99% of alleged fake investment ads in Japan designed to lure victims to Line
According to the National Police Agency, damages resulting from social media-based investment scams between January and May this year totaled ¥43 billion, about a ninefold…
Crime
Wildlife crime or criminalisation of farmers: The real crisis in Bhutan’s forests
According to statistics from the Department of Forests and Park Services, there were 7,799 forest offense cases reported over the past five years (2018–2022).
Malaysia’s appeals court reinstates death penalty for six ex-UPNM students in fatal bullying case
Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail, who chaired a three-judge panel, described the crime committed against Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain seven years ago as "the rarest of the rare" and…
BREAKING NEWS: Missing six-year-old Malaysian has been found safe
The case was reclassified as kidnapping.
3 terrorists killed during infiltration attempt at Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The interim Afghan government was urged to fully investigate and take immediate, robust and effective action against the perpetrators of the Bannu attack and to prevent the…
Pakistan condemns attack on consulate in Frankfurt by Afghan nationals
According to Geo News, a group of Afghan nationals pelted stones at the Pakistani consulate and even brought down its national flag on Saturday, causing outrage on social media.
Gunman accused of killing cop found dead at Bangkok house after overnight standoff with police
Police said the cause of the death would be determined by an autopsy and declined to say whether he was shot dead by police or he had taken his own life with the pistol found…
Most victims in sex crimes by family member aged 13 or younger when first victimised
The report pointed out that this implies that the child victims were exposed to sexual violence for extended periods of time.
Philippine Navy foils ‘hundreds’ of hacking attempts
The Philippine Navy is now investigating one of its own members for allegedly taking part in hacking its network and downloading its database.
S’pore orders social media sites to block 95 accounts, in first such use of foreign interference law
The network of almost 100 accounts published coordinated posts spreading allegations that Singapore is being controlled by China.