most of the fans are humans and see her goals who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is johnny carson and i work a d w. this is deja vu news asia coming up a powerful political dynasty in the philippines a mass murder and a verdict 10 years in the making look at a trial that's put the country's justice system to the test and china needs more pigs the world's biggest consumer and producer of pork faces a major shortage will visit the farmers and butchers battling the fallout of swine flu.

i'm suzanne was going to welcome to news asia it is good to have you with us we start with what's been called the trial of the decade in the philippines a court test sentenced members of a powerful political family to life in prison for orchestrating a massacre 10 years ago it was a story that rocked the philippines around the world in 2958 people were murdered in an ambush on a convoy carrying a candidates family ahead of a regional election and $32.00 journalists were among those who were killed now it happened in maganda now province in the south of the philippines this is a region that is battling insurgencies and on rest the perpetrators members of a political dynasty who did not want to see their power challenged for the victims' families it has been a long wait for justice. 10 years have passed but these people have not and may never heal. they cannot forget the

murderers who took away their loved ones. but today justice has been done for them they are hereby convicted and sentenced to suffer the bend of the of imprisonment. at 29 of the suspects now face life imprisonment or decades in jail but dozens of others are still at large of the following accused who are found to have acted the atrocity in 2009 the worst political muscle in the history of the philippines $58.00 people were killed over a half of them journalists in the province of much in the now police found mutilated bodies in mass graves prepared ahead of the murder one body was never found the well up we all they took away my one and only father he was my dad the one who used to bring me to school and pick me up. provide for

whatever i needed a power over their lives. and i mean they have not made a public apology some kind of admission of guilt i want to hear that. it was out already made. the region had long been governed by one family but in a provincial election they were challenged by a rival candidate as milo mangudadatu. after receiving death threats mangudadatu sent his family to rushes to him for the poll together with a large group of journalists whose presence it was hoped would deter violence but the convoy was attacked by gunmen sent by the impotence. a decade long wait for justice followed. it's a scar that will stay forever but perhaps their grief can now begin to heal. let's get some more perspective on the story now we can speak to carlos condé he is a researcher at human rights watch in the philippines carlos thank you very much

for joining us on our program you have commented on this verdict today calling it a rare triumph of justice what do you mean by that. basically just because something like use. of where i learned cannot just assume lucius assume is so. broken and where a lot of politicians political leaders and political warlords are often get away with a lot of money so. this is something that's a momentous event and certainly a welcome development in this country a lot of people have said it is a test of the philippines justice system do you think the system then passed that test. well in this case yes it had and you know we have to give credit to the court and the supreme court so also because they really extradited expedited case and and awestruck to the move it along very quickly and they you know they put up

a special order for this another intervention so this considering the sheer number of people who are who are being tried and we were talking about dozens and dozens under their watch nearly 200 respondents in the case you can imagine that this is something that's a very very heart attack and took quite a long time because of the carlos you and other activists have also pointed to the government's role in this crime what proof is there of that and why has nobody been held accountable there. well that's the whole thing about these massacre is that this is something that happened because of the support and then enabling of. you know not the national government keep in mind that a lot of many of the suspects in this case were police officers and soldiers and they were dispatched to the guard and to protect. you know because the

government allowed him to do so that pretty much the government the national government pretty much a lot of private army private militia to operate in that are this out of whole beans and that is the context in which a wadi nice a massacre occurred because of one i mean up and political leaders so that they know no one but you see their weapons and everything and the support to carry this out and that is why we will this right in the in the footsteps of the government because they need to be you should be should be the problem of so-called private armies in the philippines from the very beginning but they did not and we still have we're still having a problem you're going to say she has said that this verdict should be used to end a culture of impunity that has ruled in the philippines for too long it has been now 10 years since this crime how has the country changed since that. well in. the political landscape the philippines remains one of the our no particular option

edge corruption the use of force of violence intimidation and the dominance of certain political warlords or political dynasty is not just in the sort of means but the cross the country so every election. this country is rife with violence we killings and this is something that's become normal in the philippines or in that sense a little dusting since 10 years ago in fact. and they are very very close to ours that the you know are there they they belong to the same political elite you move your arms encircled and that hasn't really changed since the massacre and we just why do you think that the steps that the government should take would be for instance to dismount their private armies to disallow political you know a malicious from roaming and pretty much control into the communities in this country carlos condé a researcher at human rights watch thank you so much for joining us thank you so me

