Taiwan TV apologizes for error announcing Chinese attack

In other news of the day: the Rohingya escape in Malaysia was caused by overcrowding in the detention center; China continues to displace entire communities due to its "zero covid" policy; South Korea is offended by a Japanese premier's visit to a war shrine; a Tajikistan bank will adopt Islamic banking standards.

TAIWAN

A Taiwanese television station apologized for "causing public panic" after mistakenly issuing a series of alerts claiming China had attacked the island. The Chinese Television System attributed the error to staff: the content mistakenly published was about disaster response drills the station had been tasked with producing for the New Taipei City fire department.

CHINA

The Chinese government plans to relocate entire communities to quarantine facilities more than 100 miles away from their place of origin. The BBC, reports Beijing wants to move people who tested negative from Pingwang to the neighboring province of Zhejiang, where they will stay for a week. A few days ago, authorities evacuated other areas of Shanghai in an attempt to contain the spread of the covid-19 pandemic.

SOUTH KOREA - JAPAN

Seoul expressed "deep disappointment and regret" following Japanese Premier Fumio Kishida's visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.  In addition to 2.5 million victims of World War II, 14 Japanese military leaders convicted of war crimes by an allied court rest at the site. Offers made by Japanese leaders periodically reignite tensions between Japan, China and South Korea.

MALAYSIA

Local authorities say the riots that broke out at the migrant center in Penang State, which were followed by the escape of more than 500 Rohingya, were caused by overcrowding. "There were too many detainees in a relatively small area and (the situation) became uncontrollable," the police chief said. Meanwhile, security at immigration detention centers across Malaysia has been tightened.

INDIA

India's Supreme Court has barred local authorities from demolishing some stores around a mosque in a Muslim-majority area of New Delhi, near the site of weekend clashes between Hindus and Muslims. The matter is on hold until the next hearing. After sectarian tensions erupted in several parts of India, the government responded with demolition campaigns to intimidate the Muslim population.

TURKEY - IRAQ

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said the government of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan supports Ankara's offensive against Kurdish Pkk rebels in northern Iraq. But counterpart Barham Saleh the day before, referring to Turkey's operation, had spoken of "violation of Iraqi sovereignty" and the government had summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad.

RUSSIA

The clashes in Kharkiv often involve churches and cemeteries, which were closed to visits during the Easter holidays due to continuous shootings by the Russian occupiers, who also targeted the Church of the Transfiguration (of the Moscow Patriarchate) where a large crowd had gathered, as communicated by the local eparchy itself. There are already more than 60 churches of various denominations attacked and partially destroyed throughout Ukraine by Russian fire, including some monasteries.

TAJIKISTAN

One of the most popular banks in Tajikistan, "Alif-Bank", has introduced restrictions on the payment of certain items and services, stating that the bank will adopt the criteria of Islamic banking in accordance with the principles of Sharia. European systems of credit installment payments, which contradict the norms of Islam, will no longer be applied.

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