The Pulse：Express rail overbudget, "co-location" arrangement and delays, Police wrongful arrests,

In 2009 when the government proposed building the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, there was strong opposition. And it hasn’t abated.
Not only are there doubts about how many passengers it will carry but also over the price tag which is heading over the original HK$65 billion, the equivalent of HK$9,000 out of each Hongkonger’s pocket.
According to government figures, 955 people were arrested in connection with the Occupy protests between September and December last year, and 45 more afterwards. 112 have been arrested for other protests since. The police say they don’t keep figures for successful convictions, but a glance at news reports reveals that courts are finding a great many defendants not guilty. Some charges have been withdrawn by prosecutors. In other cases magistrates have been skeptical of police officers’ honesty and the exercising of their powers. More recently the wrongful arrest of an autistic man on a manslaughter charge has brought the issue of police power to the fore once again. With me in the studio is the former Director of Public Prosecutions, Grenville Cross.
After weeks of what many observers condemn as a deadly “ping pong” match, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has ordered search and rescue missions for Rohingya migrant boats in the Andaman Sea. More than 7,000 migrants, mainly from Myanmar, are believed to have been stranded at sea for almost a month. Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are among several states in the region that have refused to take them in. We’ll end with a look at their plight.