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Hong Kong court overturns Tsang's misconduct conviction
Associated Press, Published on 26/06/2019
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Wednesday threw out former Chief Executive Donald Tsang's conviction for misconduct relating to a property deal while in office.
American accused of Vietnam overthrow plot gets 12-year term
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court has sentenced an American to 12 years in jail for what was described as an attempt to overthrow the Communist nation's government.
Cambodia charges 4 Chinese after building collapse killed 28
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2019
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: A court in Cambodia has charged four Chinese people with crimes over the collapse of a building under construction that killed 28 workers.
Cambodian rivals use noodle ploy to get message across
Associated Press, Published on 09/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The bitter decades-long rivalry between Hun Sen, Cambodia's strongman leader, and Sam Rainsy, his self-exiled chief political rival and critic, has sometimes played out in deadly violence. But on Sunday, soup rather than blood was likely to be spilled.
Challenge to Indonesia vote makes big claims, weak on proof
Associated Press, Published on 29/05/2019
» JAKARTA: The court challenge to Indonesia's presidential election from the losing candidate claims that the police, intelligence agency and other state institutions were biased in favour of the incumbent, but its evidence for “massive” fraud is mainly printouts of news articles.
Indonesia police allege plot to kill top officials
Associated Press, Published on 28/05/2019
» JAKARTA: Four top Indonesian officials, including two Cabinet ministers and the national spy chief, were targeted for assassination as part of a plot possibly linked to last week's election riots, police said Tuesday.
Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2019
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's legislature voted Friday to legalise same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades.
Chicago woman slain, baby cut from her womb
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2019
» CHICAGO: A Chicago woman who sold baby clothes to a pregnant woman and lured her back to her house with an offer of more clothing has been charged with murder after allegedly strangling the woman with a cord and cutting the infant from her womb, police said Thursday.
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.
Cambodian court summons members of defunct opposition party
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A court in northwestern Cambodia has summoned for questioning more than two dozen regional members of the defunct opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party, accusing them of engaging in politics even though their party was dissolved by the Supreme Court a year and a half ago.