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.
BANGKOK: Thai Immigration announces the arrest of a major international criminal, a French man, who fled after committing the murder of prison guards and helping a prisoner escape while being transferred from court to prison.
PETALING JAYA: The Prisons Department announces that families can visit inmates on the third and fourth day of Hari Raya.
There has been a spike in the number of young people locked up in Changi Prison for their involvement in secret society activities, under a law that allows detention without trial.
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian military court on Wednesday handed down long prison sentences to 12 members of Ukraine's Azov regiment, which led the defence of the city of Mariupol in the early months of the war and is designated as a terrorist organisation by Russia.
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.
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's top court on Tuesday sentenced former Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser to four years in prison, dismissing his appeal against his 2020 conviction on corruption charges.
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.
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.
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.
BANGKOK: The police officer who tortured a suspect to death in Nakhon Sawan while attempting to extort money is alleged to have taken his own life in prison on Friday (March 7).
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.
TBILISI (Reuters) -Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Wednesday to nine more years in prison after being found guilty of embezzlement, the Interpress news agency reported.
Scams are ever-evolving, preying on unsuspecting victims with new tactics.
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.
KUALA LUMPUR: A syndicate impersonating prison officers to solicit money from inmates' families and relatives to buy so-called special meals has been exposed by the Prisons Department.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan judge ordered prominent journalist Jose Zamora back to jail on Monday in a case that stems from money laundering charges he has dismissed as a political persecution.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he's ready to go to jail should the International Criminal Court order his arrest over his policies to suppress the drug trade.
ONE of Malaysia's most intriguing figures in business and politics is at the final stage of his quest to appeal a 36-year prison sentence in a Singapore court.
SINGAPORE: When people with special needs break the law, their anxiety may be even more pronounced as they go through police interviews, court hearings and prison stints.