeals and disputes. only be appealed during a 20- of First Instance postpone During the ride, the driver and of the Macau Special Admi- Their lawyers told the me- day period that began after the start of the case until the the couple got involved in a ver- nistrative Region are Chinese dia on Tuesday evening that the trial concluded. lawyer could have the relevant bal fight, upon which the driver and Portuguese. Lawyers Jor- they were both surprised and It is not the first occasion case documents translated. stopped the taxi by the roadside. He later continued driving the passengers, and along the way, he made a phone call and informed the recipient of the call to wait at the Macau Ferry Terminal and to Casinos called to join non-mandatory practice violence against the fa- mily upon their arrival. He continued to make such central provident fund threats against the couple, while driving the vehicle with constant t was “strongly su- retirement funds of ga- takes time and FSS will grams, employees who cording to their length sudden breaks and sudden turns. Iggested” to Macau’s ming sector employees. continue to communi- are fired with reasona- of service. When they arrived at the Fer- gaming operators that Un Hoi Cheng, vice cate with gaming ope- ble cause are not entit- Leong hopes that all ry Terminal, the meter indicated they join the govern- president of the Admi- rators. led to access the portion gaming operators can MOP35. ment’s non-mandatory nistrative Committee of Un is also confident of money contributed participate in the go- However, according to the fa- central provident fund the Social Security Fund that the number of par- by employers from the vernment’s system in mily’s allegations, the driver con- system in order to secu- (FSS), said that some ticipants in the central private retirement pro- addition to providing tinued recording the family, ha- re the retirement pen- gaming operators had provident fund system gram. gaming employees with ving told the passengers he would sion of their employees. already expressed their will increase. Leong also remarked better retirement pro- not take the money. Government repre- interest in joining the Lawmaker Leong Sun that this will not ha- tection. He then remarked that the fa- sentatives and a repre- non-mandatory central Iok, while attending the ppen within the govern- Employees who have mily should save the money in sentative for employees provident fund system. talk, highlighted that ment’s non-mandatory participated in the joint order to buy some medicine for from the gaming indus- However, according most gaming operators central provident fund provident fund scheme themselves. try met this week at an to Un, transferring be- have their own retire- system, and that em- can participate in the In the end, the driver reportedly event organized to dis- tween the private reti- ment programs. Leong ployees can still access individual provident took MOP50 from the passen- cuss the measures put rement system and the pointed out that, throu- the money contributed fund scheme at the gers, without providing change, in place to protect the central provident fund gh this private pro- by their employers, ac- same time. while cursing them.

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PEARL HORIZON Six New regime to ease supervision lawmakers have expressed their concerns over the Pearl Horizon issue: Ng Kuok Cheong, Si Ka Lon, over financial leasing companies Au Kam Sam, Lei Cheng I, Mak Soi Kun and Zheng Julie Zhu Regarding the financial gua- Anting. The lawmakers rantee functions of financial suggested that the Pearl leasing companies, the same he amendment of the re- Horizon developers assume gime of Macau’s financial DSAJ representative said they

T marques renato responsibility for returning leasing companies was passed “do not have a financial gua- the buyers’ pre-payments. by the Legislative Assembly rantee function like a credit Zheng suggested that the (AL) yesterday. With the new organization does.” government amend the ci- law, financial leasing com- However, according to the panies will not be defined as DSAJ representative, financial ty’s land law. Au criticized credit organizations. leasing companies can guaran- the government for having Financial leasing companies tee their own SPVs financially, offered an unfair proposal will stand in for financial bo- and may possibly also receive to buyers as public houses dies which are operating lea- lower loan interest rates from are not private property sing activities, with their ac- banks. projects. Both Au and Kam tivities remaining under the Lionel Leong (center) yesterday at the AL. Suspended lawmaker Sulu Sou In addition, she explained called for the government supervision of the Monetary watches from the audience seats that local banks, whose parent to place the Pearl Horizon Authority of Macao (AMCM). companies are not from Ma- land on open public tender. However, there will be less Authorized banks in Macau “In the past, a financial lea- cau, can also open SPVs. supervision compared to that and financial leasing com- sing company was a credit or- Concerning the transfer of GAMING CONCESSIONS over credit organizations. panies can establish SPVs in ganization, and its supervision capital belonging to financial Pereira Coutinho has cal- Minimum capital require- Macau, with these banks and was strict,” said Leong, adding leasing companies, details led on the government ments for financial leasing companies not needing to that once this law amendment should be referred to each con- to announce the results companies will also be redu- apply for a new concession for comes into effect, “[financial tract between the companies of its study concerning ced from MOP30 million to their SPVs. They only need to leasing companies] will no and other business operations gaming concessions. The MOP10 million. notify the monetary authority longer take deposits because involved between parties. lawmaker criticized the Further, financial leasing in advance, after which they it is not a credit body,” said Financial leasing companies local government for the can loan, and the government companies will not be requi- may open SPVs. Leong. lack of transparency in The lawmakers were mainly The Secretary also noted that will not be subject to loan limi- red to be established as a Com- the gaming sector, as the pany Limited by Shares. concerned about the super- many other laws would be tation restrictions. public is still not aware Both Company Limited by vision of such companies, as amended in order to better im- Furthermore, the same DSAJ of the conditions and re- Shares and Limited Company well as their business opera- plement the financial leasing representative noted that all of quirements pertaining are modes allowed in the es- tion range. company regime. Macau’s financial regulations, tablishment of a financial lea- Lionel Leong, the Secretary Leong remarked that the lo- which are applied to all finan- to gaming concessions. sing company. for Economy and Finance, in cal government has spoken cial organizations, would also Coutinho believes that The concept of Special Pur- reply to the lawmakers, em- with China’s related authori- be applicable to financial lea- gaming operators’ social pose Vehicles (SPV) has also phasized that this regime’s ties concerning Macau’s finan- sing companies. responsibilities should be been added into the regime. amendment aims to improve cial leasing development and Currently, the city’s relevant increased. In his opinion, Macau’s competence in the regulations. authority has already prepa- gaming concessions cannot global competition. Representatives from the red a law relating to ferry re- ensure residents’ interests what is financial “Financial leasing has been Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), gistration, and it is planned concerning housing and leasing? very popular recently around when giving an explanation to for the legislation to be intro- social security, and cannot the world, including [in] main- lawmakers, noted that the “ca- duced later this year. improve the living quality land China, which is doing pital of financial leasing com- Moreover, during yesterday’s of gaming employees and FINANCIAL LEASING is very [well],” said Leong. panies does not come from AL, another law suggesting tax an alternative way of financing their facilities. “Why does Leong noted that Macau’s taking deposits. “[Financial] benefits for financial leasing whereby a licensed leasing com- the government conduct regulations stopped many in- risks [of financial leasing com- companies was passed, legis- pany purchases an asset on be- an open tender for the six lating property stamp tax and half of its customer in return for vestors from opening financial panies] do not come from their gaming concessions but a contractually agreed series of leasing companies in Macau. debt-paying ability. Therefore, revenue tax benefits in order […] not require the gaming payments which usually include Due to this, only two financial regulations for the credit orga- to attract investors to Macau operators to undertake new an element of interest. leasing companies were estab- nization will not be useful [to in order to establish financial social responsibilities? Or leasing companies. lished in Macau. financial leasing companies].” is there a tender to increa- se the gaming concessions to seven or eight?” asked contribution for 36 mon- Coutinho. ths [due to] their ability,” Some disabled residents said Tam. SCHOOL BULLY Ag- However, Tam worries nes Lam has said that the to qualify for FSS system that by not requiring fu- Programme for Interna- ture applicants to com- tional Student Assessment eneficiaries cants must have lived in disabled people into the have full-time jobs,” said ply with the 36 months (PISA) results indicate Bof the region’s tem- Macau for a minimum fund would encourage Chan. contribution criteria, un- that “bullying in Macau’s porary Provisional Di- of seven years, and must disabled people to fit be- The Secretary for So- fairness might arise, with schools is more serious sability Allowance will have made no fewer than tter in the society and to cial Affairs and Culture, the government helping than in other regions across be transferred to the 36 months of contribu- have better employment Alexis Tam, in reply to those who are unwilling Asia.” Nearly 30 percent region’s Social Security tions to the funds. conditions. the lawmakers, said the to contribute. of the students think that Fund (FSS) to better pro- These beneficiaries are Lawmakers Angela “SAR government has a According to another different kinds of bullying vide basic social security particularly required to Leong and Chan Hong very effective FSS, it pro- government represen- behavior exist in schools. for residents with disabi- have either temporarily also wondered whether tects not only the elderly, tative, starting from Ja- “Whether bullying exists in lities. or permanently lost their the requirement for 36 but also cares about the nuary this year, the city’s each one of the cases, it still Yesterday, the Legislati- ability to work. months of fund contri- disabled, [and all] the pilot program in suppor- needs to be analyzed until ve Assembly (AL) passed Many lawmakers su- butions would pose dif- vulnerable groups.” ting the disabled people’s an amendment to the ggested that the gover- ficulties to the disabled, “Everybody should un- employment has already a final judgement is done. fund’s rules, including nment include partially as many of these people derstand, the FSS regime helped five disabled resi- However, these numbers at the disabled in the fund. disabled people into the encounter employment is a social security regi- dents become employed. least tell us that students According to the bill, in social security fund. difficulties. me. I had a concern re- Until the end of 2017, feel the existence of dan- order for the disabled to According to Leong Sun “They can’t work for too garding whether [disab- the city’s FSS exceeded ger,” said Lam. qualify for the FSS, appli- Iok, including partially many hours, some can’t led residents] can make a MOP74.4 billion. fri 01.06.2018

