Court trials

Billionaire Cheng’s units agree to pay Giordano shareholders $242m

The payout from companies owned by billionaire Henry Cheng to Giordano shareholders could total HK$1.5 billion.

Senior ‘Luffy’ crime group member gets life sentence over Japan robberies

A crime group in Japan had used monikers such as “Luffy” after a popular manga character.

Why Lee Sang-min and Han Duck-soo received such different sentences in S. Korea insurrection cases

South Korea's former interior minister Lee Sang-min and its former prime minister Han Duck-soo received different sentences for the same charge.

Mistrial declared in case of students charged after Stanford pro-Palestinian protests

The Hoover Tower rises above Stanford University in an aerial photo.

British nursery worker jailed 18 years for ‘wicked’ serial child sex abuse

Vincent Chan admitted to sexually abusing four girls, aged between two and four years old, while working at a nursery in north London.

Former South Korean interior minister Lee Sang-min jailed 7 years in martial law case

The Seoul Central District Court found Lee guilty of taking part in an insurrection by relaying instructions to the police and fire agencies to cut power and water to media outlets.

French Court set to rule on Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement appeal on July 7

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen returning from a break in her appeal hearing in Paris on Feb 11.

Social media giants lose last bid to avoid trials with US schools

Public school districts across the US have claimed that social media platforms harmed the mental health of students and strained school resources.

Malaysia’s top court restores conviction and jail sentence on former palm oil agency head

Malaysia’s top court on Feb 10 reinstated a corruption conviction and six-year jail sentence imposed on Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad.

New Zealand mosque shooter’s former lawyers say he showed anxiety but did not appear depressed

Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, is seen during his sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 24, 2020. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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