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Malaysia DPM Zahid seeks full acquittal after prosecutors end corruption case over lack of evidence
The 73-year-old president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which is part of the ruling government, had previously pleaded not…
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Ex-Indonesian minister Makarim faces graft charges over Google laptop procurement
JAKARTA: Indonesian prosecutors on Monday (Jan 5) filed corruption charges against former education minister and the co-founder of startup Gojek,…
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Ex-abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple arrested for embezzlement
BEIJING: The former head of the Chinese temple known as the birthplace of gongfu has been arrested over suspicion of…
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Whoosh, Indonesia’s high-speed rail project, under probe by anti-graft agency
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is probing the country’s Whoosh high-speed rail (HSR) project. The 142km line from Jakarta…
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China’s former agriculture minister Tang Renjian gets suspended death sentence for bribery
BEIJING: Tang Renjian, China’s former minister of agriculture and rural affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at…
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Thousands take to streets as Philippines protests flood control fraud
MANILA: Thousands of Filipinos gathered on Sunday (Sep 21) in Manila to express their anger over a ballooning scandal involving…
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Philippines ‘ghost’ flood projects leave residents stranded
A flood control project intended to remedy the issue, like so many identified in recent weeks, has never been finished.…
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Mexico
less smuggling, more tax collection
The Mexican government anticipates that it will collect an additional 3.49 billion pesos (US $190.2 million) in revenue in 2026…
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Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward
MANILA: The speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives tendered his resignation on Wednesday (Sep 17) after his name surfaced…
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First members of Philippine commission to probe widening flood project scandal named
Last week, construction firm owners and a former DPWH engineer implicated at least 28 lawmakers and government officials in the…
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