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Suu Kyi aide goes on trial over election claims
The spokesman for Myanmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, Nyan Win (left), goes on trial in the capital, Naypyidaw, after denouncing irregularities in the parliamentary elections held in April. Nyan Win, who complained about ballot papers covered in wax and thereby impossible to mark, has been charged with violating a law that makes it an offence to give false information to a public servant. He faces up to six months in jail if convicted.
Donald Tsang, C.Y. visit Beijing for handover event
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, chief executive until midnight on Saturday, and Leung Chun-ying, his successor, leave for Beijing to attend the opening of an exhibition commemorating the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover. While in the capital, Leung will also attend an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ann Tse-kai, late vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who in 1996 named him as an ideal candidate for chief executive. Both return tomorrow. Chief Secretary Stephen Lam Sui-lung will be acting chief executive in their absence.
Gloom-busting Nissan boss unveils strategy
Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn (left) briefs shareholders in Yokohama on the Japanese carmaker's global growth strategy after a year of remarkable disaster recovery. Ghosn, a Brazilian-born Frenchman, returned debt-ridden Nissan to profitability a year after cutting 21,000 jobs, shutting the first of five domestic plants and auctioning off Nissan's prized aerospace unit. His bold style slowly won the hearts of the Japanese, who published a superhero comic book series based on his life story and even named a bento meal in his honour.