Criminal

On Wednesday (August 17), police in Thailand reported that explosions and acts of arson took place in more than a dozen different locations in the volatile deep south of the country, resulting in the injuries of seven persons. According to the officials, the majority of the targeted locations were convenience stores that were housed within gas stations. These convenience stores …

A young man convinced seven of his friends to invest around S$332,000 in bitcoin through him by telling them that he had made money trading cryptocurrencies. Instead of putting the money in the stock market, he spent it on virtual goods in online games, which he then resold for a profit. After that, he repaid his buddies approximately S$82,000 total. …

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak submitted a plea to the Federal Court of Malaysia to postpone the hearing of his final appeal against a guilty verdict in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case. However, the request was unanimously denied by the judges on the court. According to Malaysiakini’s reporting, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ruled on Tuesday (August …

On Friday, August 12, the Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state, and he was airlifted to a hospital, according to the police. Rushdie had spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, and the incident occurred on the same day. …

After more than five weeks on the run, a fugitive couple that is suspected of being involved in a luxury goods scam in which dozens of people lost millions of dollars has been apprehended in Malaysia and handed over to the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The scam allegedly involved the sale of counterfeit designer goods. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) …

After the death of his bodyguard in the general’s residence last month from numerous gunshot wounds, the Indonesian National Police have decided to charge the two-star general Ferdy Sambo with the premeditated murder of his bodyguard. In order to provide the public with up-to-date information regarding the investigation, on Tuesday night (August 9), National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo …

A Singaporean man who is standing trial in the United Kingdom for the murder of his wife testified on Monday (August 8) that he did not remember what medication he took the evening she passed away. The case of Fong Soong Hert, also known as Alan Fong, is now being heard at the Newcastle Crown Court, which is located in …

The US police who were searching for the person who murdered four Muslim men in a city in New Mexico announced on Tuesday (August 9) that they had captured their “main suspect” and charged him with responsibility for two of the killings. The deaths, three of which took place within the past couple of weeks, had sent shock waves through …

After the operator of the facility reported significant damage at the site, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made the accusation that Russia was using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station “for terror” on Saturday, August 6th. The company that runs the nuclear power station in Zaporizhzhia, which is located in the southern region of the country, Energoatom, reported on Saturday …

Former media figure Dee Kosh began his career in the public eye in Singapore in 2011 as a YouTuber. Due to his meteoric rise to fame, he was offered a job as a radio disc jockey in just one year’s time. But fast forward a decade, and the 33-year-old, whose real name is Darryl Ian Koshy, was sentenced to 32 …