Criminal

As it examines the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute renal injury, Indonesia’s food and drug regulator announced on Monday that it has revoked the syrup medicine production licenses of two local enterprises for breaking manufacturing guidelines (AKI). The decision was made by the BPOM agency after Indonesia temporarily banned the sale of certain syrup-based medications and …

Days after Malaysian religious authorities stormed a Halloween party organized by the LGBTQ community, queer people claim the political parties’ silence ahead of the November 19 election is indicative of their position in society. Saturday, enforcement agents from the Kuala Lumpur Islamic religious authority (JAWI), joined by police officers, apprehended 20 individuals at a private party held in Chinatown, Kuala …

Three days after her family reported her missing, two youngsters discovered the body of a high school student from the Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU) in Pili town, Camarines Sur, in the grounds of the provincial government complex on October 31. The discovery of the body of Irish Mae “Mai-Mai” Payonga sparked outrage in the AdNU community when it was …

The BBC investigates how the disaster unfolded when more than 150 people perished in a fatal crush in Seoul on Saturday night. By early Saturday evening, tens of thousands of mostly young people had gathered on Itaewon in the heart of the South Korean city, a lively party district whose maze-like alleyways are lined with clubs and eateries. After two …

According to a report published in the German newspaper Bild on October 27, a dead corpse was discovered in the undercarriage of a Lufthansa aircraft that arrived at Frankfurt airport after departing from Tehran. Workers made the finding after the passengers of flight LH 601 had exited the aircraft and after the A340 had been relocated to a hangar for …

Nearly a decade after fleeing China, more than fifty Uyghurs languish in Thai detention facilities, living in constant fear of being deported. China has been accused of committing major human rights violations against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang at least since the 1990s, with the United States labeling Beijing’s treatment of the predominantly Muslim minority as “genocide.” A devastating UN assessment …

Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for having and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil was denied by a Russian court on Tuesday, clearing the path for her to be transported to a correctional colony in a case that Washington has termed a “sham.” US President Joe Biden, whose administration suggested a prisoner exchange arrangement with Russia to obtain …

Brittney Griner “does not anticipate miracles” at her Tuesday, October 25 appeal hearing against a nine-year Russian prison sentence for possessing cannabis oil in her baggage, her attorneys said in a statement. The two-time Olympic gold winner was detained at a Moscow airport on February 17 with cannabis oil-containing vape cartridges, which are illegal in Russia. On August 4, she …

On Friday, October 22, a federal jury in California dismissed charges that Cardi B misappropriated a man’s likeness for the cover of her 2016 first mixtape. After a four-day trial and an afternoon of deliberations, a Santa Ana jury determined that the cover of Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 did not violate plaintiff Kevin Michael Brophy’s publicity or privacy rights …

On Friday (Oct. 21), e-commerce company Carousell informed its subscribers of a data breach that happened on Oct. 14. The breach revealed the registered email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and dates of birth of users. The platform notified affected consumers by email, but did not specify in the message why the notification took a week. In response to CNA questions, …