The family of late Cantopop star Anita Mui has appealed for information after discovering almost three months ago that an urn containing her ashes had been taken from a Lantau monastery.

In a statement dated Saturday, the family said a fan who went to pay respects to Mui at Po Lin Monastery on July 18 found that a screw had been loosened at the late singer’s columbarium niche. The urn containing her ashes was not inside. But the police’s investigation has gone on for almost three months, and there has been no progress, despite the fact that the fan immediately notified Mui’s family, who quickly filed a police report.

The statement added that, coupled with the recent death of Mui’s mother, who passed away in August at the age of 102, the family was “enduring a double blow and [was] utterly heartbroken.” They appealed to anybody who was at Po Lin Monastery on or before July 18, who might have seen anybody suspicious or appearing to hold an urn, to reach out to the family. They also asked motorists who had driven near the monastery in July, particularly before July 18, to submit dashcam footage.

Australia’s online safety regulator eSafety says it does not have the powers to “proactively prevent” the live stream of a firing squad execution in the United States from being shown in Australia, but argues platforms have a responsibility to protect users from harmful content.

Last week, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military base in Texas in 2009, would be available for the public to watch. Across the political divide in Canberra there has been widespread concern about Australians seeing the December 3 live stream.

The federal government said Australians “rightly expect” the content would not appear on their screens, and platforms have a responsibility to meet those expectations. Media Lecturer at Swinburne University Dr Belinda Barnet believed the most the eSafety commissioner could do was issue take down notices, like was done in the case of a Sydney church stabbing in 2024.

“While eSafety does not have powers to proactively prevent a live stream from occurring online, online services have responsibilities under Australia’s online safety regulatory framework to protect users from harmful material,” a spokesperson said. Experts agreed eSafety’s power was more geared towards being able to take down content rather than pre-emptively blocking it.

Beijing has passed a new law of owning and using drones being illegal.

Before the new rules take effect on November 15, drone owners must move their aircraft out of the capital or dispose of them through government-approved buyback and recycling programs. This has led to Chinese citizens sending their drones overseas for their families and friends to prevent them from going to waste.

Most of China’s major cities have introduced civilian drone no-fly zones in sensitive areas, including airports, military zones, core commercial districts and government buildings. But Beijing will be the only city in China to ban the ownership of drones ; The city had already banned unapproved outdoor drone flights in August 2025, but recently stepped up its security measures after a small plane crashed into Beijing’s tallest building in June.

Hsiao-Huang Shu, a researcher at Taiwan’s Institute for National Defence and Security Research, said it was “deeply ironic” that a city in the world’s biggest consumer drone-making country was banning drone ownership. He said Beijing had already developed counter-drone systems, including electronic jamming, electronic fences and measures to destroy them, such as lasers, stating that Beijing is taking preventative action or precautions when it is already too late because the damage has already been done.