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Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong sentenced to five years in jail

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Guo Boxiong gets life sentence for taking bribes

​A military court on Monday sentenced Guo Boxiong to life in prison for accepting bribes.

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Gujarat riots: India court jails 11 for life over Gulbarg massacre

A court in India has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.

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6 sentenced to jail for running prostitution ring in Macao

​Six people were sentenced to jail for running a prostitution ring in Macao, the special administrative region's primary court ruled on Thursday.

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HK businessman sentenced to 18 months in jail for perverting course of justice

​Former vice chairman of Hong Kong-listed company Pearl Oriental Oil Lew Mon-hung was sentenced to 18 months in jail for perverting the course of justice by Hong Kong District Court on Monday.

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Egypt sentences 69 MB loyalists to life jail for church arson

​An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 69 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group to life in prison over burning a church in 2013, state-run MENA news agency reported.

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Taiwan's former chief prosecutor jailed for 15 months

Taiwan's former chief prosecutor Huang Shyh-ming was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Thursday for leaking classified information related to prosecutors' investigations.

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Egypt court acquits ex-interior minister of money laundering charges

An Egyptian court acquitted on Thursday former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly of money laundering and profiteering charges, official MENA news agency reported.

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Mining tycoon sentenced to death

A Chinese court Friday sentenced former mining tycoon Liu Han to death.

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Indonesia jails mastermind of Myanmar embassy bombing plot

South Jakarta district court on Tuesday sentenced a militant to 7.5 years jail term for masterminding bomb plot at Myanmar embassy in the city.

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Egypt's court sentences 1 Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment

An Egyptian court sentenced one member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), from which ousted President Mohamed Morsi hails, to life in prison over violent acts against the army last month, state-run Ahram website reported Tuesday.

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Turkish court announces verdicts in coup plot trial

An Istanbul court passed judgments on nearly 300 suspects accused of plotting to topple the ruling government in a battleground case as a part of the decade-long conflict between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's secularist establishment.