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Mozambique court starts ruling on 'hidden debt' graft scandal
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» MAPUTO - A court Wednesday begun handing down verdicts in Mozambique's biggest corruption scandal, in which the government unleashed a financial earthquake by trying to conceal huge debts.
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Syrian ex-prisoners haunted by horrors of 'salt rooms'
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» GAZIANTEP, Turkey: When a Syrian prison guard tossed him into a dimly-lit room, Abdo was surprised to find himself standing ankle-deep in what appeared to be salt.
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Malaysian ex-PM's wife guilty of corruption
Published on 01/09/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Rosmah Mansor, the wife former Malaysian premier Najib Razak, was found guilty of graft on Thursday, just over a week after her husband began serving a 12-year jail term.
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China jails 'disappeared' tycoon for 13 years
Published on 19/08/2022
» Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese Canadian billionaire and onetime trusted financier to China’s ruling elite, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday, and his company fined $8 billion, after he pleaded guilty to bribery and other crimes that authorities said had “seriously jeopardised” the country’s financial security.
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Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven economic boom
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» DHAKA: Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its banks gave way to garment factories -- and before its waters turned pitch black.
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Lula launches presidential campaign to 'rebuild Brazil'
AFP, Published on 08/05/2022
» SAO PAULO - Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched his campaign for a new presidential term Saturday, vowing to rebuild Brazil after what he called the "irresponsible and criminal" administration of far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
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Myanmar junta court rejects Suu Kyi corruption appeal
AFP, Published on 05/05/2022
» YANGON: A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year sentence for corruption handed down last week, a junta spokesman told AFP.
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Russian spy network shatters
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 01/05/2022
» He lived with his sick mother and never had a regular job. He had no obvious source of income and, according to his uncle, even signed up for welfare benefits as a caregiver deserving of state support.
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Myanmar junta court convicts Suu Kyi of corruption
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» YANGON: A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption, part of a barrage of criminal cases that could see the deposed civilian leader jailed for decades.
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Myanmar junta court delays verdict in Suu Kyi corruption trial
Published on 25/04/2022
» A Myanmar junta court on Monday postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which could see the Nobel laureate jailed for 15 years.
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