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Crime in Hong Kong

Man arrested over flag-day scam targeting animal charity donations

Man, 22, arrested after 14 people allegedly hired to act as volunteers to collect donations for Hong Kong Saving Cat and Dog Association.

Crime in Hong Kong

Calls for Hong Kong anti-stalking law after man acquitted of following teen girl

United States

New York City subway attacks by ‘crazy people’ hit elderly riders hardest

Serbia

Commemoration held for late Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic

The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ will be buried in Belgrade on Monday in a ceremony expected to draw thousands despite international condemnation.

A photo of Ratko Mladic is displayed during a commemoration ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday. Photo: Darko Vojinovic / AP
Africa

Egypt sentences TV presenter, 11 others to death in drugs case

Sarah Khalifa and 11 others were sentenced to ‘death by hanging on charges of forming an organised criminal gang’, state news reported.

Hong Kong national security law

3 arrested for allegedly acting with seditious intent outside MTR station

Police spokesman says their acts were also suspected of smearing the force with the intention of inciting hatred against government and law enforcement agencies.

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Mental health

Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case

Jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether the former nurse was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three kids.

Lindsay Clancy and lawyer Kevin Reddington watch jurors in her murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Crime in Hong Kong

IVF clinic’s embryo specimen mix-up linked to ‘intentional unlawful conduct’

Watchdog says it has ordered Heal Fertility to comply with law and code of practice to prevent recurrence of similar incidents.

Hong Kong courts

5 ParknShop and contractor staff who forged pay claims plead guilty to fraud

Hong Kong corruption watchdog says defendants colluded to make pay claims for staff who were not on shift, defrauding retail giant of HK$3.2 million.

Hong Kong courts

Suspect deemed unfit to stand trial for alleged role in deadly hold-up in 1991

Jury rules Wen Wenye, 61, cannot be held criminally liable for murder and attempted robbery in 1991 due to cognitive impairment caused by lung cancer.

Police display images from the scene of the murder and attempted robbery during a press conference held in November 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang
The Philippines

‘Point of grievance’: Philippines urged to rethink school safety approach

A new bill aims to establish a comprehensive safety framework, but experts say measures must target mitigating violence much earlier.

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Philippine police (right) observe as students take safety positions with a teacher after barricading their classroom during a school safety drill in times of active attacks of violence, at a high school campus in Quezon City on Thursday. Photo: EPA
US-China relations

Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears

Wei Lianyong, 51, reportedly died in Northern Mariana Islands on August 23, after he was found unresponsive at a local detention facility.

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Mental health

Holdout juror stopping verdict in Lindsay Clancy US child murder trial: lawyer

A note from the foreman suggests that one juror ‘refuses to listen’ to the judge about what constitutes reasonable doubt.

Gun violence in the US

ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in shooting of Venezuelan man

Christian Castro shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year.

ICE officer Christian Castro gets into a car surrounded by reporters moments after being released from the Carrizalez-Rucker Cameron County Detention Centre in Brownsville, Texas, in August. Photo: AP
Hong Kong courts

Defendant knew sexual acts with sister as teen ‘seriously wrong’, court told

Prosecution argues man, now 24, knew alleged sexual acts with sibling on five occasions were inappropriate.

The High Court trial will continue on Friday. Photo: Nora Tam
Singapore

Luxury homes in Singapore money laundering case hit the auction block

A total of 25 properties, including a 4-bedroom penthouse, are expected to fetch millions in the auction.

Malta

Businessman acquitted in murder of Malta journalist that brought down government

Jury acquits Yorgen Fenech, accused by prosecutors of masterminding 2017 car-bomb killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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Science

China in largest academic misconduct crackdown after ‘Student Geng’ scrutiny

NSFC names more than 40 researchers at 31 institutions in its biggest disclosure to date, following blogger’s allegations in April.

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In the wake of blogger and PhD dropout Student Geng’s April allegations, China’s leading funder of basic research has made its largest-ever public disclosure of academic misconduct, involving more than 40 researchers. Photo: Bilibili
Crime in Hong Kong

In Focus | Her nude became a sticker: Hong Kong women say image abuse thrives despite law

Advocates say city’s voyeurism laws need more teeth and call for tougher action on non-consensual image leaks and illicit group chats.

Vietnam

Vietnam arrests deputy minister over probe into huge bribes

Tran Van Thuan’s arrest comes as police investigate a scheme involving ‘smuggling’ and reselling of medical equipment at inflated prices.

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Israel

Israel ready to remove Palestinians in Gaza once US approves, minister says

Defence Minister Israel Katz says there is ‘no real solution’ without migration and that Trump’s displacement plan is ‘frozen’.

Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Photo: APA Images/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 from clinic over sales of bogus ‘cancer vaccine’

Authorities seize more than 50 unregistered injections in investigation into product marketed as vaccine against more than 20 types of cancer.

Hong Kong authorities investigated a clinic after it promoted an unregistered product as protection against more than 20 types of cancer. Photo: Handout
Malaysia

Former Malaysian minister arrested in state haj fund corruption probe

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency says the ex-minister is being investigated for his links to a hotel lease agreement in Saudi Arabia.

United States

US judge rules alleged Charlie Kirk killer to stand trial, could face death penalty

Defendant Tyler Robinson pleads not guilty to aggravated murder charge in shooting at Utah college campus last year.

Singapore

Singapore jails Indian man who hid US$154,000 diamond in mouth during heist

Serasiya Milan Ramnikbhai and his accomplice were caught at the airport following the Chinatown robbery.

Singapore’s skyline. An Indian man was jailed for swapping a fake diamond for a real one in the city state’s Chinatown. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US Congress seeks to identify foreign countries behind scam calls

Inquiry comes as US government reports tying much of the financial damage from scams to Chinese criminal networks based in Southeast Asia.

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US government reports have connected much of the financial damage from scam calls to Chinese criminal networks based in Southeast Asia. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Bank of America VP Erin Piacenti killed in Times Square stabbing

The suspect, Pamela Cisneros, was killed on Monday as police responded.

Germany

Explosive devices damage power lines near German coal plant

At least one device detonated, but others failed to go off. No one was hurt and there was no major blackout in the area.

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