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Mass killer Breivik to testify in Norway in bid to end prison isolation
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2024
» NORWAY - Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will testify in court on Tuesday as he presses on with a lawsuit to end his years of isolation in prison.
Mahathir: Jailed Najib 'highly likely' to get royal pardon
Reuters, Published on 25/08/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's veteran politician Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that the disgraced former premier Najib Razak, who he helped bring down, was likely to receive a royal pardon and be released from a 12-year jail sentence for graft that he began this week.
Cambodia frees 26 opposition activists and political prisoners
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has released 26 political, environmental and youth activists facing charges of incitement against the government, which human rights groups said was a positive step but that many more remained incarcerated.
Death of Khmer Rouge executioner means little to young Cambodians
Reuters, Published on 02/09/2020
» PHNOM PENH: For survivors of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime, the death of the group's executioner and security chief, known as Comrade Duch, has brought a further, small sense, of justice for their enduring suffering.
Questions emerge over trials in 1MDB scandal
Reuters, Published on 03/03/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Hours after Malaysia's change of leadership at the weekend, former prime minister Najib Razak posted a picture of himself smiling and giving a thumbs-up on social media.
Hong Kong Occupy leaders found guilty over mass rallies
Reuters, Published on 09/04/2019
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court found leaders of the 2014 "Occupy" civil disobedience movement guilty on Tuesday of public nuisance charges during the mass protests, in a landmark verdict that comes as the China-ruled city's freedoms come under strain.
Malaysia prepares multiple charges against ex-PM Najib: Mahathir
Reuters, Published on 19/06/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Embezzlement and bribery with government money are among the charges that Malaysia is looking to bring against former prime minister Najib Razak following a probe into funds allegedly looted from the state-run fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday.
Malaysia's Najib maintains innocence as 1MDB probe picks up steam
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday said he did not benefit or steal money from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), as authorities searched a new premise and sought additional witnesses in an ongoing probe on the state fund.
Philippines informs UN of ICC withdrawal
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines has notified the UN secretary-general of its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), but has assured the United Nations of its commitment to the rule of law.
New York charges Times Square bomb suspect
Reuters, Published on 12/12/2017
» DHAKA/NEW YORK: New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in a crowded Manhattan commuter hub, as investigators in his home country questioned his wife.