Hong Kong arrested 29 current and former staff of five financial institutions, including four banks, for alleged bribery connected with obtaining confidential customer information to market personal loans, the city’s anti-graft agency said. Operation “Mirabilis”
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Drug trafficker who was hanged given every chance to fight death sentence: Appeal Court
Convicted drug trafficker Chijioke Stephen Obioha, who was hanged last Friday, was given every chance to fight his death sentence, including applying for re-sentencing, explained the Court of Appeal in judgement grounds released on Tuesday
Read moreNigerian executed in Singapore
Chijioke Obioha, a 38-year-old Nigerian, has been executed in Singapore after being found guilty of drug trafficking, the local media reported on Friday. Mr. Obioha was hanged in Changi Prison early Friday morning alongside a
Read moreBritish banker accused of Hong Kong murders ‘turned from superman to depraved addict,’ court told
A Hong Kong jury was told on Friday about the rapid descent of a “superman” British investment banker to a “depraved drug and alcohol addict” when he killed two Indonesian women in his upmarket flat. Rurik
Read moreFormer students call NYU’s Singapore art school an ‘educational scam’
SINGAPORE: Three former Tisch Asia students have filed a class action lawsuit against New York University (NYU) over its now-defunct Singapore art school, saying that they were victims of an “educational scam”. According to court
Read moreWyndham Hotel Group opens more timeshare resorts in Asia
PHUKET: South East Asia’s inaugural Wyndham Grand location will debut in Phuket later this year, thanks to a management agreement recently signed between Parisorn Company Ltd and the Wyndham Hotel Group. Wyndham Grand Phuket Kalim
Read moreProsecution seeks 17 years’ jail and 24 strokes for man who raped woman three times
SINGAPORE – The woman who was raped three times in 20 minutes by a stranger along a stretch of public road broke down on Tuesday when she faced her attacker on the first day of
Read moreNon-delivery of cars: Worker faces CBT charge
A car dealership employee, who was hauled to court last year to face a charge of abetment to cheat, yesterday had his charge amended to conspiring to commit criminal breach of trust. Koh Chek Seng,
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