Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-03 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has arrived at the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) a short while ago.
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[2026-02-03 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a significant development today (3), Bandara Rambukwella, a cousin of former Cabinet Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, was taken into custody by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).
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[2026-02-03 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police say the scammer promised to return the money, but the victim received nothing
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[2026-02-03 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a significant move toward sustainable environmental management, the Sri Lanka Police officially launched a nationwide tree-planting initiative yesterday at the Police Field Force Headquarters in Thimbirigasyaya.
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[2026-02-03 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fake law enforcement uniforms from nations including China and Singapore were found alongside mock police sets used to intimidate victims
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[2026-02-03 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – The House justice committee resumed its proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, to determine whether the impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. are sufficient in substance.
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[2026-02-03 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fort Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara yesterday (02) ordered the arrest and production of Samindra Rajapaksa, the youngest son of former Minister Chamal Rajapaksa, in connection with an investigation into an alleged US$ 2 million fraud involving the acquisition of a new fleet of wide-body aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.
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[2026-02-03 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Ganuka Fernando, Saha Kapilasena and Annaya Norbert produced impressive first-round victories at the ITF J30 Colombo Sri Lanka Week 2, held at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo yesterday.
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[2026-02-03 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two Police officers attached to the Mathugama Police Station have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a pistol and a magazine containing 10 rounds of live ammunition from the police station.
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[2026-02-03 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Muthukumarasamy, who was 17 when he, along with other Jaffna University students,was arrested for joining the Tamil struggle and eventually became a global campaigner of human rights, died in Washington DC on January 19.
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[2026-02-03 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Yuhansa Peiris of Bishop’s College produced a fine all-round display to win the Girls’ Under-18 Singles title at the YETI SSC Open Tennis Championships, played at the SSC Tennis Courts in Colombo.
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[2026-02-03 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and MP Namal Rajapaksa has alleged that individuals who spread falsehoods during the so-called ‘good governance’ period are now attempting to use State institutions, including the Courts, the Police and the Attorney General’s Department, to validate those lies using public funds.
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[2026-02-03 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special traffic management plan with heightened security has been announced by the Sri Lanka Police in view of the exposition of Sacred Relics brought from India which is scheduled to take place from February 05 to 11, 2026 at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple.
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[2026-02-03 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fort Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of Member of Parliament Jagath Manuwarna and Rathidu Senaratne, popularly known as ‘Ratta’, for failing to appear before the open Court.
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[2026-02-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Anura Mapalagama, a retired Senior Superintendent of Police, a highly skilled Police officer, has passed away.
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[2026-02-03 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Gianni Infantino, who awarded Trump the inaugural Fifa peace prize, had said the Qatar World Cup was special because ‘no Brit was arrested’
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[2026-02-03 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vladimir Motin, 59, will be sentenced on Thursday for 2025 crash that caused the death of crew member and sparked a massive fire
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[2026-02-03 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 27-year-old faces trial for drugging, raping, and filming his Chinese girlfriend, and is charged with attempted murder and aggravated rape
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[2026-02-03 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, faces 38 charges including rape, strangulation, knife threats, marijuana trafficking
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[2026-02-02 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two Russians have been accused of murdering Mikhail Emelianov after his body parts were found across abandoned land near Pattaya
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[2026-02-02 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: शोभा कुमारी (बदला हुआ नाम) काम की तलाश में दस साल पहले बिहार के मुजफ्फरपुर से दिल्ली आई थीं. तब से वह अपने पति के साथ शाहबाद डेरी की एक बस्ती में रह रही हैं. पिछले साल जिस घर में शोभा काम करती थीं, वहां के मालिक ने उन पर चोरी का झूठा आरोप लगा दिया.
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[2026-02-02 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has ordered that Shamindra Rajapaksa, son of former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, be named as the third suspect in the controversial Airbus deal investigation.