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Citizens encouraged to be aware of heat wave Consulate to celebrate The Health Bureau (SSM) has issued a statement in which citizens are encouraged to be aware of the effects caused by the “heat wave” affecting the Mt. Everest Day today region over the next few days, with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius. The bureau noted he Consulate General ted in the event over the that in an environment of intense heat, when body of Nepal in Hong Kong past two years.

T ap photo temperature rises, the body will physiologically and Macau is organizing a Meanwhile, the consul adjust to reduce the increased temperature, hiking program today to said that the number of namely by increasing the frequency of perspiration commemorate Mount Eve- Nepalese migrant workers and breathing. However, “heat stroke” may be rest Day, annually celebra- in Macau has grown to caused in instances where the body temperature ted in Nepal on May 29. some 5,000 workers, indi- is very high if the person is undertaking outdoor The annual celebration is cating an increase of con- activities under the intense sunlight, or in cases conducted in memory of sular services in the region. where there is poor ventilation. It can also be caused when there is a high concentration of the first summit of Mount humidity in the air or waterproof clothing is Everest made by Edmund worn, which results in an ineffective physiological Hillary and Nepalese Ten- The number adjustment of the body to the temperature. The zing Norgay Sherpa on SSM noted in the same statement that no such May 29, 1953. of Nepalese cases have been registered at the Emergency As it is held for the first migrant Services of the Public Hospital as yet. time in Macau today, Con- sul Sujani Rana is hoping workers in it will be held annually in A climber prepares to descend the Hillary Step as he makes his way June 1 proposed as a Macau to promote the acti- down from the summit of Mount Everest Macau has vity, as well as tourism be- mandatory holiday tween the regions. event, along with residents already organized this twi- grown to

This activity is a signifi- from other organizations. ce. We want to promote Lawmaker Lei Chan U has proposed that the some 5,000 cant occasion for the pro- “Here in Macau, we have tourism of Nepal and tou- local government include June 1 as a mandatory holiday. Lei believes that the number of families motion of Nepal’s moun- invited various govern- rism of Macau also. We across the city in which both parents are employed tain tourism. ment officials and consul [have] sourced possible “We provide services to is increasing. Many residents also work on shift Usually, the day is ce- generals but until now, we places where hiking can be them every second Sun- schedules, which results in little time for parent- lebrated with memorial haven’t received a reply,” done,” Rana added. day of the month when child interaction. He has suggested that the local events, processions, and said the consul, adding She also added that this [the consulate] visits Ma- government conduct research into Macau’s family special events in Kathman- that it has worked together event usually involves va- cau. These services inclu- situation and the development of family services. du and the Everest region. with the Non Resident Ne- rious participants inclu- de passport applications, The lawmaker has also questioned the government According to Rana, up pali Association in the ding government officials, passport collections and about its planning and implementation of family- to 250 Nepalese in the SAR. and that authorities in authenticating documen- friendly policies. city will participate in the “In Hong Kong, we have Hong Kong also participa- ts,” she explained. LV ad fri 01.06.2018 th Anniversary

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tecture within the composition and a vector of spirituality. A thematic renaissance was also Chagall exhibition celebrating to take shape, where mythical beings, sirens, fish and radiant suns adorn his creations, pro- color opens at MAM viding a Mediterranean aura to the paintings.” “Marc Chagall travelled a lot n exhibition featuring Prior to the First World War, during his life but never went Amore than 100 works by Chagall spent his time traveling as far as Asia. My feeling is Russian-French artist Marc between Saint Petersburg, Ber- that, influenced by many cul-

Chagall was inaugurated yes- beitler daniel lin and Paris – the then-capital tures, he would certainly have terday evening at the Macau of the art world. As he become enjoyed and appreciated Ma- Museum of Art (MAM). more well-known, he spent an cau as I do,” said exhibition co- Organized by MAM, and co- increasing amount of time in curator Ambre Gauthier. “Ins- organized by the Macau Gover- the French capital before mo- pired by the Mediterranean nment Tourism Office and the ving to the United States in the atmosphere that one can feel Macao Foundation, the exhibi- early 1940s to escape religious in Macau, I decided to present tion “Marc Chagall, Light and persecution in Nazi-occupied artworks created during the 20 Colour in Southern France” is France. peaceful years he spent in the both a part of the 29th Macao He settled in the south of south of France.” Arts Festival and the 2018 Le France in the 1950s, having fi- Secretary for Social Affairs French May. nally been granted French ci- and Culture Alexis Tam, who The exhibition includes a tizenship, where he fell in love was not in attendance at yes- wide variety of pieces created with the dazzling Mediterra- terday’s inauguration cere- during Chagall’s residency in nean Sea and bright landscapes mony, released a statement the south of France between of the French Riviera. claiming that the exhibition the 1950s and 1970s, including Chagall’s work is perhaps best would “continue to strengthen paintings, gouaches, lithogra- defined by the pre-eminence of the already time-honored Si- phs, costumes and tapestries. inspired by his later years in Paule Ignatio, acting consul ge- light and color in his creations, no-French friendship, while It also features designs for the French Côte d’Azur, where neral of France in Hong Kong leading some contemporary further enhancing Macau’s role stained glass windows of a sy- the deep blue of the Mediterra- and Macau, at yesterday’s cere- observers to suggest that the as a platform for multicultural nagogue in Jerusalem and cos- nean Sea and dazzling landsca- mony. artist revolutionized how the exchange.” tumes and tapestries made by pes gave rise to paintings full of Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was public understands color as a The exhibition will be open to the artist. intense and vibrant colors. born to a Jewish family in Whi- medium for communication. the public, free of charge, until It documents a sample of his The exhibition “allows us to te Russia (present-day Belarus) According to a statement from August 26. Cantonese-language creations during the period get a glance at this beautiful at the end of the 19th century, MAM, “color, in an aesthetic guided tours are available every when his art took on its most region [that] he loved, throu- where he developed an intense as well as a symbolic sense, is Saturday and Sunday after- distinctive shape and form, gh his very special touch,” said interest in art at a young age. essential to Chagall, and archi- noons from June 2 onwards. DB ad fri 01.06.2018 th Anniversary

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the platform provided them with the opportunity to enhance their networks. lynzy valles lynzy Leo Coelho, sales & marke- ting manager of a Häagen-Dazs franchisee, remarked that the- re are only a few platforms for local SMEs to showcase their products and services to a wide audience. “We have a good opportunity to talk with different depart- ments and people that we wou- ld have never met if we weren’t here,” said Coelho. “It’s a good opportunity to get to know each other and build good networks – not just with Clement Cheng Leo Coelho Sands itself, but also other com- panies who joined this event,” he added. Managing director of Signum Macau, Clement Cheng, echoed Sands China hosts matching the same sentiments, noting that it remains a challenge for local SMEs to find an effective medium through which to reach sessions for SMEs the public. “This is a good opportunity be- ands China Ltd hosted its ching sessions were targeted at tween vendors and users and with local SME suppliers as a re- cause usually there isn’t a lot of Sthird invitational matching potential users and buyers of improving the rate of procure- sult of this social responsibility good channels to promote your session yesterday for 22 local Sands China properties. ment success. Representatives effort,” said Wilfred Wong, pre- company. […] Events like this small and medium enterprise The session focused on food from the procurement depart- sident of Sands China Ltd. help us improve and get us in (SME) suppliers, providing the- and beverage, facilities, and ho- ments of Marina Bay Sands in Figures from the gaming ope- touch with clients,” said Cheng. se local enterprises with a plat- tel operation supplies and equi- Singapore and the city’s other rator suggested that it has al- Meanwhile, the gaming ope- form to showcase their products pment, showcasing these aspec- resort operators were also invi- ready purchased approximately rator has also released its book and services. ts to some 200 potential buyers ted. 1,200 products from local SMEs highlighting the efforts and suc- Held as part of its F.I.T pro- and users from departments of “Sands China’s supplier su- participating in its first two invi- cesses of its SME programs, in- gram (Financial Support, Invi- the gaming operator. pport program has been a great tational matching sessions, to- cluding stories of some local en- tational Matching, and Training The initiative is aimed at success, and we are very pleased talling over MOP24 million. terprises which have benefitted and Development), the mat- enhancing communication be- to see our ongoing collaboration Meanwhile, local SMEs said from them. LV ad fri 01.06.2018 th Anniversary

