Portal:Southeast Asia/2007 December 17

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December 17, 2007 (Monday) edit history watch

Cambodia and Thailand sign an agreement stemming from the ACMECS scheme that will allow foreign tourists to travel in the two countries on the same visa. (Economic Times) Around 40 to 50 Buddhist monks clash with riot police in Phnom Penh. At least nine people are injured. The violence ensues after a group of the monks are blocked from delivering a petition to the Embassy of Vietnam that sought to call attention to the Khmer Krom minority in Vietnam. (BBC) (Reuters) (AP via IHT) Scientists reveal a new species of Mallomys giant rat and a pygmy possum have been found in a "Lost World" in the Foja Mountains of Papua Province on New Guinea. (AP via CNN) (Science Daily) (Reuters) Attempted murder charges are dropped against 31 ethnic Indians arrested in a violent clash with police during a HINDRAF demonstration last month in Kuala Lumpur. (BBC) (Hindu) Southeastern College has filed a lawsuit in Metro Manila court against Microsoft, saying the software company infringed copyright when it distributed the college's manual for using Microsoft Office XP. (Xinhua) A cease-fire proposal is rejected by the New People's Army, following an attack on Sunday that killed three government soldiers in Palawan. (AFP via Google News) Thai general election, 2007: The large voter turn-out in early polling over the weekend is questioned by academics, who say "money politics" could be behind the estimated 900,000 early voters in Bangkok precincts and 800,000 in northeast Thailand. (Bangkok Post via CiteBite) An independent poll watching group called on police to investigate irregularities that included voters being given free transport to the polls and unregistered voters casting ballots.(Nation) A smoke bomb explodes outside the offices of the People Power Party. (AFP via CNA)