. in china the government is trying to get farmers to start raising pigs again the country has been battling an outbreak of african swine fever for more than a year now the disease has wiped out at least 40 percent of the pig population and farmers are wary of returning to port production and that is a problem in china because pork is a staple there in fact china is the world's biggest consumer and producer so the shortage has sent prices skyrocketing across asia correspondent mike to spinning a travel attacking village east of trying ching to take a closer look at how the pork crisis is playing out there and we should point out that the following report includes images of pigs being butchered. it's a trade me john shear has learned from a young age he's a butcher in a village in southwest china he buys hogs from farmers in the surrounding villages and takes them home for slaughter meat has kept his routine for decades but lately

he has become worried about his business a few months ago an outbreak of african swine fever was reported in a nearby village yes or do classic it's a disease old pig farmers fear we don't usually worry about our livestock but since one fever broke out everyone is anxious. how much in that village all the pigs were code and immediately buried since then no more cases have been reported in the area african swine fever is a disease caused by a virus originating from africa but which is now spreading rapidly throughout china it is harmless to humans but highly contagious and usually terminal for a horse in his back yard knee or so raises his own eggs. that take this one so fat she has trouble getting up. it was when you will have it in the chinese new year. and infected pig here would most

likely kill his entire life stock worth just over 2000 euros a year and while we don't years and years in my new job i have to use my eyes we don't have any tools for a diagnosis. the only criteria we can applies to observe the hog if it eats and acts normally i'll buy it for you but if it looks sick a week of shows signs of flu or anything else than i don't buy. the real extent of the epidemic is unclear some experts estimate that up to half of china's pork livestock is affected. early in the morning the time has come for the halt for the previous night. the fat is white in the meat looks tender that's good quality. home. he says the pigs he buys now cost twice as much as they did last year in order to

ease the saurian prices the government has released part of its strategic frozen meat reserves the frozen meat sells a lot cheaper but me says he's not worried that his customers might dump him for the cheaper many. be going to be very few people here would buy frozen meat. once it's frozen people don't like it they won't touch it. the meat is still warm when the 1st neighbors show up. first come 1st serve those who live nearby get to choose their cuts even before you can take the meat to the market pork is china's staple meat on seumas feel any price spike immediately increased pork prices are the main reason behind the rising inflation in the country and while his customers stay faithful to him that does not mean his business has not been affected. you know you get when i get is more

expensive so i buy less nowadays i do feel the difference i can't afford to buy as much meat as i used to. that. china's government recently announced that pork production has begun to rebound whether this is true or not is impossible to verify in the meantime the can do little but to continue selling meat and to hope that the virus does not come back to the region. that's it for today we leave you now with more pictures from our top story in the philippines the members of the opera twine family had a life sentences for organizing a mass murder of a political rivals and journalists 10 years ago the verdict has brought charges for some of the victims' families thank you for watching i'll see you next hour.

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from one of the country's top economic institutes efore more and more german companies are putting their employees on reduced and flexible working hours as a way of coping with weak demand the institute says almost 8 and a half percent of companies surveyed are already resorting to the practice that's the most in 9 years evil expects more firms adopt the measure over the next 3 months but there's also some good news if we expect exports to rise after the trade truce between the us and china in addition to the increased clarity surrounding brics it. now let's bring in. senior economist at the for institute a percent of german companies sending the.