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Ransomware attack behind massive disruption in Indonesia’s national data centre

The data failure at the facility in Surabaya, East Java, was first reported on Thursday, June 20, and impacted databases managed by more than 200 central government and regional…

  • Published: June 25, 20248:30 am
  • Author Ruth Dea Juwita and Radhiyya Indra
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Singaporean woman admits splashing hot water on her 4 kids on suspicion one of them stole her cash

Her offences were committed when her three daughters were aged eight, 10 and 11, and her son was nine.

  • Published: June 25, 20246:55 am
  • Author Nadine Chua
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The ‘helpers’ preying on runaway South Korean teens

The term is often hashtagged alongside others such as ""gachul"" (runaway from home) and ""jatei"" (high school dropouts). These serve as an emergency code in seeking a place to…

  • Published: June 25, 20246:35 am
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Scammers using deep fake nude images to demand money from victims in Singapore

At least four men have been targeted by scammers in what has been coined “deepfake sexploitation,” The Straits Times has learnt.

  • Published: June 24, 20248:00 am
  • Author Kyleen Cabael
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At least 23 arrested after man lynched for alleged blasphemy in Swat’s Madyan: police

The mob had brutally lynched a man — who had been detained for the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran — inside the Madyan police station on Thursday evening. The mob had…

  • Published: June 24, 20247:25 am
  • Author Fazal Khaliq
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Cops rescue 73 individuals, children included, from human trafficking in large-scale operation in Malaysia

The victims—25 men, 26 women, and 22 children—were rescued in a large-scale nationwide operation codenamed ‘Ops Mega Pintas.’

  • Published: June 21, 202412:00 pm
  • Author Farik Zolkepli
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Man killed by mob in Pakistan’s Swat district over alleged Quran desecration

Videos making the rounds on social media show a mob circling a body on fire in the middle of the road as well as people gathered in huge numbers outside a police station.

  • Published: June 21, 20247:23 am
  • Author Fazal Kahliad
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Fine for man who squirted mixture of urine and flour on woman’s dress to try to chat her up

On June 20, Tan Jun Hao, a 31-year-old Malaysian, was fined $1,200 after he pleaded guilty to using criminal force on one of the women.

  • Published: June 21, 20247:17 am
  • Author Shaffiq Alkhatib
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Cafe owner fined after a foreign tourist seen close to oncoming train in Hanoi

On June 18, a video on Facebook went viral showing a woman coming out onto the track and seemingly posing for a photo as the train approached.

  • Published: June 20, 20247:19 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Ex-husband of slain HK socialite Abby Choi jailed for more than 3 years over gold theft

Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 29, is still facing the charge of murdering his former wife, whose severed head was found in a soup pot in 2023, and was sentenced to a 3½ year prison term…

  • Published: June 20, 20247:14 am
  • Author Lok Jian Wen

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