■PHILIPPINES
Cabinet member in hot water
A member of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Cabinet was in hot water yesterday after a businessman accused him and his two sons of beating him and his son in a brawl at a golf course. Delfin Dela Paz alleged that Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, his two sons and their bodyguards attacked him and his 14-year-old son at a golf course in Antipolo City on Friday. Pangandaman apologized yesterday for the incident which he said was caused by a “misunderstanding.” Dela Paz said the incident erupted when the Pangandamans overtook them at one of the holes at the golf course, triggering the brawl.
■CHINA
Suicide leap kills two
A cyclist in the city of Shenzhen died after he was hit by an apparently suicidal man who jumped from a nearby building, state media said on Sunday. The cyclist was making deliveries from his fast-food restaurant when the jumper landed on him on Thursday, the China Daily said. The man leaped from the balcony of an apartment after standing there for 12 hours, it said.
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