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perties are sold. “What is going to happen to my position?” said Fernando Contract for Vegas casino Fernandez, a guest runner at Caesars Palace. “I think they are going to be disappearing it, employees nears expiration because robots are going to be available to deliver everything.” He said he wants training to Regina Garcia Cano, Las Vegas fix or program the robots that he believes could eventually re- ap photo he two largest resort ope- place him. Trators in Las Vegas would lose more than USD10 million a The union day combined if housekeepers, cooks and others go on strike, conceded that a possibility starting today, the union representing thousands it is difficult to of casino workers said. The Culinary Union detai- estimate how led how it thinks a one-month the strike at strike would impact MGM Re- sorts International and Caesars more than 30 Entertainment, which opera- te more than half the proper- casino-hotels ties that would be affected if 50,000 workers walk off the would affect job. Workers last week voted to Las Vegas authorize a strike as disputes over workplace training, wa- overall ges and other issues have kept the union and casino operators Culinary Union workers demonstrate along Las Vegas Boulevard outside the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino The union says it has asked from agreeing on new contracts. MGM for average annual wage The union conceded that it is increases of 4 percent for each difficult to estimate how the the use of less experienced and and food servers, porters, bell- resolve the outstanding contract of the five years. A document strike at more than 30 casino less skilled replacements [...] men, cooks and other kitchen issues and come to an agree- says the company has counte- -hotels would affect Las Vegas to keep the doors open, rooms workers at properties on the ment that works for all sides.” red with an approximate 2.7 overall because the last citywide cleaned, food cooked, and co- Las Vegas Strip and downtown Caesars said it “expects to percent increase. strike took place in 1984, when cktails served, not to mention Las Vegas, including Caesars agree to a new 5-year contract Caesars workers are asking for the city had 90,000 fewer ho- other factors such as the dis- Palace, Bellagio, Stratosphere, with the Culinary Union on or an increase of 4.2 percent effec- tel rooms and only about 12.8 ruptions to management staff’s Treasure Island, The D and El about June 1 when the current tive today, and annual increases million annual visitors. Last regular work,” the union wrote. Cortez. contract expires.” About 12,000 of about 4 percent thereafter. year, more than 42.2 million Using the companies’ earnin- Dealers are not part of the of its workers are part of the Another document shows the people visited. gs reports for the first three Culinary Union. Casino-resorts negotiations for new five-year company has offered an appro- But it says MGM and Caesars months of the year, the union’s that would not be affected by contracts. ximate 2.8 percent increase for would see a 10 percent reduc- estimates show a one-month the strike include Wynn Las Ve- The union said it is asking for each of the five years. tion in revenue because of the strike could reduce MGM’s ear- gas, Encore, The Venetian and training on new skills and job The average hourly wage of loss of group and independent nings before interest, taxes and Palazzo. opportunities as the companies union workers is $23, including travelers. A strike also could ha- other items by more than $206 MGM, which employees adopt technology that can dis- benefits such as premium-free ppen as fans head to Las Vegas million and Caesars’ by over 24,000 of the workers, said place workers. It also wants an health care, a pension and a for the Stanley Cup Final. $113 million. it met with union negotiators independent study to analyze 401(k) retirement savings plan “Furthermore, one might as- Contracts expire at midnight Monday and has more talks the workload of housekeepers and $25,000 down-payment sume a 10 percent worsening Thursday [US time] for bar- scheduled. The company says and contract language that assistance for first-time home- of operating margins due to tenders, housekeepers, cocktail it remains confident that it “can would protect workers if pro- buyers. AP

only son, is the president Turmoil at Korean dynasty deepens of Korean Air. Yesterday’s raid followed a complaint by as misdeed allegations mount authorities that Cho, 69, didn’t pay taxes when Jihye Lee, Kyunghee Park timent that’s decidedly threw water in the face he inherited some over- turned against the scan- of an advertising agency seas assets from his late

dd tax evasion and ap photo dal-plagued chaebol and worker during a business father, Yonhap News re- Aembezzlement to the led to the impeachment meeting. Cho has fired ported earlier. Prosecu- mounting list of allega- of his predecessor. In his both of them since from tors are also looking into tions that one of Korea’s campaign, Moon had ple- their positions in the whether the Cho family richest families is facing, dged to wipe out cozy ties group. Walter Cho, the embezzled more than deepening the turmoil at between government and 20 billion won (USD19 a business dynasty that’s business. million), it said. already been disgraced by Korean Air, the flagship In his The elder Cho this mon- a string of scandals invol- of Hanjin Group, is no campaign, th stepped down as the ving rage-driven abuses stranger to scandals. chief executive officer of of power. The controversies have Moon had Jin Air Co., the group’s About 30 investigators mostly involved public low-cost carrier, after the descended on the head bad behavior by Cho’s pledged to transport ministry fou- office of Korean Air Li- family members. About wipe out nd out that his youngest nes Co. yesterday and four years ago, Cho’s el- daughter, a U.S. citizen, seized documents as part dest daughter forced a cozy ties held a position barred for of a probe into the allega- rate, while a spokeswo- up scrutiny by President plane to return to the foreign nationals. tions, spelling more trou- man for the Seoul Sou- Moon Jae-in’s adminis- gate at New York’s John between Cho’s wife was ques- ble for the controlling fa- thern District Prosecu- tration into family-run F. Kennedy Airport in tioned by police over mily headed by Chairman tors’ Office said the inves- conglomerates, known in what’s now called the government assault and abuse alle- Cho Yang-ho. A Korean tigation was continuing. Korean as chaebol. Moon infamous “nut rage” in- and gations. Yonhap repor- Air spokesman confirmed The latest raids come won elections last year, cident. This year, his you- ted this week separate- the raid but didn’t elabo- on the back of stepped riding on a public sen- ngest daughter allegedly business ly. Bloomberg fri 01.06.2018

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Zhang Wenzhong businessman disappeared from Hong Kong in early 2017 and news reports say he might have been abducted by mainland po- lice for possible trial. Chinese retail tycoon’s Zhang was accused of impro- perly obtaining 31.9 million yuan (USD4.9 million) from a government program for a fraud conviction thrown out logistics and information ma- Joe McDdonald, Beijing “In some places, there has nagement project. Prosecutors been an unfair and unreasona- said only state-owned com- hina’s supreme ap photo ble treatment of private enter- panies were eligible and Zhang court threw out a re- prises,” the official was quoted colluded with a subsidiary of a tail tycoon’s fraud con- as saying. The official said when government enterprise, China viction yesterday in authorities find “irregular practi- Chentong, to obtain the money. Can unusual show of leniency ces” they should be examined in The supreme court said the toward entrepreneurs amid a a “developmental perspective.” rules had changed by the time string of high-profile detentions A series of Chinese business- Wumart applied and private that has rattled the Chinese bu- people have been prosecuted or companies were eligible. siness world. detained for questioning since “It is in accordance with the in- Zhang Wenzhong, former 2016 about possible offenses dustrial and development poli- chairman of one of China’s bi- including fraud, embezzlement cies of that time,” the court said. ggest retail chains, Wumart and bribery. It gave no indication why a Stores Inc., was released in Fe- On Wednesday, a lawyer for lower court that upheld Zhang’s bruary after serving 12 years in the imprisoned founder of Chi- conviction in 2009 failed to no- prison on charges that included na’s biggest privately owned tice the rule change that would improperly obtaining technolo- Customers enter a Wumei convenience store, part of the Wumart Stores retail insurance company said he will have freed him. gy development subsidies. company, in Beijing appeal an 18-year prison senten- Zhang stepped down as chair- The Supreme People’s Court ce on fraud charges. Wu Xiaohui man of Wumart’s parent com- ruled that while Zhang, a com- their convictions were a “misa- neurs,” said a Supreme Court of Anbang Insurance, which pany after being detained in puter scientist who studied at pplication of the law and should official quoted by the website owns New York City’s Waldorf 2006. Stanford University and foun- be corrected.” of the Shanghai newspaper The Hotel, was convicted of impro- The supreme court also over- ded Wumart in the 1990s, viola- The ruling was a rare success Paper. perly raising billions of dollars turned Zhang’s conviction on ted rules in applying for the sub- by a high-profile defendant in In a possible effort to reassure from investors and diverting charges he and other investors sidies, he did so unintentionally the midst of a marathon anti- entrepreneurs about their sta- company money to his own use. improperly used 40 million and his company was eligible to corruption crackdown led by tus in the state-dominated eco- The founder of a Shanghai-ba- yuan ($6.1 million) from a cus- receive them. President Xi Jinping. nomy, the unidentified official sed company that was buying tomer’s account at an insurance Zhang and another executi- It reflected the ruling Commu- acknowledged they face uncer- a stake in Russia’s biggest oil company to trade stocks. ve who was convicted had no nist Party’s desire to “strengthen tainty about evolving rules and producer, Rosneft, was detained The facts of that case were un- “subjective intention” to com- the protection of the legitimate sometimes need to make unor- in March, according to news re- clear and “lacked sufficient evi- mit fraud, the court said. It said rights and interests of entrepre- thodox arrangements. ports. A Chinese-born Canadian dence,” the court said. AP

