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Vietnam president resigns after a year on the job
Reuters, Published on 20/03/2024
» HANOI - The Vietnamese Communist Party on Wednesday accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said in a statement citing "shortcomings", in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors' confidence in the country.
Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case
Reuters, Published on 19/03/2024
» HANOI - Vietnamese prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed to Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the Southeast Asian nation's largest financial fraud on record, state media said.
Two Australians facing death penalty in Vietnam granted clemency
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2023
» SYDNEY: Two Australians sentenced to death in Vietnam have been granted clemency thanks to improving diplomatic relations, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, after an official visit to the southeast Asian country.
Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts
Reuters, Published on 04/04/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is seeking to decriminalise suicide attempts, its law minister said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent slew of legal reforms pursued by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government.
Indonesian court sentences former police general to death for murder
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2023
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a former police general to death for orchestrating the murder of his bodyguard, in a case that has gripped the country for months.
Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2022
» Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the first executions in Myanmar in decades.
Singapore conducts first execution since 2019 despite protests
Reuters, Published on 30/03/2022
» A Singaporean drug trafficker was hanged on Wednesday in the city-state's first execution since 2019, campaigners said, despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations and rights groups.
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.
Rapist-murderer of girl, 6, sentenced to death in Myanmar's Shan State
Reuters, Published on 23/12/2020
» Leaders of a minority ethnic group that unofficially controls a swathe of eastern Myanmar has sentenced a man to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.
Vietnam ex-minister took $3m in bribes in MobiFone case: police
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2019
» HANOI: Police in Vietnam have accused a former information minister of taking $3 million in bribes in connection with a controversial deal at state telecoms firm MobiFone, state media reported on Tuesday.