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Fengshui master arrested in alleged B108m fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/11/2024
» Police arrested a popular fengshui master near Bangkok on Monday morning for alleged public fraud after complaints he had failed to deliver promised "auspicious objects" that cost followers about 108 million baht in total.
A lever to capture corporate tax scofflaws
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/05/2024
» Global tax reform efforts, led by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), have been building momentum since 2021, reaching agreement on one of the two pillars of tax reform: the establishment of a global minimum tax.
Assange case not political, US says
Published on 21/02/2024
» LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being prosecuted for publishing sources’ names and not for his political opinions, lawyers representing the United States said on Wednesday as Assange fights to stop his extradition from Britain.
Former 'IS bride' appeals UK citizenship revocation
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» LONDON - A woman who left Britain to marry an Islamic State jihadist fighter when she was a teenager began her appeal against the revocation of her citizenship in a UK court Tuesday.
Najib sent to jail after Malaysia top court upholds sentence in 1MDB scandal
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» PUTRAJAYA (MALAYSIA) - Malaysia's highest court Tuesday upheld former prime minister Najib Razak's 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB financial scandal, a decision analysts said could slam the door to a political comeback.
Top court upholds Malaysia ex-PM Najib's jail sentence in 1MDB scandal
Published on 23/08/2022
» Malaysia's highest court Tuesday upheld former prime minister Najib Razak's 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB financial scandal.
Singapore court rejects Malaysian's appeal in high-profile execution case
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2022
» SINGAPORE- A Singapore court rejected on Tuesday an appeal against the execution of a Malaysian convicted of drugs smuggling, dismissing an argument put forward by his legal team that he should be spared because he was mentally impaired.
UN staffer’s sexual assault in Bangkok lift case dismissed
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2021
» GENEVA: A policy adviser who filed a sexual assault complaint and was later fired by the UN agency fighting AIDS has lost an appeal against her dismissal for misconduct and been refused a copy of an investigation into her alleged assault, documents show.
Australian gran wins Malaysia death sentence appeal
AFP, Published on 26/11/2019
» PUTRAJAYA (MALAYSIA) - An Australian grandmother who claimed she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam Tuesday won her final appeal against the death penalty and will be freed.
Retrial for footballer Ched Evans as rape conviction quashed
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» LONDON - British footballer Ched Evans will face a retrial after his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman was quashed by the Court of Appeal in London on Thursday.