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Singapore wealth flows face renewed scrutiny in superhacker case
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2024
» SINGAPORE- Before he was arrested this month for allegedly running what is likely the world's largest cybercrime computer network, Wang Yunhe enjoyed a lavish lifestyle in Singapore.
Cambodian cybercrime law seen as threat to dissent
Published on 09/04/2024
» The Cambodian government is pushing ahead with a cybercrime law that experts say could be wielded to further curtail freedom of speech amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
New breed of video sites thrive on misinformation and hate
Published on 22/08/2022
» A day after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last May, the video-sharing website BitChute was amplifying a far-right conspiracy theory that the massacre was a so-called false flag operation, meant to discredit gun-loving Americans.
Holy murder mystery on a wealthy island
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 21/02/2022
» Not much happens of note on Shelter Island, New York, all 3,240 bucolic hectares of it. Sandwiched between Long Island's North and South Forks, it is the kind of place where people seem to know one another, where car doors are often left unlocked and where, for about 20 years, the most bothersome problem has been Lyme disease-carrying black-legged ticks.
Assange case remains threat to investigative journalism: analysts
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dodged a bullet Monday when a British judge refused to extradite him to the United States to face charges under an espionage law, but experts say his case remains an ominous threat to press freedom.
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.
Philippines arrests Duterte critic journalist Maria Ressa
AFP, Published on 14/02/2019
» MANILA - Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested at her Manila office on Wednesday in what press freedom advocates branded an act of "persecution".
Unique Swedish study tests drugs to prevent child sex abuse
AFP, Published on 08/05/2016
» STOCKHOLM - "No one would choose this, it's obvious," said Anders who has unwanted sexual thoughts about children.
Court indicts previously acquitted British activist
AFP, Published on 24/08/2015
» BANGKOK - The Criminal Court indicted British labour rights activist on Monday in a case linked to a report he co-authored alleging severe labour abuses in Thailand's food industry, a key supplier to Western supermarkets.
Honduras beauty queen, sister found dead
AFP, Published on 19/11/2014
» Police found the bodies of Honduras's Miss World contestant and her sister buried beside a river Wednesday, and said they are holding the sister's boyfriend on suspicion of killing them.