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Trial begins for ex-CIA man accused of espionage Matthew Barakat, Alexandria (VA.) back from Shanghai with his son. There customs agents fou- rosecutors say a nd $16,500 in unreported cash,

former CIA case officer and they questioned Mallory CNN courtesy betrayed his country by about the nature of his trip. giving a Chinese spy in- The customs agents allowed Pformation about human assets Mallory entry after assessing a and other top-secret informa- $188 tariff on some electronics tion in exchange for USD25,000. Mallory said he had purchased. But defense lawyers say their But Gellie said the encounter client is a loyal American who prompted Mallory to reach out was merely stringing the Chi- to some old CIA contacts to con- nese along to try to get them to coct a cover story for his espio- expose details of their own inte- nage. lligence operation. Gellie said Mallory agreed A jury heard opening state- in May 2017 to be questioned ments yesterday [Macau time] about his contacts, and that he in the trial of Kevin Mallory, 60, was caught off guard during of Leesburg, who was working that interview when a Samsung as a self-employed consultant phone given to him by the Chi- when he returned from Shan- nese displayed text conversa- ghai with more than $16,000 in tions between Mallory and the undeclared cash. Chinese recruiter — Mallory Defense attorney Geremy Ka- had expected the phone’s secure mens said Mallory had grown messaging features would keep suspicious about a Chinese the conversation hidden, Gellie think tank’s job offer and hat- said. ched a plan to feed them phony In one text message, Mallory Court drawing of Kevin Mallory documents. He told people at wrote “your object is to gain in- the CIA, but prosecutors said formation, and my object is to that was just to cover his tracks. be paid.” Gellie said the drives contai- tion about human assets, Gellie Kamens, though, said Mallory Prosecutor Jennifer Gellie told Agents later searched Mallo- ned secret and top-secret docu- said. reached out to his old CIA con- jurors that Mallory’s scheme un- ry’s home and found two small ments, some of which had been “Kevin Mallory chose to pass tacts months before he was su- raveled when he was selected for computer discs — one balled up sent to the Chinese recruiter closely held government se- pposedly spooked by the airport secondary screening at O’Hare in tin foil in a closet box filled on that Samsung phone. One crets to a Chinese government inspection. During testimony, a Airport in April 2017 on a flight with junk. document contained informa- agent,” Gellie told the jury. CIA analyst and a CIA contrac- ad fri 01.06.2018

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Wife of detained Trial begins for ex-CIA man accused of espionage lawyer Yu Wensheng tor testified that Mallory contac- The trial is being heard in the ted them in February 2017, two Eastern District of Virginia, whi- months before the Shanghai fli- ch is home to the CIA and Pen- barred from travelling ght. One of the two testified that tagon and often plays host to Mallory wanted him to reach national security and espionage he wife of a detained Chi- out to China contacts in the CIA cases. Still, espionage trials are nese human rights lawyer

T ap photo because he was concerned that a rarity, given that both sides said that she has been pre- the think-tank offer was not on have strong incentives to reach vented from leaving her nei- the level. The other testified that plea deals. The government is ghborhood, the latest apparent he could not recall exactly why concerned about exposing secre- case of extra-legal harassment Mallory reached out. ts, while defendants are worried of those who fall afoul of the “The only reason we are sitting about potentially stiff sentences. ruling Communist Party. in this courtroom is Mr. Mallory The last espionage-related trial Xu Yan tweeted that she had knocked on the front door of the in the Alexandria courthouse been followed from her apart- CIA” to tell them about the offer came in 2009, when Pentagon ment by police officers who he received from the Chinese. official James Fondren was con- stopped her leaving by taxi by victed and sentenced to three telling the drivers not to take years in prison for charges invol- her. Defense ving espionage and making false “I asked ‘Why am I being res- lawyers say statements to the FBI. Fondren tricted?’” Xu wrote. She said was convicted of providing clas- the officers said they didn’t Xu Yan, the wife of detained Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng he is a loyal sified documents to Tai Shen know, nor were they aware of Kuo, a Taiwanese national who who had authorized the mea- gela Merkel met privately with detained or harassed family American who was working for communist Chi- sures or how long they were to Xu and Li Wenzhu, the wife members of those accused of na. be enforced. of another detained lawyer, crimes against the state, most was stringing Mallory, though, is charged un- Xu’s husband, Yu Wensheng, Wang Quanzhang. notably Liu Xia, the widow of the Chinese der a different statute that allows was grabbed by police on Jan. Yu’s detention extends a cra- Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu for stiffer penalties. The last trial 19 while preparing to take his ckdown on independent legal Xiaobo, who died last year of along to try under this specific statute came 13-year-old son to school and activists by the ruling party lau- liver cancer while serving a pri- in 2003, when defense contrac- has been charged with the loo- nched in July 2015. His seizure son sentence for inciting sub- to get them tor Brian Patrick Regan was con- sely defined crime of inciting came a day after he posted a version of state power. victed and sentenced to life in subversion against the one- letter online calling for reforms Germany said earlier this to expose prison for offering intelligence to party authoritarian Commu- to the constitution and open month it would welcome Liu […] their own Iraq and China. nist state. presidential elections. Xia after a recording was re- Mallory faces up to life in pri- During a visit to Beijing last China’s vast domestic securi- leased of her crying in despe- intelligence ops son. AP week, German Chancellor An- ty apparatus has frequently ration. AP

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tralia is regarded the developed country most dependent on Chi- Australian says China uses na, which is the largest market for Australia’s must lucrative ex- ports, iron ore and coal. Australia-based Treasury Wine different tone in private talks Estates, one of the world’s lar- gest wine companies, told the Rod McGuirk, Canberra Australian Securities Exchange this month that it was experien- ap photo n Australian official said cing delays in getting Australian Ayesterday that China used wine through Chinese customs. a different tone in private talks Graham Fletcher, the depart- than it used in a recent public ment’s first assistant secretary, statement that demanded Aus- told the committee that he was tralia take “concrete actions” to aware of “three or four com- improve bilateral ties. panies” in the Australian wine Department of Foreign Affairs industry that were experiencing and Trade Secretary Frances similar delays. Adamson was being questioned Chinese Premier Li Keqiang by a Senate committee on the signed an agreement when he vastly different accounts that the visited Australia in March last Australian and Chinese foreign year that would give Australian ministers gave of their bilateral ranchers greater access to the meeting on the sidelines of a China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second from right) and Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop at the G20 meeting in Chinese chilled beef market. Group of 20 minister’s conferen- Argentina last week Australian beef producers are ce in Argentina last week. frustrated that the agreement Australia has been talking Wang said through a Chinese with Australian officials. want to encourage a respectful has yet to take effect. Fletcher down media reports of diplo- Foreign Ministry spokeswoman “I think the [Chinese] public public discourse about their role told the committee that the matic disruptions over Chinese that he told Bishop that Australia characterization of the meeting in the region, about our bilateral agreement had not progressed anger at Australian policies, in- needed to “take off tinted glasses in tone is consistent with the re- relationship, and this is not uni- “as quickly as we wanted.” cluding a proposed legislative and see China’s development cent tone adopted in the Chinese que to Australia,” she added. Australian Trade Minister Ste- ban on foreign interference in from a positive perspective” if media,” Adamson told the com- Bishop maintains that she ven Ciobo visited Shanghai this politics. it really wanted to get relations mittee. makes the same statements in month but did not meet his Chi- Australian Foreign Minister back on track. “Tinted glasses” “But I do draw a distinction public as she makes in private nese counterpart. Julie Bishop described her mee- is Chinese diplomatic shorthand between that tone as depicted meetings with foreign officials. Adamson, a former ambassa- ting last week with her Chinese for what it sees as Western bias. publicly and the tone that we The spat is impacting Austra- dor to Beijing, told the commi- counterpart Wang Yi as “very But Adamson told the commi- discern through direct conversa- lia’s trade as well as diplomatic ttee a meeting “wasn’t conve- warm and candid and construc- ttee Thursday that China took tions with the Chinese,” she said. relationship with its most im- nient, wasn’t suitable” for the tive.” a different tone in private talks “I think the Chinese very much portant economic partner. Aus- Chinese. AP ad fri 01.06.2018

