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China Buys First Indian Rice In Decades Amid Scarce Supply

2021-01-02T01:03:08Z

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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - China has begun importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies from Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam and an offer of sharply discounted prices, Indian industry officials said. India is the world's biggest rice exporter and China the biggest importer. Beijing buys in around 4 million tonnes a year but has avoided purchases from India, citing quality issues. The rice imports come despite political tensions over a border dispute in the Himalayas which erupted into a clash in June in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. India has since tightened rules for investments from China and banned dozens of Chinese mobile apps, including from tech giants Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance. Although the public mood in India has been anti-China, the country has remained engaged with Indian businesses. "For the first time China has made rice purchases. They may increase buying next year after seeing the quality of Indian crop," B.V. Krishna Rao, president of the Rice Exporters Association, told Reuters on Wednesday. Indian traders have contracted to export 100,000 tonnes of broken rice for Dec-February shipments at around $300 per tonne on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, [http://www.becomegorgeous.com/topics/industry%20officials industry officials] said. China's traditional suppliers, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tua du lịch thái lan] such as Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Pakistan, have limited surplus supplies for export and were quoting at least $30 per tonne more compared with Indian prices, according to Indian rice trade officials. Thailand, the world's second-largest rice exporter and key supplier to China, suffered a drought this year that has affected the rice crop. Its shipments in 2020 could fall to 6.5 million tonnes, the lowest in 20 years. "Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam are struggling due to limited supplies. China eventually was left with no option but to buy from India," said Himanshu Agarwal, executive director at Satyam Balajee, India's biggest rice exporter. "I don't know how long it will last. At least, movement has started." China's General Administration of Customs did not immediately respond to a fax seeking comment on rice imports. "China buying rice from India, or U.S. or any country, is just adding some flavor to the domestic market. The trade has very limited impact on the China market," said Yin Xiuying, analyst with trade website website based in Harbin, capital of China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang. "I don´t think China will increase rice imports or continue to buy more from India," Yin said. (Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; Additional reporting by Hallie Gu and Dominique Patton in BEIJING; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour đi thái lan] Alexander Smith)

