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VIETNAM PLEADS RELEASE NO WORD ON SHANGWU Hanoi is pleading for the release of Macau immigration WHY N. KOREAN Doan Thi Huong, who is still facing a authorities have not clarified PROSPERITY possible death sentence in the Kim if they were aware of WOULD BE THE assassination case, after her co- business visas being sold RUIN OF KIM defendant was released Monday on Taobao P2 MALAYSIA P3 P12 THU.14 Mar 2019 T. 17º/ 21º C H. 80/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 13,000 MOP 8.00 3248 N.º HKD 10.00 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MACAU BLACK BEARS HONG KONG’s de facto central bank intervened to defend the local currency’s peg against the dollar for the second time in days. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority bought China basketball squad HKD3.925 billion of local currency. More on p8 AP PHOTO reborn as local team P6-7 MDT REPORT CHINA-TAIWAN Attempts to block Beijing’s goal of bringing Taiwan under its control are like “stretching out an arm to block a car,” China said in its latest rhetorical broadside against the self-governing island republic’s independence- minded president. More on p11 AP PHOTO CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSULTATION OPENED AUSTRALIA The new U.S. ambassador What makes Macau to Australia, Arthur P4-5 Culvahouse Jr., said yesterday that he’s concerned about the way China lends money to developing Pacific nations in what he describes as “payday loan diplomacy.” More on p11 BLOOMBERG INDONESIA Chinese and Russian hackers are attacking Indonesia’s voter data base in a bid to disrupt the country’s upcoming presidential election, according to a senior election commission official. As Indonesia prepares for simultaneous presidential and legislative polls on April 17, authorities are facing a wave of cyber incursions. More on p13 More on backpage 14.03.2019 thu th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Two in five pass civil Vietnamese suspect in Kim servants’ assessment killing looking for release Approximately 40 percent of this year’s civil servants’ UST four days ago, the bachelor-level examination future for Indonesia’s Siti attendees passed the exams. J AP PHOTO Aisyah looked bleak — she The government announced the assessment results yesterday. was two years into her deten- This is the first bachelor’s level tion in Malaysia and faced a capacity assessment after the possible death sentence if government launched the exams. convicted of killing the half In total, 9,225 people attended brother of North Korea’s lea- the assessment, corresponding der. Then the charges were to an attendance rate of over unexpectedly dropped. 70 percent. The test scores are With Aisyah safely back either qualified or disqualified home in Indonesia after and the results are valid for Monday’s surprise, the only three years. Qualified candidates remaining suspect facing jus- can apply for roles as senior tice in the case is Vietnam’s technicians, veterinarians, Doan Thi Huong. The Asso- meteorological senior ciated Press reports that of- technicians, translators and ficials in Hanoi are now re- copywriting professionals. freshing calls for her freedom as well. Vietnamese Foreign Minis- Illegal racing ter Pham Binh Minh made suspected the plea in a phone call Tues- day with his counterpart, Ma- in Hac Sa laysia’s Saifuddin Abdullah, according to a statement on Doan Thi Huong (center) is escorted by police as she leaves after a court hearing accident the ministry website. It said The Public Security Police Force Minh requested the Malay- Aisyah, 26, and Huong, 29, laysian corruption scandal under Malaysian law. (PSP) suspects that the victim of sian court conduct a fair trial had engaged in a “well-plan- off Bali island in cooperation Malaysian officials have ne- a motorbike and car accident that and free Doan Thi Huong. ned conspiracy” to kill Kim. with U.S. FBI and returned it ver officially accused North took place at Estrada de Hac Sa Huong’s trial is to resume Analysts said Aisyah’s relea- to Malaysia last year. Korea in the case and have could have been illegally racing today, and prosecutors are se was in part due to politics Mahathir has said that made it clear they don’t want with two other motorbikes. A expected to reply to a request and the improved relations Aisyah’s release was based on the trial politicized. PSP-led investigation found by Huong’s lawyers for the between Indonesia and Ma- the “rule of law” amid alle- Indonesia’s government has that the car failed to let the government to withdraw the laysia that have come since gations the government had said its continual high-level motorbike pass first and that the murder charge against her as Mahathir Mohamad returned interfered in the trial. Law lobbying resulted in Aisyah’s motorbike was speeding at 150 well. Analysts say Malaysia to the Malaysian premiership Minister Liew Vui Keong said release. The foreign minis- kilometers per hour when the risks creating a rift with Viet- last year after the stunning yesterday that the attorney- try said in a statement that accident occurred. At the same nam if it doesn’t do the same election defeat of Najib Razak. general has sole discretion she was “deceived and did time, another two motorbikes for Huong. in withdrawing the charge not realize at all that she was were also speeding on the same “Malaysia will create a thor- against Aisyah. being manipulated by North section of road. ny bilateral problem with Lawyers for “The AG can exercise this Korean intelligence.” Vietnam if there is no similar power even during trial. The It said that over the past DSSOPT treatment,” said Bridget Wel- the women government cannot interfere two years, Aisyah’s plight was sh, a Southeast Asia expert have argued all with the AG’s power,” Liew raised in “every bilateral In- recovers with John Cabot University was quoted as saying by En- donesia-Malaysia meeting,” in Rome. along that they glish-daily The Star online. including at the president’s Pearl Horizon The two women were accu- While Aisyah’s release was level, the vice president’s le- land plot sed of smearing the toxic VX were pawns partly political, the case vel and in regular meetings nerve agent on Kim’s face in against her was also seen as of the foreign minister and The Land, Public Works and an airport terminal in Kua- in the political weaker as her lawyers have other ministers with their Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) la Lumpur on Feb. 13, 2017. assassination told the court there was no Malaysian counterparts. has recovered a piece of land They have said they thought video evidence showing her Oh said Vietnam, which located at a landfill area in Areia they were taking part in a “One relationship that suffe- accosting Kim at the airport, hosted North Korean leader Preta, according to a statement prank for a TV show. They red under Najib was the Ma- said Oh Ei Sun, senior fellow Kim Jong Un for an official issued by DSSOPT. The land were the only people in cus- laysia-Indonesia one. Maha- with Singapore’s Institute of visit and a summit with Pre- plot, home to the Pearl Horizon tody after four North Korean thir knows how important International Affairs. sident Donald Trump last project, occupies an area of suspects fled the country the good ties are and in this more There was of Huong. month, had pushed less hard 68,000 square meters. The land same morning Kim was kil- open era, supporting democra- Lawyers for the women have for Huong. concession expired in January led. 2016 and a few months later tic allies is essential,” Welsh argued all along that they Huong’s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Prosecutors did not give any the DSSOPT requested that the said. were pawns in a political as- Poh Teik, said after Monday’s relevant party move out from reason for the remarkable Indonesia assisted Malay- sassination with clear links court session that Huong felt the site. However, the previous retreat in their case against sia last year when some of to the North Korean Embassy Aisyah’s discharge was unfair concessioner did not leave Aisyah, but the timing rai- its former government offi- in Kuala Lumpur. They say if she was still going to be the premises by the deadline. sed eyebrows in Malaysia as cials, wanted on corruption the prosecution has failed to held. As such, the Macau SAR a High Court judge had just charges, tried to seek refuge show the women had any in- “She is entitled to the same government is in the process of last August found there was there. It also seized a luxury tention to kill. Intent to kill kind of consideration as conducting a recovery procedure. enough evidence to infer that yacht at the center of a Ma- is crucial to a murder charge Aisyah,” he said. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION ACTING MANAGING EDITOR_Daniel Beitler [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Emilie Tran, Irene Sam, Ivo Carneiro de SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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