NST Leader: Unpleasant legal practice

Some lawyers are giving the profession a bad name. On Friday, a deputy public prosecutor in Sabah was sentenced to a year in prison and fined RM250,000 for soliciting bribes from two individuals as an inducement to withdraw a case that they were to be tried there. A stay of the execution of the sentence has been granted pending appeal. A fox in the henhouse? Or as Shakespeare would have put it, an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.

Da'i Syed granted stay of execution pending appeal on rape charge

thestar.com.my - 20/Sep 15:52

SHAH ALAM: The High Court on Friday granted celebrity preacher Da'i Syed, whose real name is Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohd Shaiful, a stay of execution...

Jagdeo warns public officers against soliciting bribes to expedite payments for contractors

kaieteurnewsonline.com - 26/Sep 04:49

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo issued a stern warning to the heads and accounting officers of public sector agencies, reaffirming...

Celebrity preacher Da'i Syed temporarily freed, gets a reprieve on prison sentence for rape

nst.com.my - 20/Sep 22:18

SHAH ALAM: Celebrity preacher Da’i Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohd Shaiful was temporarily released from the Kajang Prison today after the High Court...

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in a case seen as a barometer of press freedom

washingtontimes.com - 26/Sep 16:20

A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison on Thursday in a sedition case widely seen as an...

Man loses nearly RM250,000 in WhatsApp investment scam

nst.com.my - 01/Oct 19:53

MUAR: A man lost RM242,223 when he fell victim to a fake investment scheme introduced by an online acquaintance he met through WhatsApp.

New York mayor faces criminal charges

rt.com - 26/Sep 17:51

Eric Adams has become the first mayor in New York City history to be indicted while in office, for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes Read...

China's 'beautiful governor' infamous for having multiple affairs with subordinates, arrested

times of india - 21/Sep 09:52

Zhong Yang, ex-governor of Qiannan prefecture in Guizhou province, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined one million Yuan for misconduct. She...

Court Sentence 5 Offa Robbery Sentence to Death

nporeports.com - 26/Sep 12:39

Safiu Kehinde A judge of the Kwara state High Court on Thursday sentenced five suspects held in connection with an Ofa bank robbery to death. NPO...

Defense Lawyers in Missouri Scrambling to Halt Death Sentence

the new york times - 23/Sep 09:04

A hearing on Monday in the state’s Supreme Court could determine whether Marcellus Williams is executed on Tuesday for a 1998 murder conviction.

State audit and accountability: Comprehensiveness and quality of audit must not be compromised to meet statutory deadline

stabroeknews.com - 30/Sep 06:01

The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has been indicted on five criminal counts in a corruption probe involving soliciting bribes from wealthy...

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