Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-01-01 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The National Transport Commission (NTC) announced that it has drafted new legal measures to regulate three-wheelers under the Transport Commission Act of 1991 and has submitted the 2025 amendments to the Attorney General’s Department.
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[2026-01-01 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: What happened: Judge Jennifer Green, who oversees the Maricopa Superior Court’s criminal department, has quietly rolled out a program to facilitate quicker resolutions to death penalty cases in Arizona’s most-populous county.
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[2026-01-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Post rounds up major political events that made 2025 a significant year for the city
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[2025-12-31 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dutch chipmaker’s Chinese owner warns of multi-track legal action, seeking full control of the firm and damages for improper seizure amid supply-chain tensions
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[2025-12-31 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Johan Fernando, the son of former Minister Johnston Fernando, who was arrested by the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) and produced before court, has been remanded.
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[2025-12-31 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Johan Fernando, the son of former Minister Johnston Fernando, who was arrested yesterday (30) by the Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID), was produced before the Wattala Magistrate’s Court today.
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[2025-12-31 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s government plans to push new legislation in 2026 to curb excessive working hours, including giving workers the right to disconnect from job related messages after hours and introducing half day leave as a legal entitlement.
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[2025-12-31 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Additional Magistrate’s Court yesterday (30) granted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) permission to detain and question alleged organised criminal ‘Kudu Roshan’ for a further three days.
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[2025-12-31 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Following a complaint filed by an individual with the Kurunduwatta Police in Gampola regarding an alleged assault on a person, the Kurunduwatta Police produced Kurunduwatta Ganga Ihala Korale Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman (NPP) Indika Upul Gunasekara before the Magistrate of the Gampola Magistrate’s Court Paranavitharana on Tuesday.
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[2025-12-30 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ji Sung stars in The Judge Returns, Nam Ji-hyun and Moon Sang-min clash in To My Beloved Thief, and Park Shin-hye is Undercover Miss Hong
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[2025-12-30 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-30 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Court rejects Jeffrey Tam Shun-wai’s denials and rules he had lied to his doctor to avoid frontline police work during the 2019 social unrest
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[2025-12-30 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Indonesia fuming over flag stunt to Duterte’s drug war verdict upheld, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting
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[2025-12-30 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump renews his call on Israel’s president to grant ally Netanyahu, who is in the midst of a corruption trial, a pardon
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[2025-12-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lankans are facing a critical juncture in the island’s economic & social development as the calendar inches to 2025. Having faced the deepest economic crisis in decades, the country has shown a good degree of resilience, resourcefulness, & resolve. There are still risks and opportunities to navigate in the future.
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[2025-12-30 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Minister Douglas Devananda, who was ordered to be remanded by the Court, has been admitted to the Mahara prison hospital.
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[2025-12-30 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Inspector General of Police has directed that legal action be taken under both traffic and criminal laws against drivers who cause accidents through reckless or irresponsible behaviour, including driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics and careless driving, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Traffic and Road Safety Range, W.
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[2025-12-30 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Myanmar's ruling junta on Sunday held the first phase of the elections, the country's first poll since a military coup in 2021.
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[2025-12-30 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: An Egyptian chaplain whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court was released from an Ohio jail on Friday as the Department of Homeland Security abruptly withdrew its case against him.
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[2025-12-30 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Man, 57, arrested on suspicion of outraging public decency, is scheduled to appear in Eastern Court on Tuesday
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[2025-12-30 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Under the changes, Moscow can ignore international judgments on Ukraine, shielding officials from ICC warrants and war crime tribunals
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[2025-12-29 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The jail term for the former prime minister has reignited grass roots anger and raised questions over Umno’s future inside Anwar’s coalition
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[2025-12-28 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Minister Douglas Devananda, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday (26), has been remanded until January 9, 2026 following his appearance before the Gampaha Magistrate’s Court.
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[2025-12-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Procedural blockade for eight-year military spending package has also stalled 2026 general budget review, piling up pressure on ruling DPP
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[2025-12-28 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bolsonaro, 70, had been hospitalised on Wednesday for hernia surgery. In September, he was jailed for 27 years for plotting a coup
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[2025-12-28 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Case involved a common but illegal practice in which developers collude with indigenous villagers to abuse the city’s ‘small-house’ policy
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[2025-12-27 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The personal security officer of Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan Jayalal, who was arrested for verbally threatening a female lawyer, has been released on bail.
