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Driver in horrific bus crash was drunk, probe reveals

From China Daily

The driver of the tour bus in which 26 people died when it crashed into a barrier and caught on fire in Taiwan on July 19 was drunk when the accident occurred, investigators said on Friday.

In the worst road accident ever to overcome Chinese mainland visitors to the island, the entire tour group of 23 tourists and a guide were killed as they headed for Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to return home. The driver and another tour guide from Taiwan also died in the crash.

Investigators said tests done on the driver, identified only by his surname Su, revealed his blood-alcohol level was 215 mg per 100 ml, more than four times the legal limit.

"He was drunken driving, a very severe case of drunken driving," said Wang Yi-wen, chief investigator and deputy chief prosecutor of the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office.

Investigators are trying to determine what role the driver's intoxication may have played in the accident.

An Fengshan, a spokesman with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a statement on Friday that the mainland has paid close attention to the investigation results disclosed by Taiwan authorities.

"We have repeatedly asked the Taiwan authorities to investigate the cause of the accident, who was responsible, and to console the victims and their family members," he said.

A memorial service was held on Friday morning in Dalian, Liaoning province, where most of the victims came from.

Zhang Qing, 48, said her younger sister, Zhang Hong, died along with her husband, child and mother-in-law in the accident.

Relatives of the tourists went with a work team in charge of the accident to Taiwan to identify the dead, and they returned home with their cremated remains on Tuesday.

The team said that relatives of 23 victims have agreed to sign a compensation contract made by Taiwan, and the other decided to deal to seek legal recourse.
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Hong Kong Bars Pro-independence Politician From Upcoming Poll

From VOA

A top pro-independence politician in Hong Kong has been barred from running in the territory's September legislative elections.

Andy Chan, the founder of the Hong Kong National Party, was one of at least 13 pro-democracy candidates who refused to sign a new required pledge stating that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China. The city government announced Saturday that he has been disqualified from running.

Chan's party, which backs independence for the city-state, issued a statement saying it was "honored" to have a candidate disqualified for political reasons, and called on other parties that support democracy to boycott the election.

Declarations of outright independence from China represent the political extreme in Hong Kong, where most parties still embrace the "one-country, two-systems" model championed by Beijing. China's stance allows for the territory to be self-governed, while remaining part of mainland China. However worries that Beijing is exerting too much control and undermining Hong Kong's democratic liberties, have led to growing separatist sentiments.

Hong Kong and Chinese officials say that independence is inconsistent with Hong Kong law, and activists could face legal consequences for their views.

A rare public opinion poll on the issue conducted in mid-July by the Chinese University of Hong Kong found some 17 percent of Hong Kong residents support the territory becoming independent after 2047.

Under the terms of Hong Kong's 1997 hand-over from British to Chinese rule, the territory is to enjoy a high degree of autonomy for at least 50 years.

The school randomly polled 1,010 Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents who were at least 15 years old.

인천 대중교통 개편 첫날…지하철 '스톱' 버스정보 '먹통'

(연합뉴스)

인천시가 42년 만에 가장 큰 폭으로 대중교통체계를 개편했지만 운영에 허점을 드러내며 시민에게 큰 불편과 불안감을 안겼다.

30일 인천에서는 인천도시철도 2호선이 전면 개통했고, 이에 맞춰 시내버스도 약 200개 전체 노선의 절반 이상이 새롭게 바뀌었다.

Chinese ships enter Senkaku waters

From NHK

Japanese patrol boats have warned 3 Chinese patrol vessels not to enter Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday.

The vessels were navigating in the contiguous zone just outside Japan's waters on Saturday afternoon after entering the territorial waters for about 2 hours.

The Japan Coast Guard says the vessels sailed into waters off the Uotsuri Islands in the Senkaku chain at around 10 AM on Saturday and left at around noon.

It was 20th day this year that Chinese patrol ships have entered Japan's territorial waters.

The previous occasion was on July 18th.
As of 3 PM, the vessels were navigating in the contiguous zone between 40 kilometers west-southwest and 48 kilometers east-northeast of Minamikojima Island.

Japan controls the Senkaku Islands that are claimed by both China and Taiwan.

Texas hot air balloon crash: No survivors among 16 on board

From BBC

A hot air balloon has caught fire and crashed in the US state of Texas, with all 16 on board confirmed dead, the Texas department of safety says.

The balloon came down in fields near Lockhart, about 30 miles (50km) south of the state capital Austin.

Caldwell County sheriff Daniel Law said the basket of the balloon was on fire when emergency crews arrived.

Videos posted by local media suggest the balloon came down near tall power lines, but the cause is not yet known.

The balloon crashed at about 07:40 (12:40 GMT), officials said.

"It does not appear at this time that there were any survivors of the crash," the sheriff's office said.

Local resident Margaret Wylie said she was outside her home when she heard two "pops" which she thought was a gun going off.

"The next thing I knew you saw a big fireball go up. I was just praying that whoever was there got away from the thing in time," she said.

Civilians Flee Syria’s Aleppo as Battle for Manbij Continues

From VOA

Syrian state media report dozens of families have been fleeing the besieged city Aleppo after government forces opened a humanitarian corridor. The city had been sealed off for weeks as Syrian forces bombarded the city. U.N. officials and aid groups have demanded the Syrian government open routes to the city for aid deliveries, warning the estimated 300,000 people there are facing dire food shortages.