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Thailand Pakistani prisoner on Appeals court dismisses death row dies in case against British activist Indonesia terminally ill Pakistani prisoner on death Thai appeals by both sides as the legal Arow in Indonesia passed away in a hospi- court yesterday battle escalated are still be- tal yesterday, shortly after rights activists in vindicated a Bri- ap photo fore the courts. Pakistan sought his release on humanitarian tish labor rights On Twitter, Hall said he grounds. activistA entangled in a years- had previously lost hope Zulfiqar Ali, who was arrested in November long legal confrontation of justice but now a “flame 2004 and convicted on drug smuggling char- with a fruit-packing com- was reignited in my heart.” ges, died at Medistra Hospital in southern pany after he publicized “There is still the possi- Jakarta, said Rika Apriyanti, a spokeswoman alleged human rights viola- bility that today’s verdict for the Correctional Directorate at the Justice tions at its factory. could lead in some way to and Human Rights Ministry. The legal victory for Andy peace and reconciliation,” She said Ali’s body had been handed over to Hall was welcomed by Am- he said. his wife and would be flown back to Pakistan. nesty International but is Amnesty International’s Ali’s death came after the rights group Jus- not necessarily the end of Thailand campaigner, Ka- tice Project Pakistan, which opposes capital protracted court battles therine Gerson, said the punishment, appealed to the Indonesian go- that forced him to leave British labor rights activist Andy Hall talks to reporters at the Supreme ruling should be followed vernment to free Ali. The group said his trial Thailand in 2016. Court in Bangkok with repeal of the criminal was unfair and he had been wrongfully con- A criminal defamation defamation law to prevent victed. and other cases against Sunya Joongdee, a lawyer migrant workers revealed companies using the cour- Ali was to have faced the firing squad in July Hall stemmed from a 2013 for Hall, said yesterday’s allegations of rights viola- ts to harass activists who 2016 along with 13 other convicts, mostly fo- report he researched for court ruling dismissed the tions that should be made campaign against abusive reigners. However, his execution and that of Finnish consumer organi- criminal defamation case, public. Hall was found gui- corporate practices. nine others were canceled at the last minute zation Finnwatch that alle- which also resulted in the lty of criminal defamation “This successful appeal is after authorities apparently decided that legal ged labor abuses at Natural collapse of a case under in 2016, fined and given a very welcome, and it un- requirements had not been fully satisfied. Fruit’s pineapple canning Thailand’s computer cri- suspended prison sentence. derlines how the original Sarah Belal, the executive director of Justice operation. It employed mes law. It outlaws pub- Natural Fruit, owned conviction against Andy Project Pakistan, said they could not save Ali’s migrant workers from lishing what is deemed fal- by businessman Wirat Hall was an abuse of justi- life but wanted to help him “die a free man.” Myanmar who said the se information online. Piyapornpaiboon, can ce that should never have Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain had company abused them and He said the court accepted appeal to the Supreme been allowed,” she said in a asked Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” broke labor regulations. that Hall’s interviews with Court. Other cases brought statement. AP Widodo to pardon Ali. AP

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He vowed Russia’s support for denuclearization and a broader effort to create a stable and long- Kim Jong Un complains of US lasting peace in the region, but indicated that Moscow believes sanctions can be eased while the process is in progress, whi- ‘hegemonism’ as summit nears ch diverges from the U.S. posi- tion that denuclearization must Eric Talmadge, Hyung-Jin Kim come first.

orth Korean leader Kim ap photo NJong Un complained of “U.S. hegemonism” to Russia’s visiting foreign minister yester- As we move day, as one of his top lieutenants to adjust to was in New York trying to pave the way for a summit with Presi- the political dent Donald Trump in Singapo- re next month. situation in Kim told Sergey Lavrov that he hopes to boost cooperation with the face of US Russia, which has remained lar- hegemonism, gely on the sidelines in recent months as Kim has made a ma- I am willing jor diplomatic outreach to the United States as well as to South to exchange Korea and China. detailed and in- “As we move to adjust to the Kim Jong Un (center) and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands during a meeting in Pyongyang political situation in the face of depth opinions U.S. hegemonism, I am willing to exchange detailed and in- nuclear tensions that saw in- Jinping and South Korean Pre- Video of the beginning of their with your depth opinions with your lea- creased fears of war on the Ko- sident Moon Jae-in. meeting also showed Lavrov in- dership and hope to do so mo- rean Peninsula. Lavrov’s visit to Pyongyang viting Kim to Moscow. leadership. ving forward,” Kim told Lavrov. But continuing differences suggests that Russia wants to According to Russian media, Kim Jong Un Kim has previously made har- between the two countries led become involved and make sure he also discussed ways to expand sher comments and even threa- Trump to abruptly cancel the North Korea informs it of its in- relations during a meeting with “It’s absolutely obvious that tened to launch nuclear attacks planned summit last week, and tentions and is mindful of Mos- Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho. when a conversation starts about on the United States numerous then quickly announce that it cow’s concerns. “We welcome the contacts that solving the nuclear problem and times. But his comments yester- might still be held as scheduled In their talks, Lavrov relayed have been developing in the re- other problems of the Korean day come at a sensitive moment, on June 12. Putin’s “warmest regards and cent months between North and Peninsula, we proceed from the when a senior North Korean offi- Despite having a border with best wishes” for Kim’s “big en- South Korea, between North fact that the decision can’t be cial is in New York for talks with North Korea and relatively cor- deavors” on the Korean Penin- Korea and the United States,” complete while sanctions are Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dial relations that President Vla- sula. He also expressed Mos- Lavrov said in comments to the still in place,” he said. on the planned summit. dimir Putin has seemed to want cow’s support for an agreement media. “We welcome the sum- As Lavrov was visiting Pyon- Since January, Kim has signi- to develop further, Russia has Kim reached with Moon at a mits that already took place gyang, former North Korean in- ficantly toned down his rhetoric kept a surprisingly low profile summit last month that focused between Pyongyang and Seoul telligence chief Kim Yong Chol against Washington and Seoul as Kim has emerged onto the on measures to ease hostilities as well as planned meetings be- was in New York to discuss the and tried to reach out to them world stage this year, meeting and increase exchanges between tween North Korean and U.S. agenda for the Trump summit following a year of heightened twice with Chinese President Xi the two Koreas. leadership.” with U.S. officials.AP

