Collision between Chinese ships expected to escalate tension in South China Sea

BEIJING: A deputy to a prominent Chinese diplomat being questioned by authorities was also detained, three people with knowledge of the matter said, a further sign of uncertainty in the top echelons of China's diplomacy. Sun Haiyan (pic), a senior diplomat and former ambassador to Singapore, was detained in early August around the time Liu Jianchao,...

Former Singapore diplomat fined for taking nude photos of male customers in Tokyo bathhouse

SINGAPORE: A former diplomat who secretly filmed a boy at a public bath in Tokyo, among other acts of voyeurism, was fined 300,000 yen (S$2,600) on June 13, reported the Japanese media. Sim Siong Chye, 55, was a counsellor – a diplomatic rank for experienced foreign service officers – at the Singapore Embassy in Japan when...