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Jakarta 10 months ago
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Police probe deadly Jakarta fire, name drone firm director suspect
Police are investigating a deadly office fire at a drone firm specializing in aerial surveys of mines and plantations, amid growing scrutiny of Indonesia’s extractive industry after recent Sumatra floods.
Jakarta 10 months ago
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Hundreds of stalls gutted in Kramat Jati market blaze
A fire tore through Jakarta’s largest wholesale market, Kramat Jati, in East Jakarta, on Monday morning, destroying hundreds of stalls and prompting Governor Pramono Anung to order a thorough investigation amid renewed scrutiny of the capital’s fire-safety standards.
Asia & Pacific 11 months ago
Hong Kong election turnout in focus amid anger over deadly fire
Hong Kong's citizens votes on Sunday in an election where the focus is on turnout, with residents grieving and traumatized after the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years and the authorities scrambling to avoid a broader public backlash.
Asia & Pacific 11 months ago
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Twenty-two Indonesians remain missing in Hong Kong fire
Twenty-two Indonesian nationals remain unaccounted for following the massive fire that tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday, as authorities race to identify victims amid widespread devastation.
Asia & Pacific 11 months ago
Hong Kong orders judge-led probe into fire that killed 151
Police have arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a criminal inquiry into last week's tragedy, and 12 people have also been arrested in a corruption probe. It is unclear if any of those people were arrested on both counts.
Asia & Pacific 11 months ago
Hong Kong blaze spotlights enduring role of city's foreign domestic helpers
Among people who died in the Wang Fuk Court housing complex fire are some of the city's 368,000 foreign domestic helpers, mostly women contracted from low-income Asian countries like the Philippines and Indonesia, who live with their employers, often in cramped spaces.
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