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Suspended Jail Term for Wife of US Diplomat in Fatal UK Car Crash
Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, was sentenced to an eight-month prison term suspended for a year in a London court on Thursday for causing the death of a teenager in a fatal crash in England in 2019.
Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 after colliding with a car driven by Saco...
AUSTRALIA RETREATS FROM JAIL THREATS OVER INDIA TRAVEL BAN
Highlights:
- Australia retreats from the jail threat over the India travel ban
- The prime minister of Australia has fended off the accusations of racism and having blood on his hands
On Tuesday, Scott Morrison, who is the prime ministe...
PDRC LEADERS RELEASED FROM JAIL IN THAILAND
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- Eight previous heads of the disbanded People's Democratic Reform Committee condemned to prison by the Criminal Court were released from Bangkok Remand Prison on Friday in the wake of being permitted bail by the Appeal Court
They had gone through ...
STUDENTS PLAN SHOWING MOVIE ‘LOST IN FUMES’ ON JAILED ACTIVIST EDWARD LEUNG
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- The University of Hong Kong's (HKU) board has given an admonition to its understudy association, asking it to chop out a screening of Lost in the Fumes, a narrative about imprisoned supportive of freedom extremist and graduate Edward Leung
JOSHUA WONG CONCEDES TO TWO CHARGES
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- Hong Kong favorable to majority rules system extremist Joshua Wong – who is now carrying out a jail punishment for a dissent related offense – confessed on Friday to participating in an unapproved get-together and abusing mask law during a...
MASS DEMOCRATS ARRESTED IN HONG KONG FOR 2020 LEGISLATIVE PRIMARY ELECTIONS
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- Police say 53 Hong Kong activists were captured on Wednesday morning for supposed infringement of the public security law
As per media reports and online media posts, the resistance figures were captured over their association and in...
JOURNALIST SENTENCED FOR FOUR YEARS IN CHINA OVER SUPOPOSEDLY FALSE REPORTING
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- Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old, a previous lawyer by profession and a resident columnist who was captured in May while detailing from Wuhan, has been condemned to four years in prison
Zhang was captured for an active role in fights and in...
THAI COURT KEEPS THE 50 YEARS SENTENCE OF WOMEN AND HER DAUGHTER FOR 40 YEARS
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- The Supreme Court on Monday maintained the prison sentences of the previous legislative head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Juthamas Siriwan, and her little girl Jittisopha while administering on their allure
Juthamas ha...
UAE TO FINE UPTO DH2,50,000 AND JAIL IF FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGAL DATA PROCUREMENT
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- If you are fond of surfing sites, electronic data, PC organizations, or data innovation without earlier authorization in the UAE, you could be detained and fined up to Dh200,000 by the specialists
The UAE Public Prosecution has cauti...
HONG KONG AND TAIWAN TO HAVE TALKS ABOUT ONGOING MURDER TRIAL
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- A Hong Kong priest is set to discuss the murder suspect in Taiwan who is considered to start the protests of last year's extradition bill.
Chan Tong-kai is blamed for killing his better half Amber Poon during their vacation on th...
71 YEARS OLD SYDNEY BASED BANKER JAILED FOR BANK ROBBERIES IN SEVENTIES
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- Sydney floor trader jailed for robbing banks at lunchtime in the seventies.
- He will serve a minimum of one year and nine months in jail.
The now 71-year-old Ross Oliver McCarty conceded having a twofold existence when he d...
HUMAN RIGHTS OF PRISONERS ARE TESTED DURING THE PANDEMIC IN AUSTRALIA, RESEARCHERS SAY
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- Research by NGO says during the state emergency in Australia, detainees in Queensland have been restricted to contact their family members and talks to legal advisors, and health care.
The Caxton Legal Center and Prisoners' Legal...
SINGAPORE ROTA COMMANDERS IMPRISONED FOR CARELESS BEHAVIOR LEADING TO DEATH OF SUBORDINATE
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- Two Singaporean Civil Defense Force (SCDF) officers received a jail term for their negligence in the drowning episode that suffocated a public serviceman in a siphon well.
Tuas View Fire Station rota leader Kenneth Chong Chee Boon an...
GROOM IN UAE FACES ARREST FOR NOT ALIGNING TO COVID-19 NORMS
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- A marriage party doomed for a groom who neglected all the Covid-19 measures and hosted his wedding party carelessly that ended up him being arrested.
The Asian man has posted on his social media his wedding videos demonstrating how h...
THAILAND ACTIVISTS REFUSE TO TAKE BAIL PLEA
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- Legal counselor Anon Nampa and extremist Panupong Jadnok have been confined after a court denied their bail and they declined to reapply for it.
The Criminal Court said Samran Rat police's requested to deny their bail. Authoritie...
JIMMY LAI WALKS FREE FROM CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION CHARGES
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- Hong Kong media big shot Jimmy Lai declared not guilty of criminal intimidation against a journalist in 2017.
Lai, who established majority rule government favored newspaper Apple Daily, was blamed for undermining a correspondent fro...
SINGAPORE COUPLE JAILED FOR ABUSING MAID
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- Singapore sentenced a lady who on many occasions mishandled her house help from the day she joined work at their place. She has to serve 21 months of imprisonment.
Her husband too helped her in accusing her and beating her was charge...
EX-BOYFRIEND SHOOTS A MOTHER OF 6 IN FRONT OF HER CHILD
Highlights:
• The incident has left Maribel Morales- Rosado’s children shocked
• Family vows to fight for justice
What started as a normal day for a family of a single...
THAI HOTEL OWNERS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT OF 723 YEARS
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- Thailand restaurant owners fooled the public in a marketing ad for the buffet at the lowest price
- Charges levied against them by the court for fraud and also were fined
Thai restaurant owner sentenced to imprisonment for f...
CHICAGO’S COOK COUNTY JAIL A HOTBED FOR COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Highlights:
- Chicago jail reports coronavirus outbreak
- Hundreds of inmates with no violent bookings released
- 1 allegedly died due to covid-19 infection.
Coronavirus outbreaks have already been reported from senior living shelters and o...