Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-05 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The arrest of 30-year-old suspect Brian Cole Jnr is the first breakthrough in the nearly five-year-old case that had long vexed law enforcement
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[2025-12-05 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Federica Mogherini, the former foreign policy and security chief of the European Union (EU), on Thursday resigned from her role as rector of the College of Europe.
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[2025-12-05 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firefighters recount extreme challenges of operation at Wang Fuk Court, with some struggling emotionally after finding so many bodies
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[2025-12-04 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: All ticket proceeds donated to Wang Fuk Court support group, while Kitchee raise over HK$700,000 for Tai Po relief efforts
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[2025-12-04 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The two countries have disagreed over water supply for decades, such as the perceived low prices charged by Malaysia’s Johor
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[2025-12-04 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Court rejects claim by Kelvin Luk, 40, that he was in a serious and genuinely loving relationship with the 12-year-old
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[2025-12-04 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to “mental torture in solitary confinement”, his sister Dr Uzma Khan said on Tuesday (2) after meeting him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
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[2025-12-04 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Report highlights allegations related to the British Army Training Unit Kenya, amid a high-profile murder case
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[2025-12-04 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former first lady, who faces a raft of corruption allegations, will receive the court’s ruling on January 28
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[2025-12-04 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s views on transnational laws are influential, expert says, as representatives from over 25 jurisdictions meet at Hong Kong Legal Week forum
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[2025-12-04 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Thought Leaders [Pinoy Criminology] Protecting the old and sickly from prolonged trial detention Visayas Negros Occidental inmates stage hunger strike over food, policy complaints Dec 4, 2025 10:14 AM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied Thought Leaders [Pinoy Criminology] Inordinate delay: The silent killer of justice Oct 23, 2025 8:00 PM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied People Itawit man revisits prison as top college graduate, entrepreneur Sep
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[2025-12-04 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Workers’ Party chief was in February found guilty of two counts of giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee and fined
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[2025-12-04 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Bar has a long history of offering free services, but the new scheme leverages NGO partnerships to ensure there is wider access to justice
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[2025-12-04 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 708 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, as authorities rushed to repair infrastructure and deliver aid to cut-off areas.
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[2025-12-04 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted residents to rapidly rising water.
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[2025-12-04 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The SLTA-YETI Hard Court Tennis Championship prize giving, an annual event organised by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) and sponsored by YETI, was held at the SLTA courts in Colombo.
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[2025-12-04 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A single lane of the Colombo – Nuwara Eliya main road via Hatton which was closed after several sections of the road was covered with huge mounds of earth due to earthslips was re-opened for vehicular traffic yesterday and the Police request motorists to be vigilant when driving through such sections of the road.
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[2025-12-04 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Quadrilhas na Alemanha exploram agora um ramo inusitado: o roubo de gordura vegetal e animal velha que, após ser usada por restaurantes e redes de fast-food, é descartada em contêineres mantidos por empresas de reciclagem que têm no reaproveitamento do recurso seu ganha-pão.
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[2025-12-04 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR), em conjunto com o Gabinete Central de Combate à Corrupção e ao Crime Transnacional, realizou, na terça-feira, uma operação de busca, captura e apreensão na Direção Nacional do Tesouro e na Autoridade Tributária. A ação resultou na detenção de pelo menos quatro pessoas, após denúncias de alegada corrupção e sonegação fiscal.
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[2025-12-04 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police have arrested six men from company responsible for fire alarm system at Wang Fuk Court for allegedly making false declarations
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[2025-12-04 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Property Management Services Authority vows to rigorously follow up on any suspected breaches in wake of deadly Wang Fuk Court fire
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[2025-12-04 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Head of Disaster Victim Identification Unit describes difficult conditions team faced in search for bodies at Wang Fuk Court after inferno
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[2025-12-04 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Office for Safeguarding National Security condemns ‘small clique of external hostile forces’ for ‘stirring up trouble and taking advantage of the chaos’
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[2025-12-03 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Tensions are running high in Hong Kong over last week's massive apartment fire in the city's Tai Po district. The blaze killed at least 156 people, with the death toll expected to grow as authorities continue to comb through the burned-out buildings.
