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Indonesia grants national hero status to late strongman Suharto
Reuters, Published on 10/11/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia awarded the title of national hero on Monday to late President Suharto, who was forced out of office in 1998 by violent protests that ended a three-decade rule marred by accusations of mass human rights violations, corruption and nepotism.
Malaysia's Anwar faces more challenges even as lawsuit paused
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/06/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — After more than two years of relative political stability in Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces multiple hurdles that could fuel discontent within his ruling coalition.
Indonesian judges rapped over nepotism
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2023
» JAKARTA - A judicial ethics panel in Indonesia has found the chief justice of the Constitutional Court guilty of ethical violations over a ruling that paved the way for the son of President Joko Widodo to run for the vice presidency.
Indonesian judge ‘guilty of backing nepotism’
Reuters, Published on 03/11/2023
» JAKARTA - The chief justice of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court is set to be found guilty of ethical violations for his role in a decision that paved the way for the president’s son to contest the 2024 elections, the head of a judicial ethics panel said on Friday.
Malaysian graftbusters freeze opposition party’s accounts
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/02/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian anti-graft authorities have frozen the bank accounts of an opposition party led by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin amid an investigation that the pro-Malay group said was an attempt to destroy its credibility.
Voting for S.Africa's ruling party leader to get underway
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - Voting to elect a new leader of South Africa's ruling party was to get underway late Sunday afternoon, with the race tightening between President Cyril Ramaphosa and his former health minister Zweli Mkhize.
Voting for S.Africa's ruling party leader to get underway
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - Voting to elect a new leader of South Africa's ruling party was to get underway on Sunday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa squaring off against his former health minister Zweli Mkhize.
Angola bids solemn farewell to ex-strongman dos Santos
AFP, Published on 28/08/2022
» LUANDA - Angolans and world leaders gathered on Sunday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was marred by allegations of plunder and nepotism.
Kazakhs back sweeping reforms to end strongman's era
AFP, Published on 06/06/2022
» NUR-SULTAN (KAZAKHSTAN): Kazakhs overwhelmingly voted for sweeping constitutional changes in a referendum that marks the end of founding leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's three-decade grip on Central Asia's richest country, authorities announced Monday.
Sanctioned billionaire Tinkov slams ‘insane war’ in Ukraine
Bloomberg, Published on 20/04/2022
» Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov, the sanctioned founder of the digital lender TCS Group Holding Plc, slammed the war in Ukraine in a curse-filled rant on Instagram, a rare example of a prominent businessman publicly criticizing President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.