South Korean opposition leader leader gets suspended term for election violations, faces ban from presidential run

SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): A court on Friday sentenced opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to a suspended one-year prison term for lying during the previous presidential campaign when he was a candidate, a ruling that if upheld will strip him of his parliamentary seat and bar him from running in the next presidential election in 2027. Yonhap news agency...

River Valley fatal accident: Maid charged with rash act over death of 4-year-old girl

SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday (Nov 6) with causing grievous hurt by performing a rash act in an accident in River Valley that killed a four-year-old girl. Lilyana Eva, 32, is accused of committing the offence shortly before 5pm on Jan 23. According to court documents, she allegedly failed to ensure the safety of...

US$3bil development for TRX diverted into Najib’s account, says judge

KUALA LUMPUR: Funds raised from a US$3bil bond issuance purportedly for the development of The Exchange TRX had ultimately been diverted into former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s bank account, says the judge hearing the 1MDB case. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now Court of Appeal judge) who heard Najib’s 1MDB case said that the...

Food delivery rider charged with attempted murder after ramming car into cop

KUALA LUMPUR: A food delivery rider, who allegedly rammed a car into a policeman last week, has claimed trial to an attempted murder charge at the Sessions Court here. Muhammad Shamil Md Isa, 27, was charged with ramming a car into a motorcycle ridden by Corporal A. Rajaratnam, 48, knowing that the act could result in...

One of two ‘notorious’ Chang sisters to be charged in court

PETALING JAYA: Adeline Chang, one of the two sisters who have gained recent online notoriety, claims she will be charged in court on Thursday (Oct 24). Adeline has been called out on social media for allegedly repeatedly not paying for services rendered. She is also believed to be the sister of Alice Chang, who gained similar online...

Misappropriation of funds: Alif Teega maintains not guilty plea

SHAH ALAM: Social media influencer Mohd Hazalif Mohd Hazani, popularly known as Alif Teega, maintained his not-guilty plea in the Sessions Court here to two counts of misappropriating over RM60,000 raised for two religious charity programmes this year. Mohd Hazalif, 30, made the plea when the charges were read out to him again before Judge Datuk...

Eight Chinese nationals charged for operating fake investment call centre in Johor

JOHOR BARU: Eight Chinese nationals were charged at the Magistrate Court here for allegedly operating a call centre that offers non-existent investment. The accused are Feng Xiao Wei, 19; Gao Jun Jie, 19; Lin Wen Jie, 22; Hu Zhi Cong, 27; Liu Bo Nan, 27; Zhang Hao, 35; Fan Zi Chao, 33, and Wu Wei Bin,...

Woman pleads not guilty to murdering business partner

KUALA TERENGGANU: A businesswoman has pleaded not guilty in the High Court here on Monday (Oct 21) to murdering her business partner in November last year. Nooraini Remali, 36, was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code with murdering Noorzihan Abd Karim, 65, in front of the Telekom Malaysia guard post, Batu 23, Kuala Berang...

Chegubard to submit representation to drop sedition charge

KUALA LUMPUR: Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, will submit a representation to drop a sedition charge made against him for his Facebook remark that could tarnish the good name of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia. His lawyer, Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, informed Sessions Court Judge Siti Aminah Ghazali when the case came...

In landmark ruling, South Korea court recognises misogyny as motive for hate crime

SEOUL: An appellate court ruled on Oct 15 that an assault on a female convenience store clerk by a man in Jinju, in South Gyeongsang province, who was allegedly motivated by her short haircut, constituted a misogynistic hate crime. The landmark ruling is the first time that a South Korean court has explicitly recognised misogyny as...