Crime
Vietnam arrests 4 more oil execs in corruption crackdown
Jun 22, 2018

Vietnam arrests 4 more oil execs in corruption crackdown

Vietnamese police have arrested 4 more former senior oil executives for allegedly abusing their power to appropriate property as the communist authorities step up their toughest crackdown on corruptio...

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Malaysia to go ahead with skyscraper despite stolen funds
Jun 21, 2018

Malaysia to go ahead with skyscraper despite stolen funds

Malaysia's government says it will not cancel a skyscraper project billed as the tallest in the region even though $747 million from the project has been misappropriated by the 1MDB state fund set up ...

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Slain Mongolian model's father seeks Malaysia to reopen case
Jun 19, 2018

Slain Mongolian model's father seeks Malaysia to reopen case

The father of a Mongolian model whose murder touched off a scandal in the highest levels of Malaysia's recently ousted ruling party says he will ask new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to reopen the i...

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Thai police arrest Australian accused of selling sex cruises
Jun 19, 2018

Thai police arrest Australian accused of selling sex cruises

Thai police said Tuesday they have arrested an Australian man on vice charges in a sting operation for allegedly promoting sex cruises with prostitutes on a Facebook page...

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Man who killed teen is Thailand's 1st execution since 2009
Jun 19, 2018

Man who killed teen is Thailand's 1st execution since 2009

Thailand has carried out its first execution in nine years, putting to death a man who killed a teenager for his mobile phone, in a move that has drawn condemnation...

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Vietnam arrests 8 people after economic zone law protests
Jun 18, 2018

Vietnam arrests 8 people after economic zone law protests

Vietnamese police have arrested eight more people after protests a week ago over a proposed law on special economic zones that protesters fear would fall in the hands of Chinese investors...

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Chinese insurance regulator admits guilt in graft case
Jun 15, 2018

Chinese insurance regulator admits guilt in graft case

China's former chief insurance regulator has pleaded guilty to taking bribes in exchange for helping people obtain loans, promotions and other favors...

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A look at N. Korea's human rights abuses Trump played down
Jun 13, 2018

A look at N. Korea's human rights abuses Trump played down

It was just months ago when President Donald Trump used his first State of the Union address to condemn the cruelty of North Korea's government. After his summit with Kim Jong Un, he seemed to play do...

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5 shot dead at home in southern Thailand
Jun 11, 2018

5 shot dead at home in southern Thailand

Police say five men have been shot dead in southern Thailand, the latest killings in a region plagued by insurgency for more than a decade...

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Hong Kong sentences activist Leung to 6 years in prison
Jun 11, 2018

Hong Kong sentences activist Leung to 6 years in prison

A Hong Kong court has sentenced political activist Edward Leung to six years in prison for his part in a violent nightlong clash with police over illegal street food hawkers two years ago...

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