PETALING JAYA: The actions of a businessman who insulted, injured, and threatened his personal security guard for fasting in 2021 led to severe consequences when he was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison and fined RM22,000 by the Magistrate's Court here on Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has sentenced a former contractor to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of murdering his wife by smothering her with a blanket at their home four years ago.
MADRID: A famous Spanish actor's son, jailed for life in Thailand for the grisly murder of a Colombian plastic surgeon on the tourist island of Koh Phangan, has appealed his sentence, his lawyers said Thursday (March 27).
(Reuters) - Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko, imprisoned for spreading "fake news" about the war in Ukraine, was handed an additional sentence on Thursday on charges of attacking prison staff, her employer said.
JAKARTA: A military court has sentenced two Indonesian Navy officers to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of fatally shooting the owner of a car rental company in Tangerang, Banten, earlier this year.
The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon convicted of money laundering will begin next week, state media said on Saturday, three months after losing her appeal against the death penalty in a separate case.
THE family of a murdered Malaysian student in Taiwan will appeal a High Court decision to commute the killer's sentence from life imprisonment to 18 years and 10 months in jail.
SEOUL: A 24-year-old man was sentenced by the Seoul High Court to seven years in prison for a series of sex crimes, including one that was proven when investigators found that his attack was reflected on a washing machine lid in security camera footage.
KOTA KINABALU: A recent court decision to fine a stepfather RM6,000 for taking explicit photographs and videos of his 15-year-old stepdaughter has sparked outrage and calls for stricter penalties in cases of child sexual exploitation.
PATTAYA, (Thailand): The owner of Mountain B Pub in Chonburi has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for a fire that killed 26 visitors and injured around 50 others on August 5, 2022.
HANOI: A former surgeon was sentenced to death in Vietnam after he was found guilty of murdering and dismembering his mistress in a case that has shocked the country.
HARBIN, (China): (Bernama-Xinhua) Li Xiaopeng (pic), former Party chief and chairman of China Everbright Group, was on Tuesday (March 18) sentenced by a court to 15 years in prison for accepting bribes, Xinhua reported.
PETALING JAYA: Muar MP, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, arrived at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya at 8:34am on Wednesday to attend his appeal case concerning the Angkatan Bersatu Anak Muda (Armada) funds.
PETALING JAYA: Actress Bella Astillah sent Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman some words of encouragement on Wednesday (March 19) as the Muar MP appealed a prison sentence.
MELAKA: A Road Transport Department (JPJ) officer can spend his Hari Raya with his family after he was granted a stay of execution on his one-year prison sentence and RM80,000 fine.
PUTRAJAYA: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has arrived at the Palace of Justice complex here, where he is expected to hear the verdict on his appeal to overturn his three-year jail term after he was found guilty of criminal breach of trust two years ago.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (March 12) reduced the jail sentence of a former debt collector from 13 years to 10 years for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old son in 2019.
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh upheld on Sunday (March 16) death sentences of 20 former university students convicted of murdering a fellow student in 2019 who had criticised the country's former government on social media.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has upheld the 16-year prison sentence on a former information technology employee for causing the death of bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident on the North-South Expressway (NSE) southbound six years ago.
PARIS (Reuters) - Former Australia rugby union captain Rocky Elsom was sentenced to two years in jail after a French court on Friday found him guilty of misusing corporate assets while president of French club Narbonne.