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SORONG, Indonesia (AFP)–An angry mob has slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles in Indonesia after a local man was killed by one of the reptiles, authorities said Monday. The revenge killing happened Saturday in Papua province following the funeral of the man, who perished when he fell into an enclosure at a crocodile farm while looking for grass to feed his livestock, police and conservation officials said. The victim, identified as 48-year-old Sugito, was bitten on the […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka announced Wednesday it would start hanging drug dealers, ending a near-half century moratorium on capital punishment as officials promised to “replicate the success” of the Philippines drug war. President Maithripala Sirisena had told the cabinet he “was ready to sign the death warrants” of repeat drug offenders, government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said Wednesday. “From now on, we will hang drug offenders without commuting their death sentences,” he said. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US court on Friday imposed the maximum fine of $1.5 million of Chinese firm Sinovel for stealing trade secrets from an American company producing wind turbines, the Justice Department said. The decision comes on the day Washington unleashed 25 percent import tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese products to punish the country for what President Donald Trump has said is the rampant theft of American technology. After being charged […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – The French government pointed to possible security failings on Monday after a notorious gangster used a helicopter to stage his second brazen jailbreak of a crime career inspired by films such as “Scarface”. The latest escape of Redoine Faid, who was serving a 25-year sentence for an armed robbery in which a policewoman was killed, has left French authorities red-faced. Faid was sprung from a prison in Paris by two accomplices […]
A notorious career thief who was once France’s most-wanted man pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison near Paris by helicopter in a commando-style operation. Redoine Faid, 46, who previously said his life of crime was inspired by films such as “Scarface”, broke out of the prison with the help of three armed accomplices, according to sources close to the case. It is the second time Faid has pulled off a spectacular jailbreak — in […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP)–The patriarch of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air was grilled by prosecutors Thursday over alleged tax evasion and other crimes, as a series of probes reached the top of the troubled business dynasty. Cho Yang-ho, 69, and his brothers and a sister allegedly avoided paying 50 billion won ($45 million) in taxes on the overseas assets they inherited after their father Cho Choong-hoon died in 2002. “I am sorry. I will […]
Hong Kong, China (AFP) — The death toll from a brazen daylight shooting in a Hong Kong park — reportedly over sharing the inheritance of a US$1 million apartment — rose to two Wednesday after an uncle of the suspect died in hospital, police said. A 44-year-old woman shot four people with a semi-automatic pistol at Quarry Bay Park in eastern Hong Kong Island on Tuesday, a rare gun attack in a city with […]
(Eagle News) — Two people, a lawyer and a security guard, were shot dead in Cainta, Rizal, the police said on Friday, June 22. Police identified the victims as lawyer Joey Galit and Jesus Mateo. According to the police, Galit was shot by at least four unidentified suspects while he was on board his vehicle, on the way to Apple Village 1, where he lived, on Thursday, June 21. His wife was unhurt. Mateo, on the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Cryptocurrencies plunged in Asia on Monday after a hack on a South Korean exchange sparked fresh concerns about the safety of the digital units. The attack on Coinrail comes months after Japanese firm Coincheck said it had lost more than $500 million in a January hack. Coinrail did not specify the value of the currency that was taken in the attack at the weekend but said it was working with authorities […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 7, denied he had plans of imposing martial law in the country. Duterte made the remark amid speculations over his comment he would resort to “radical” measures to arrest rising criminality. “Martial law is not feasible. It won’t work. It’s going to divide the nation. [I] might think of something else,” he said. He noted that when martial law was imposed by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, “what […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned that he would have to use emergency powers and make “radical changes” to address the rising crime rates and restore order. He made the announcement shortly after his arrival from his official visit in South Korea on late Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Duterte warned both criminals and erring government personnel. “Ni-warning ko lang kayong mga kriminal, lahat na. Nasa gobyerno, sa labas. I will make radical changes […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Eleven Florida men, including employees of Disney and Legoland and a volunteer for the Boy Scouts, have been arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography, police said Tuesday. A total of 660 charges have so far been brought against the 11 suspects in the operation, dubbed “Guardians of Innocence II” by the police department of Polk County in central Florida and conducted across the month of May. Sheriff Grady […]
