Asia (except ME & Indian SC)

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) - China's southern tech hub of Shenzhen said it will adopt tiered anti-virus restriction measures starting on Monday, while the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu announced an extension of lockdown curbs, as the country grapples with fresh outbreaks.

Shenzhen, which went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday, announced a new round of COVID-19 testing, and vowed to "marshal all available resources, mobilise all forces, and take all possible measures" to stamp out the pandemic.

BEIJING (AP) — Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and classes and flights were canceled in Japan on Sunday as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, blew its way past Taiwan and the Koreas with fierce winds and heavy rains.

Shanghai grounded ferry services and deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid with rescues and guide traffic away from danger areas. The eastern business hub of Wenzhou ordered all classes suspended on Monday.

Bangkok, Sep 2 (AP/PTI) A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment with labour after finding her guilty of election fraud, adding more jail time to the 17 years she is already serving for other offenses prosecuted by the military government.

The latest verdict also carries potentially significant political consequences for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party by lending support to the government's explicit threats to dissolve it before a new election the military has promised for 2023.

BEIJING, Sept 3 (APP): Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque said that China was a role model for international cooperation and the global community should follow China’s example and make concerted efforts for greater international economic cooperation and regional connectivity.

NUR-SULTAN, September 2. /TASS/: The Zhana Kazakhstan (New Kazakhstan) group, which was set up in February by some lawmakers of the Majilis (lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament), has put forward a proposal to return the former name of Astana to the country’s capital, according to the statement released by the group on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), said yesterday, it partnered with Xinyi Energy Smart (Malaysia), an overseas division of China’s integrated glass manufacturer Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited, for a supply chain programme.

This programme seeks to establish a conducive supply chain ecosystem, by partnering with local suppliers, vendors and service providers, the two sides said in a statement.

JAKARTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30% on Saturday, as the government moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests.

The price of subsidised gasoline was raised to 10,000 rupiah ($67 U.S. cents) a litre from 7,650 rupiah, while that of subsidised diesel rose to 6,800 rupiah a litre from 5,150 rupiah, energy minister Arifin Tasrif said.

SHENZHEN, China, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people.

The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days after city authorities said rumours about a lockdown were based on a "misinterpretation" of the latest COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

YANGON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday has been sentenced to three years in jail for electoral fraud in 2020, increasing her total prison term to 20 years, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council confirmed on Saturday.

She, along with former President U Win Myint and former Union Minister of Union Government Office U Min Thu, was found guilty of electoral fraud, said the information team.

BEIJING, Sep 2 (APP): Secretary-General Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Ming said that in the past year, many SCO-member states had provided various kinds of support and assistance to the Afghan people by helping them survive the winter, solve food security problems, and help reconstruction efforts.