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Convicted Indian-Origin Singapore Minister Placed Under 'Home Detention'
Singapore's former transport minister of Indian origin, S Iswaran, who was jailed last October for 12 months on corruption charges, was placed in "home detention" on Friday.
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Ex-US Senator Bob Menendez Jailed For 11 Years In Corruption Case
A judge sentenced a powerful former US senator to 11 years in prison Wednesday, after he was convicted of corruption following the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at his home.
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Influential US Senator Bob Menendez Convicted Of Acting As "Foreign Agent" For Egypt
Democratic Party Senator Bob Menendez, who headed the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been convicted of acting as a "foreign agent" for Egypt, and of a slew of corruption charges.
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Jailed Imran Khan's Nomination Papers Denied On "Moral" Grounds: Officer
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's nomination papers for the February 8 general elections were rejected due to his conviction in the offence of "moral turpitude" in a corruption case and other reasons, the returning officer of the Nat
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Why Was Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif In Self-Imposed Exile For 4 Years
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Islamabad on Saturday, ending his four-year self-imposed exile. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo was living away in the UK following his conviction in corruption cases in 2017.
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Two Convictions In FIFA Corruption Scandal Overturned
The case was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe from the US Justice Department which rocked world soccer's governing body FIFA and continental confederations for South and North America.
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Imran Khan Meets Wife In Jail For First Time After Arrest
Pakistan's imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan met his wife Bushra Bibi at the high-security Attock jail for the first time on Thursday after his conviction and arrest in a corruption case, his lawyer said.
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's Lawyers To Meet Him In Jail
Lawyers for Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will be allowed to meet him on Monday before they file an appeal against a graft conviction that has landed the former cricket star in jail, one of his lawyers said.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Convicted Of Corruption, Jailed For 7 Years: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate.
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Circumstantial Evidence OK To Convict Public Servant For Corruption: Court
The Supreme Court today said a public servant can be convicted for illegal gratification in a corruption case on the basis of circumstantial evidence when there is no direct oral or documentary evidence against them.
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Samsung Boss Lee Jae-Yong Receives Presidential Pardon in Bribery, Embezzlement Cases
Samsung boss Lee Jae-Yong received a presidential pardon in the cases which convicted him of corruption on economic grounds. The billionaire is given a chance to "contribute to overcoming the economic crisis" of the country. Lee will now be allowed to fully return to work as his five-year post-prison employment restriction has been lifted.
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Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta Convicted In Coal Scam Case
A Delhi Court on Friday convicted former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and former joint-Secretary in the Ministry of Coal (MoC), KS Kropha, for criminal conspiracy, cheating, and corruption in a coal scam case.
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Delhi High Court Puts On Hold 4-Year Jail Term For Politician Jaya Jaitley
The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.
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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Consecutive Jail Terms For Corruption, Terror Cases
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear, after four weeks, the plea seeking multiple jail terms for a convict under special laws on corruption and terrorism to run consecutively, similar in countries like the US, and not concurrently.
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Sikkim Chief Minister's Poll Disqualification Period Reduced To A Year
The Election Commission today reduced the disqualification period for Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang to a year and one month. Mr Tamang, who had earlier spent a year in jail after being convicted in a corruption case, was also barred from contesting elections for 6 years.
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Convicted Indian-Origin Singapore Minister Placed Under 'Home Detention'
Singapore's former transport minister of Indian origin, S Iswaran, who was jailed last October for 12 months on corruption charges, was placed in "home detention" on Friday.
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Ex-US Senator Bob Menendez Jailed For 11 Years In Corruption Case
A judge sentenced a powerful former US senator to 11 years in prison Wednesday, after he was convicted of corruption following the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at his home.
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Influential US Senator Bob Menendez Convicted Of Acting As "Foreign Agent" For Egypt
Democratic Party Senator Bob Menendez, who headed the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been convicted of acting as a "foreign agent" for Egypt, and of a slew of corruption charges.
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Jailed Imran Khan's Nomination Papers Denied On "Moral" Grounds: Officer
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's nomination papers for the February 8 general elections were rejected due to his conviction in the offence of "moral turpitude" in a corruption case and other reasons, the returning officer of the Nat
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Why Was Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif In Self-Imposed Exile For 4 Years
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Islamabad on Saturday, ending his four-year self-imposed exile. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo was living away in the UK following his conviction in corruption cases in 2017.
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Two Convictions In FIFA Corruption Scandal Overturned
The case was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe from the US Justice Department which rocked world soccer's governing body FIFA and continental confederations for South and North America.
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Imran Khan Meets Wife In Jail For First Time After Arrest
Pakistan's imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan met his wife Bushra Bibi at the high-security Attock jail for the first time on Thursday after his conviction and arrest in a corruption case, his lawyer said.
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's Lawyers To Meet Him In Jail
Lawyers for Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will be allowed to meet him on Monday before they file an appeal against a graft conviction that has landed the former cricket star in jail, one of his lawyers said.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Convicted Of Corruption, Jailed For 7 Years: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate.
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Circumstantial Evidence OK To Convict Public Servant For Corruption: Court
The Supreme Court today said a public servant can be convicted for illegal gratification in a corruption case on the basis of circumstantial evidence when there is no direct oral or documentary evidence against them.
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Samsung Boss Lee Jae-Yong Receives Presidential Pardon in Bribery, Embezzlement Cases
Samsung boss Lee Jae-Yong received a presidential pardon in the cases which convicted him of corruption on economic grounds. The billionaire is given a chance to "contribute to overcoming the economic crisis" of the country. Lee will now be allowed to fully return to work as his five-year post-prison employment restriction has been lifted.
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Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta Convicted In Coal Scam Case
A Delhi Court on Friday convicted former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and former joint-Secretary in the Ministry of Coal (MoC), KS Kropha, for criminal conspiracy, cheating, and corruption in a coal scam case.
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Delhi High Court Puts On Hold 4-Year Jail Term For Politician Jaya Jaitley
The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.
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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Consecutive Jail Terms For Corruption, Terror Cases
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear, after four weeks, the plea seeking multiple jail terms for a convict under special laws on corruption and terrorism to run consecutively, similar in countries like the US, and not concurrently.
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Sikkim Chief Minister's Poll Disqualification Period Reduced To A Year
The Election Commission today reduced the disqualification period for Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang to a year and one month. Mr Tamang, who had earlier spent a year in jail after being convicted in a corruption case, was also barred from contesting elections for 6 years.
