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Asia
Li Tie: Chinese football legend and ex-Everton player jailed 20 years for corruption
More than a dozen Chinese football coaches and players have come under investigation. This week, three other former officials from…
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Asia
Singaporean couple linked to US$51 million fraud case arrested in Malaysia after 19 years on the run
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man and his wife were arrested in Malaysia on Tuesday (Dec 3) in connection to a fraud…
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Asia
Malaysia’s jailed ex-PM Najib to argue appeal for house arrest
BID FOR HOUSE ARREST Separately, the Court of Appeal will on Thursday hear Najib’s challenge against a lower court’s refusal…
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Asia
China probes top military official Miao Hua for corruption
BEIJING: A top Chinese military official has been removed from office for “serious violations of discipline”, Beijing said on Thursday…
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Asia
Commentary: Najib still wields influence like no other in Malaysia, even behind bars
Last, Malaysia is forced to also confront its place in global politics for the first time. Mr Anwar’s stance on…
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Asia
CNA wins international award for scoops on Malaysia’s anti-corruption efforts
Among the articles he won the award for were the seizure of former finance minister Daim Zainuddin’s flagship Ilham Tower…
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Former Indonesian minister arrested in sugar corruption probe; state allegedly lost over US$25 million
JAKARTA: A minister who served under former President Joko Widodo during the latter’s first term in office was on Tuesday…
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Mexico
Calderón responds to García Luna’s drug trafficking sentence
“I never had verifiable evidence of his involvement in illicit activities.” That assertion was part of former President Felipe Calderón’s…
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Mexico
Ex-security minister García Luna gets 38 years in US prison
Mexico’s former security minister Genaro García Luna was sentenced to just over 38 years in prison on Wednesday, almost 20…
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Asia
Prominent opposition politician allegedly linked to multi-million ringgit corruption probe by Malaysia’s anti-graft busters
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has raided two safe houses, including an office, and seized RM321,000 (US$74,500) in…
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