As Catcher Technology (Catcher) prepares for its upcoming board of directors and supervisors election, chairman Shui-Shu Hung issued a public statement on May 14 addressing concerns over interference by a small group of foreign investors claiming shareholder activism. Hung clarified key points to reassure stakeholders: Catcher is not a one-person company; the insider trading investigation remains unresolved pending judicial review; and director compensation over the past 15 years has been only one-sixteenth of the legal maximum.

DIGITIMES visited Singapore, Malaysia, and the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) to explore how Microsoft is shaping the AI landscape in Southeast Asia. The team spoke with Jeth Lee, Microsoft’s Regional Legal Director for the Asia-Pacific, and Andrew Lau, Datacenter Launch Lead and Business Program Director for Microsoft Malaysia.

Microsoft Corp. said it will cut 6,000 workers across the company in an effort to reduce management layers.
The planned terminations will amount to less than 3% of total headcount and occur across geographies, employee levels and include LinkedIn, a spokesperson said.