Criminal

LGBT activists in Peru held a demonstration on Friday (August 26) to question the manner in which their government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier this month. The man passed away after being detained at the airport upon arriving to celebrate his honeymoon in Indonesia. LGBT activists in Peru are questioning how their government handled …

On Wednesday, August 24, a jury awarded $16 million to the widow of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant for the sharing of photos of human remains at the helicopter crash site where her husband, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in 2020. The photos were taken at the site where her husband, their daughter, and seven …

At the Keppel Shipyard in Tuas, the body of a worker who had been on a concrete pier when it collapsed and caused him to fall into the water was discovered on Wednesday morning (August 24). The incident occurred two days earlier. Keppel Shipyard issued a statement on Wednesday in which it expressed its sympathies to the family of the …

The decision of the Federal Court to preserve former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction in the case relating to 1MDB has been hailed as a win for Malaysians in their fight against corruption by the country’s opposition leaders. “This proves that the people have power, and they made the decision in 2018 to ensure an independent judiciary that (can) cleanse …

After being held in jail for more than a year on allegations related to a national security investigation, veteran pro-democracy lawmaker Albert Ho was granted bail on Monday, August 22, by a court in Hong Kong. The charges were related to the investigation. Ho, who is now 70 years old, was the leader of the Democratic Party, which is the …

On Thursday (August 18), a man from Singapore and his Malaysian girlfriend were arrested in Malaysia on suspicion of being involved in the distribution of illegal drugs. Together, the authorities have charged Loh Kok Kiong, 49, and Soh Yong Xin, 32, with the distribution of 9.6 kilograms of methamphetamine. Additionally, additional charges of trafficking 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine and 139 …

On Friday, August 19, Mexican authorities made the first high-level arrest in the infamous disappearance of 43 students in 2014. They accused a former top prosecutor of crimes in one of Mexico’s worst human rights abuses, which current officials have referred to as a state crime. The disappearance of these students occurred in 2014. Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo was …

A man who was shot and injured in a shopping center in Sweden on Friday (August 19) has passed away, according to the police, while a lady who was shot and injured in the same attack remained in the hospital. In a statement, the police said that the male had “succumbed to his injuries,” and that the woman was undergoing …

On Thursday (August 18), the man who is accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder in the second degree and assault. He was jailed without bail at the time of his arraignment. Hadi Matar, 24, is suspected of injuring Salman Rushdie, 75, on Friday moments before the …

A lawyer who was having a stressful day at work walked onto the balcony of his neighbor in order to record a video of a young woman bathing through the glass of her bathroom. After entering a guilty plea to two counts of voyeurism, the guy, who is 32 years old, was sentenced to serve a total of 12 weeks …