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Nation 1 Oct 2024 | 01:54 AM

MACC to use polygraph test to investigate corruption cases

PUTRAJAYA: Suspects involved in corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power will undergo a polygraph test to assist the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation.

Nation 7 May 2024 | 01:20 PM

High Court rejects Yusoff Rawther's bid to get polygraph test in suit against Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here on Tuesday dismissed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s former research assistant, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther's discovery application of the polygraph test to support his suit filed against the Prime Minister.

Nation 2 Oct 2024 | 11:00 PM

Graft probes can be sped up with lie detector tests

PETALING JAYA: Polygraph tests will help the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) speed up its probes and sharpen its focus on key case elements, say anti-graft experts.

China 12 Sept 2024 | 02:27 AM

Ex-CIA officer who spied for China gets 10 years in prison - and a lifetime of polygraph tests

HONOLULU (AP): A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in exchange for spying for China was sentenced Wednesday (sept 11) to 10 years in prison.

Nation 2 Oct 2024 | 11:00 PM

It’s just an aid, not a primary evidence

PUTRAJAYA: While results of polygraph tests are not admissible in court, they can provide a clea­rer direction to graft investigators, says Tan Sri Azam Baki.

World 22 Dec 2022 | 06:22 PM

S. African parks to implement polygraph testing to tackle poaching

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The South African National Parks (SANParks), a body responsible for managing national parks in the country, said on Thursday that they are in the process of developing a standard operating procedure to implement the recently approved polygraph testing policy to combat criminal activities by its employees.

World 6 Mar 2025 | 05:21 PM

South Africa records 420 rhinos poached in 2024

JOHANNESBURG, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 420 rhinos were killed for their horns in South Africa in 2024, down from 499 in 2023, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Dion George said Thursday.

Nation 18 Jan 2020 | 03:36 PM

Polygraph tests can be highly reliable, says criminology practitioner

PETALING JAYA: Criminology practitioner Datuk Sri Akhbar Satar has hit out at armchair academicians who cast aspersions on polygraph tests, saying the method could help rule out suspects, including perverts.

Nation 8 Jan 2020 | 08:17 AM

Anwar: Why should I go for a polygraph test?

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim asks why the need for him to undergo a polygraph test to disprove allegations by Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, who claimed that he was sexually assaulted by the PKR president.

Nation 11 Sept 2024 | 05:12 AM

Former aide to PM in police custody over drugs and firearms

KUALA LUMPUR: A former aide to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been remanded over alleged possession of weapons and drugs, says his lawyer.

Aseanplus News 12 Sept 2024 | 02:25 PM

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World 2 June 2023 | 07:19 PM

Colombia chief of staff, ambassador leave posts amid phone intercept scandal

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The chief of staff for Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the country's ambassador in Venezuela will leave their posts, Petro said on Friday, as the prosecutor's office probes accusations of illegal phone intercepts of domestic staff.

World 17 July 2020 | 08:22 PM

In wake of Floyd killing, screening of U.S. police recruits is under focus

(Reuters) - Amid the national conversation after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May, U.S. police departments will need to take a fresh look at the screening of aspiring officers as an early method for preventing police racism and brutality, law enforcement officials and experts say.

Athletics 15 June 2021 | 02:51 AM

Athletics-'Devastated' Houlihan maintains innocence after four-year doping ban

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shelby Houlihan said on Monday she had received a four-year ban for testing positive to an anabolic steroid but the American record-holder in the 1,500m and 5,000m denied she had knowingly taken a prohibited substance.

Indonesia 19 Jan 2023 | 10:59 AM

Yosua murder: Prosecutors seek 12 years for Ferdy Sambo's bodyguard, eight for wife

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Prosecutors have demanded that the wife and former bodyguard of ex-National Police internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo be sentenced to eight and 12 years in prison, respectively, for their alleged roles in the murder of police officer Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat in July 2022.

Other Sports 1 Oct 2021 | 04:31 PM

Handball-Teenage Russians banned for matchfixing after lie detector tests

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian national Under-19 men's handball team underwent lie detector tests and "psychodiagnostic evaluation" in front of a security specialist before eight of them were banned for match fixing, the country's Handball Federation (HFR) said on Friday.

Nation 17 Jan 2020 | 11:00 PM

Ramkarpal: Anwar to sue Yusoff over sex claim

PETALING JAYA: Hours after Muhammed Yusoff Rawther challenged Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to make good his threat to sue him over a sexual misconduct claim, the PKR president’s lawyer said he would do so.

Nation 6 Jan 2020 | 11:00 PM

Police and AGC to issue statement on sex video case

KUALA LUMPUR: The police and Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) will soon issue a statement on the sex video purportedly of Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, says Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed.

Nation 6 Jan 2020 | 08:39 AM

Bukit Aman: Results of expert analysis on sex video forwarded to AGC

KUALA LUMPUR: The results of the expert analysis of a sex video implicating Datuk Seri Azmin Ali was obtained late last year, says Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed.

Mobile Apps 1 Mar 2025 | 01:00 AM

For years she was a perfect wife. Then he learned of her arrest in a deadly dating app scheme

It was December 2023 and his wife, Aurora Phelps, was in big trouble, something to do with a fraud scheme.

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