A court in the eastern city of Ningbo, China was on Monday sentenced Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong bookseller to 10 years in prison for illegally providing intelligence overseas. The court stated online that Gui Minhai pleaded guilty to the charge and that he would not appeal. Gui Minhai (55 years) who is a Chinese-born […]
Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Topeka learned that Lamonte McIntyre spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit. On Monday, a court ordered Kansas state to pay Lamonte McIntyre $1.5 million for his wrongful conviction. According to the report, McIntyre was convicted and sentenced to life in prison when
It was reported that eight environmental activists including Morad Tahbaz (an Iranian who has British and American citizenship) were recently sentenced to prison for allegedly spying for the United States and acting against Iran’s national security. The activists were arrested in 2018 and their jail terms ranges from four to ten years. Morad Tahbaz and
It was reported that cocaine which weighs more than 5 tons bound for Netherlands port of Rotterdam was seized recently by Costa Rica’s anti-narcotics police. This is Costa Rica’s largest drug ever seized. According to the report, the police discovered the cocaine in Costa Rica’s Caribbean port of Limon, hidden inside a shipping container of
It was reported that a Criminal Court in Cairo was on Saturday sentenced Raouf Boutros-Ghali (who is an actor and former finance minister’s brother) to 30 years in prison for smuggling artifacts to Italy. The court also fined him (Raouf Boutros-Ghali) 6 million Egyptian pounds ($382,000). Boutros-Ghali is a brother of Yousef Boutros-Ghali (former finance
Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Tokyo learned that the Japanese automaker Nissan has filed a civil lawsuit against the company’s former chairman (Carlos Ghosn), seeking 10 billion Japanese yen ($90 million) in damages. The automaker accused Carlos Ghosn of breach of fiduciary duty as a company director and misappropriation of Nissan’s resources and assets.
It was reported that a military appeal court in Blida, south of Algiers has upheld jail terms of the country’s former intelligence chiefs and ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s brother. The two former Algerian intelligence chiefs (Mohamed Mediene and Athmane Tartag), along with Said Bouteflika were convicted for conspiring against the army and the state authority. They
It was reported that a 32-year-old Thailand soldier identified as Sgt. Maj. Jakrapanth Thomma killed 29 people and wounded 57 others in the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he was shot dead on Sunday. According to the report, the soldier was angry over a financial dispute. He held an overnight siege at the
A THAILAND SOLDIER KILLED 29 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MANY OTHERS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD. Read More »
An Iranian man identified as Amir Rahimpour who was convicted of spying for the CIA has been sentenced to death by Iran’s court. It was alleged that Amir Rahimpour received money from the CIA to share details of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program with the American spy agency. Gholamhossein Esmaili, Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said that
It was reported that Hisham al-Ashmawy (a former special forces officer turned Islamic militant) and 36 others have been sentenced to death after an Egyptian court convicted them on terrorism charges. Hisham al-Ashmawy was arrested in Derna (Libyan city) in 2018 and authorities loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar extradited him to Egypt in May 2019.
