Beijing has punished nearly 50 executives of steel-producing companies for faking pollution data Authorities in China have punished supervisors from four companies located in the top steelmaking city of Tangshan, the local government announced on Thursday, citing court documents. Some 47 senior officials working for the companies have been given prison sentences ranging from six […]
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Israeli soldier jailed for Gaza TikTok video
The serviceman can be seen firing across the border into the Palestinian territory On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a serviceman who shared a video of himself firing rounds into Gaza had been sentenced to 10 days in military prison. “The soldier’s behavior in the video does not conform with the norms expected […]
Human trafficking gang leader jailed
The migrants died of suffocation and hyperthermia in a shipping container A Belgian court has sentenced a Vietnamese man who led a human trafficking gang to 15 years in prison, after 39 migrants he smuggled to Britain were found dead in an airtight shipping container on a truck. Vo Van Hong, 45, was found guilty […]
4th South Korean president jailed for corruption receives pardon
Park Geun-hye, one of the four ex South Korean presidents to be jailed, has been pardoned to promote “national unity” 18 months after she was sentenced to 20 years on corruption charges that had brought down her administration. 69-year-old Park, who was South Korea’s first female president, was forced out of office in 2017 when […]
Operators of notorious dark web service jailed
A German court has jailed the team behind the CyberBunker darknet service provider that operated from a Cold War-era NATO bunker, finding them guilty of aiding nearly 250,000 illegal transactions, primarily linked to drug trade. The court found eight defendants guilty of enabling the illicit transactions, vast part of which was related to drug trade. […]
Aung San Suu Kyi aide jailed for 20 years by military tribunal of Myanmar junta
A senior aide to Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for high treason by a military tribunal, his family has revealed. U Win Htein, 79, has become the first high-ranking member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party to be tried […]
Turkey to declare US, 9 other ambassadors ‘persona non grata’ after call for release of jailed opposition figure – Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he instructed the foreign minister to declare 10 ambassadors, including Washington’s envoy, ‘persona non grata’ over a rare joint statement urging release of a jailed opposition figure. The move was announced by Turkey’s president during a public speech on Saturday. “I gave the necessary instructions to our foreign minister, […]
Turkey’s Erdogan considers kicking out 10 Western ambassadors over calls to release jailed opposition figure Kavala – media
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly believes that Turkey “can’t have the luxury of housing” envoys from 10 Western nations which are opposed to the continued detention of businessman and political campaigner Osman Kavala. The 10 diplomats were summoned this week to the Turkish Foreign Ministry over their joint statement condemning the prosecution of Kavala. He […]
2 men convicted of murdering prominent Dutch lawyer linked to gangland case, jailed for 30 years
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a Dutch lawyer who, at the time of his death, was involved in a high-profile criminal case against suspected gangland bosses. The killers were both given 30 years in prison. On Monday, Amsterdam District Court convicted the two men, identified by media only as Giermo B. and […]