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Ghosn leaves Japan 'to escape injustice'
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2019
» TOKYO: Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday from Lebanon he was not fleeing justice but instead left Japan to avoid "injustice and political persecution" over financial misconduct allegations during his tenure leading the automaker.
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.
Saudi sentences 5 to death for Khashoggi's killing
Associated Press, Published on 23/12/2019
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death on Monday for the killing of "Washington Post" columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.
Indonesia court increases jail term for Polish tourist
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a Polish tourist who was convicted of treason after meeting with Papuan independence supporters and instead increased his prison term, a lawyer said Wednesday.
Three charged over Australia's largest meth seizure
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2019
» CANBERRA: Three people have been charged with drug offences over Australia's largest seizure of methamphetamine, which had been smuggled to Melbourne from Bangkok in stereo speakers.
Malaysia court frees Australian grandmother in drugs case
Associated Press, Published on 26/11/2019
» PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia's top appeals court on Tuesday acquitted an Australian grandmother who faced the death penalty in a drugs case, her lawyer said.
Papers reveal brainwashing, not job training, at China camps
Associated Press, Published on 25/11/2019
» A classified blueprint shows that the detention camps that hold more than a million ethnic minorities in China's far west are really ideological and behavioural re-education centres to rewire their language and thinking.
100 protesters still holding out in Hong Kong university
Associated Press, Published on 19/11/2019
» HONG KONG: About 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university on Tuesday, unsure what to do next as food supplies dwindled and a police siege of the campus in its third day.
Indonesia arrests 43 following suicide attack
Associated Press, Published on 18/11/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police said Monday that they have arrested 43 suspected militants believed to have links to last week's suicide attack at a busy police station in the country's third-largest city.
Myanmar rejects court probe into Rohingya crime
Associated Press, Published on 17/11/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar's government rejected the International Criminal Court's decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority.