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Singapore: Censorship City - my analysis piece for Index on Censorship http://bit.ly/5DV6RQ 5:52 AM Nov 30th from web
RT @asiasentinel: Dubai Crisis Makes its Way to Asia: Malaysian and other Islamic bond issuers could suffer http://bit.ly/5RUn6P 3:55 AM Nov 30th from web
Head of Indonesia's largest Muslim body calls on Muslims not to take revenge over Swiss minaret ban http://bit.ly/5ZyF61 2:25 AM Nov 30th from web
@defunct1 Good to know it's being read by the powers-that-be 1:52 AM Nov 30th from web in reply to defunct1
Any recommendations for good English-language Indonesia/Jakarta focused bloggers/tweeters to follow? 12:42 AM Nov 30th from web
'Ejected from Singapore' - My piece in The Guardian today http://bit.ly/8SyMeu 12:35 AM Nov 30th from web
Tunnels & Tunnelling International looking for a News Editor. Sounds like a boring job...http://bit.ly/6A2l2f 4:46 AM Nov 28th from web
@ourman thanks Steve 1:06 PM Nov 27th from web in reply to ourman
To a lecture at SOAS: the only university in the world where Islamic fundamentalists and dope smokers drink together in the student union 6:51 AM Nov 27th from web
Why people need to speak out about censorship in Singapore [blog] http://bit.ly/5UsUYX 6:45 AM Nov 27th from web
RT @AsCorrespondent: AsianCorrespondent hits one million visitor mark.http://asiancorrespondent.c... ... 5:14 AM Nov 27th from web
@loosewire Will happily offer beer in exchange for advice but it might have to be outside of Singapore after my de facto expulsion 4:12 AM Nov 27th from web in reply to loosewire
20-year-old Malaysian drug mule will hang in two weeks for importing 47g of heroin into Singapore last year http://bit.ly/90UlDh 4:05 AM Nov 27th from web
@babyexpat fair point, although I read recently that the % killed during the occupation of Timor-Leste was higher than under KR in Cambodia 3:38 AM Nov 27th from web in reply to babyexpat
Going to set up camp in Jakarta next week. Any suggestions on where to live or other useful advice would be appreciated... 3:35 AM Nov 27th from web
@babyexpat Probably related to do the fact that Suharto was an economic and political ally of the West while Pol Pot was a sworn enemy 3:31 AM Nov 27th from web in reply to babyexpat
State bank governor insists Vietnam not devaluing the dong but "adjusting the exchange rate flexibly, up or down” http://bit.ly/7fzdbB 6:34 AM Nov 26th from web
Oh the humble joys of a full English breakfast at a small-town greasy spoon...all for the bargain price of £5.95... 6:28 AM Nov 26th from web
RT @AsCorrespondent: Freedom of the press in a poor state in most of Asia.http://asiancorrespondent.c... ... 6:17 AM Nov 26th from web
Sitting in on a graduate history seminar in a dark, wood-panelled room in Cambridge. Can't decide whether I'm glad not to be doing a PhD... 9:39 AM Nov 25th from mobile web

Name Ben Bland
Location In exile from Singapore
Web http://asiancorre...
Bio Freelance journalist covering Southeast Asia. Contributor to The Economist, The Daily Telegraph, Asia Sentinel and Monocle. Have pen, will travel.