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LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s jailed ex-leader Alberto Fujimori was taken to a hospital Friday after showing signs of hypertension and irregular heartbeat, his doctor said. The hospital trip comes on the same day that Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said a potential pardon for Fujimori would not be immediate, as had been speculated, but depended on a medical report that will likely be issued by the end of the year. Fujimori — who turns […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The woman at the center of South Korea’s corruption scandal, Choi Soon-Sil, was handed a three-year jail term Friday for bribery in the first of a string of criminal cases against her. A long-time friend of South Korea’s disgraced ex-president, Choi was found guilty of bribing professors to have her daughter admitted to Seoul’s prestigious Ewha Woman’s University and receive good grades, despite a poor attendance record. “The court sentences […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A Singaporean man behind a defunct website that published made-up articles stirring hatred against foreigners in the city-state was jailed for eight months Tuesday for sedition. State prosecutors had pushed for a strong deterrent sentence on Yang Kaiheng, owner of The Real Singapore (TRS) website, saying the articles on which the charges were based were “designed to provoke hatred against foreigners in Singapore”. Yang, 27, had earlier claimed trial but later […]