Downfall Of Salim apos;s Business Partner As He apos;s Jailed For 11 YEARS

2021-01-01T11:44:20Z

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Ahmed Jaghbir (right) is a former business partner of colourful Sydney personality Salim Mehajer, the pair briefly running a wedding planning business together. There's no suggestion Mehajer is in any way involved in this case Salim Mehajer's one-time business partner has been jailed for 11 years after he supplied hitmen with a key to an underworld figure's house, so they could execute him in bed with his mistress. Ahmed Jaghbir, 31, was sentenced on Wednesday over his role in the 2017 death of Hells Angels' associate Kemel 'Blackie' Barakat at his home in Sydney's south. Four armed assassins stormed Barakat's Mortlake unit as he slept with his secret lover, Fatima Hage, about 2.30am on March 10 that year. Barakat died in a hail of bullets and his masked killers have never been arrested or charged. Justice David Davies told the Supreme Court today that Jaghbir, a handyman, had played a [http://statigr.am/tag/major%20role major role] in Barakat's death by betraying his bikie associate friend and supplying his killers with a key. '(Jaghbir's) role in providing the key was a significant one,' the judge told a packed but socially-distanced courtroom. Secret lover: Kemel Barakat was in bed with hairdresser Fatima Hage at the time of his shooting death on March 10, 2017. She gave a vivid statement to a court about the events of that night Love triangle: Barakat is seen above with his wife Amanda. She was overseas holidaying in Thailand at the time of her husband's killing RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8708051/Kemal-Blackie-Barakat-trial-Bikie-having-affair-bed-buddy-Fatima-Hage.html Glamorous woman was in bed with a married Sydney underworld...] [/news/article-8927493/Ahmed-Jaghbir-Fatima-Hages-police-statement-Kemel-Blackie-Barakat-assassination.html EXCLUSIVE: Crime kingpin's secret girlfriend re-lives the...] Share this article Share Barakat had turned to Jaghbir for help after his front door was busted by police during a raid days earlier. Jaghbir arranged to have the door replaced and supplied his friend Barakat with a new key. But Justice Davies was convinced Jaghbir also gave a key to someone else - one of the four hitmen - allowing the murderers to surprise Barakat at his Mortlake unit. Murdered: Hell's Angels associate Kemel Barakat was shot dead in his bed The assassins were already in Barakat's bedroom before he and the woman in his apartment, Fatima Hage, realised something was wrong, the judge said. Barakat was gunned down in his bed about 2.30am, reportedly pushing Ms Hage away before he was struck by a hail of bullets. CCTV footage showed his killers scrambling down the stairs and the burned-out husk of a getaway car was later found nearby in Belmore. At trial, the judge found that Barakat's secret lover Ms Hage was a 'credible' witness. They had been together for only a month, the court heard, and Barakat's wife, Amanda, was holidaying overseas in Thailand at their time of their liaison.. Ms Hage described the night of the assassination in simple, vivid terms in a statement tendered during the trial. She detailed how the room smelled 'like fire' after the bullets flew, Barakat's hushed final prayers in Arabic and the blood that trickled from his mouth at the end. Police found a burnt out car in Belmore shortly following Barakat's assassination in Mortlake, in Sydney's south The crime scene in Mortlake on March 10, 2017. Barakat's unit was on the second floor In her statement, Ms Hage recalled her confusion about the intruders in the room. 'I heard Kemel yell out "hey". I looked around but the room was pitch black. I could not see anything,' she said. 'I felt him push my head really hard. I didn't fall out of the bed but it moved me away from him. 'I then heard multiple gunshots. It was really loud, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour thái lan] it smelled like fire in the room.' Kemel was coughing ... He said "I'm sorry" ... I said, "Don't be sorry" Fatima Hage giving evidence at trial Ms Hage said she closed her eyes and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tua du lịch thái lan] put her head down. 'At this point I knew I was going to die. 'I didn't hear anyone say anything, I thought I was dead. 'About a minute went by and I moved from where I put my head down. 'I checked myself and I wasn't shot. I then moved over to Kemel. 'Kemel was coughing and he looked at me. 'He said: 'I'm sorry.' 'I said: "Don't be sorry ... Repeat after me". 'We then went through an Arabic prayer twice before Kemel stopped breathing. 'I turned on the light and saw Kemel lying on the bed. I saw he had blood coming out of his mouth. 'I remember seeing a bullet that looked like it had gone through his leg.' Ms Hage told the court she couldn't remember much else. She was in shock. 'I didn't know if whoever shot him was still in the house so I hid in the bathroom and called 000. 'I asked for ambulance. I can't remember what I said to them.' Ms Hage (on right in left picture, and in right photo) is seen after giving evidence at the trial of Ahmed Jaghbir earlier this year Ms Hage told the court earlier this year that Barakat had been 'anal' about security and their relationship had been a secret to everyone. 'No one knew about our relationship, we didn't want to tell anyone so our private lives remained private,' she said in her statement. Following a judge-alone trial, Justice Davies found Jaghbir guilty to the charge of procuring, aiding and counselling unknown persons to murder Barakat. On Wednesday, the judge said he had found no evidence of remorse from Jaghbir, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour thái lan giá rẻ] who has always denied the charge. He said Jaghbir was not 'indispensable' to the murder plot - but his actions had helped the killers move 'expeditiously'. The judge said Jaghbir's role was 'no different to a tradesman taking advantage by spending time in someone's home, then conveying knowledge about the layout and where valuable items were kept to a prospective burglar.' He accepted there was not a lot of planning from Jaghbir, and that his role in the crime came about "fortuitously". Jaghbir was sentenced to an 11 year jail term, with a non-parole period of six years and six months. He will be eligible for release on April 9, 2027. The court heard he will be in protective custody 'because he is or might be in risk of retaliatory killings'. Jaghbir is on right, and is seen above with his lawyer Mahmoud Abbas at court during his trial. Jaghbir has been jailed for up to 11 years with a non parole period of six-and-a-half years

Thai Protesters March To Barracks Against King apos;s Military Power

2021-01-01T00:30:53Z

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By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government Thai protesters marched to an army barracks on Sunday to challenge King Maha Vajiralongkorn's personal control over some army units. It was the latest act of defiance against the king by protesters who have broken taboos by criticising the monarchy. The Thai constitution says the monarchy must be revered and laws ban insulting the institution. Protesters, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour thái lan giá rẻ] many carrying inflatable ducks which have become a protest mascot, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour thái lan giá rẻ] stopped at the gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment, part of the [http://www.channel4.com/news/King%27s%20Guard King's Guard] that played a role in the suppression of anti-establishment protests in 2010. Lines of riot police blocked protesters at the gate. "No democratic country sees a king control an army. In any democratic country with a king as head of state, armed forces report to the government," said Arnon Nampa, a rights lawyer and protest leader who has been a frequent critic of the monarchy. "We've been seeing the monarchy expanding its powers. That´s why we're here today." The Royal Palace has made no comment since protests began, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour đi thái lan] but the king hmself said recently that protesters are loved "all the same" despite their actions. Protesters accuse the monarchy of enabling decades of military domination. There have been 13 successful coups since 1932, when [http://de.bab.la/woerterbuch/englisch-deutsch/absolute absolute] rule by the monarch came to an end. Protests began in July and initially demanded the departure of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader, and a new constitution. Demonstrators have expanded their demands since then to include curbs on the powers of the king. Arnon is among several protest leaders facing charges under lese majeste laws against insulting the monarchy after speeches he made at previous rallies. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Thailand adhered to the rule of law and the right to freedom of speech must stay within those boundaries. "In every case where the law is violated, officials take action with strict adherence to the appropriate legal processes without discrimination," the ministry said. The prime minister has dismissed demands that he quit and rejected accusations that he engineered last year's election to retain power after taking office in 2014. Video shared on social media showed soldiers taking down a giant picture of the king and queen at the entrance to the barracks before the protest. (Writing by Matthew Tostevin; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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