Meanwhile the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State forces has reported more airstrikes on a key city outside Aleppo, where militants have been fighting to retain control of the city center.

The U.S. military reported 11 airstrikes near Manbij, targeting Islamic State tactical units and fighting positions. The coalition also reported some nine strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq.

VOA's Kurdish Service reports that fighting in the center of Manbij is continuing amid the airstrikes. An anti-IS militia is battling the militants in the city, street by street, as coalition forces tighten a circle around Islamic State's stronghold in the city.

重慶巫山快艇翻沉 4乘客失蹤船主被捕

来源・星島日報

重慶市巫山縣一艘快艇,昨晚行駛至大寧河與長江交匯處水域時翻沉,快艇上多名乘客落水。當局其後救出10人,仍有4人失蹤,當中包括一對母子。另外,涉事的50歲船主獲救後,已被當地警方作刑事拘留。

事發在29日傍晚6時許,一艘快艇在長江巫山段與大寧河交彙處翻沉,船主及多名乘客落水。當局派員到場搜救,共救出10人,當中9人當晚已經自行回家,另有1人送往醫院接受檢查。

當局經向船主、獲救乘客及家屬反復核實,截至30日早上,失蹤乘客增至4名,其中包括一對母子,搜救仍在進行中。而涉事的50歲船主獲救後,已被當地警方作刑事拘留。

重慶海事局已派出打撈船,及5名潛水員到現場協助搜救,並聯絡長江下游巴東海事部門及過往水域船舶,配合搜救工作,並擴大搜救範圍。

Pyongyang aurait exécuté en public 6 responsables de la défection en masse

(Yonhap)


Suite à la défection de 13 employés du restaurant nord-coréen Ryukyong à Ningbo en Chine en avril dernier, Choi Sung-yong, le représentant de l’Association des familles de personnes enlevées par la Corée du Nord, a prétendu que six responsables de cette affaire ont été exécutés en public en mai dernier.

Citant une source qui fait fréquemment des allers-retours entre Pyongyang et Pékin, Choi a indiqué à Yonhap ce vendredi que «d’après la nouvelle transmise par cette source, six responsables de cette défection de masse, dont l’instructeur de sécurité (agent du ministère de la Sécurité d’Etat), ont été exécutés en public le 5 mai dernier à l’école militaire générale de Kang Kon à Pyongyang sur ordre de Kim Jong-un».

Thai Police Detain Chinese Teen With U.N. Refugee Status

From RFA

Thai authorities have detained a Chinese college student and political asylum-seeker for having an expired passport, raising concerns that he will be sent home, where he has reported being detained and beaten repeatedly by state security police.

Xu Zhenxin, 19, was detained on Sunday after Thai police asked for his identification en route to the northern city of Chiang Rai, where he had hoped to find work, activists told RFA on Friday.

Fellow Chinese national and Thailand-based asylum-seeker Lu Taizhi said he got a call from Xu, saying he was in police custody.

"He was on his way to Chiang Rai when he ran into some police, who asked to see his passport," Lu said, adding that Xu had applied for political asylum with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). "His passport had expired."

"I informed UNHCR on Monday morning around 9.00 a.m. local time," he said.

Fellow refugee Liu Xiaoying said Xu is being held in the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center alongside another Chinese refugee.

Calls to the detention center in Bangkok rang unanswered during office hours on Friday.

Xu arrived in Thailand last November after taking a cross-border bus to Vietnam and a flight to Bangkok.

He had already received approval for resettlement as a political asylum-seeker, and held a UNHCR letter of protection.

A former freshman student at the Nanjing Post and Telecommunications University, Xu described himself as a political activist who frequently handed out leaflets calling for democratic reform on the streets of the city.

He had been interrogated several times by the city's state security police, who had beaten him at least twice, fellow refugees told RFA.

He also spent a week in a "black jail," an unofficial detention center, they said.

Xu's detention comes amid a growing climate of fear for Chinese dissidents who have sought political refuge in Thailand.

Meanwhile, asylum-seeker Li Xiaolong, whose wife Gu Qiao is currently facing deportation for illegal immigration after the family were rescued from the wreck of a sailing yacht off the coast of southern Thailand, has been protesting outside UNHCR offices for the past month at a lack of action on their case.

Li said he was allowed to meet with UNHCR officials on Friday to discuss the family's plight.

Li, who speaks no Thai, has no current means of supporting the couple's youngest son.

Aeon to enter Myanmar's retail market

From NHK

Japanese supermarket chain Aeon is about to become the first Japanese retailer to operate stores in Myanmar.

Aeon intends to launch a joint venture with Creation Myanmar Group of Companies in early August to operate food supermarkets in the booming Southeast Asian country.

The new company will run 14 supermarkets that the local partner currently operates mainly in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon. It will begin opening new stores by the end of the year.

A number of Japanese firms are racing to invest in Myanmar which is called Asia's final frontier.

Aeon hopes to establish an advantageous position in the Myanmar market by making early inroads into the country.

It has already begun operating supermarkets and shopping malls in 5 Southeast Asian countries.
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