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Society 3 years ago

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BREAKING: Disgraced ex-police general Ferdy Sambo sentenced to death for murder

The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday former National Police internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of his own aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat and for tampering with evidence in orchestrating a cover-up.

Society 3 years ago

Supreme Court upholds death sentence for West Java teacher who raped 13 students

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal and upheld the death sentence handed down to an Islamic boarding school teacher who had raped 13 of his students.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Myanmar calls outrage over activists' death sentence 'reckless and interfering'

The United Nations, the US State Department and France last week denounced the rejection of the appeals of a veteran activist and a former lawmaker, a decision that paves the way for the country's first executions in decades.

Archipelago 3 years ago

Bandung high court sentences teacher to death for raping 13 students

The case of teacher Herry Wirawan has shocked the country and shone a spotlight on the need to protect children from sexual violence in the country's religious boarding schools.

People 4 years ago

'Hollywood Ripper' sentenced to death in US

A man known as the "Hollywood Ripper" was sentenced to death Friday for the gruesome killings of two women in their homes in the early 2000s.

SE Asia 4 years ago

More people sentenced to death by court-martial in Myanmar

The military has intensified its crackdown on protesters and others opposed to its rule following a February coup. Nineteen people were sentenced to death by court-martial last week for the killing of an associate of an army officer in the largest city Yangon.