Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak pleads not guilty to corruption charges in 1MDB case
Malaysia's former leader Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and criminal breach of trust in connection with a multibillion-dollar scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB. Appearing in the High Court on Wednesday, Najib was granted bail of 1 million ringgit ($247,000) and ordered to surrender his passports. He ...
Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story, jailed journalist tells court
A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in December ...
British cave diver says he's considering legal action after Elon Musk 'pedo' tweet
A British cave diver who helped rescue the 12 boys in Thailand said Monday he may take legal action against ...
25 arrested in India over mob lynching of man following rumor of child abduction on WhatsApp
Indian police said Sunday they have arrested 25 people after a man was killed by a mob in the country's latest lynching over suspicion of child kidnapping sparked by rumors on WhatsApp. The men were arrested over the murder of 27-year-old Mohammad Azam who was ...
Malaysian police said Wednesday that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, a suspect in the looting of state investment fund 1MDB, has fled Macau to an unknown destination. Malaysian authorities have been pursuing Low, known just as Jho Low, since a new government reopened investigations into ...
Chinese democracy activist sentenced to 13 years in prison for 'subversion'
A prominent Chinese political campaigner was sentenced to 13 years in prison Wednesday, a court in central China said. Qin Yongmin was found "guilty of subversion of state power," the Wuhan City Intermediate People's Court said on its official website. According to court records, it appears ...
Indian court upholds death sentences over 2012 bus gang rape
India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences handed down to three men over the gang rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012, saying there were no grounds for a review. "The review petition of all the three convicts has been ...
Myanmar court charges Reuters reporters with violating colonial-era secrets act
A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings. Yangon district judge Ye Lwin charged reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe ...
Myanmar court set to rule on whether detained Reuters pair should be tried under secrets act
A Myanmar court will rule on Monday on whether to charge two Reuters reporters accused of obtaining secret documents, a decision that could either see them freed after nearly seven months in jail or move the landmark press freedom case to trial. The court in ...
Fake gynecologist jailed for years of assault and fraud in Melbourne
A man who pretended to be a gynecologist and fertility specialist for a decade was labeled a "base charlatan" by a Melbourne judge and jailed for more than nine years Friday for assault and fraud. Prosecutors said Raffaele Di Paolo, 61, performed treatments on 30 ...
The cover-up: Malaysian officials reveal just how much 1MDB probe was obstructed
The government of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak spent years systematically obstructing probes into the alleged looting of state fund 1MDB while also ruthlessly muzzling critics, according to current and former government officials. They said the meddling in the investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption ...
'Murder capital of Asia': Philippine mayor slain a day after sniper gunned down another
Another Philippine mayor was shot and killed Tuesday by an unidentified man in a road attack a day after a city mayor was gunned down in brazen back-to-back killings that prompted an opposition senator to call the country the "murder capital of Asia." Mayor Ferdinand ...
Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib Razak arrested, to be charged in massive graft probe
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested Tuesday by anti-graft investigators and will be charged over his alleged role in the multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund. A government task force probing alleged theft and money laundering at the 1MDB state investment fund ...
A Philippine provincial city mayor known for parading drug suspects in public but also alleged to have drug ties himself was shot and killed Monday during a flag-raising ceremony in front of horrified employees. Mayor Antonio Halili of Tanauan city in Batangas province south of ...
Indonesian security forces behind 95 unlawful killings in Papua, including of activists: Amnesty
Amnesty International says there have been 95 unlawful killings by security forces in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region since 2008, including targeted slayings of activists, and a near-total absence of justice for the mainly indigenous victims. In a report based on two years of research, Amnesty ...
