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Former head of China Huarong Asset Management given no option for reprieveA Chinese court has sentenced a former banker and party official to death, in a high-profile bribery, embezzlement and bigamy case that has shocked the country.Lai Xiaomin, previ…
Read MoreTakahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing nine people he befriended online after they expressed suicidal thoughtsA court in Japan has sentenced to death a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” for the murders in 2017 of nine people whom he befriended online a…
Read MoreMove comes after nationwide demonstrations sparked by series of sexual assaultsBangladesh will introduce the death penalty for rape cases, after several high-profile sexual assaults prompted a wave of protests across the country in recent weeks.Speakin…
Read MoreMove comes after nationwide demonstrations sparked by series of sexual assaultsBangladesh will introduce the death penalty for rape cases, after several high-profile sexual assaults prompted a wave of protests across the country in recent weeks.Speakin…
Read MoreSentenced to death in China, American Mark Swidan hopes for a permanent reprieve but his fate may hinge on an easing of diplomatic tensionsWhen Chinese police raided the Guangzhou hotel room of Mark Swidan and arrested him on 13 November 2012, he was o…
Read MoreHuman rights experts say plight of Karm Gilespie raises concerns over whether the death penalty is being ‘weaponised’ for foreign political gainOn Saturday Chinese officials announced Australian man, Karm Gilespie, had been sentenced to death for attem…
Read MoreMalaysian man receives sentence remotely for role in drug deal as city-state tries to stem coronavirusA man convicted of drug-trafficking offences has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call, the city-state’s first case where capital…
Read MoreRape and murder of woman in 2012 shocked India and brought protesters out on to the streetsA death warrant has been issued for the four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi, which galvanised protests across …
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