These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.
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Four to be quizzed over KLIA glitch
Police are set to call up at least four people for questioning over the network failure which hit operations at both terminals of the Kuala Lumpur International Aiport (KLIA) recently. It is learnt that the four people are familiar with the function of network core switches, which are considered critical pieces of the national infrastructure, and Total Airport Management System (TAMS) at KLIA and klia2. - New Straits Times
Heavy traffic at Tuas and Woodlands checkpoints due to slow immigration clearance system: ICA
Tuas Checkpoint is experiencing heavy traffic on Thursday (Aug 29) due to intermittent slowness of the immigration clearance system, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). The jams have also spread to Woodlands Checkpoint, with heavy departure traffic due to the backflow of vehicles from Malaysia.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a Facebook post at 7.45am that delays are expected for both departures and arrivals at Tuas Checkpoint. - The Straits Times
Resistance grows against Jakarta
Papuan demands for a referendum on self-determination have gained widespread momentum amid fears of civilian casualties in restive Papua and West Papua provinces, where a government-imposed internet blackout is in place following a wave of protests triggered by racial abuse against Papuan students in East Java.
In a rare event, hundreds of emboldened Papuan students took to the streets in Jakarta on Wednesday, marching from the Army headquarters to the State Palace while carrying banned Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flags, a symbol of the Papuan independence movement. - The Jakarta Post
More names linked to gold heist
Police have identified two more suspects in the 85-million-baht gold heist in Songkhla, which is believed to be a part of a wider attempt to finance insurgent plots in the deep South. Chief of Provincial Police Region 9, Pol Lt Gen Ronasilp Phusara, said police are preparing to ask the court to issue arrest warrants for Wae-useng Dueraheng and Saifutdin Hayipute. - Bangkok Post
China fishing group apologizes for PH boat sinking
China has admitted that its trawler was at fault in the sinking of a Philippine fishing boat at Recto Bank in the South China Sea in June, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Wednesday.
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo, speaking to reporters in Beijing ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrival for a fifth visit to China, said the owner of the trawler apologized for his vessel’s hitting and sinking the FB Gem-Ver 1 then abandoning the Philippine fishing boat’s crew in the open water. - Philippine Daily Inquirer
NGO Urges Tightened Restrictions on Influx of Chinese Nationals to Cambodia
Cambodia should tighten restrictions on the influx of Chinese nationals to the country, according to a local rights group, which says the community is responsible for rampant violent crime and loose ethics that are contributing to the downfall of society.
Many Chinese nationals living in Cambodia are part of criminal gangs and “carry illegal weapons, which they use freely,” causing Cambodian residents in several provinces to fear for their safety, Soeng Senkaruna of local rights group Adhoc recently told RFA’s Khmer Service. - The Cambodia Daily