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[2025-12-27 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Malaysia’s influential former premier Najib Razak was jailed on Friday for a further 15 years and fined $2.8 billion for power abuse and money laundering in the biggest trial of the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a ruling that could have big political ramifications.
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[2025-12-27 17:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nexperia owner Wingtech says the China unit produced more than 11 billion chips since mid-October, despite wafer supply constraints
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[2025-12-27 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Christy Lee, 40, lost everything in the Wang Fuk Court inferno but says she cannot allow herself to dwell on negative thoughts
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[2025-12-27 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Team of legal and finance professionals, sports coaches and a barber complete the torturous Hawaiki Nui Va’a race in French Polynesia
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[2025-12-27 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Malaysia court has convicted former prime minister Najib Razak for abuse of power and money laundering, in his second major trial for a multi-billion-dollar state funds scandal.
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[2025-12-27 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Malaysian court on Friday found Najib Razak guilty on multiple charges of abuse of power and money laundering tied to multibillion-dollar looting of the Malaysia Development Berhad, better known as the 1MDB investment fund.
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[2025-12-27 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-27 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hesitation does not equal lack of courage, observers caution, citing legal and domestic constraints and a likely pivot to ‘risk avoidance’
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[2025-12-26 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Division at the Gampaha Police Station has been remanded until January 6 over an alleged bribery incident, following an order issued by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (26).
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[2025-12-26 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ruling comes after a years-long trial in the financial fraud that saw more than US$4.5 billion plundered from the state fund
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[2025-12-26 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: During a hearing, Yoon appears tense and laughs in disbelief as special prosecutors present the charges in his first trial
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[2025-12-26 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Wang Fuk Court residents and their neighbours pick up the pieces after blaze, glimmers of hope and generosity bring comfort
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[2025-12-26 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In this judgment by Chandra Ekanayake, J., the Court addressed an appeal (Sri Lanka Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd. Vs. Ambewela Livestock Co. Ltd. – SC CHC – APPEAL NO. 54/2007-2014) by the defendant-appellant (Markfed) against a Commercial High Court decision favouring the plaintiff-respondent (Ambewela Livestock Company Limited). The core of the dispute involved a claim for Rs.
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[2025-12-26 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Justice and National Integration has finalised plans to launch an ‘e Court’ project to Digitalise Sri Lanka’s Judicial system, aiming to establish a National Judicial Data Grid.
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[2025-12-26 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Police Narcotics Bureau has obtained a seven-day detention order to question 11 suspects arrested in connection with a large quantity of narcotics seized from a fishing trawler off the Southern coast by the Sri Lanka Navy. Police stated the detention order was granted after the suspects were presented before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court.
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[2025-12-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A team of Police officers from Siripura have arrested 2 persons with 3 locally made firearms, in a raid conducted in the areas of Siripura and Miwathpura. A Police officer in the raiding party said that the persons arrested by the police officers had used these firearms to hunt animals.
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[2025-12-26 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Laurent Vinatier is in prison in Russia and facing more spying allegations, but Moscow says it has reached out to Paris
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[2025-12-25 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने ग्रेटर नोएडा के बिसाहड़ा गांव के बहुचर्चित अखलाक मॉब लिंचिंग मामले में अभियुक्तों के मुकदमे वापस लेने की कोर्ट से अपील की थी लेकिन कोर्ट ने यूपी सरकार की इस अर्जी को खारिज कर दिया. ग्रेटर नोएडा के सूरजपुर स्थित फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट में अतिरिक्त जिला एवं सत्र न्यायाधीश की अदालत ने अभियोजन पक्ष की ओर से दायर याचिका को निराधार बताते हुए खारिज कर दिया.
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[2025-12-25 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The High Court will rule on abuse of power and money laundering charges, with Najib facing the prospect of lengthy prison terms if found guilty
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[2025-12-25 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the ruling has been hailed as a win for human rights, it may not have much impact on Duterte’s ICC case, legal analysts say
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[2025-12-25 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From pro bono work to legal aid, the city’s lawyers help ensure access to the courts is not reserved only for those with deep pockets
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[2025-12-25 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s children need better legal protection from cruelty, sexual grooming and internet advances
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[2025-12-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The lawsuit states that Holcim has ‘significantly contributed to climate change with its massive CO2 emissions’
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