ON 29 DECEMBER IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 29, 2018
1427: Army of Ming Dynasty started withdrawing from Hanoi, puting an end to the domination of Đại Việt.
1929: Dutch police arrest Sukarno and 100s Partai Nasional Indonesia leaders
1955: End of the two-day Baling meeting between Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, David Marshall, Chief Minister of Singapore, Sir Chen Lock Tan, leader of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) and Chin Peng, leader of theMalaya Communist party. Chin Peng wanted legal recognition of the MCP. The Government demands the dissolution of the MCP and the talks broke down over that point
1973: While his mandate is finished, Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos keeps the power and governs by decrees
1998: Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million
2012: Philippines President Benigno Aquino has signed into law a bill providing for free access to contraception and family planning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20863691
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/12/2012122992824125192.html
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/331523/rh-desaparecidos-bills-now-laws
2015: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines urges voters not to support candidates who are pushing for divorce and death penalty
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/549419/news/nation/cbcp-urges-voters-to-snub-pro-divorce-death-penalty-bets
2015: Targeting Sam Rainsy, Cambodian PM to ban dual citizens from party leadership
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-to-ban-dual-citizens-from-party-leadership-104069/