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[2026-02-02 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operations target misuse of bank accounts, romance scams and money laundering through virtual currencies
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[2026-02-02 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail and her niece, Tulip Siddiq, who is a British lawmaker, to four years in prison in two cases involving a government township project near the capital.
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[2026-02-02 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A candidata de direita Laura Fernández, de 39 anos, venceu neste domingo (01/02) a eleição presidencial da Costa Rica no primeiro turno, com ampla vantagem, após uma campanha na qual se apresentou como a herdeira política do atual presidente, Rodrigo Chaves, e prometeu uma postura firme contra o crime e a insegurança, as principais preocupações da população.
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[2026-02-02 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistani security forces have killed at least 145 fighters in the restive Balochistan province in a manhunt launched after a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks that left nearly 50 people dead.
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[2026-02-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police forced to take youngsters into their care after mother and father fail to answer phone calls; anger online as parents get off with warning
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[2026-02-02 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara issued arrest warrants today (02) against MP Jagath Manuwarna of the NPP and one other individual after they failed to appear in court.
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[2026-02-02 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Le procès de l'ancien président centrafricain, François Bozizé, est entré dans une phase décisive. La chambre d'instruction de la Cour pénale spéciale a officiellement saisi la Chambre d'assises et celle-ci devrait, sous peu, annoncer une première audience. Alors que celui-ci vit en exil en Guinée-Bissau, en dépit de la délivrance d'un mandat d'arrêt international, la cour n'écarte pas l'idée de le juger par contumace.
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[2026-02-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pregnant 31-year-old manicurist beaten and stabbed to death in own home; police arrest suspect after viewing surveillance footage
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[2026-02-02 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-02 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Four Buddhist monks, including Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thero, and six other individuals have been further remanded by the Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court until 9 February 2026 in connection with a dispute over a Buddha statue placed on coastal land.
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[2026-02-02 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nine other cats, including seven in poor health, rescued and handed over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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[2026-02-02 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-02 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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[2026-02-02 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa stated that the Government is trying to evade the issue faced by School Development Officers, and assured that the opposition will continue to stand with them until justice is delivered.
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[2026-02-02 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Mirihana Police has arrested a suspect in connection with an incident that occurred on January 30 in front of the Gangodawila Court Complex, where two attorneys appearing for an accused before the Magistrate’s Court of Nugegoda were allegedly threatened and attacked.
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[2026-02-02 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At least 33 officers and civilians, as well as 92 militants were killed on Saturday as Baloch separatists carried out ‘coordinated’ attacks in Pakistan’s Southwestern Balochistan Province, officials said.
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[2026-02-02 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mehdi Mahmoudian and others detained after signing a statement calling Iran’s crackdown an ‘organised state crime against humanity’
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[2026-02-02 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing will need to step in if the case is to be brought to an international court in The Hague, legal expert tells SCMP
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[2026-02-01 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Action ‘truly reflects’ that Cambodian government will never loosen crackdowns on online scammers, interior ministry spokesman says
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[2026-02-01 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sportswear chain says it is fully cooperating with police’s investigation after woman took to social media to complain
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[2026-02-01 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘The bodies of these 145 killed terrorists are in our custody, and some of them are Afghan nationals,’ the provincial chief minister said
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[2026-02-01 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some incidents involved minor bumps or even no collision, with the largest claim exceeding HK$800,000, police say
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[2026-02-01 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security chief tells radio show such threats ‘have not diminished’ and cites hotline that has received 1.1 million reports, some leading to arrests
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[2026-02-01 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At least 32 people have been killed in a wave of Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to local authorities.
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[2026-02-01 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-01 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It has been two decades since moves began to bring such cases to Hong Kong. Any resolution will likely come too late for Wang Fuk Court residents
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[2026-02-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As generative music tools surge, China turns to state oversight while the US relies on courts, copyright suits and settlements
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[2026-02-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But effort by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate will still face scrutiny from Beijing and deal may be re-evaluated, analysts tell SCMP
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