Thai police crackdown on major online gambling network

Thai police crackdown on major online gambling network

Thailand’s Technology Crime Suppression Bureau police have announced the successful crackdown on a major illegal online gambling network, with more than 200,000 gamblers registered as members. They also seized assets worth about THB320 million THB ($8.9 million).

Southeast Asia - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Public security ministry detects asset appropriation via payday loans

Public security ministry detects asset appropriation via payday loans

Police across Vietnam have recently detected cases involving asset appropriation by businesses posing as financial services firms, who conduct illegal debt collection.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Woman sentenced to death for killing fiance’s daughter

Woman sentenced to death for killing fiance’s daughter

Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang was sentenced to death Friday for causing the death of an 8-year-old girl, her fiance’s daughter, last December.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Vietnamese woman stabs Japanese man to death in Yokohama

Vietnamese woman stabs Japanese man to death in Yokohama

A Vietnamese woman, Le Thi Ngoc Hanh stabbed a man to death Monday in Japan's Yokohama city, according to Japanese media company NHK.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Man gets $100,000 for wrongful conviction 43 years ago

Man gets $100,000 for wrongful conviction 43 years ago

The People’s Procuracy of Tay Ninh province was requested by an appeal court to pay Nguyen Van Dung, 61, over VND2.5 billion ($106,000) for a wrongful conviction in 1979.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

5 prosecuted in northern Vietnam over fraudulent land bidding

5 prosecuted in northern Vietnam over fraudulent land bidding

Ninh Binh province's investigative agency is prosecuting five people accused of collectively committing land bidding fraud.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Girl with 10 nails stuck in skull dies

Girl with 10 nails stuck in skull dies

A 3-year-old girl who had 10 nails driven into her skull by her mother’s lover died on Saturday evening, after two months of treatment, the Hanoi-based Saint Paul Hospital reported.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Two Hanoi bank robbery suspects arrested

Two Hanoi bank robbery suspects arrested

Hanoi police on Monday apprehended two men on suspicion of robbery at a Vietinbank transaction office earlier this week.

Top News - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7