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Criminal lawsuit lodged in Thai supreme court against Yingluck

​A criminal lawsuit was formally filed in court against former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra involving an allegedly loss-ridden rice program on Thursday.

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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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U.S. diplomat dismisses rumors of Yingluck's asylum seeking

​The United States charge d' affaires attached to Bangkok dismissed hearsay on Wednesday that former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has sought asylum in the U.S.

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Serial killer found guilty of murder in wrongful conviction case

A court in north China has sentenced a man to death for multiple crimes, including the murderer and rape of a woman in 1996.

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Electronic evidence allowed into courts

The Supreme People's Court will allow mobile phone messages, e-mails, micro-blogging and online chat records to be used as evidence in civil lawsuits.

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Officials not allowed to skip court

The attendance of city officials at court hearings in Beijing has increased as China has promoted the rule of law.

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S.Korean solider gets death penalty for shooting rampage

A South Korean Army soldier, who killed five comrades and wounded seven others in a shooting rampage in June 2014, got death penalty from a military court on Tuesday.

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Pakistani court indicts Musharraf in murder case

​An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday indicted former President Pervez Musharraf in the killing of a senior tribal elder, lawyers said.

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Family of wrongly killed man may get $193,860: media

The parents of a young man wrongly convicted and executed in a controversial 1996 rape and murder case in Inner Mongolia autonomous region are expected to get around 1.2 million yuan ($193,861) in compensation, according to Chinese law, news.163.com reported.

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Innocence announced 18 years after man executed for rape, murder

A man sentenced to death and executed in a controversial 1996 rape and murder case was acquitted of his crimes 18 years later in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Monday.

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Former senior economic planning official sentenced to life in prison

​A Chinese court sentenced former senior economic planning official Liu Tienan to life imprisonment on Wednesday.

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Egypt court jails Badie and 26 others 3 years for insulting judiciary

​An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's top official Mohammed Badie and 26 of the Islamist group's leading figures to three years in prison for insulting the judiciary.

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Hong Kong court rejects protesters' appeal against injunctions

​Hong Kong's high court Thursday refused to hear an appeal by Occupy Central protesters against injunctions to clear the barricades in occupied areas of Mong Kok.

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China's supreme court launches case-tracking website

The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China on Thursday officially launched a website for parties to track the progress of their court cases in an effort to boost judicial transparency.

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U.S. court backs Chinese-owned company over wind farm project disputes

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government violated a Chinese-owned company's rights when it rejected the company's bid to purchase U.S. wind farms.

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Reform brings independence to China judiciary

China is moving toward a mature socialist court system, one with more independence and less influence and protectionism from local officials.

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Egypt court hands 28 Morsi supporters life sentences

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 28 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in absentia after they were found guilty of violence in the Upper Egyptian province of Fayyoum in March, state news agency MENA reported.