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A Thai soldier walks near small booths lined with acoustic foam used to make scam calls inside a compound in Cambodia’s O’Smach border town on February 2. Photo: Reuters
Cambodia

Asia-Pacific cyberscam victims lost up to US$114 billion last year: UN

The losses from online scams, mostly investment fraud, are at least triple that from 2023, reflecting a ‘dramatic scaling’, the report says.

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US-China relations

Trump turns to China in renewed US birthright citizenship push

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Malaysia

Malaysian court acquits BN politician’s widow Zizie Izette after 7-year legal battle

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Hong Kong society

9 tickets, 110 warnings issued after construction site smoking ban takes effect

Authorities have inspected over 200 construction sites since the ban began on Friday last week, labour commissioner says.

Workers put their cigarettes and lighters inside designated lockers before entering a construction site in To Kwa Kwan. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Committee pushes reforms, thanks fire survivors as hearing ends – as it happened

Legal counsel for independent panel investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades delivers closing remarks at final public inquiry session.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Deceitful firms mostly to blame for deadly Tai Po blaze, government counsel says

Jenkin Suen attributes Wang Fuk Court inferno to ‘deceit, inaction and deliberate omission’ of contractors who exploited regulatory regimes.

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Italy

Ex-Italian highway chief jailed for 12 years over Genoa bridge disaster

Giovanni Castellucci was convicted of vehicle homicide and negligence after a bridge in Genoa collapsed in 2018, killing 43 people.

Vehicles are abandoned on the Morandi motorway bridge after a section collapsed in the north-western Italian city of Genoa in August 2018. Photo: AFP
Germany

German far-right activist sent to men’s prison despite gender change

Liebich, who was sentenced as a man, legally changed gender after Germany’s Self-Determination Act came into effect in 2024.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Tai Po fire: 5 ‘key weaknesses’ flagged in government regulations – as it happened

Witness says the system itself does not have fundamental flaws, but it lacks a mechanism to target unscrupulous collusion.

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Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA)

Legal Tales | Everything you never wanted to know about hosting the World Cup

Why lawyers have to keep their eye on the ball when nations become eager to host the next Fifa World Cup.

Official sponsors pay billions for exclusivity, meaning host nations must establish “clean zones” around stadiums where unauthorised advertising and street trading are prohibited. Photo: Reuters
Thailand

Thai police arrest boxing camp manager for trafficking underage boys for sex

The suspect was captured after undercover officers posed as clients seeking sexual services from three boys aged 13, 15 and 16.

An officer guards the victims after police raid a boxing camp in Rayong province on Tuesday. Photo: Royal Thai Police
The Philippines

Philippines starts active school shooter drills after deadly gun attack

June’s fatal shooting at a school in the Visayas region shocked the nation, where mass violence in educational settings is very rare.

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Singapore

Singapore ministers to donate Bloomberg defamation damages to charity

The High Court awarded US$178,000 each to the ministers after finding that Bloomberg and its reporter had defamed them in a 2024 article.

Singapore

Singapore ministers each awarded US$177,860 in damages in Bloomberg case

The judge found the defendants had acted with malice in the article mentioning the ministers’ personal property deals.

Singapore ministers K. Shanmugam (left) and Tan See Leng. Photos: Singapore International Cyber Week, Facebook/Tan See Leng
Malaysia

Viral shoe-sniffing video leads to stalking arrest in Malaysia

A male university student faces jail time after being caught on camera sniffing shoes outside a flat in Shah Alam.

The viral video shows a man in a black T-shirt loitering in a corridor outside what is believed to be the victim’s home in Shah Alam, before reaching through a grille to grab her footwear and sniff it. Photo: Threads
Britain

UK to change law in bid to deport grooming gang ringleader

Home secretary proposes emergency amendment to strip 1971 legal protections from ‘the vilest foreign criminals’.

International Criminal Court

US launches sweeping campaign against ICC over ‘threat to US sovereignty’

Trump administration vows to pressure global allies to withdraw from court, cut off financial support.

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South Korea

Ex-South Korea leader Yoon jailed 2 years over illegal polling

Yoon, 65, is already in detention while appealing against a separate life sentence over his 2024 martial law declaration.

A TV screen at the Seoul Railway Station shows former South Korea president Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday, Photo: AP
Malaysia

Malaysia’s top court clears Syed Saddiq of corruption, ending 6-year legal drama

The acquittal removes the threat to the Muar MP’s parliamentary seat and gives him room to rebuild his political career.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Avoiding by-elections out of cost concerns sets a dangerous precedent

If we believe in our electoral system, in which each lawmakers plays an important role, no seat should be considered insignificant.

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China’s Communist Party

Why China’s ethnic unity law marks a shift towards assimilation

The law has been criticised by the EU and US, but Beijing says it is designed to build a sense of ‘national community’.

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Ethnic minority delegates leave the Great Hall of the People following asession of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, in Beijing on March 9. Photo: AP
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong must step up its efforts to bring subdivided flats up to code

The government must build on the progress of three certified units and speed up registration and compliance for the city’s tenants.

Subdivided unit owners and tenants share their concerns about the Basic Housing Units Ordinance during a press conference on May 29. Photo: Elson Li
Indonesia

At Indonesia’s sharia frontier, a complicated love affair with flogging

Rights groups call it torture. Aceh’s residents reveal a more nuanced debate than outrage allows.

Singapore

Singaporean man pleads guilty to starving, beating children at facility

Pupils at the educational facility endured months of abuse by the 31-year-old, who had no childcare or teaching qualifications.

Indonesia

‘Grading own homework’: is Indonesia outsourcing online safety to tech giants?

Without a regulator, Indonesia’s child online safety rules require digital platforms to assess and remove underage accounts themselves.

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Boys use their mobile phone in Jakarta on April 29. Photo: AP
Hong Kong Basic Law

Legal Tales | Legal tender and electronic payments – can we insist on paying in cash?

Answer lies in common law’s approach to concept of legal tender.

Visitors to the 2021 Hong Kong Brands and Products Shopping Expo pay electronically for goods. Photo: Winson Wong
Germany

German ‘serial killer’ doctor gets life in prison for 15 murders

Prosecutors said during the proceedings that the palliative care doctor was suspected of having killed more than 70 other people.

Hong Kong stock market

Mainland court claims jurisdiction over Hong Kong-listed firm in lawsuit

Beijing Financial Court applied extraterritorial provisions of mainland China’s Securities Law, Financial News reports.

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