Law And Order
China jails 2 for hiding trip to city at center of outbreak
Sep 5, 2020

China jails 2 for hiding trip to city at center of outbreak

Two people who returned to their hometown after contracting the coronavirus in the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak in January have been sentenced to prison for failing to quarantine themsel...

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Thai court revokes bail, jails activists who kept protesting
Sep 4, 2020

Thai court revokes bail, jails activists who kept protesting

A court in Thailand has agreed with a police request to revoke the bail of two top leaders of the burgeoning anti-government protest movement who refuse to stop their public political activities...

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In China's Xinjiang, forced medication accompanies lockdown
Aug 31, 2020

In China's Xinjiang, forced medication accompanies lockdown

The government in China’s Xinjiang region is imposing draconian measures to combat the coronavirus, including physically locking people in homes and arresting those who do not comply with long quarant...

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Thai headmaster accused of killing 3 gets death sentence
Aug 27, 2020

Thai headmaster accused of killing 3 gets death sentence

A court in Thailand has handed a death sentence to an elementary school principal convicted of fatally shooting three people including a toddler during a robbery of a gold shop earlier this year...

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Hong Kong police arrest 16, including 2 opposition lawmakers
Aug 26, 2020

Hong Kong police arrest 16, including 2 opposition lawmakers

Hong Kong police have arrested 16 people on charges related to anti-government protests last year, including two opposition lawmakers...

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Thai students jeer education minister as protests escalate
Aug 20, 2020

Thai students jeer education minister as protests escalate

Hundreds of high school students have besieged Thailand’s Ministry of Education and harangued and booed the education minister when he came to speak to them, in the latest in a growing series of anti-...

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Campus-based Thai protest movement extends reach to streets
Aug 16, 2020

Campus-based Thai protest movement extends reach to streets

Anti-government protesters have gathered in Thailand’s capital for a rally that suggests their movement’s strength may extend beyond the college campuses where it had blossomed...

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Malaysia's ex-finance minister, wife charged with graft
Aug 11, 2020

Malaysia's ex-finance minister, wife charged with graft

Malaysia’s former finance minister accused the government of taking political vengeance after a third graft charge was filed against him and his wife was charged with money laundering...

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Malaysia's ex-finance minister charged again in graft case
Aug 10, 2020

Malaysia's ex-finance minister charged again in graft case

Malaysia’s former finance minister has pleaded not guilty to a second corruption charge related to a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project...

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law
Aug 10, 2020

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law

An aide to Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai says Lai was arrested under the city’s national security law on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers...

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