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POLICE

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 18, 2016
Internet bomb threat prompts Kishiwada to close schools, City Hall, other facilities
Public schools, kindergartens and other facilities run by the municipal government of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, were closed Wednesday after an Internet post was found the previous night threatening to blow them up, NHK reported, citing local police and city officials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2016
China's No. 3 official vows to hear Hong Kong autonomy concerns
National People's Congress Chairman Zhang Dejiang vowed to listen to Hong Kong's suggestions regarding its autonomy, as he began the highest-level visit by a state leader since pro-democracy protests paralyzed the city two years ago.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 11, 2016
Australia holds five suspected of plotting sailing trip to join Islamic State
Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the far north to Indonesia and the Philippines en route to joining Islamic State in Syria, officials said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 9, 2016
Following cyberheist, SWIFT technicians accused of leaving Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers
Bangladesh's central bank became more vulnerable to hackers when technicians from SWIFT, the global financial network, connected a new bank transaction system to SWIFT messaging three months before a $81 million cyberheist, Bangladeshi police and a bank official alleged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2016
Bangladesh Bank heist used compromised SWIFT software
The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems.
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2016
A case for recording all interrogations
To eliminate the chance of wrongful convictions based on false confessions, interrogations for all crimes should be recorded in their entirety.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2016
Japan's 'SWAT' team hones terror attack response after Brussels
Police armed with guns tackled a grenade-throwing man and his accomplice in a bus hijack enactment in Tokyo on Wednesday after the Brussels airport and subway bomb attacks that killed 32 people.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
North Carolina man arrested over rented VHS tape 14 years overdue
A wanted North Carolina man was arrested this week on charges he failed to return a VHS tape to a video store 14 years ago, police said on Thursday.

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