Crime
Report: Filmmaker Kitano's car attacked by man with pickax
Sep 6, 2021

Report: Filmmaker Kitano's car attacked by man with pickax

Police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked with a pickax a car carrying Japan’s entertainment icon Takeshi Kitano, though nobody was injured, according to media reports...

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Group behind Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil denies foreign ties
Sep 5, 2021

Group behind Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil denies foreign ties

The group behind the annual Tiananmen Square memorial vigil in Hong Kong says it will not cooperate with a national security investigation into the group’s activities...

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Indonesia seizes tanker believed to carry illicit waste oil
Sep 2, 2021

Indonesia seizes tanker believed to carry illicit waste oil

Indonesia’s navy has seized a massive tanker believed to be loaded with thousands of tons of wasted black oil and has brought the ship to shore for further investigation...

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Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death
Aug 25, 2021

Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death

Four Thai police officers charged with murder in connection with the deadly shakedown of a suspected drug dealer in custody have been arrested after a video clip of the incident shared on social media...

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Indonesian navy seizes oil tanker wanted in Cambodia
Aug 25, 2021

Indonesian navy seizes oil tanker wanted in Cambodia

Indonesia’s navy says it has seized an oil tanker that was wanted by Cambodian authorities on suspicion of stealing nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil...

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China's Weibo shuts accounts defending Kris Wu allegations
Aug 23, 2021

China's Weibo shuts accounts defending Kris Wu allegations

China’s microblogging platform Sina Weibo has closed 145 accounts, some of which had defended pop star Kris Wu over his rape allegations...

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Hong Kong police seize meth, heroin worth $25 million
Aug 19, 2021

Hong Kong police seize meth, heroin worth $25 million

Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong investigation, the largest seizure of the year...

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Indonesian police arrest 53 linked to new militant cell
Aug 19, 2021

Indonesian police arrest 53 linked to new militant cell

Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent weeks believed to have links to banned extremist groups, in a nationwide crackdown on a new cell of Jemaah Islamiyah,...

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Ex-Nissan exec Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial
Aug 19, 2021

Ex-Nissan exec Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial

Nearly three years later, former Nissan executive Greg Kelly is still wondering why the questions that led to his arrest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker's corporate boardro...

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