Aung San Suu Kyi returns to alma mater
NEW DELHI – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she felt like she was “coming home” during an emotional visit to her old New Delhi college where she studied five decades ago. Students and faculty at the prestigious Lady Shri Ram College for Women cheered Suu Kyi, who is on a sixday visit to India where she studied while her mother was ambassador to the country. AFP
Malaysian police charged with rape
KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian court has charged three policemen with raping a 25- year-old Indonesian woman at a police station in a case that has led to outrage in the neighbouring country. The three policemen, aged 21, 25 and 33, pleaded not guilty in a district court in northern Penang state to charges of rape and forced “carnal intercourse against the order of nature,” said prosecutor Nur Ashikin Mokhtar. The trio will next appear in court on December 12. The three men – a corporal and two constables – stopped the woman, a restaurant worker, in a taxi last Friday and when she failed to produce her passport they took her to the police station and allegedly gang-raped her. AFP
Tokyo and Pyongyang hold successful talks
ULAN BATOR – Rare talks between senior Japanese and North Korean diplomats ended with reports saying they were eyeing a further meeting. Japanese negotiator Shinsuke Sugiyama said the two sides agreed to continue their dialogue over the issue of the North’s past abductions of Japanese nationals, according to Jiji Press. During the two-day meeting in the Mongolian capital they agreed that the next round of talks would be held as soon as possible, Jiji and Kyodo News reported. AFP