Wednesday #sgroundup: Pick-up artist Blanc banned from S'pore
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Pick-up artist' Blanc banned from Singapore
Singapore on Wednesday banned US-based "pick-up artist" Julien Blanc from entering the country to conduct seminars after over 8,000 people signed a petition accusing him of legitimising "sexual assault and predation".
The move by the Southeast Asian city-state follows a similar ban by Britain last week.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pick-artist-blanc-banned-singapore-054009251.html?linkId=10752251
Khairy wants clarification from Spore for barring Msian supporters
Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is upset with the Singapore authorities for allegedly barring Malaysian football fans from entering the country to watch Malaysia’s AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 match against Myanmar at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday.
Khairy also questioned the presence of a large number of Myanmar fans who had also brought along a huge flag of the country into the stadium.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/khairy-wants-clarification-spore-barring-111641532.html
Hong Kong police arrest student protest leaders
Hong Kong authorities cleared more street barricades from a pro-democracy protest camp in a volatile district Wednesday, part of a two-day operation in which police arrested more than 100 people, including key student leaders.
Police in helmets swiftly cleared obstructions from the 2-month-old protest site in Mong Kok, across Victoria Harbor from the main occupied area in the financial district. Some officers used shears to cut apart plastic ties holding together metal barricades while others tore down tents and canopies and carried away other objects, including a sofa. Ranks of officers, some equipped with backpack pepper sprayers, advanced down the street.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-protest-area-cleared-arrested-083455141.html
India girl dies after being set on fire for resisting molestation
A teenage girl has died in northern India one week after a gang of men set her on fire as punishment for resisting their attempts to molest her, police said Wednesday.
The horrific incident is the latest in India where sex attacks on women continue to occur on an almost daily basis despite an international outcry over the fatal gang-rape of a student in 2012.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/india-girl-dies-being-set-fire-resisting-molestation-074459061.html
With zero savings, majority of Malaysians face dire straits in emergencies
The majority of Malaysians will likely struggle in the event of income emergencies as they have no financial assets and no banking or financial account of any kind, the Malaysia Human Development Report 2013 revealed.
More than half or 53% of Malaysian households have no financial assets, while one in three Malaysians do not have an account, the report commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/zero-savings-majority-malaysians-face-dire-straits-emergencies-225934713.html?linkId=10749833
