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Amos Yee posts a video of himself on social media. Photo: YouTube
Singapore

Singapore court hands Amos Yee 4 new charges for posts on race, child porn

This brings the online commentator’s total number of charges to seven – including three for dodging national service.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can open a lucrative new frontier as Chinese tech IP hub

European Union

Sword attack that killed 1 at Sweden high school prompts social media probe

Britain

Prince Harry and others ordered to pay initial US$13 million in failed lawsuit

The amount goes towards the legal costs of the Daily Mail publisher after ‌the claimants lost their privacy lawsuits.

Britain’s Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain’s High Court, in London on January 22, on the fourth day of the trial in his case against a major UK newspaper group. Photo: AFP
Singapore

Singapore jails and canes man for abusing boy, 6

The man abused the boy for about 18 hours – hitting him with a hanger at least 620 times and stomping on him at least 45 times.

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Indonesia

Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence

He boasted on social media that he had defied restrictions prohibiting residents and visitors from leaving their homes or accommodation.

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Hong Kong Basic Law

Legal Tales | True friends stab you in the front? The importance of debate in today’s world

For Legal Tales’ final column, Jose-Antonio Maurellet discusses the competition of ideas as judiciaries navigate a polarised world.

Barristers see it as a key role to defend the rule of law, judicial independence and fundamental rights. Photo: Yik Yeung-man.
Pakistan

Pakistan’s government challenges court order on Imran Khan hospital move

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar says allowing the court order ‘will open a floodgate of prisoners seeking similar relief’.

Ukraine war

Ukraine’s Zelensky fires top aide as office faces corruption investigation

Investigators have identified a group of people alleged to have laundered US$3.4 million to pay bail for a defendant in a major corruption case.

Indonesia

Indonesia seizes 2.6 tonnes of liquid meth in record drug bust

This is the second raid involving a Tanzanian-flagged vessel in two weeks. Almost all the crew are from Myanmar.

Crew members from Tanzanian-flagged MV Rain Maker (seated) are photographed after their arrest on Monday. Photo: National Narcotics Agency
Middle East

Syria sentences Assad cousin to death for crimes against humanity

Wassim al-Assad is convicted of multiple murders and ‘murder accompanied by torture and brutality’, says Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan.

Wassim al-Assad is led into a defendant’s cage in the courtroom for his sentencing, at the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, on Tuesday. Photo: Syrian Arab News Agency / AFP
Hong Kong courts

Create judge training pathway to tackle Hong Kong courtroom delays: think tank

POD Research Institute founder Ronny Tong says reducing waiting times will ensure rule of law is upheld and safeguard human rights.

Thailand

Thailand to review pardon rules after release of drug lord, 85, brings backlash

Laota Saenlee, a former anti-communist guerrilla turned drug runner, is freed after serving less than a decade of a life sentence.

Malaysia

Malaysia holds off on pilot extradition request pending Indonesian drug probe

The goal now is to obtain information to see if the Malaysian Airlines pilot acted alone or was part of a network, the home minister says.

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A Malaysia Airlines pilot is seen on CCTV wheeling two bags, later found to contain drugs, at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on July 28. Photo: Handout
Thailand

Bangkok gun shop trades bullets for baguettes as Thai firearm ban bites

Shops in Bangkok’s historic gun district are being squeezed by increasingly tighter regulations in the wake of recent shootings.

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Warintorn Boonyachai, stands outside Suchart and Friends Gun Shop, which has switched to selling sourdough bread, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysia to scrap 55-year-old university law, but will campus reform follow?

Student activists have blamed the law for giving university authorities the power to curb protests, political organising and campus dissent.

Malaysia

All Malaysia Airlines pilots pass drug tests following Jakarta arrest

The mandatory screening process was ⁠ordered after a Malaysian Airlines pilot was arrested in Indonesia on drug trafficking charges.

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South Korea

In South Korea, some savour last season of legal dog meat

As the country nears a February 2027 nationwide ban on breeding, slaughter and sale of dogs ‌for meat, some diners turn to black goat meat.

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South Koreans toast as they eat dog meat stews during Malbok, the last of Korea’s traditional hottest days of summer, at a restaurant selling dog meat and black goat meat stews in Seongnam, South Korea on Friday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits he killed insurance CEO

Resolving the federal case ⁠could allow Mangione to seek dismissal of state murder charges under New York’s double jeopardy law.

Singapore

Will disbarment of Singapore’s Pritam Singh further dent his political standing?

Singaporeans have largely moved on from the long-running saga involving the WP chief due to ‘political fatigue’, analysts say.

Malaysia

PAS’ latest sharia law push signals its Malaysian federal power ambition

The move aims to signal to Malay voters that PAS is committed to Islamic values ahead of the next general election, analysts say.

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party supporters wave PAS flags in Kelantan ahead of the 2022 general election. Photo: Shutterstock
Australia

Australian jury convicts ex-Catholic bishop of sexually abusing 2 men

Christopher Saunders, 76, is one of the most senior Australian Catholics to be convicted in a global clergy abuse scandal.

Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome tries to play a didgeridoo in Sydney, Australia in 2008. Prosecutors alleged Saunders lured young Indigenous men to his church-owned house with free alcohol and cigarettes paid for with church funds. Photo: AP
Singapore

Law Society of Singapore strikes Pritam Singh off the rolls

Disciplinary action against the Workers’ Party chief follows his conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee.

Hong Kong courts

Legal Tales | Overseeing jury trials – the demanding job of a High Court judge

A complex and lengthy criminal trial, often conducted under the glare of public scrutiny, is perhaps the greatest test of a judge’s mettle.

China’s anti-sanctions law

China’s top court highlights first Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law ruling in Shanghai

Supreme People’s Court says judgment was first to ‘explicitly establish the mandatory application’ of five-year-old law.

China’s Shanghai Maritime Court ruled against a Singaporean company, and in favour of a Hong Kong company, in a case involving US sanctions. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Rights groups sue the Trump administration over ICC sanctions

Lawsuit says Trump’s executive order targeting the International Criminal Court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine is ‘illegal’.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo: AP
Thailand

Bullets and bloodshed: why Thailand is struggling to tackle gun violence

The recent school shooting and killing of an official have raised the tally to 12 in three weeks in the tiny province of Nonthaburi alone.

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Hong Kong courts

Bar Association challenges decision to clear ex-lawmaker of misconduct

Legal body applies for judicial review of tribunal’s decision that barrister’s role in illegal gathering was not serious enough to warrant sanction.

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