Taiwan court hands former president Ma Ying-jeou 4-month jail term over information leak, Asia News,TAIPEI – A court in Taiwan on Tuesday sentenced former president Ma Ying-jeou to four months jail over a leak of information related to national security, legal documents showed, but he vowed to appea
'Belligerent' NTU professor gets jail, fine and driving ban after road rage incident, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A university professor who vented his fury at a fellow motorist in a road rage incident received a lecture of his own in court. Wang Jianliang – an associate professor at Nanyan
56-year-old man gets jail term extended after he bit off part of fellow inmate's ear in prison fight, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A recalcitrant offender who is currently serving a jail sentence for earlier offences has had his prison stint extended after he bit off part of a fellow inmate'
Man fined $4,500 for displaying toy grenade at Istana Park, sparking police operation, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A cleaner found a toy grenade while working at Istana Park and decided to display the object in an upright manner to see how people would react when they saw it. Elankovan Marimuthu got
Japan prosecutors call for death penalty over care home massacre, Asia News,TOKYO – Japanese prosecutors on Monday (Feb 17) called for a 30-year-old man to be executed for allegedly murdering 19 disabled care home residents in one of the country's worst mass killings. Satoshi Uematsu, a former
Teenagers abusing their parents not uncommon, experts say, Singapore News,Only 14, James (not his real name) once ordered his parents out of the master bedroom so that he could sleep there. He also physically assaulted his father multiple times. James would also smash objects at home, and these epis
Former Malaysian PM Najib faces 3 more money laundering charges, Malaysia News,KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian prosecutors on Monday charged former prime minister Najib Razak with three more counts of money laundering, allegedly receiving the proceeds of illegal activities in his personal bank accounts. Af
Man raped ex-girlfriend to get her pregnant so she would marry him, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A man who raped his former girlfriend of 10 years after persuading her to follow him home was sentenced to 10½ years' jail and six strokes of the cane on Monday (Nov 8). High Court Judge Philip Jeyare
Singer R. Kelly's girlfriends say parents are lying for money, Entertainment News,LOS ANGELES – Two women who say they are in a relationship with R. Kelly defended the R&B singer, despite criminal allegations he sexually assaulted teenage girls, and in a tearful interview broadcast on Thurs
Woman who shot boyfriend dead in YouTube stunt jailed six months, World News,CHICAGO – A judge in the US state of Minnesota sentenced a YouTube prankster to six months in prison on Wednesday (Mar 14) for fatally shooting her boyfriend in a botched video stunt they hoped would go viral. Monalisa Pere
