SINGAPORE: After slapping his wife and threatening to beat her to death with a metal rod, a man sexually assaulted and raped the woman.
KUALA LUMPUR: A former contractor was sentenced to five years' jail by the High Court here Wednesday (Feb 12) after pleading guilty to possessing items related to the Daesh terrorist group in his mobile phone and laptop last year.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 5, 2025)
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed a former bus driver's application to review an eight-year jail sentence imposed on him, for sodomising an 11-year-old boy in his vehicle.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (Feb 27, 2025)
A Vietnamese court handed a former government spokesperson a suspended prison sentence for graft, state media said, an accusation that has seen dozens of senior officials jailed.
A Vietnamese court handed a former government spokesperson a suspended prison sentence Monday for graft, state media said, an accusation that has seen dozens of senior officials jailed.
SEREMBAN: The High Court here has allowed an appeal by a supervisor to set aside his five-year jail sentence imposed by a lower court for causing the death of a 24-year-old motorcyclist.
SEREMBAN: A 71-year-old widower pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to a charge of committing physical sexual assault against an eight-year-old girl.
SEREMBAN: A supervisor will now serve a two-year bond of good behaviour after the High Court set aside his five-year jail sentence imposed by a lower court for causing the death of a 24-year-old motorcyclist.
SINGAPORE: A woman who cheated a company out of US$4.2 million (S$5.7 million) worth of cryptocurrency was ordered by a civil court not to use the funds.
News highlights from the Asean Plus section on Friday (Feb 14)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (Feb 5, 2025)
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A 47-year-old local man, Mohamad Sambari Abu Bakar, was sentenced to eight years’ jail on Thursday (Oct 17) on multiple fraud and impersonation charges.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (Feb 10, 2025)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (Feb 20, 2025)
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Monday (Jan 20) upheld a nine-year prison sentence and three strokes of the cane imposed on a night market trader for sodomising his stepdaughter in 2019.
SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (Oct 23) upheld the sentence of 16 years’ jail that was handed down to a teenager who killed his schoolmate at River Valley High School with an axe in 2021.
While taking care of a one-year-old baby who was sick, a domestic helper forcefully pressed his abdomen, hit him in the face and punched him in the chest.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Friday (Dec 3) upheld the eight-year prison sentence imposed on four Indonesian nationals for trafficking 29 migrants into Malaysia.