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Rais Yatim (centre) poses with other Parti Wawasan Negara exco members in July. Photo: Facebook / WawasanNegara
Rais Yatim (second left) takes an oath of office with other Parti Wawasan Negara exco members in July. Photo: Facebook / WawasanNegara
Malaysia

Negeri Sembilan royal crisis: veteran Malaysian politician charged with sedition

Rais Yatim is accused of making remarks backing Tunku Nadzaruddin and urging others to be loyal to the rival claimant to the state throne.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s IOMed poised to play key role in resolving Greater Bay Area disputes

United States

Harvey Weinstein gets 15 years for sex assault after pleading for mercy

Singapore

Indonesian arrested in Singapore over fake banknotes was victim of fraud: lawyer

Dosma Sijabat says the 34 counterfeit S$10,000 notes did not belong to his client, who was merely exchanging them for someone else.

People gather next to the Merlion statue at the Marina Bay waterfront in Singapore. Photo: AFP
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over 2019 Easter bombings

Suicide bombers targeted three hotels and three churches, killing 279 people and wounding about 500. The trial has gone on for five years.

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Singapore

First Singapore money laundering auction brings in US$862,000

The frenzied bidding is in sharp contrast to the lacklustre reception for luxury real estate tied to the same illicit network.

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Hong Kong society

Barristers dismiss calls for solicitors to gain senior counsel status in Hong Kong

Bar Association labels push to expand elite title ‘premature’, while Law Society argues appointments should be merit-based.

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Barristers pose for a photo after their appointment as senior counsel at the Court of Final Appeal in Central. The Law Society is calling for the higher status for its solicitors as lawmakers scrutinise the latest round of omnibus legislative updates in Hong Kong. Photo: Yik Yeung-man.
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to recruit AI chief by mid-2027, with confidence in local talent pool

Post will pay up to HK$278,200 per month, authorities reveal, adding they also understand public concerns over bolstering cybercrime laws.

The Philippines

Why the ICC is cracking down on ‘fake news’ as Duterte trial looms

Presiding Judge Joanna Korner warns parties to ‘avoid speculation’ and urges prosecutors to trim their witness list and evidence.

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Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong hits out at US panel over Jimmy Lai hearing and sanctions bill

Government says US Congressional-Executive Commission on China is trying to ‘intimidate’ officials with sanctions.

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Jimmy Lai, pictured in 2021, was jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong in February for national security offences. Photo: Sam Tsang
Malaysia

Malaysia confronts complexities of schizophrenia after school killing ruling

One woman details her experience of living with schizophrenia, saying ‘I had no idea what was real’ during severe psychotic episodes.

A woman walks against a mural in Kuala Lumpur in August. A Malaysian court has acquitted a 15-year-old boy of murdering his schoolmate on the grounds that severe schizophrenia had left him legally insane. Photo: EPA
Singapore

‘Depraved’ Singaporean paedophile who abused daughter, granddaughters, jailed

The 71-year-old man has blood cancer, but the judge said it was clear neither age nor condition had stopped his ‘appalling’ crimes.

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Rodrigo Duterte

Video | Rodrigo Duterte appears in ICC courtroom for first time

The former Philippine leader’s trial over his ‘war on drugs’ that killed thousands starts on November 30.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s Prabowo mulls labelling wildfires as ‘ecological terrorism’

Indonesia is battling its most intense wildfires in 11 years, with the hazardous haze also affecting neighbours Singapore and Malaysia.

The Singapore Flyer and commercial buildings are shrouded in haze at the Marina Bay area in Singapore on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore court rejects 90-year-old’s spousal support claim against ex-wife, 89

The ex-wife claims that after she retired in 1992, she supported the household and gave her husband half of her monthly pension.

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A senior couple sits on couch at home, angry at each other. A 90-year-old man is denied the maintenance he sought as an incapacitated former husband under the Women’s Charter. Photo: Shutterstock
South Korea

South Korean court orders Pyongyang to pay US$32.5m for destroying border office

The lawsuit over the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office marks the first time Seoul has sought damages directly from the North.

The Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte appears in ICC courtroom for pretrial proceedings

The former Philippine president’s trial over his ‘war on drugs’ that killed thousands will start on November 30.

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China economy

In Focus | Is China’s new local surtax a game-changer, or a bureaucratic tweak?

Analysts say the proposed surtax – a reworking of three local revenue sources into one semi-autonomous levy – should help streamline finances.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Japan

Japan jails man for forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work

He had forced the girl to provide sexual services at his private-room massage parlour in Tokyo in 2025.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s Muhyiddin acquitted of 4 charges in US$49 million corruption case

Prosecutors decided not to proceed with three money-laundering charges and one of abuse of power against the former leader.

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The Philippines

Philippine VP faces scrutiny over disputed funds amid bitter Marcos feud

Prosecutors have so far tried to prove that Sara Duterte-Carpio’s office could not properly account for millions of pesos in confidential funds.

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio (centre) arrives at the Hall of Justice for a scheduled arraignment in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on Friday. Photo: EPA
US-China relations

Huawei’s US trial puts jury to the test amid China, Iran links

More than 80 questions sought to uncover potential biases in the landmark criminal case against the Chinese tech giant.

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Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies is on trial in New York on criminal charges after eight years of legal wrangling with the US government. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore

Singapore is open to chemical castration, but what are ethical, health concerns?

Experts point to considerations on who receives the treatment, duration of the process and whether it is proportional to the offence.

Malaysia

Malaysia haj fund scandal: ex-minister denies ordering US$211 million transfer

Jamil Khir Baharom’s prosecution is the latest legal action to follow a release of a royal commission inquiry into Lembaga Tabung Haji.

South Korea

Yoon Suk-yeol acquitted in case linked to South Korean marine’s death

The court ruled it was unclear whether Yoon deliberately intended to disrupt the investigation into the death of the marine.

South Korea’s ousted former president Yoon Suk-yeol arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court on May 12, 2025. Photo: AP
Indonesia

Indonesia orders Netflix to pay US$4.3m in music royalties or face shutdown

Netflix has agreed to pay music royalties it owed in South Korea and faces a tax demand on its income in Australia, media reports say.

Netflix has not paid music royalties since entering the Indonesian market in 2016, according to a government agency. Photo: Netflix
Malaysia

Umno heavyweight charged in Malaysian haj fund scandal as party eyes comeback

Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim is the highest-profile politician to be charged so far in the fallout from a royal inquiry into Tabung Haji.

Singapore

Singapore ‘open’ to chemical castration for sex offenders if proven effective

Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam says the evidence on whether such measures are effective in reducing crime rates is so far ‘inconclusive’.

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