The Home of Solid Games www.greystonegames.com Vol. 19 Issue 30 Friday 26 September to 3 October 2020 $1 www.thesouthasianinsider.com OOPS! BANKS DID IT AGAIN Global banks defy U.S. as trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks,swamping a broken enforcement system. Story on Pages 30 to 35 r The UN must reform to stay relevant Page No. 10 Also r US uses defense diplomacy to woo Bangladesh away from China Page No. 22 Read r Weed Or Weedout Page No. 36 r Trump falls into the trap he set for Biden Page No 44 Friday 26 September to 03 October 2020 COMMUNITY 2 Indian Expat In UAE To Fly Home After 20 Years, $204,195 Fine Waived Thanavel Mathiazhaagan, 56, arrived in the UAE in 2000 through a recruitment agent on the promise of a job. (Insider Buearu)- An Indian expat Gulf News reported. said he had failed to get identity in the UAE will finally be able to Mr Mathiazhaagan, who hails clearance from India during the return home after two decades from Tamil Nadu, sought help pandemic as there was a after he was granted a waiver of from two social workers in the mismatch in his father's name in nearly Dh 750,000 (USD UAE to return home during the documents back home and that 204,195) in overstay fines, COVID-19 pandemic. The shown in his passport. according to a media report. only documents he Emergency certificate is a one- Thanavel Mathiazhaagan, 56, possessed was his way travel document issued to arrived in the UAE in 2000 employment visa entry permit Indians without a valid passport, through a recruitment agent on and a copy of the last page to facilitate their return home, it the promise of a job. of his passport, the report said. The agent, who also took Mr said. The duo said they approached Mathiazhaagan's passport, AK Mahadevan and Chandra the Indian embassy and the local later went missing and he had Prakash, who helped Mr departments in Mr to illegally stay in the UAE to Mathiazhaagan get an Mathiazhaagan's village to rectify Ambassador to the UAE Pavan was taken up with him," Mr provide for his family in India emergency certificate through the mistake and process his Kapoor took special interest in Prakash was quoted as saying by doing part-time jobs, the the Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi, documents, it said."Indian solving this case after the issue by the Gulf News. Man Jailed For Killing Indian-Origin Son-In-Law In Singapore depressive disorder, there were However, when Tuppani handled expensive cars, luxury watches "crucial" aggravating factors the sale of the business, Tan and and the upkeep of (his) including the fact that it was "a his eldest daughter each received mistresses," said Wee. revenge tragedy". only 450,000 Singapore dollars Tan later discovered his Tan exacted revenge on his son- (USD 3,30,990) instead of 1 daughter's marital woes with in-law in a "brutal, public and million dollars. Tuppani, who had been unprovoked killing" in broad "He used company funds to fund "involved in a string of daylight, said Deputy Public his own lavish lifestyle... for extramarital affairs". Prosecutor Lim Jian Yi. Defence lawyer Wee Pan Lee (Insider Buearu)- A 72-year-old woman and the couple was asked for seven- Chinese-origin businessman in quarrelling frequently, it said. and-a-half Singapore was on Monday jailed On the day of the incident, July years'' jail. He for eight-and-a-half years for 10, 2017, Tan saw his son-in-law said Tan is a stabbing his Indian-origin son-in- eating at a coffee shop. Tan divorcee who law to death at a coffee shop in retrieved a knife from the received only broad daylight following disputes company's office at Cecil Court primary school over his handling of the family before approaching the younger education, business and extra-marital man who was there with three beginning work affairs. friends, the report said. as a coolie for a Tan Nam Seng pleaded guilty The accused told Tuppani "you transport last month to a charge of are too much" in Hokkien (a contractor in his culpable homicide not amounting Chinese dialect), before stabbing early teens. to murder by stabbing 38-year- him three times in quick He worked his old Spencer Tuppani three years succession and following the way up to ago during a busy lunch hour in victim as he stumbled away and become a ferry the central business district, collapsed in front of an outlet, it clerk and later according to a Channel News said. started his own Asia report. Tan stood over his son-in-law and shipping and Justice Dedar Singh Gill said this stopped others from helping him, transport cargo was a "vicious and brazen killing" telling them to "let him die" and company at the but noted the accused''s major that "I wish to kill him", the report age of 27. depressive