Filipino Sultan Jamalul Kiram III arranges his glasses inside his residence in Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Malaysian police said their security forces gunned down 31 Filipino followers of Kiram in Borneo on Thursday, the highest number of casualties in a single day since nearly 200 members of a Philippine Muslim clan took over an entire village last month. Kiram had ordered his followers to observe a unilateral cease-fire starting Thursday afternoon by holding their current position and taking a defensive posture. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Filipino Sultan Jamalul Kiram III arranges his glasses inside his residence in Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Malaysian police said their security forces gunned down 31 Filipino followers of Kiram in Borneo on Thursday, the highest number of casualties in a single day since nearly 200 members of a Philippine Muslim clan took over an entire village last month. Kiram had ordered his followers to observe a unilateral cease-fire starting Thursday afternoon by holding their current position and taking a defensive posture. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Protesters are pushed back by police after breaking through security outside the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, March 7, 2013. The protesters scorned Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for allegedly mishandling the standoff between members of a Philippine Muslim clan, who took over an entire Malaysian village to lay claim to a sprawling Borneo state, and Malaysian security forces. Malaysia rejected the Philippine Muslim clan's call for a ceasefire between security forces and Filipino gunmen in Borneo on Thursday, saying only an unconditional surrender would resolve clashes that have killed at least 28 people. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013 photo released by Malaysia's Ministry of Defense, Malaysian soldiers join an assault near the area where a stand-off with Filipino gunmen took place, at Tanduo village in Lahad Datu, Borneo's Sabah state, Malaysia. Malaysian security forces on Wednesday, March, 6, 2013 battled a group of Filipino intruders in the rugged terrain of Borneo after they escaped a military assault with fighter jets and mortar fire on their hideout, police said. One Filipino was shot and believed killed. (AP Photo/Malaysia's Ministry of Defense) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013 photo released by Malaysia's Ministry of Defense, Malaysian soldiers prepare their weapons before joining an assault near the area where a stand-off with Filipino gunmen took place, at Tanduo village in Lahad Datu, Borneo's Sabah state, Malaysia. Malaysian security forces on Wednesday, March, 6, 2013 battled a group of Filipino intruders in the rugged terrain of Borneo after they escaped a military assault with fighter jets and mortar fire on their hideout, police said. One Filipino was shot and believed killed. (AP Photo/Malaysia's Ministry of Defense) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013 photo released by Malaysia's Ministry of Defense, Malaysian soldiers prepare to fire mortars toward the area where a stand-off with Filipino gunmen took place, at Tanduo village in Lahad Datu, Borneo's Sabah state, Malaysia. Malaysian security forces on Wednesday, March, 6, 2013 battled a group of Filipino intruders in the rugged terrain of Borneo after they escaped a military assault with fighter jets and mortar fire on their hideout, police said. One Filipino was shot and believed killed. (AP Photo/Malaysia's Ministry of Defense) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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In this March 6, 2013 photo released by Malaysia's Ministry of Defense, a dead body of a Filipino gunman lies on the ground near the area where a stand-off with Filipino gunmen took place, at Tanduo village in Lahad Datu, Borneo's Sabah state, Malaysia. Malaysian security forces on Wednesday battled a group of Filipino intruders in the rugged terrain of Borneo after they escaped a military assault with fighter jets and mortar fire on their hideout, police said. One Filipino was shot and believed killed. (AP Photo/Malaysia's Ministry of Defense) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble speaks during a press conference after an Interpol conference to discuss match-fixing, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Noble says Singaporean police have notified authorities in Italy that a suspected match-fixer is flying to Milan. Noble said Thursday that the man was allegedly working for Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng - known as Dan Tan - for whom Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble speaks during a press conference after an Interpol conference to discuss match-fixing, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The Interpol's chief said Singaporean police have notified authorities in Italy that a suspected match-fixer is flying to Milan. Noble said the man is wanted in Italy because he is allegedly working for Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng - known as Dan Tan - for whom Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble, right, listens to FIFA's security director Ralf Mutschke before the start of a press conference after an Interpol conference to discuss match-fixing, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The Interpol's chief said Singaporean police have notified authorities in Italy that a suspected match-fixer is flying to Milan. Noble said the man is wanted in Italy because he is allegedly working for Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng - known as Dan Tan - for whom Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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FIFA's security director Ralf Mutschke speaks during an interview at an Interpol conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Mutschke has warned that the fight against match-fixing will ultimately fail without the full support of governments across the world. Mutschke said Wednesday he hopes a Singaporean businessman accused of heading a crime syndicate that made millions by betting on rigged Italian games will be brought to face the courts with the help of Singaporean authorities. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
Malaysia's Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asia book prize
HONG KONG (AP) — Malaysian author
Tan Twan Eng's novel "The Garden of Evening Mists" has won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize.
Tan's novel is set in the traumatic aftermath of Japan's wartime occupation of Malaya, now known as Malaysia. It tells the story of a young law school graduate who is the sole survivor of a Japanese work camp. She encounters the secretive owner and creator of the country's only Japanese garden.
The judges called it "a novel of subtle power and redemptive grace."
The book beat four others Thursday night to win the $30,000 award, one of Asia's most prestigious. Tan's book is only the second winner to be written in English.
Tan worked as an intellectual property lawyer before becoming an author. He has written one other novel.
The other novels on the short list were "Between Clay and Dust" by Musharraf Ali Farooqi of Pakistan, "The Briefcase" by Hiromi Kawakami of Japan, "Silent House" by Orhan Pamuk of Turkey and "Narcopolis" by Jeet Thayil of India.
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