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Reporter gets jail in libel case filed by poultry farm
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2019
» A court on Tuesday sentenced a reporter to two years in prison for criminal libel for a comment she tweeted about a labour abuse grievance at a poultry farm.
Musk faces trial for 'pedo' insult of diver
Associated Press, Published on 11/05/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Tesla CEO Elon Musk will have to go to trial to defend himself for mocking a British diver as a paedophile in a verbal sparring match that unfolded last summer after the dramatic rescue of the Wild Boars football team from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.
Indonesia jails Polish tourist who met Papuan activists
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2019
» JAKARTA: A Polish tourist was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with Papuan independence supporters, but said later he was the victim of a show trial.
Australian rallies call for Thais to free footballer
Associated Press, Published on 01/02/2019
» SYDNEY: Scores of demonstrators rallied in Australia's two largest cities on Friday to demand that Thailand release a detained Bahraini football player who has refugee status in Australia.
Australia football player says detained refugee is losing hope
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2019
» A former Australian soccer player urged the sport's governing bodies on Tuesday to push for the release of a Bahraini refugee athlete detained in Thailand while it weighs his extradition.
Musk asks judge to dismiss cave diver's lawsuit
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk is asking a California judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against him by a British diver the tech entrepreneur whom he called a paedophile on Twitter, arguing that it was nothing more than a "schoolyard spat on social media" that no reasonable reader took seriously.
Activists demand Thailand release refugee footballer
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Human rights groups and former football players have called on Fifa and the Australian government to intervene to stop a Melbourne-based refugee and semi-professional footballer from being extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
King Power’s Vichai struck gold in business and football
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2018
» Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in a car park next to the soccer club's stadium, was known to fans as a smiling, benevolent man who gave away free beers and hot dogs on his birthday and brought his Leicester City Football Club its fairytale English Premier League title in 2016. He was 60.
Chiang Rai cave rescuer files suit against Elon Musk
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2018
» A British diver from Chiang Rai who helped rescue the Wild Boars team from the Tham Luang cave has sued Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO falsely accused him of being a paedophile.
Australian on trial in Cambodia testifies he is not spy
Associated Press, Published on 23/08/2018
» PHNOM PENH: An Australian filmmaker on trial in Cambodia on charges of endangering national security defended himself Thursday under cross-examination, declaring the evidence shows he is a journalist, not a spy or political operative.