disorder at the time, said, adding that before the At its peak, the as well as his "fast-deteriorating" police arrived, Tan kicked the group of health, which the judge said younger man''s face twice, before companies weighed heavily on his mind, the calling his daughter. employed more report said. He said to her: "I can't sleep at than a thousand Tuppani had made several night. I have done it. I have killed people, and Tan business moves that Tan him. Don't cry. I am old already. I intended to perceived as a ploy to cheat him am not scared (of) going to jail." groom Tuppani of his company. They also lived The prosecution asked for 12 to run the in the same household, even years' jail, saying that while Tan business with after Tan's daughter discovered was suffering from a major his daughters Tuppani's affair with another after retirement. Friday 26 September to 03 October 2020 COMMUNITY 3 "Are You Taliban?": Sikh Taxi Driver Assaulted By Passengers In UK Vaneet Singh, 41, said that a group of four men slapped and shoved him, and asked "are you Taliban" after he received them from the Grosvenor Casino in Reading, Berkshire, in the early hours of Sunday. (Insider Buearu)- An India-born frightening, I will never work the "It's very bad experience. It's my Sikh taxi driver was subjected nightshift again. I''m still very religion so I respect my turban," to verbal and physical abuse by scared," he told the BBC. he said. passengers he drove from a Thames Valley Police are One of the four passengers, all casino in the city of Reading in appealing for witnesses as they described as white, pulled at his south-east England, prompting investigate the report of an turban as he was driving and a UK police force to launch an assault. slapped him on the head, while investigation. Vaneet Singh, who worked as a others kicked and punched the Vaneet Singh, 41, said that a music teacher at a school in back of the driver's seat. group of four men slapped and Slough, Berkshire, turned to taxi He says he tried to explain the shoved him, and asked "are you driving after his teaching job was religious significance of the Taliban" after he received them stalled during the coronavirus turban to them and asked them from the Grosvenor Casino in pandemic. not to touch it. Reading, Berkshire, in the early The musician, who lives in He recalled the passengers hours of Sunday. Tilehurst with his wife and three being well behaved at the start from aches and pains since the crime. One of the four also tried to children, said he has been left of the journey but "totally incident, is convinced the attack Thames Valley Police are yet to remove his turban. shaken up by the assault and will changed" as it went on. was of a racist nature and confirm their line of inquiry in the "It was horrible, really be avoiding night shifts. Vaneet Singh, who is suffering believes he was a victim of hate assault case. Pakistan Targeting Indian Professionals Working In Afghanistan: Centre V Muraleedharan said Pakistan attempted to designate four Indian nationals, who had previously worked in Afghanistan, as terrorists under UN Security Council resolution 1267. request," he said. globally over terrorism who find shelter in Pakistan and V Muraleedharan said Pakistan emanating from Pakistan, are engaged in terror activities has been targeting Indian including the activities by against India, have been professionals working in terrorist entities such as proscribed by the United Afghanistan in a variety of ways. Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), Nations (UN), the "Several Indians working in Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e- European Union and other Afghanistan on various Mohammad and Hizbul countries. development projects have been Mujahideen. "On May 1, 2019, the UN (Insider Buearu)- India on Affairs V Muraleedharan, replying attacked and kidnapped over "The international community 1267 Sanctions Committee Monday said Pakistan was to a question in Lok Sabha, said the past 12 years. With the strongly condemned the cross- designated Masood Azhar, the targeting Indian professionals Pakistan attempted to designate assistance of the government border terrorist attack in leader of JeM, as a UN working in Afghanistan through four Indian nationals, who had of Afghanistan, India has been Pulwama in February 2019. proscribed terrorist. The a variety of ways and several of previously worked in Afghanistan, able to secure the release of Several countries have called Financial Action Task Force them engaged in various as terrorists under UN Security many Indians from captivity," upon Pakistan to not allow its (FATF) at its plenary in June development projects have been Council resolution 1267.