The Victorian anti-corruption commission (Ibac) has released its long-awaited 'Operation Richmond' report, finding a corrosive culture of abuse of power under former premier Daniel Andrews, but no findings of corrupt conduct or criminal offences.
Paralympic athlete Hannah Babalola was denied an aisle chair on a KLM flight, leading to humiliation. This incident highlights widespread issues faced by disabled air travellers, including lack of assistance, damaged wheelchairs, and discriminatory treatment, despite regulations and advocacy efforts.
A court in eastern China has sentenced former official Yang Youlin to death for accepting over 2.2 billion yuan (US$323.8 million) in bribes. The sentence, one of the harshest for economic crimes in recent years, also includes lifelong political rights deprivation and asset confiscation.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol convicted for manufacturing a national security crisis to provoke North Korea and declare martial law. The ruling highlights dangers of unchecked executive power and betrayal of public trust, emphasizing that state power is a public trust, not a private possession.
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.
The election camps of the Democratic Party and the People Power Party in Gyeongnam are continuing their dispute over allegations of deepfake videos and abuse of power even after the local elections. The People Power Party candidate's camp criticized the Democratic Party's provincial chapter for its political attacks and attempts to interfere with the investigation.
Seoul Administrative Court ruled that the Ministry of Justice's reassignment of Prosecutor Jung Yu-mi to a lower position was an abuse of power, ordering the cancellation of the order. The court found the reassignment to be an unusual move aimed at inducing voluntary resignation.
Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol questioned by special counsel over alleged abuse of power and obstruction of rights related to justifying his failed martial law imposition to allies, including the US.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has received a royal pardon, effective Wednesday. He served eight months of a one-year sentence for corruption and abuse of power before his early release last month due to age. A government committee will decide on the removal of his electronic monitoring device.
Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra is eligible for royal clemency as he had less than a year left on his sentence, Justice Minister Rutthapon Naowarat announced. He will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device upon release.
Allegations of deepfake videos and abuse of power are escalating in the Gyeongnam gubernatorial election, just two days before voting. Both the Democratic Party and the People Power Party candidates are exchanging accusations, with investigations focusing on the alleged involvement of provincial officials.
A former Polish justice minister sought in his homeland for alleged abuse of power says he has travelled from Hungary to the US, prompting prosecutors in Poland to say on Monday that they are investigating whether he was assisted in evading liability. Zbigniew Ziobro was a key figure in the government led by the nationalist conservative Law and Justice party that ran Poland between 2015 and 2023. That administration established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher...
Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Monday after serving eight months in jail for an abuse of power conviction, a return to the spotlight for a tycoon formerly at the fulcrum of Thai politics but whose two-decade spell over the electorate appears to have evaporated. Looking slimmer with a short trimmed haircut, the 76-year-old was greeted with hugs by his three children, including daughter and former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and roses from...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia appointed on Saturday a former high court judge as the country’s new anti-graft czar to replace its outgoing chief who was dogged by allegations of abuse of power and illegal shareholding. The appointment of Abdul Halim Aman comes as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government faces increased scrutiny on promises made to tackle corruption in the Southeast Asian nation.
Labour Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, the administration announced on Monday, after a series of alleged abuses of her position’s power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job. Chavez-DeRemer is the third Trump cabinet member to leave her post after Trump fired his embattled homeland security secretary Kristi Noem in March and ousted Pam Bondi as attorney general earlier this month. Unlike other recent cabinet...