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Yudith Ho, Andrea Tan ts and jailed bankers over finance what the U.S. said eight people from the fi- transactions linked to the were spending sprees by nance industry for their alaysia said it’s scandal-plagued fund. corrupt officials and their actions on 1MDB-related Mworking with Sin- Mahathir, who took associates. Najib’s gover- transactions. Singapore gapore to recover money power earlier this month, nment and 1MDB had authorities said this mon- believed to have been em- is trying to uncover the repeatedly insisted all its th they’ve cooperated ex- Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers bezzled from its state in- extent of alleged embez- funds were accounted for. tensively with their Malay- vestment company 1MDB, zlement and money laun- Members of Malaysia’s sian counterparts on past as Prime Minister Maha- dering at 1Malaysia Deve- 1MDB task force met with requests for information Chambers, the Commer- Malaysia’s 1MDB task thir Mohamad’s adminis- lopment Bhd., which was officials from the U.S. on 1MDB. cial Affairs Department force said last week an FBI tration acts on a pledge to set up by former premier Federal Bureau of Inves- Prosecutors in Singapore - the financial crime-figh- letter in November 2016 to cooperate with probes un- Najib Razak in 2009 to at- tigation and the Depart- have described 1MDB as ting unit of the police - and its former anti-graft chief derway around the globe. tract foreign investment. ment of Justice last week the country’s largest and the Monetary Authority of hadn’t been responded to. Investigators on both si- Investigators in the U.S. to discuss the focus and most complex money-lau- Singapore. Malaysian in- A DOJ request for mutual des met near Kuala Lum- and Europe had complai- direction of probes. Swiss ndering case. They said its vestigators include those legal assistance to Attor- pur yesterday, where they ned of a lack of assistance prosecutors have said they banking and financial sys- from the attorney gene- ney General Mohamed also discussed collecting from Malaysian authori- wanted to start talks with tems were used as condui- ral’s office, police, anti- Apandi Ali in September evidence, identifying Sin- ties under the previous ad- Malaysian counterparts ts for billions of dollars si- corruption commission 2017 wasn’t fulfilled and gapore witnesses and ma- ministration. as soon as possible to be- phoned from 1MDB, aided and central bank. was postponed with the pping a money trail to de- A cooperative Malaysia tter coordinate various by officers from the fund “Our Malaysian counter- reason it would interfere tect funds and assets that could help investigators criminal probes into the and bankers in the city sta- parts have requested for with investigations done still exist, according to a around the world piece sprawling case. te who ignored suspicious our assistance in relation by Malaysian authorities, statement from a Malay- together how billions may In recent years, Singapo- and high-risk transactions to their 1MDB-related and no cooperation was sian task force overseeing have been embezzled and re ordered two Swiss pri- for their own purposes. investigations,” the Sin- extended, according to 1MDB probes. Singapore laundered through major vate banks to shut, fined Singapore was represen- gapore police said earlier the task force. Apandi has has seized hundreds of financial centers in the other large banks, seized ted by nine officials from yesterday in response to been placed on leave by millions of dollars in asse- U.S., Europe and Asia - to assets and banned at least its Attorney-General’s Bloomberg News queries. Mahathir. Bloomberg fri 01.06.2018 th Anniversary

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other location, trees were used ners who lost their roofs in Irma as makeshift power poles in the or Maria. More than 100,000 ap photo absence of proper equipment. more received smaller tarps to “We patched things up. We protect specific rooms or belon- worked with the little material gings. Only 21,000 households that was available and we re- have received federal aid to car- cycled material. We took the ry out permanent repairs. 1,000 feet of wire that was on Juana Sostre Vasquez’s woo- the ground and we strung it up den house in the central hi- in another area,” one power au- ghlands was ripped off its fou- thority worker said, speaking ndation by Maria. With the help on condition of anonymity for of a son-in-law, the 69-year-old fear of retaliation from mana- rebuilt, using cinderblocks and gement. “We took the post that cement bought with $14,000 in had fallen over or broken and FEMA reconstruction aid. Her we put it up somewhere else. A roof is metal sheeting nailed lot of the work is defective.” onto wooden two-by-fours be- Fredyson Martinez, vice pre- cause she couldn’t afford to bui- sident of the power authority ld stronger. She says she’s ho- workers’ union, said he estima- peful the next hurricane won’t tes that roughly 10 percent to send that sheeting flying. 15 percent of the repair work “The money didn’t let us do done over the last eight months the roof,” she said. “I’m doing it did not meet basic quality stan- little by little as I save a couple dards. of dollars.” “The logistics were terrible. I Mike Byrne, the head of FE- give it an F,” he said. “Things MA’s Caribbean office, says he need to be fixed.” expects the federal government Federal and Puerto Rican offi- will eventually have spent a to- cials are preparing for another tal of $17.5 billion in emergency catastrophe that cuts power for funds on fixing the hurricane weeks or month. The Federal damage and making Puerto Ri- Emergency Management Agen- co’s grid more resilient to future cy is leaving some 600 genera- storms. tors installed in key sites such The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- as hospitals and water pumping neers ended its power restora- stations, more than six times the tion work in May, so future fun- number before Maria. FEMA ding is expected to pass through Puerto Rico has stockpiled 5.4 million liters Puerto Rico’s bankrupt power of water and more than 80,000 company. After receiving $945 tarps, and is distributing them million in federal funds for re- and other emergency supplies pairs to the island’s electric to towns across the island so grid, Oklahoma-based Mam- Grid ‘teetering’ despite they will be in place for the next moth Energy Services annou- disaster. nced Monday that the power Still, few people believe the is- authority had awarded its sub- land is truly ready. sidiary, Cobra Energy, another USD3.8 billion repair job $900 million to finish the job “If a hurricane comes tomor- Michael Weissenstein, Cain Alto Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Ros- such a state that I think we’re row it will leave the island com- and begin fortifying the grid sello said. going to lose power. I don’t pletely without power again,” against future storms. fter months of Another weather disaster is in- know for how long.” said Juan Rosario, a communi- Last week, Cobra’s crews were darkness and sti- creasingly likely as warmer seas Federal officials and Puerto ty activist and former member working to rebuild one of a pair fling heat, Noe Pagan turbocharge the strongest hurri- Rican leaders blame decades of the power authority’s board of 230-kilo-volt transmission li- was overjoyed when canes into even more powerful of mismanagement that left the of directors. nes climbing from Puerto Rico’s power-lineA workers arrived to and wetter storms. Federal fore- island’s power authority more main power plants on its sou- restore electricity to his home casters say there’s a 75 percent than $9 billion in debt after thern coast across high moun- deep in the lush green moun- likelihood that the 2018 Atlantic declaring bankruptcy last year. Federal tains to the main users of ener- tains of western Puerto Rico. hurricane season, which begins Expensive projects were laun- gy in the capital, San Juan, and But to his dismay, instead of today, will produce between five ched then cancelled. Politicians forecasters other industrial sites and popu- raising a power pole toppled by and nine hurricanes. And the- approved cheap power for well- say there’s a lation centers in the north. Be- Hurricane Maria, the federal re’s a 70 percent chance that as connected corporations. By the cause of a decision years ago to contractors bolted the new 220- many as four of those could be time Maria hit, wooden power 75pct likelihood stretch the island’s main trans- volt line to the narrow trunk of major Category 3, 4, or 5 hurri- poles were rotted, transmission mission lines through a narrow a breadfruit tree — a safety code canes, with winds of 179 kph or towers had rusted through and that hurricane path across the rugged moun- violation virtually guaranteed to higher. overgrown trees menaced thou- tains, one of the transmission leave Pagan and his neighbors “It’s inevitable that Puerto sands of miles of power lines. season, which lines must be turned off so its blacked out in a future hurrica- Rico will get hit again,” said As- In many places across Puerto begins today, powerful current doesn’t ener- ne. sistant Secretary Bruce Walker, Rico, federal emergency funds gize equipment and workers la- “I asked the contractors if they head of the U.S. Department of allocated in the aftermath of will produce 5 boring a few feet away. were going to connect the cable Energy’s Office of Electricity, the disaster made up for years Cobra transmission director to the post and they just didn’t which is planning the long-term of neglected maintenance, re- to 9 hurricanes Alan Edwards had more than 50 answer,” said Pagan, a 23-year- redesign of the grid run by the placing decaying infrastructure linemen working on the repair, old garage worker. Puerto Rico Electric Power Au- with tens of thousands of new Up to 4,645 more deaths than at nearly $4,000 per worker per After an eight-month, USD3.8 thority. poles and hundreds of miles usual occurred in Puerto Rico in day in federal funds from the billion federal effort to try to Despite the billions plowed of power lines rushed from the the three months after Maria, Puerto Rico power authority, end the longest blackout in Uni- into the grid since Maria hit on U.S. mainland at a steep pre- contends a new study published when he got the call to stop. A ted States history, officials say Sept. 20, 2017, Puerto Rican mium. this week by the New England flaw was causing a transmission Puerto Rico’s public electrical officials warn that it could take But in other areas, crews wi- Journal of Medicine, an estima- line to overheat dangerously authority, the nation’s largest, far less than a Category 4 storm thout adequate supplies pat- te that far exceeds the official elsewhere in the system, so the is almost certain to collapse like Maria to cause a blackout ched together damaged poles government death toll of 64. line alongside where Edwards’ again when the next hurricane like the one that persists today, and power lines in a desperate Officials now are warning men were working would have hits this island of 3.3 million with some 11,820 homes and push to restore power. In the Puerto Ricans to stockpile to be returned to service, for- people. businesses still without power. western highlands, power ca- enough emergency supplies to cing the crews to stop for at “It’s a highly fragile and vul- “The grid is there, but the grid bles were spliced together and survive as long as 10 days wi- least the rest of the day. nerable system that really cou- isn’t there. It’s teetering,” said woven haphazardly through thout help. Tens of thousands “Maybe we’re back at it tomor- ld suffer worse damage than it Hector Pesquera, Puerto Rico’s trees in blatant violation of ba- of homes still don’t have roofs. row, I don’t know. May be next suffered with Maria in the face commissioner of public safety. sic safety codes. In Pagan’s town FEMA distributed 59,000 enor- week before we can get back out of another natural catastrophe,” “Even if it’s a Category 1, it is in of Cain Alto and at least one mous plastic sheets to homeow- there,” Edwards said. AP 01.06.2018 fri

