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Ten Buddhist monks have died after an 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck into a religious procession in Thailand's Mukdahan province. Ten others remain hospitalised, with two in critical condition.
Authorities in Tenom, Sabah are investigating claims that a 10-year-old schoolgirl was bullied at her school hostel, prompting renewed concern about safeguarding in educational boarding facilities.
Police in Japan have arrested a 35-year-old man accused of placing his partner's five-year-old daughter in a garbage can and closing the lid, which he claimed was a form of discipline. The child was unharmed.
Beneficiaries of Indonesia's flagship free meal programme are demanding quality improvements, with some willing to forgo assistance entirely. Food quality concerns and alleged mismanagement have sparked calls for programme suspension and reform.
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Police arrested an adoptive mother in Seremban after discovering her nine-year-old daughter confined to a storeroom behind the family home. The girl's living conditions prompted immediate intervention from authorities.
Hong Kong lawmakers are calling for new regulations on home births following the case of baby Danny, whose unregistered birth sparked concerns over gaps in existing legislation protecting newborns delivered outside hospitals.
Hong Kong authorities have placed a two-month-old boy in a care centre after his parents were arrested for refusing a DNA test required for birth registration. The couple face a troubled parenting history across multiple countries.