Uzbekistani who used another woman's IC to get medical treatment at HKL jailed three years

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A single mother from Uzbekistan has been jailed for three years by the Magistrate's Court here for cheating the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) by using an identity card belonging to another person to obtain treatment at the hospital for seven years.

German doctor jailed for almost five years for blood doping

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Munich court on Friday sentenced a German sports doctor to four years and 10 months in prison for masterminding an international network that helped athletes with blood doping for years.

South Korea ex-president’s 20-year jail term upheld

Seoul: South Korea’s top court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for disgraced former president Park Geun-hye (pic) in the final ruling over the corruption scandal that brought her down.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could face 3.5 years in jail on return to Russia - lawyer

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is on a national wanted list for allegedly violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence and risks being jailed for three and a half years when he returns to Russia this weekend, one of his lawyers said on Thursday.

S. Korea's top court upholds ex-president Park's 20-year jail term

SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's top court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for disgraced former president Park Geun-hye on Thursday (Jan 14), in the final ruling over the corruption scandal that brought her down.

SWCorp special unit finds more sites since 2019

ILLEGAL dumping of rubbish by unscrupulous people has been rampant in Johor over the past few years.

Trump, tech and TV have throttled press freedom, journalists say

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump emboldened other leaders to quash press freedom, his message amplified by tech platforms and a mainstream media which did not know how to respond, three leading journalists and campaigners said.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly to Russia on Sunday despite risks

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he has been recovering after being poisoned, shrugging off potential legal risks that could see him jailed.

Fake dentists are making a comeback - at the unlikeliest of places

Russian judge is asked to jail Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in absentia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian judge has been asked to jail Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in absentia for having allegedly broken the terms of a suspended sentence he had been serving and for other infractions, court documents showed on Tuesday.