Dismissed mayor Alice Guo in Pasig jail; motion to halt transfer moot
Ms Guo was supposed to be detained with other 40 persons deprived of liberty in a female dormitory as part of the initial plan. Instead, she was placed in isolation in a…
Crime
Islamic group probe: Child seen abused in viral video among 187 rescued, says police
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the child was rescued from a Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) care home in Tapah, Perak, following an…
Letter supposedly by Japanese father of boy fatally stabbed scrubbed by China’s censors
The father wrote that “regardless of how the outside world might report on this tragedy, the fact that (the boy) has roots in both Japan and China will never change”, and that…
Seven bodies found in Indonesia’s Bekasi River, police believe link to teenage brawl
Authorities suspected that they were poised to have a brawl, particularly after finding that three of them carried bladed weapons. Police have named 15 teenagers as suspects in…
Spain murder: Ex-girlfriend of man accused of killing Audrey Fang says he was ‘aggressive’
Mitchell Ong has been in custody since April 16 after Ms Fang was found dead with 30 stab wounds and other injuries near a parking area for lorries in the town of Abanilla on…
Man arrested in South Korea 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
The investigation revealed that the victim had minimal contact with her family, which meant a missing person's report was not filed until three years after her death in 2011. At…
Alice Guo has right to post bail but probe to continue, says Senator Hontiveros
Senator Risa Hontiveros also pointed out that nothing will change even after Ms Guo, whose real name is Guo Hua Ping, posted US$9,700 bail.
Heads of school linked to group in Malaysia child sexual abuse probe arrested for deviant teachings
Four teaching assistants from the school were also charged with sexual misconduct at the Sessions Court.
Singaporean man with ‘anime fantasy’ fetish for girls in school uniform pleads guilty to molesting 11-year-old
On Sept 19, Kieron Ng Kay Lin, 20, pleaded guilty to one charge of outraging the modesty of an 11-year-old girl. The charges involving the two other victims, 12 and 14, and a…
Multi-million ringgit company GISB’s business empire houses 425 polygamous families
According to the GISB's corporate video on its website, there are 1,656 families in the business group network. Of the number, 1,231 are monogamous families while 425 are…