Crime
Singapore executes man for coordinating cannabis delivery
Apr 26, 2023

Singapore executes man for coordinating cannabis delivery

Singapore has executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency and protests that he was convicted on weak evidence...

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Indonesia recovers bodies of 4 troops killed in Papua clash
Apr 20, 2023

Indonesia recovers bodies of 4 troops killed in Papua clash

Indonesian security forces have recovered the bodies of four government soldiers who were killed in a separatist attack while searching for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in Indonesia...

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Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to hear some Suu Kyi appeals
Apr 19, 2023

Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to hear some Suu Kyi appeals

A legal official says Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s convictions and requests for reduced sentences in several cases in which she was charged wi...

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Fishermen at Japan PM attack acted fast to swarm suspect
Apr 16, 2023

Fishermen at Japan PM attack acted fast to swarm suspect

A group of fishermen who tackled the suspect in the second attack against a leading Japanese politician in less than a year said Sunday that they were suprised by the lax security for Prime Minister F...

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Musician Kauan Okamoto alleges talent manager assaulted him
Apr 12, 2023

Musician Kauan Okamoto alleges talent manager assaulted him

When Johnny Kitagawa told one of the boys staying at his luxury house to go to bed early, everyone knew “it was your turn.”...

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Chinese man who chained, abused woman sentenced to 9 years
Apr 7, 2023

Chinese man who chained, abused woman sentenced to 9 years

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to nine years in prison for abusing and unlawfully detaining a woman who was shown chained in a viral video that sparked an outcry in China last year...

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Malaysia Parliament votes to scrap mandatory death sentences
Apr 3, 2023

Malaysia Parliament votes to scrap mandatory death sentences

Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms...

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Malaysia's top court refuses ex-PM Najib's bid for review
Mar 31, 2023

Malaysia's top court refuses ex-PM Najib's bid for review

Malaysia’s top court has refused to review its 2022 decision to uphold former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s graft conviction and 12-year jail sentence, saying he was “the author of his own misfortune.”...

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Philippine police seize large stash of drugs in tea bags
Mar 29, 2023

Philippine police seize large stash of drugs in tea bags

Philippine police say they have seized more than half a ton of suspected methamphetamine concealed in tea bags and arrested a suspected Chinese drug dealer in a northern mountain resort city...

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