Tag: Trial

Kim Jong-Nam murder suspects visit airport crime scene

by M Jegathesan  Agence France-Presse SEPANG, Malaysia (AFP) —Two women on trial for murdering the North Korean leader’s half-brother have visited the Malaysian airport where they allegedly poisoned him, escorted by huge numbers of heavily armed police on Tuesday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, wearing bulletproof vests, were brought to Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s budget terminal along with the judge in the case, defense lawyers and prosecutors. About 200 police, many armed with […]

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Kim Jong-Nam murder trial visits lab to view tainted clothes

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (AFP) — The trial of two women accused of murdering the North Korean leader’s half-brother moved Monday to a high-security Malaysian laboratory to view clothing worn by the defendants and contaminated by a nerve agent. The visit to the government lab near Kuala Lumpur came after a chemist last week testified there were traces of VX on the women’s clothes. Raja Subramaniam’s testimony was the first evidence directly linking the women to the poison […]

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Brother of gunman who attacked French Jews goes on trial

by Pierre Rochiccioli Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Five years ago, Mohamed Merah went on a nine-day shooting spree in southern France, killing three soldiers and gunning down a teacher and three children at a Jewish school before being shot dead by police. On Monday, his brother’s trial opens under tight security in Paris, where he faces charges of helping to plan the assault. Abdelkader Merah is the first to face a trial arising […]

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Women on trial for Kim Jong-Nam murder plead not guilty

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) – Two women pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, at the start of their trial in Malaysia over the Cold War-style assassination that shocked the world. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong entered their pleas through interpreters at Shah Alam High Court, outside the capital Kuala Lumpur. The murder charge was read first to Aisyah, 25, who was wearing traditional Malay dress, […]

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51 bankers, businessmen on trial in Vietnam for fraud

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — A former banking magnate and 50 others went on trial in Vietnam Monday over a multi-million dollar fraud at a major private bank, as the communist nation cracks down on corruption in the sector. Authorities have vowed to clean up an industry plagued by favoritism and dodgy loans — part of a broader drive against corruption in the country. In the latest trial the ex-chairman of Ocean Bank, Ha Van Tham, […]

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Ex-bosses to go on trial over Fukushima disaster

by Natsuko Fukue Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – Three former executives at Fukushima’s operator stand trial this week on the only criminal charges laid in the 2011 disaster, as thousands remain unable to return to homes near the shuttered nuclear plant. The hearing on Friday comes more than a year after ex-Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, 77, and former vice presidents Sakae Muto, 66, and Ichiro Takekuro, 71, were formally charged with professional […]

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Angolan VP to be tried for corruption in Portugal

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) – Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente will face trial in Portugal over allegations he bribed a magistrate to drop two investigations against him, according to a Wednesday ruling cited in Portuguese media. Vicente, who was the president of Angolan national oil company Sonangol at the time of the alleged crimes, is accused of bribery, money laundering and document falsification, the public prosecutor’s office said, according to Portugal’s main news agency Lusa. Lisbon’s […]

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Migrant death truck trial opens in Hungary

by Philippe Schwab Agence France-Presse KECSKEMET, Hungary (AFP) – Eleven men go on trial on Wednesday over the horrific deaths of 71 migrants found in an abandoned truck in Austria nearly two years ago, in one of the most disturbing cases marking Europe’s migration crisis. The gruesome discovery of 59 men, eight women and four children crammed inside a poultry refrigerator lorry near the Hungarian border in August 2015 sparked widespread revulsion, and it highlighted the […]

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Two women suspected of murdering North Korean leader’s estranged half-brother to appear in court

(Reuters) – Two women suspected of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to appear in a Malaysian court on May 30. Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aishah face the death penalty if they are convicted of killing Kim Jong Nam. The two allegedly smeared VX nerve agent, a chemical described by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction, across Kim’s face at Kuala Lumpur […]

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Ousted South Korean president Park goes on trial

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye went on trial Tuesday over the massive corruption scandal that led to her downfall. A grim-faced Park walked into the courtroom at Seoul Central District Court, avoiding meeting the glance of her longtime secret confidante and co-accused Choi Soon-Sil. © Agence France-Presse

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Ousted S. Korean leader Park faces trial

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye was due in court Tuesday to face trial over the massive corruption scandal that led to her stunning downfall. The fallen head of state will be taken from the detention centre where she is being held to Seoul Central District Court, for the opening of the final act in the drama that has engulfed her. Park was impeached by parliament and in March sacked […]

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Final verdict looms for Concordia shipwreck captain

ROME, Italy (AFP) – The fate of the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner hung in the balance Friday as his defense lawyers prepared to sum up and Italy’s highest court readied its ruling. Schettino, dubbed “Captain Coward” by the press for abandoning the stricken ship during the 2012 nighttime disaster that killed 32 people, will be jailed if the court upholds his 16-year and one month sentence. His lawyers were set to […]

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