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Hong Kong: Donald Tsang found guilty of corruption

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Donald Tsang, who faces up to seven years in prison, is the most senior official to be found guilty in a criminal trial.

Tsang escaped a bribery charge but could face seven years in prison over corruption [Reuters]
Tsang escaped a bribery charge but could face seven years in prison over corruption [Reuters]

Donald Tsang, Hong Kong’s former leader, has escaped a conviction of bribery in a trial that found guilty of misconduct during his time at the helm of the city.

Tsang, 72, is the most senior city official to be convicted in a criminal trial at a time when residents are losing faith in Hong Kong’s leaders.

The case is one of several recent scandals that have shaken public confidence and raised concerns about ties between Hong Kong’s leaders and wealthy businessmen.

Tsang was found guilty on Friday of failing to disclose his plans to rent a luxury flat from a major investor of a broadcaster, which was later granted a licence from the government while he was leader. Tiếp tục đọc “Hong Kong: Donald Tsang found guilty of corruption” →

After night in cell, Samsung scion taken for questioning

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  • Posted 18 Feb 2017 14:25

Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL: Handcuffed and tied with white rope, the scion of one of the world’s biggest conglomerates, Samsung Group, was taken on Saturday for questioning by South Korean authorities after spending a night in a small detention cell.

Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested on Friday for his alleged role in a corruption scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.

The 48-year-old Lee, who has a net worth of US$6.2 billion, heads the technology giant that is the world’s biggest manufacturer of smartphones, flat-screen televisions and memory chips. Tiếp tục đọc “After night in cell, Samsung scion taken for questioning” →

Kuala Lumpur rally calls for stricter Islamic law

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Push to allow Islamic courts to impose more severe punishments fuels fears of growing division in multi-ethnic nation.

About 40 percent of Malaysia’s population is not Muslim [Kate Mayberry/Al Jazeera]
About 40 percent of Malaysia’s population is not Muslim [Kate Mayberry/Al Jazeera]

Kuala Lumpur – A massive rally in the heart of Kuala Lumpur in support of proposals to allow Islamic courts to impose more severe punishments has raised fears of growing division in Malaysia’s multicultural society.

The amendments to Act 355, expected to be discussed in parliament when it sits next month, will allow the Islamic courts, which rule on religious matters and family law for Muslims, to impose a jail sentence of as long as 30 years, as many as 100 strokes of the cane and a fine of more than $22,000.

Currently, the maximum punishments are three-year jail term, six strokes of the cane and a fine of more than $1,100. Tiếp tục đọc “Kuala Lumpur rally calls for stricter Islamic law” →

Hope for Hanoi? New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use it

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A new $53m BRT (bus rapid transit) system has the power to reduce Hanoi’s dreadful air pollution. Persuading residents of Vietnam’s rapidly expanding capital to ditch their motorbikes and private cars, however, will be another story

Traffic jam in Hanoi
The swarm of motorbikes and cars is the main cause of Hanoi’s air pollution. Photograph: Linh Pham/Getty Images

Saturday 18 February 2017 05.58 EST

From his high-rise office building in Hanoi, Tran Dung can barely see his city’s skyline behind the thick layer of smog. Before leaving work, the 25-year-old executive assistant checks the pollution reading on his AirVisual app, which provides real-time measurements of PM2.5 – the tiny particles found in smog that can damage your throat and lungs.

Hanoi’s PM2.5 levels typically range from 100 to 200 micrograms per cubic metre – regularly within the globally acknowledged “unhealthy” category. But on 19 December last year, they hit “hazardous levels” at 343μg/m3, which was higher than Beijing. Tiếp tục đọc “Hope for Hanoi? New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use it” →

Thousands march against Duterte’s war on drugs

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Luis Antonio Tagle, Catholic leader of Manila, said violence cannot be the answer to the country's drug problem [Reuters]
Luis Antonio Tagle, Catholic leader of Manila, said violence cannot be the answer to the country’s drug problem [Reuters]

Thousands of Catholics have gathered in the Philippine capital in a “show of force” to protest extrajudicial killings being carried out under the banner of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

The rally, dubbed the “Walk for Life”, was attended by 20,000 people, organisers said. Manila police estimated the crowd at 10,000.

At the biggest rally yet against the killings, members of one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful institutions prayed and sang hymns as they marched before dawn on Saturday, to condemn a “spreading culture of violence”.

More than 7,000 people have died since Duterte took office almost eight months ago and ordered an unprecedented crime war that has drawn global criticism for alleged human rights abuses.

The move, however, has been popular with many in the mainly Catholic nation.

“We have to stand up. Somehow this is already a show of force by the faithful that they don’t like these extrajudicial killings,” Manila bishop Broderick Pabillo told AFP news agency before addressing the crowd.

“I am alarmed and angry at what’s happening because this is something that is regressive. It does not show our humanity.”

The demonstrators also condemned legislation restoring the death penalty for drug-related crimes and other offences. Tiếp tục đọc “Thousands march against Duterte’s war on drugs” →

Malaysia công bố ảnh 4 nghi phạm chủ mưu sát hại Kim Jong-nam

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VnExpress Thứ bảy, 18/2/2017 | 12:50 GMT+7

Cảnh sát Malaysia công bố ảnh 4 nam nghi phạm trong vụ sát hại Kim Jong-nam và cho rằng 4 người này là chủ mưu.

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Ảnh 4 nghi phạm nam do cảnh sát Malaysia công bố. Ảnh: New Straits Times

Ảnh phóng to từ camera an ninh 4 nghi phạm được cho là mang quốc tịch Triều Tiên và cảnh sát Malaysia cho rằng 4 người này là chủ mưu dàn dựng vụ sát hại Kim Jong-nam, anh trai nhà lãnh đạo Triều Tiên Kim Jong-un, theo New Straits Times.

4 người này đã giám sát hai người phụ nữ mang hộ chiếu nước ngoài thực hiện vụ tấn công Kim Jong-nam từ Bibik Heritage, một nhà hàng đối diện hiện trường khoảng 40 mét.

Camera an ninh ở nhà hàng đã ghi hình được ba người, có mặt lúc 7h30, trước khi vụ tấn công xảy ra. Người thứ tư được cho là đã bám sát ông Kim khi hai người phụ nữ tấn công.

Cảnh sát cũng cho rằng những kẻ chủ mưu đã lần theo ông Kim khoảng một năm, khi ông liên tục di chuyển giữa Macau, Singapore và Malaysia. Thông tin ông Kim mới đến Singapore gần đây mới được công bố.

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North Korean arrested over Kim Jong-nam’s killing

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Police make fourth arrest in Malaysia following death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother.

Kim Jong-nam, left, had said on several occasions over the years that he had no interest in leading North Korea [AP]
Kim Jong-nam, left, had said on several occasions over the years that he had no interest in leading North Korea [AP]

Malaysian police have arrested a fourth suspect believed to be linked to the death of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

According to a statement by Malaysian police on Saturday, the suspect was arrested a day earlier in Selangor state and was identified as 47-year-old Ri Jong-chol from North Korea.

On Wednesday, a 28-year-old woman named Doan Thi Huong and carrying Vietnamese travel documents was arrested at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the scene of Monday’s poisoning. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korean arrested over Kim Jong-nam’s killing” →