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[2025-12-03 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Video clip purportedly from Wang Fuk Court shows man trying to sound alarm using glass-panel fire alarm call point but without success
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[2025-12-03 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Residents of Wang Fuk Court hold 7,600 active life and 1,100 property policies provided by some 30 insurers, Insurance Authority CEO says
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[2025-12-03 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lab denies it issued safety report for Fung Wah Estate, which uses scaffolding nets from the same Shandong manufacturer as Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court
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[2025-12-03 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Residents gather valuables, warm clothes, personal documents, home appliances and pets in brief, emotional return to Wang Fuk Court tower
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[2025-12-03 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Senior officials from the World Bank and the StAR Initiative under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to provide technical and expert support to assist Sri Lanka in recovering assets believed to have been acquired through corruption in foreign countries.
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[2025-12-03 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The family of a Colombian fisherman killed in a US airstrike in the Caribbean has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) accusing the US administration of conducting an extrajudicial killing in breach of international law, according to US and British media outlets.
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[2025-12-03 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Hong Kong reels from the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court, here’s a visual guide to what we know
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[2025-12-03 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 32-year-old man is accused of eating an ornate Faberge octopus pendant inspired by the James Bond film ‘Octopussy’
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[2025-12-03 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Green groups say plantations and mines have degraded Sumatra’s land, amplifying a disaster that killed more than 700 and displaced thousands
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[2025-12-03 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Homosexuals posed as ‘father and son’ in public before older of the two was killed in road accident, sparking bitter legal dispute
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[2025-12-03 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: One of the world’s most successful liberalising projects of the late 20th century has fizzled to leave Europe’s economy in secular decline. This FT series examines what went wrong — and why it is so difficult to revive the single market as a growth engine.
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[2025-12-03 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fort Magistrate Isuru Netthikumarage has issued a warrant for former Colombo District Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, who is out on bail, after he failed to appear in court.
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[2025-12-03 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: On the first anniversary of South Korea's shock declaration of martial law, President Lee Jae Myung vowed to address the fallout from last year's failed insurrection and to ensure those responsible are held accountable.
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[2025-12-03 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Kaduwela–Battaramulla road, which had been temporarily closed due to flooding, was reopened to traffic this morning, police said.
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[2025-12-03 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two cases of victims aged 100 and 102 killed by their children aged above 70 have highlighted the challenges faced by elderly carers
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[2025-12-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Patient questioning by woman police officer leads elderly man to reveal details of stock trading racket; victim finally gets his money back
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[2025-12-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Concerns are growing that the judiciary, dominated by Yoon-appointed judges, may acquit the former president of insurrection charges
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[2025-12-03 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The judge ordered Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, held in custody without bond, citing the ‘sheer terror’ of the fatal ambush in Washington
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[2025-12-03 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: By the spring of 2020, the century-old industrial plant on Birmingham’s 35th Avenue was literally falling apart. Chunks of the metal doors fronting several of the 1,800-degree ovens — which heat coal to produce a fuel called coke — had broken off and tumbled to the ground.
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[2025-12-03 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Tracy Harpster, a deputy police chief from suburban Dayton, Ohio, was hunting for praise. He had a business to promote: a miracle method to determine when 911 callers are actually guilty of the crimes they are reporting. “I know what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend sounds like,” he once said.
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[2025-12-03 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Boderagama yesterday (2) ordered the remand until December 16 of former Minister C. B. Ratnayake, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for committing an offence of corruption under the Money Laundering Act.
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[2025-12-03 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Over one billion people in the world today have some form of disability. They constitute the world’s largest minority, which is 15% of the total population of the world, and no one knows at what moment one may become a member of this minority.
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[2025-12-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: National Movement for Social Justice Leader Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said that every section of society needs to come together without national, religious, or political divisions to recover from the national disaster. Issuing a release over the natural disaster following the cyclone, he said that the most urgent priority should be to ensure that affected families receive adequate food and are protected from diseases that can spread after a disaster of this scale.
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[2025-12-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Havelock Sports Club will aim for their second win of the Maliban SLR Inter-Club A Division League when they meet Police Sports Club in their Week 4 clash at Police Park on Friday at 3 pm.
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[2025-12-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The All-Ceylon Coroners’ Association President Anura Herath said that the coroners in the country are facing great inconvenience due to the fact that the Justice Ministry has not yet issued a circular to release the bodies of people who died in natural disasters without conducting a post-mortem examination.
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[2025-12-03 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, was released from a US prison, shortly after he received a US presidential pardon from Donald Trump. His wife confirmed the release on Tuesday.
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