Criminal

A fact-finding team investigating a tragic soccer stampede in Indonesia has decided that tear gas was the primary cause of death in one of the world’s deadliest stadium catastrophes, according to Indonesia’s security minister on Friday, October 14. The committee, comprised of government officials, soccer and security specialists, has been studying the October 1 crush that killed more than 130 …

According to a report that was published by a media outlet in Vietnam called VnExpress, Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information (ABEI) has reportedly asked the streaming platform to stop the airing of the show, which currently ranks sixth on Netflix’s global chart in Vietnam. The ABEI is of the opinion that the Korean drama provides information that is …

A former managing director of Marine Life Aquaculture made fraudulent equipment reimbursement claims to obtain S$246,400 in funding support from the then-Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA). Tan Chee Boon, aged 47, was charged with fraud and forgery on Friday (14 October). The funds were from two AVA-administered schemes that helped Singaporean farmers purchase equipment to boost agricultural output. …

On Thursday, October 13, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pled guilty to a single count of harassment in accordance with a deal with prosecutors sparing him any jail time while resolving a criminal case stemming from complaints of sexual misconduct by multiple women. The citation for second-degree harassment, which is classified as a non-criminal violation in New York’s penal code, similar …

On Wednesday, October 12th, a 19-year-old was charged in court with murdering his father two days earlier. Seah Jie Kai Sylesnar is accused of killing Seah Wee Teck Eddie, 47, between the fourth and fifth floors of Block 653 on Yishun Avenue 4. The conduct allegedly occurred on Oct. 10 at approximately 7.05 p.m. The police stated in a previous …

On Tuesday, October 11, veteran politician and opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad predicted that disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak would be released from prison if his graft-tainted ruling party wins the upcoming general election. In August, Najib began serving a 12-year prison sentence after being convicted in the first of several trials involving the theft of billions of dollars from …

The Court of Appeals (CA) denied the move for reconsideration filed in their cyber libel case by Nobel Peace Prize winner and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. In a 16-page judgement dated 10 October, the fourth division of the Court of Case dismissed the appeal. The decision was signed by Associate Justices Roberto Quiroz, …

Former senator Leila de Lima has been jailed at Camp Crame Custodial Center for more than five years, awaiting the settlement of drug-related accusations lodged against her by the Duterte administration in 2017. The former politician and justice secretary was kept captive in her cell after a failed escape attempt by three detainees with ties to Islamist terrorist groups on …

A three-year-old child who survived last week’s atrocity at a kindergarten in northeast Thailand slept through the carnage under a blanket in a classroom corner. Paveenut Supolwong, also known as “Ammy,” is typically a light sleeper; nevertheless, on Thursday, October 6, when the killer entered the nursery and murdered 22 children, Ammy was fast sleeping with the blanket covering her …

Former Senator Leila de Lima was taken hostage early on Sunday morning by three detainees as they were being kept in the custodial facility of the Philippine National Police. According to Rodolfo Azurin Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police, the incident took place about 6:30 in the morning. According to Azurin, a police officer who was delivering meals to …