Covid-19: Police hunt five Indonesian workers
December 30, 2020
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah
KUCHING – Police are on the hunt for five Indonesian workers who ran away from their quarters in Jemukan Ulu, Asajaya, about 40km from here, after being screened for COVID-19 about 10 days ago.
Kota Samarahan District Police chief DSP Sudirman Kram today said the results of the COVID-19 test on two of them – Harianto Safari, 41, and Mihan Madi, 23, – came back positive.
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They were reported to have run away from the workers’ quarters with three others known as Randi, 30, Hamsar, 27, and Rija Riansyah Tan Rabudin, 29.
“Initial investigation found that they were hired to clean up a plantation area in Sadong Land District, Jemukan Ulu, Asajaya, and were screened for the coronavirus on Dec 21. However, on Dec 22, the five were reported to have run away from their quarters,” he said in a statement here today.
Former Tanzanian MP granted asylum in Canada Posted by adminAfrica & World Politics, Canadian Politics Thursday, December 24th, 2020
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The Political Scientist) Ex Tanzania MP has been granted asylum in Canada. The ex MP, Godbless Lema, had been taking refuge in Kenya since fleeing his native Tanzania after he was detained and freed on bond. He flew from Kenya to Canada with his family to begin his new life. A statement from his lawyer, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, confirmed that he was granted asylum through the intervention of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
His lawyer thanked the Kenyan government and president for their commitment to Human Rights, He said, “I want to thank President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Kenyan government for being an observer of human rights.” Mr. Lemu, who represented Arusha Urban Constituency was arrested and detained, along with others, following the elections of October 28, but was later released on bond. He fled fearing for
Xay Dang Vang, 75, of La Crosse passed away in his home Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. He was born in the Village of Na Song, Muang Nga district, Xiengkhouang Province, Laos, June 6, 1945, to Wa Soua Vang and Keu Yang.
He spent most of his childhood on the farm helping his parents. He later pursued his secondary education in the capital of Vientiane, Laos, from 1961 to 1962.
On Oct. 9, 1963, he was recruited by the U.S. C.I.A (Central Intelligence Agency) in Long Cheng for National Homeland Security for six months. He completed his military basic training at Ft. McCoy, Vientiane Province. He was commissioned with Company Unit 205/4 commanded by Major Cher Cha Vang. His rank was Lieutenant ID# 22198; Battalion #205 commanded by Colonel Nhia Sue Yang; Regiment #23 commanded by Colonel Wa Seng Vang; Military Region #2 commanded by Major General Vang Pao. With great confidence and trust, General Vang Pao assigned him to oversee the uniform sewing machine buildings, pilot quarters, foreign dig
Refugees Protest Over ‘Unfair’ UNHCR Program
Refugees on the Thai Burma border are furious over what they perceive as ‘bias’ in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees resettlement program.
Refugees from Nu Poe Camp, based in Thailand’s Tak’s province, on the Thai-Burma border, marched in protest, claiming that there was discrimination in UNHCR’s third country resettlement program.
Around 150 refugees took place in the January 22 march, local sources told
Karen News.
U Lin Lin, a leader of Nu Poe Camp Section 16 (A-B) who was at the protest, said that the refugees stood in front of Nu Poe’s UNHCR office for two hours to demand a ‘fairer’ third country resettlement program.
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