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 31 May - 06 Jun 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 15:00 Miscellaneous 18:25 Miscellaneous 18:55 Brazilian Soap Opera (Repeated) 19:45 Non-daily Portuguese News (Repeated) 19:50 Portuguese Serie 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:15 Portuguese Mini Serie 22:10 Brazilian Soap Opera 23:00 TDM News 23:30 Road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup 01:25 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 02:15 RTPi Live

Saturday 10:30 Comedy 12:30 Miscellaneous 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) SOLO: a star wars story 1970 British Prime Minister 15:00 Miscellaneous room 1 18:35 Miscellaneous 2:30, 4:45, 7:30, 9:30pm hit by flying egg 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) Director: Ron Howard The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has been hit in the face Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia 21:00 Grimm Sr. 3 Clarke with an egg thrown by a Young Conservative demonstrator. 23:00 TDM News Language: English (Chinese) The raw egg, thrown at close range, hit him on the forehead 23:30 Road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Duration: 135min and bounced onto his jacket where it broke. 00:35 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) It was thrown by Tory supporter Richard Ware. He had wai- 01:10 RTPi Live ted nearly an hour to make his protest, outside the Wealds- tone Labour Hall in north-west London, over the cancellation Sunday of the South African Springboks cricket tour. 10:25 Kids Serie The tour was called off on Home Secretary James Calla- 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) ghan’s orders after he raised fears of mass demonstrations 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) against apartheid. During the 1969 rugby tour, matches were 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast frequently interrupted by protesters. 15:00 Miscellaneous The Labour leader shrugged off the incident as a sign the 17:40 Got Talent Portugal cost of living could not be as high as the Tories were sugges- 19:20 Portuguese Serie ting if people could afford to throw raw eggs. 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report The economy has been one of the central issues of this 21:00 Non-daily Portuguese News election campaign. 22:00 Documentary Earlier in the day Mr Wilson had faced heckling from a crowd 23:00 TDM News of around 500 gathered to greet his arrival at the Holborn and 23:30 Road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup St Pancras South constituency in north London. 00:35 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) One woman shouted: “He’s even put a tax on ant eggs for 01:10 RTPi Live goldfish.” Another man retorted: “Goldfish are a luxury.” the Wall When Mr Wilson was later hit by the egg, he quipped: “If room 2 they are fighting the cost of living in Harrow, obviously eggs 2:30, 9:30pm must be cheap enough to throw about. Director: Doug Liman Offbeat Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena “If the Tories get in, in five years no-one will be able to afford Language: English (Chinese) to buy an egg.” La Scala’s 2018-19 season Duration: 119min Although his government has been dogged by economic features Verdi, Woody Allen crises, culminating in the devaluation of sterling three years When sun meets moon ago, there have been signs of recovery recently. The storied La Scala opera house announced that it will open the room 2 Chancellor Roy Jenkins introduced a series of indirect taxes 4:15, 6:00, 7:45pm 2018-19 season with a new production of Verdi’s “Attila,” continuing in 1968 and a pay rise ceiling of 3.5% which have helped Director: Benny Lau the tradition of Italian opera, while introducing some novelty, inclu- improve the economy to the extent Mr Wilson felt it was safe ding Woody Allen directing Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi.” Starring: Kathy Yuen, Daichi Harashima, Aimee Chan to call an election for 18 June. General manager Alexander Pereira said he himself will appear in Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) Richard Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos,” in a speaking role that he has Duration: 149min The polls have all been predicting an easy victory for Labour reprised elsewhere and that he quipped would be non-paying at La and Mr Wilson. Love chunibyo and otherdelusions Scala. The campaigning so far has focussed firmly on the two main room 3 party leaders, Mr Wilson and Conservative Edward Heath. Next year’s season will feature 15 operas, mostly Italian, including 2:30, 4:30, 9:45pm nine new productions and two productions making their La Scala Director: Tatsuya Ishihara Although Mr Wilson has developed a reputation for one-li- debut. Language: Japanese (Chinese) ners at the daily news conferences, it was Mr Heath who got “Attila” will be the second gala premiere dedicated to Verdi’s the better of him this time. more youthful compositions, written when he was just 33 years old, Asked about the egg incident, Mr Heath replied: “This was following “Giovanna d’Arco” in 2015, said music director Riccardo a secret meeting on a secret tour which nobody is supposed Chailly, who will complete the trilogy in the future with Verdi’s “Ma- to know about. It means that men - and perhaps women - cbeth.” The three were composed between 1845 and 1847. Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov will sing the title role opposite so- are walking the streets with eggs in their pockets, just on the prano Saioa Hernandez as Odabella, singers that Chailly described off-chance.” Courtesy BBC News as ideal for the parts. Allen is expected to personally follow the direction of “Gianni Schicchi,” alongside Kathleen Smith Belcher, who restaged the 2008 production in Los Angeles in 2015-2016. Allen’s “Schicchi” will play alongside a new La Scala production of Antonio Salieri’s “Prima la In context Musica Poi le Parole.” Four days after the egg incident, Harold Wilson’s wife was hit by a “Everyone loves [Allen’s] films, maybe we can do a small festival,” flour bomb as the couple waited for the prime ministerial car after a with a cinematic institute, Pereira said. visit to the local Labour Party in Battersea, south London. The two short operas are part of La Scala’s focus on bringing back Asked afterwards if he felt the police should be given increased pow- Italian bel canto tradition, which next season also will include Ros- ers to deal with violent demonstrators, Mr Wilson said freedom was sini’s “La Cenerentola,” or Cinderella, Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore,” part of a democracy and a respect for the rights of others. conducted by Michele Gamba making his La Scala debut. As pre- He went on to lose the election to the Conservatives - after what was viously announced, Cecilia Bartoli will sing in Handel’s “Giulio Cesa- generally regarded as a very lack-lustre campaign. re,” part of a new three-year Baroque music program. The Tories took 330 seats, with Labour on 288 and the Liberals won The symphonic season is comprised of eight concerts, including Destiny: the tale of kamakura just six seats. The Scottish Nationalists also gained their first West- Chailly conducting two Mahler symphonies, the 5th and the 10th, room 3 minster MP. while Zubin Mehta will conduct Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5. 7:15pm This was the first election in which 18-year-olds were entitled to Pereira noted that the opera house had increased tickets sales by Director: Takashi Yamazaki vote - but turnout was down on previous years to 72%, the lowest 8 million euros from 2014-2018 thanks to the addition of dozens of Starring: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata since 1935. performances in the traditionally quiet fall months. Language: English (Chinese) fri 01.06.2018 th Anniversary

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Football Zidane quits as Real Madrid coach after third Champions League t least as a coach, Zine- we could always have Zidane by Leganes in the quarterfinals of the dine Zidane is going out our side, but we know that when Copa del Rey, a moment which Zi- on top. After ending his ap photo Zizou makes a decision, the only dane said was the worst of his coa- playing career by hea- thing we can do is to accept it and ching career with the club. dbuttingA an opponent in the 2006 respect it.” “We went through good momen- World Cup final, Zidane is closing Zidane spoke little about his fu- ts but also complicated ones, and out his stint with Real Madrid with ture but said he is not immediate- I don’t forget them,” Zidane said. the fresh image of him lifting the ly looking to coach another club. “I want to leave when everything is Champions League trophy. Perez also didn’t talk much about going well. This is a good moment Zidane made the surprise annou- the club’s search for a new coach, to end it well.” ncement that he was leaving Ma- although several names are being Zidane said his best moment drid yesterday, less than a week talked about in local media, in- with Madrid was when he was after leading the team to its third cluding Mauricio Pochettino, An- signed to play for the club in 2001. straight Champions League title. tonio Conte, Joachim Loew and He won the Champions League “You have to know when to quit,” Arsene Wenger. with the club in 2002, scoring an said the 45-year-old Zidane, who Zidane said there wasn’t a speci- amazing volley in the final against was Madrid’s coach for two and fic reason that led him to his deci- Bayer Leverkusen. half seasons. “This is the right mo- sion, but apparently he saw enou- “As a coach, there were a lot ment. I am a winner and if I don’t it would have been complicated to Cristiano Ronaldo hinted after gh signs to know things were not things, like winning the Cham- see it clearly that we will keep keep winning.” the Champion League final he all perfect despite the good results. pions League, but if there was one winning, it’s time for a change.” Zidane also thrived as a player. may leave as well, and Gareth Bale, “After three years, [the club] specific moment, it was to win La It was an unexpected move by He helped France win the 1998 unhappy with his lack of playing needs a change in speech, a new Liga [in 2017]. It was the greatest the former great who won nine World Cup, but his career ended time, could be on his way back to work methodology,” he said. thing,” the Frenchman said. titles as Madrid coach, including after the 2006 World Cup final, the Premier League. Zidane mentioned the struggles Zidane was hired in January the three Champions League titles, when he was sent off in disgra- “It was a completely unexpec- the team faced this season, inclu- 2016 for what was his first major one Spanish league title, one Spa- ce for headbutting Italy defender ted decision,” Madrid president ding in the Spanish league and head-coaching job. The former nish Super Cup, two UEFA Super Marco Materazzi. Florentino Perez said of Zidane’s the Copa del Rey. Madrid finished star player arrived surrounded by Cups and two Club World Cups. His decision to quit as Madrid departure. “Today is a sad day for third in the league — 17 points doubts because of his lack of coa- “This club needs a change to keep coach suddenly left the Spanish me, for the fans and for all the peo- behind champion Barcelona — ching experience but quickly sur- winning,” Zidane said. “With me club’s future in limbo. ple who work at the club. I wish and was eliminated at home by passed expectations.

