Thailand on verge of using voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders
Certain sex offenders deemed at risk of re-offending may be given the option to receive injections that reduce their testosterone levels, in return for shorter jail time,…
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How an addict beat drugs and turned his life around
Former drug addict Chris Sekar was able to change his life and has been an addiction consultant and therapist at the Gleneagles Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur for the past 20 years.
Cambodia’s youth gangs fuelled by drug use: Expert
He also said the social problems caused by gangsters were linked to a lack of communication between parents and schools with local authorities.
TV cameras capture attack on Shinzo Abe during speech
A video filmed by Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed the moment where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday (July 8).
Many questions around killing of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe
The killing will be examined closely to see if this was the work of a gunman acting alone, or if it was part of more calculated warnings.
Ex-PM Abe shot dead
The former PM suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and has been taken to hospital, according to firefighters. Several others were injured.
Former PM Abe suffered gunshot wound ‘deep enough to reach the heart’
Mr Abe had no vital signs when he was brought to the Nara Medical University Hospital, said medical officials at a press conference.
Abe’s suspected shooter used a handmade gun
Local media reports said the shooter Tetsuya Yamagami had retrieved what appeared to be a handmade gun from the vicinity where the former PM was shot.
Global shock as Abe is attacked.
The Financial Times said the shooting was “the most significant act of political violence to rock the country in half a century.”
Spy agency accuses two former heads of breaking law in high-profile NK scandals
There are allegations that records of a person who was fatally shot by North Korean troops in September 2020, while on patrol duty, were destroyed.