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Sri Lankan Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared another state of emergency on Monday as anti-government protests around the country entered their hundredth day. On July 13, the ruling president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the country with his family after the President’s House and the Prime Minister’s office in Colombo were stormed by demonstrators, resulting in the [...]

A US District Judge Wednesday ordered Energetic Tank, Inc. to pay the US federal government almost $44.6 million for its role in a 2017 collision between an Energetic Tank tanker and a US Navy destroyer in which “en Navy sailors were killed and dozens more were injured.” The $44.6 million payment is due to the [...]

Malaysian Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar Friday announced the state’s abolition of the mandatory death penalty and replacement with “substitute punishments” at the courts’ discretion.  The Attorney General’s Chambers, Legal Affairs Division, Prime Minister’s Department and Ministries in collaboration will conduct research and study on the proposed substitute punishment to make certain that the [...]

The Singapore High Court Thursday convicted Malaysian businessman and woman, John Soh Chee wen and Quah Su-Ling for market manipulation and cheating offences that led to the 2013 penny-stock crash. Local media outlets have said that the 2013 crash was the outcome of Singapore’s most serious case of market manipulation, as it wiped out more than [...]

A Singapore court Tuesday dismissed a last-ditch legal challenge by the mother of a Malaysian drug trafficker on death row, paving the way for his execution to be carried out on Wednesday as planned. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was convicted of trafficking heroin into Singapore over a decade ago and has been on death row ever since. [...]

The Singapore Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected an appeal against the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine in 2009. Nagaenthran’s death penalty arises out of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA), which provides for the mandatory death penalty in cases involving over 15 grams [...]

Japan announced Friday that it will extend sanctions to 15 Russian nationals and nine organizations over the continued Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Herokazu noted in a press conference that the sanctioned individuals include several Russian oligarchs and others close to Vladimir Putin, including Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday said that it will deliver its decision “as soon as possible” on a request from Ukraine for the indication of provisional measures following Russia’s invasion of the country. The ICJ had originally scheduled to hear the parties on the question of provisional measures for a period of two [...]

Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saturday announced a range of sanctions and restrictions aiming to “constrain Russia’s capacity to conduct war against Ukraine and undermine its sovereignty.” Singapore has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a contravention of the UN Charter and “a clear and gross violation of international law.” Recognizing its own vulnerability as [...]

The Singapore Court of Appeal Monday dismissed an appeal against Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between men. The court held that since there wasn’t any credible threat of prosecution under the section, the applicants lacked the requisite standing to challenge its constitutionality. In October of 2007, the Parliament debated whether Section [...]