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In 1970, Prime Minister Harold Wilson was being ap photo harshly attacked by the opposition Conservative Ambien’s odd side effects Party and by many people because of unpopular tax measures he had implemented, which had in- creased the cost of living in the UK. don’t include racism On this day, June 1 in that distant year of last century, Wilson was hit by a young Tory suppor- India-Pakistan Pakistan ter with a raw egg while the incumbent PM was mbien and similar and India have agreed campaigning in West London for the reelection of Asleep aids are well-known to stop trading fire, the Labour Party. for sometimes causing some ap photo including artillery and small His comments became legendary: “Eggs must weird behavioral side effects, weapons, along the highly be cheap enough to throw about,” he said teasing but changing one’s political militarized frontier in the those who complained against the rising costs. or cultural views is not one of disputed Himalayan region Four days after the egg incident, Harold Wil- them. of Kashmir and uphold a son’s wife was hit by a flour bomb, in South Lon- Roseanne Barr partly bla- cease-fire accord dating don. med the insomnia drug in ex- back 15 years. Asked afterwards if he felt the police should be plaining a tweet that led ABC given increased powers to deal with violent de- Leading Emirati rights to cancel her show: “It was 2 UAE monstrators, PM Wilson said “freedom was part activist Ahmed Mansoor of a democracy and a respect for the rights of in the morning and I was Am- has been sentenced to 10 others.” bien tweeting,” she wrote. years in prison and fined 1 You can relive this extremely educational episo- Until this week, Ambien’s Roseanne Barr participates in the “Roseanne” panel during the Disney/ million dirhams, or about de on page 24, but that is beyond my point. most headline-grabbing ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in January USD272,000, for criticizing Forty-eight years on in Macau, on Tuesday, two behavioral side effect was the government in social young democracy advocates were given hef- “sleep-driving,” essentially media posts. ty fines for a petty “transgression” in a peaceful sleepwalking except getting demonstration. There were a few paper planes behind the wheel and going While all pharmaceutical thrown into Chui Sai On’s official residence – not for a drive with no memory of at him! - during an assembly of a ridiculously low ap photo doing so. number of people, but what is that compared to treatments have side smashing an egg on the forehead of the Prime But people also have re- Minister of Her Majesty the Queen of England? ported making phone calls, effects, racism is not a I can just guess what the local authorities would eating meals, having sex and have done to the young, now very old, conserva- doing other things that they known side effect. tive. He would have been thrown to jail merciless don’t remember after taking Dr. Marc Schlosberg Romania-Lithuania for many, many years. so-called “sedative-hypnotic” The European Court What is really sad about this story, besides the medications. People charged medicine specialist Dr. Daniel nd or get on the computer or of Human Rights ruled apparent connivance of justice with the establish- with crimes occasionally even Buysse. It’s not so different do other things waiting for the yesterday that Romania ment, is that society has somehow accepted the have tried “the Ambien defen- from how people sometimes medicine to kick in, said Dr. and Lithuania allowed the guilty as charged verdict with a sigh of relief. se.” behave under the influence of Marc Schlosberg, a sleep me- detention and abuse of a As a legal expert told me the other day, “the Saudi and a Palestinian at Doctors call these “complex alcohol, he added, and it can dicine specialist at MedStar expectations of justice being served are so low secret U.S. prisons. in Macau that people see this as a lesser evil, sleep behaviors.” On its offi- be hard to tell if the behavior Washington Hospital Center. considering they were not charged with jail time.” cial Ambien labeling, manu- really was due to the drug. Sanofi said yesterday [Ma- Italy Financial markets Make no mistake, the Court of First Instance ru- facturer Sanofi calls the side And while it’s not clear how cau time] in a tweet that “whi- calmed yesterday led that Sulu Sou and Scott Chiang were guilty of effects “abnormal thinking common such side effects are, le all pharmaceutical treat- amid increasing signs a criminal offense, unlawful assembly, when they and behavioral changes” — Ambien’s instructions clearly ments have side effects, ra- that Italy may avoid were simply trying to exert their right to express changes that can include de- state: Take it right before you cism is not a known side effect imminent elections after their voice by handing a petition over to the Chief creased inhibition. get into bed, and only if you of any Sanofi medication.” the president gave two Executive. “It’s behavior that’s done plan to stay there for 7 or 8 Barr later tweeted that she populist parties time to The act of “kindness” of Judge Cheong for not when the individual is in a hours. has had odd experiences whi- figure out whether they can handing out a prison sentence – first-time offen- sense both asleep and awake “You should take it and lie le taking the drug late at night. agree on an alternative to ders, no prolonged standoff, no violence involved a euroskeptic economy – is but rubbing sand in our eyes. at the same time,” explained down. Read a book or some- “I blame myself, not Ambien,” minister. “The ruling indicates the judiciary is adhering to University of Pittsburgh sleep thing” but don’t wander arou- she tweeted. AP an authoritarian attitude towards demonstrations Britain A leading and minor incidents that naturally occur during campaigner for Britain’s demonstrations,” scholar António Katchi told the exit from the European Times on Wednesday. “A peaceful attempt to re- Union was accused of sist police orders in such a heated atmosphere, Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape, hypocrisy yesterday after especially when those orders are perceived as applying for permanent arbitrary, is something so natural that it is usually criminal sex act charges residency in France. tolerated in a free society.” Other opinion-makers voiced their support for arvey Weinstein was indicted on rape the “independence” and “fairness” of the court, and criminal sex act charges, furthering ap photo H ap photo adding to the generalized illusion that justice was the first criminal case to arise from a slate of served. It was not. sexual misconduct allegations against the for- As Scott Chiang said to reporters after the court sentence, in a Chinese parable, “We believe that mer movie mogul. we are the chicken killed to scare the monkey.” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance And that sums it up: this court ruling was an Jr. said the indictment brings Weinstein “ano- act of dissuasion to the young people at home ther step closer to accountability” for alleged Brazil Oil workers have and their parents, to show that taking part in de- attacks on two women in New York. begun a 72-hour strike on monstrations may be a bad idea. Not to mention Weinstein’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said the heels of a crippling throwing an egg at Chief Chui, who is no Harold he would “vigorously defend” against the in- ment was inevitable due to the unfair political nationwide truck drivers’ Wilson. dictment and ask a court to dismiss it. He cal- pressure being placed on Cy Vance to secure strike that has started led the allegations “unsupported” and reitera- a conviction of Mr. Weinstein,” the statement winding down after 10 PS: This is the 11th anniversary edition of the ted that Weinstein strongly denies them. said. days. Macau Daily Times. Eleven years on, the Times The indictment came hours after Weinstein’s Weinstein, 66, learned of the specific charges reach has increased significantly, namely online. Bolivia A federal judge Among media outlets in Macau, our website ranks lawyer said the film producer would decline and the accusers’ identities only after turning has overturned a jury second only to Ou-Mun Daily, according to Alexa. to testify before the grand jury because there himself in Friday, according to his lawyers. decision that found a com. That shows how important the English press wasn’t enough time to prepare him and “politi- Brafman said that with a deadline set for We- former president of Bolivia is, and will be, in a multicultural place that aims to cal pressure” made an indictment unavoidable. dnesday afternoon for Weinstein to testify or and his defense minister be recognized as an international city. “Regardless of how compelling Mr. Weins- not, prosecutors denied his request for more responsible for government tein’s personal testimony might be, an indict- time. killings during 2003 unrest.