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MARCH 2020 | International Law Alerts | Cybersecurity

Southeast Asian Laws Target Rise in Cyberbreaches “Not everyone who wanted to buy the bank cards stolen from Southeast Asian owners would pay the same price: The higher the amount of money left on the card, the higher the price.” That’s according to Technisanct, a cybersecurity company based in India, which said it found the data for hundreds of thousands of cards for sale online, taken from citizens in the six largest nations in Southeast Asia.

MARCH 2020 | International Law Alerts | West Philippine Sea and Arbitration

Chinese vessels likely to stay near Pag-asa Island, says Esperon China will likely continue “occupying space” in the West Philippine Sea by deploying what appear to be fishing vessels near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr said on Tuesday, March 3. PH mission to UN asserts tribunal ruling junking China’s nine-dash line claims in South China Sea The Philippines has quietly put forward to the United Nations an international tribunal ruling which found no basis for China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea but which the Duterte administration has set aside Philippines opposes Malaysia, China…

MARCH 2020 | International Law Alerts | Labor Law / OFWs

In Hong Kong, Filipino domestic workers lose jobs over coronavirus outbreak As the 2019 novel coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, an increasing number of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong have lost their jobs after employers fired them over mounting concerns spurred by the global health crisis. Gov’t bans POGO operations during enhanced community quarantine Philippine Online Gaming Operations (POGO) are not allowed to operate, according to the guidelines issued by the government for the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in the entire Luzon region.

MARCH 2020 | International Law Alerts | International Environmental Law

Malaysia and Southeast Asia at the heart of massive wildlife trade The numbers are startling — some 900,000 pangolins are trafficked globally from 2000-2019 with significant proportions linked to Southeast Asia; over 225 tonnes of African Elephant ivory seized in Southeast Asia from 2008-2018 and 100,000 Pig-nosed Turtles seized in Indonesia from 2003-2019, and so much more. Waste trade and the Philippines: How local and global policy instruments can stop the tide of foreign waste dumping in the country A review of waste trade-related policies in the Philippines PHL ships on foreign routes compliant with IMO rules on emissions, Marina…

MARCH 2020 | International Law Alerts | International Economic Law

PH first to shut financial markets STOCK, bond and currency trading in the Philippines have been halted, making the Philippines the first country to shut financial markets amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic. Ecozone firms may grind to a halt ECONOMIC zone locators are facing a serious risk of funding shortage that could suspend their operations, as they are unable to receive foreign currency from their headquarters overseas with the stoppage of peso-dollar trading. Asia-Pacific faces imminent recession A RECESSION across Asia-Pacific is “now guaranteed” amid an unprecedented disruption in the flow of people, trade and supply chains in large economies…

MARCH 2020 | International Law Alerts | International Criminal Law

P22.7B in ‘dirty money’ laundered in PH — Gordon SEN. Richard Gordon on Tuesday bared that since September 2018, at least 47 Filipinos and Chinese had laundered over $447 million or P22.69 billion in “dirty money” into the country. BI to deport 5 Korean, Japanese fugitives Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente announced yesterday the arrest of five foreign fugitives – four Koreans and one Japanese – in separate operations in the cities of Quezon, Lapu-lapu, and Taguig.

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