Aceh police lop off hair of transgender women
BANDA ACEH • Police in the Indonesian province of Aceh forcibly cut the hair of a group of transgender women and made them wear male clothing, said the authorities yesterday, amid a crackdown on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
The incident happened after police on Sunday raided several beauty salons in conservative Aceh and rounded up their transgender employees over claims that they had teased a group of boys. Police then lopped off some of the transgender women's long hair with scissors and forced them to wear male clothing and speak in a masculine voice.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Shelters filling up after Mayon volcano eruption
MANILA • Tens of thousands of evacuees displaced by the eruption of Mayon volcano in the Philippines are filling up dozens of temporary shelters that are already reeling from overcrowding and poor sanitation.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte flew to the central city of Legazpi yesterday to assess the disaster zone, some two weeks after the country's most active volcano began belching spectacular but potentially lethal ash columns, lava and rocks.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
KL money changers face squeeze after $2.7m theft
KUALA LUMPUR • Some money changers in Malaysia's capital city could be facing supply problems after a major currency wholesaler suffered a RM8 million (S$2.7 million) theft.
The currency wholesaler in the money-changing industry is a parent agency that distributes cash to other outlets.
According to sources, a staff member absconded with the money, which was meant to be distributed to other agencies last Friday.
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