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On to the news.
A Grab-Bag of Detentions
The past two weeks have featured plenty of corruption-related news, but it’s been scattershot, meaning no particularly dramatic developments in the cases I’ve been covering here.
Before going through the various updates, I want to touch on this Nikkei Asia story about Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s recent visit to Singapore. The focus is on agreements related to renewable energy between the two countries, but the reporting includes some tantalizing pieces of information.