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Myanmar court extends Suu Kyi's prison sentence to 26 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges Wednesday that leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official said.

WEKU

Lengthy legal battles threaten to hold up Victoria’s corruption probes

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has revealed it is tied up in a number of lengthy, expensive legal battles that threaten to silence crucial corruption investigations.

ABC News

Aung San Suu Kyi faces total of 26 years in prison after latest corruption sentencing

Court controlled by junta adds a further three years in jail to raft of other sentences handed to the former leader

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‘They are stealing Russia’: Adam Curtis on how hyper-capitalism wrecked a nation – and why Liz Truss must take heed

In the 1990s, Russia embraced an extreme economics that led to chaos and corruption. Now, writes the maker of explosive new series TraumaZone, Liz Truss is taking Britain down the same toxic path

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more charges, extends jail term to 26 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served concurrently, adding to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official said.

France 24

PM Modi has changed 'corruption culture' in arms deal: Nadda

Scams such as Bofors scam, helicopters scam, and submarine scam were synonymous with the arms deal, but now the export of arms to the world has increased six times, he said

The Hindu

Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges

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Corruption bombshell - ICAC finds former Awabakal Aboriginal Land Council leaders acted corruptly

The state's corruption watchdog has found that four individuals - Nicholas Petroulis, Despina Bakis, Debbie Dates and Richard Green - engaged in corrupt conduct through a dishonest scheme involving the false sale and development of properties owned by the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Newcastle Herald

Peru prosecutors increase pressure on president as they order allies detained

Peruvian prosecutors on Tuesday detained five allies of embattled President Pedro Castillo, who is facing several criminal investigations over corruption allegations during his one year in office.

Reuters

84 years since Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act of 1937, but prohibition is not yet a reality, laments Madras HC

It quashes a tender notification issued by Tasmac on the ground that it would only lead to confusion and corruption

The Hindu

Brazil's slippage in corruption index clouds OECD membership, report says

Brazil slipped in its global corruption positioning due to government interference in the work of law enforcement agencies that has caused serious consequences for anti-graft efforts, Transparency International (TI) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Racist comments. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. Welcome to LA politics 2022

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Hall has felt under siege the last few years.

Los Angeles Times

‘Devastating’ outcomes for woman abused by police officer husband after Ibac failures, report finds

Woman’s escape plan had previously been leaked to abuser, but Victorian anti-corruption body referred case back to police’s internal investigations

The Guardian - AU

Key issues as Malaysia gets set to go to the polls

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for an early election on Monday, to win a stronger mandate and stabilise a rocky political landscape that has persisted in the wake of the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal and Covid crisis.

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Explainer-Key issues as Malaysia gets set to go to the polls

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for an early election on Monday, to win a stronger mandate and stabilise a rocky political landscape that has persisted in the wake of the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal and COVID crisis.

The Guardian - US

‘Trump is the man’: trial paints a White House plagued by foreign influence

The legal woes of investor Tom Barrack, accused of secretly lobbying for the Emirati regime, add to the image of a Trump circle beset by influence-peddling and corruption

Los Angeles Times

‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California

In the San Gabriel Valley, a city councilman demanded bribes from businesses seeking cannabis licenses, according to a source cooperating with the FBI.

The Hindu

Shameful, says Ravi Shankar Prasad on Nitish Kumar's disapproval of CBI chargesheet against Lalu Prasad

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar voiced his disapproval of the CBI chargesheet against Lalu Prasad in a case pertaining to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief's tenure as the railway minister

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Liverpool Council completed land deal with developer after he was arrested in corruption probe

Local authority completed land deal with suspect in Operation Aloft probe

The Hindu

God sent me to destroy the descendants of Kansa: Kejriwal in Gujarat

Delhi CM’s campaign tour is met with anti-AAP posters and slogans

The Guardian - UK

Football corruption and the remarkable road to Qatar’s World Cup

The most significant day in the history of modern football ended with the award of a tainted event that is now weeks away

Chicago Sun-Times

The rise and fall of another Chicago political dynasty — the 34th Ward Democrats

“We were in the same political family,” former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. says. “We were able to elect a county commissioner, we were able to elect state reps, senators — and it all came out of that organization.”

The Hindu

BJP State executive sets tone for party’s poll campaign by accusing Congress of ‘divisive mindset’

It adopts a resolution ridiculing Bharat Jodo Yatra and accusing the erstwhile Siddaramaiah regime of indulging in rampant corruption

Al Jazeera

Nigerians decry extortion, delays at passport offices home and abroad

Many Nigerians say getting a passport is now cumbersome due to corruption and government inefficiency.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen: Militias Reopen Iranian Hospital That Was Used as Spy Center

The Iranian-backed Houthi militias reopened an Iranian hospital in Sanaa, 13 years after closing it and using it as a center for spying and promoting extremism. The militias changed the hospital's name and allocated more than 3.5 billion riyals to equip it. The move is considered one of the group's…

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