DHAKA - Bangladeshi police hunted a fugitive factory boss yesterday after claims that workers were told that an alarm for a deadly fire was a routine drill. Police had opened a murder investigation as a result of criminal negligence at the plant. Meanwhile activists urged US rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs to push for better working conditions for workers after revealing clothing for his fashion line was made in the factory. AFP
YANGON - Myanmar has charged a group of activists who protested against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine with defaming the state. The eight were picked up a day after they joined a gathering of about 50 people in central Yangon calling for a halt to the Monywa project and urging Chinese joint owner Wanbao Mining to quit Myanmar. The suspects were taken to Yangon's Insein Prison pending a trial scheduled for December 3. AFP