With all the buzz happening over the new UNESCO sites inscribed last week, this rather alarming story slipped by quietly. Syndicates have reportedly been recovering artefacts from shipwrecks off the shores of the southern Malaysian state of Johor for sale in the antiquities market.
Syndicate Stealing Artefacts In Johor Waters
Bernama, 09 July 2008
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One sign that a republic is near the end of its life is systematic legal plunder; or, in the words of Fredrick Bastiat, "if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime."
There's no free lunch--or free passes--from the iron law of history, contrary to what the Obamas are promising.
Indonesia is losing $16bn a year in natural resources to illegal logging, fishing and mining but can do little about it until military and civil servant salaries are significantly increased, according to the country's defence minister.Juwono Sudarsono said elements of the security forces, particularly navy personnel, were participating in the natural resources' theft and were likely to continue do
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Capcom has announced Plunder for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. Developed by Certain Affinity (of Halo series fame), Plunder is a real-time multiplayer strategy game that places players in command of a pirate ship, destroying enemies and capturing towns.Pillaging funThe game sees players teaming up with online players or pirate ships controlled by AI to raid villages, sink merchant ships, take over towns and steal gold. After plundering players will be able to upgrade and customize their ship, which will be needed before testing their skills against 25 challenges and 7 Pirate Alliances.Up to four players can connect on a single console or up to eight players over Lan or internet. Players will also be able to try their hand at 25 multiplayer maps or create their own maps to share
Lately the World Bank has been striving to project a caring image. First, there was its World Development Report (released in June) which emphasized the important role of government in improving health and education and reducing social inequality. "Without [an effective state]," the Report stressed, "sustainable development, both economic and social, is impossible." In July, the Bank announced that it would look at the growing poverty and income inequality that has resulted from the implementation of its Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) in the Third World, in collaboration with 30 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which have criticized Bank policies for these effects. SAPs offer loans on condition that governments drastically reduce public spending in favor of repayment of debt ow
A UN drive to recover billions of dollars in stolen assets worldwide, which lists former Indonesian president Suharto as the worst offender, sends a warning that Jakarta cannot allow the ailing ex-strongman to go unpunished, anti-corruption campaigners have warned.The Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative, launched by the UN this week in conjunction with the World Bank and Transparency International, estimates Suharto's plunder at between $US15 billion ($18 billion) and $US35 billion.It comes ahead of the opening next Monday of civil proceedings brought by the Attorney-General against Mr Suharto for the recovery of about $US400 million in embezzled funds, after attempts to bring criminal proceedings failed when the 86-year-old pleaded brain damage.Related:Indonesian president to discuss Soeharto's wealth ...Indonesia's former President Suharto tops bank 'bl...Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com
Former president Joseph Estrada has been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of plunder by the Sandiganbayan (Anti-graft court) and has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
At the same time, the...
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The Sandiganbayan Special Division on Wednesday found former president Joseph Estrada guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of plunder but acquitted him for the lesser crime of perjury.Winding up a six-year trial that the 70-year-old had repeatedly insisted was politically motivated, the anti-graft court ruled that Estrada was guilty of plundering billions of pesos in tobacco excise tax kickbacks and bribes and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua."Accordingly accused former president Joseph Estrada is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and accessory penalties of civil interdiction during the period of sentence and perpetual absolute disqualification," the decision read.It added: "The period within accused former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada has been under detention shall be credited to him in full as long as he agrees voluntarily in writing to abide by the same disciplinary rules imposed upon convicted prisoners."The anti-graft court, however, acqu
It is bad enough the government uses our money to support businesses that would otherwise fail or never open, now we are faced with supporting artists and cultural institutions without having any voice. An artist could be producing pure crap, yet have a nice lifestyle paid for by the taxpayers at the whim of government officials. The same goes for cultural institutions and their well connected administrators.
Cheered on by their allies in government, cultural leaders tried in the late 1980s to snare a fraction of Erie County sales tax revenue as a permanent hedge against budget uncertainty — their own and the county’s.
They asked that one-eighth of the “temporary” eighth penny per dollar that had been added to the sales tax to bail the county out of fiscal hot water in 1984, and subsequently extended by the Legislature, be dedicated to the arts. The effort ultimately failed because of legislators’ concerns about the county’s bon
Between the trainwreck media frenzy surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith (Ack! Clowns!) and Britney's extreme breakdown (She's in rehab! Now she's out! She shaved her head! She got bad tattoos! She's back in rehab! Now she's out! She attacks a photographer's car! She's back in rehab! Can't we just remember her as she was?) I skipped last Friday's links. I know, it ruined your whole
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