A 70-year-old Hong Kong gang member was sentenced to one year in prison for forcing two Thai women into prostitution after they were trafficked to the city on job scams in 2023. The women were rescued after alerting the Thai consulate.
Park Sung-jae, former Justice Minister, has been found guilty of involvement in "insurrection" by the Seoul Central District Court. He is accused of facilitating martial law by checking prison capacity and instructing cooperation with the martial law command.
A mother is suing Japanese authorities after her daughter died in December, five months after an 18-day jail ordeal that left her traumatized and weighing just 20kg. The lawsuit, filed in Kobe, highlights concerns about Japan's criminal justice system, where critics argue innocence is not always presumed and "hostage justice" practices are prevalent.
A man in Sweden has been convicted of aggravated pimping, attempted rape, assault, threats, and a drug offense. The court found he initiated the woman's prostitution and managed the operation, with actions deemed aggravated due to ruthless exploitation. The case, involving around 120 identified buyers, has shocked the nation.
高雄一所科技大學的兩名教授因收受賄賂，協助六名研究生聘請槍手代寫論文並取得學位，被依貪污治罪條例判刑。其中一名王姓教授判七年徒刑，唐姓教授判五年二個月，兩人均遭剝奪公權兩年。學生們也因行賄公務員被判刑，緩刑期間需繳交罰金並接受法治教育。
A Hong Kong court awarded HK$6.29 million (US$802,698) in damages to dancer Mo Li Kai-yin, paralyzed after a giant screen fell during a Mirror concert. His employer, Studiodanz, was ordered to pay compensation for catastrophic injuries and lifetime care.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's Crown Princess, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Oslo district court for multiple offenses, including two counts of rape and assault. He was acquitted of two other rape charges and can appeal the verdict.
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's former president, sentenced to 30 years for abuse of power and aiding the enemy over 2024 drone incursion into North Korea, aimed at pretext for martial law.
A Hong Kong court reverses the acquittal of Alice Tong Ka-yan, finding her guilty of rioting based on circumstantial evidence from her presence and attire during the 2019 anti-government protests.
Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges after a February arrest in New Orleans. He received two years of probation, alcohol abuse rehabilitation, sensitivity training, and anger management classes. His attorney called it a "minor bar tussle," while victims' representatives emphasized equality and accountability.
Three Australian men have been found guilty in Indonesia's South Papua province for illegal entry and visa violations. Two men claim they were fleeing threats in Australia, while the pilot was found guilty of assisting them. All are expected to be deported this month after serving jail time.
A US federal judge has been disciplined for having an affair with a high-ranking law enforcement officer in their chambers, attending a partisan event, and lying to investigators. The judge's identity and district remain private.
The Swedish Security Service (SEPO) has detained a man suspected of conspiracy to commit murder in Moscow and attempted espionage. The 34-year-old former serviceman, in custody since January, denies the charges.
Hong Kong court denied bail to 79-year-old internet personality 'Mr Ho' (Ho Huen) after he pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife, Ye Xiuding ('Mrs Ho'), with a folding knife. The incident occurred during a domestic dispute on May 30 last year.
Four young men have pleaded guilty to rioting during the 2019 Hong Kong university siege. One defendant's lawyer cited torture in Myanmar's "KK Park" as a factor in his post-traumatic stress disorder.
Harry Lu guilty of acting as unauthorised Chinese agent and obstructing justice, acquitted of conspiracy charge; plans to appeal
Harry Lu found guilty of acting as an unauthorised agent of China and obstructing justice, acquitted of conspiracy charge, plans to appeal.
The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns […]
British singer claims electronics company ‘repeatedly refused’ to stop using a photo of her on its packagingDua Lipa is suing Samsung for at least $15m (£11m, A$20.6m), alleging that the electronics company used a photo of her to sell its TVs without financially compensating her or seeking her permission.According to the legal complaint, filed in a US district court in California on Friday, Samsung began using an image of Lipa on an image of a TV screen printed on its cardboard packaging for “a significant portion” of its TVs sold in the US last year. Continue reading...
A man accused of a firebomb attack that killed one person and injured a dozen others while they were demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges. Mohamed Sabry Soliman entered the pleas on Thursday in Boulder County District Court. He now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole in the attack in downtown Boulder on June 1. Soliman’s lawyers revealed he would plead guilty in a Sunday court filing in a...
A trial of a US citizen of Chinese descent accused of creating a covert police station in Manhattan opened on Wednesday, considering evidence of what the US government says is part of Beijing’s bid to expand its influence well beyond Chinese shores. Lu Jianwang, 64, faces three charges in the US Eastern District Court of New York: acting as an unauthorised agent of China; conspiracy to act as a foreign agent; and obstruction of justice. He is accused of using the fourth floor of a building in...
A prominent hedge fund manager took advantage of a bank’s “wholesale collective failure” to prevent illicit trading, making HK$1.7 million (US$217,012) in a single day by using confidential information to sell shares in a Hong Kong fashion house nine years ago, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday. British-born investor Simon Sadler is on trial at the District Court alongside the now-defunct Segantii Capital Management and former employee Daniel Anthony La Rocca Jnr over alleged insider dealing in the...
A district court in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, issued an arrest warrant on Sunday...
Mo Li Kai-yin, a 31-year-old Hong Kong dancer, testified for the first time in court on April 13, 2026, after being paralyzed from the neck down when a 500kg LED panel fell from the Hong Kong Coliseum ceiling during a Mirror concert on July 28, 2022. The District Court found his employer Studiodanz liable for compensation under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance. The dancer received treatment in Beijing and Thailand following the accident.
