Shout out to MVP JR Mendelson

Here's how a US-sanctioned Cambodian tycoon with human trafficking ties attempts (poorly) to hide his connection to a $1.5 billion port under construction by a Chinese state-owned firm along Cambodia's coast...🧵

☑️ First assignment for Bloomberg

For two years, I've covered #Cambodia 's growing role in the murky global primate trade. Thrilled to contribute visuals to Businessweek's latest deep dive into the issue.

Read the story below:

Я буду продолжать дело Алексея Навального. Продолжать бороться за нашу с вами страну. И я призываю вас встать рядом со мной.

Мне наплевать, как мои слова комментирует пресс-секретарь убийцы. Отдайте тело Алексея и дайте его достойно похоронить, не мешайте людям с ним попрощаться.

И я очень прошу всех журналистов, которые еще могут задавать вопросы: не спрашивайте про меня, спрашивайте про Алексея.

17/ A sincere THANK YOU to those who dared to speak to me, despite facing intimidation & the risk of losing jobs or contracts.

If you have tips about United Nations #corruption , my DMs are open. You can also send a message through my website, simona-foltyn.com

.United Nations managers are trying to discredit me personally to brush aside the issues raised in my The Guardian report, multiple sources told me.

That is ironic. In March UNDP Iraq invited me to a workshop to train others on how to investigate corruption. My credentials were good then.

With deep regret we announce the termination of diplomatic relations with Nauru. This timing is not only China’s retaliation against our democratic elections but also a direct challenge to the international order. Taiwan stands unbowed & will continue as a force for good.

Massive coincidence that Daily Mail Online interviewed EXACTLY the same Taiwanese voter I did, in exactly the same place, and she gave exactly the same quotes 🤔If you rip off on-the-ground reporting, at least attribute..

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Just another day in central Sihanoukville, Cambodia's capital of Chinese-led organised crime groups, human trafficking and cyber slavery. The man is screaming 'help me' in English while three guys beat and taser him over and over. Police, as usual, nowhere to be seen.

‘Cheaper than beer’: Laos meth prices plummet as Myanmar chaos fuels trade
Great reporting by Alastair McCready aje.io/56wvjx via Al Jazeera English

Front-line workers in Laos say meth pills are being sold for as little as $0.25 each, as traffickers flood the country with an overwhelming drug supply.

🔗: aje.io/tx9715

.Southeast Asia Globe's final double feature!

Last week, Andrew Haffner and I dug into #Cambodia 's big bet on coal and carbon credit rush. Our stories take you from the jungles of the Cardamom Mountains to the reaches of Oddar Meanchey.

Our paywall is down. Take a read ⬇️

Jokowi's ascension in 2014 sparked hope for Indonesia's democracy. But now, he's leaving behind a more controversial legacy. My latest piece explores how Nusantara, the new capital, embodies the democratic decline under Jokowi:
time.com/6329063/indone…

... in a country where land rights and environmental protections wither in the face of political clout and profit-seeking. Read more at the link here Southeast Asia Globe, with credit to Anton L. Delgado, Meng Kroypunlok, rounry and SourceMaterial.
southeastasiaglobe.com/carbon-ambitio…

In recent months, the Southern Cardamom REDD+ project in Cambodia has garnered controversy as a kind of negative poster-child for the global carbon credit market. With support from Earth Journalism Network, we spent nearly a week total with local communities. Here's what we found. 🧵

Great reporting here from Alastair McCready on the role of SEZs like Boten and the Golden Triangle on organised crime activity in Laos.

Boten and the GTSEZ are two of the darkest places I have reported from and this piece does a great job diving into them
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia…

Important investigation from Frontier. Western companies are exploiting legal loopholes as they continue to export their trash and use this part of the world as their dumping ground.

The second part that explores the international and domestic loopholes that have kept this trade afloat, despite increasing efforts to crackdown, can be read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/skirting-th…