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Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years under national security law
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/02/2026
» Hong Kong's High Court jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying for 20 years on Monday for national security crimes, in what mainland Chinese authorities described as a "powerful declaration" that severe punishment awaited those who dared to challenge the law.
China executes driver who killed 35 in car attack
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/01/2025
» ZHUHAI — The driver behind a deadly car attack in China's southern city of Zhuhai in November last year was executed on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
US blacklists 29 more Chinese companies over alleged forced labour in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, Published on 23/11/2024
» WASHINGTON — The United States government put more than two dozen Chinese companies on a blacklist meant to block imports of products made with forced labour, bringing the number of targeted firms to more than 100.
Singapore jails businessman who tried to buy Newcastle United
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/08/2024
» SINGAPORE - A former director of Novena Global Healthcare Group (NGHG) was on Friday jailed for 15 years and nine months.
Hong Kong's film industry to get more cash to promote city
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/06/2024
» HONG KONG - More government cash will be pumped into Hong Kong's film industry to help it break into international markets and promote the city's culture overseas, the finance chief has said.
China hands death sentence to ex-banker for taking bribes
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/05/2024
» BEIJING - A court in eastern China delivered a rare death sentence on Tuesday, after finding that a former senior banker accepted bribes worth more than 1.1 billion yuan (US$151 million) in his role with one of the country's top four state asset managers.
US sailor in prison for giving China military info
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/01/2024
» A federal district court in California sentenced a former United States Navy sailor on Monday to 27 months in prison for taking thousands of US dollars in bribes and providing Chinese intelligence agencies with "controlled and classified" details of large-scale US military exercises in the Indo-Pacific region, the US Department of Justice said.
Singapore jails, canes man who raped siblings
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/06/2023
» Exposed to porn at a young age, a boy began sexually assaulting his younger sisters when they were 10 and 11 years old.
Singapore jails woman for swindling Pokemon card buyers
South China Morning Post, Published on 23/06/2023
» SINGAPORE: After being told by a woman in Singapore that he would receive a discount on each case of Pokemon cards from his bulk purchase on Carousell, one buyer paid her close to S$80,000 (US$60,000) in deposits.
Koh Samui evolves to cater for Gen Z, digital nomads
South China Morning Post, Published on 07/06/2023
» Hong Kong's favourite Thai getaway island - three-and-a-half-hours away once Bangkok Airways' direct flights restart on July 1 - has taken advantage of the tourism hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to up its game, revamping infrastructure and reimagining its holiday attractions.