Malaysian police raided the Kuala Lumpur office of audit firm Deloitte on May 23 as part of a widening probe into a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak returned to court for the second day of his high-profile corruption trial in Kuala Lumpur on April 15, with the former PM accused of plundering large sums of money from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
After several delays, Malaysia finally opened the trial on April 3 for former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who faces corruption charges relevant to the scandal at the state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Thai Binh clarified questions on the
quality and appointment of officials and cadres at a National Assembly
(NA) question-and-answer session in Hanoi on November 18.
Cambodian Prime Minister
Hun Sen on March 27 warned that the government would take legal actions
against any illegal protests in order to maintain peace and political
stability in the country.
Indonesia’s economy has come out of a difficult period due to
good financial policies and global economic fluctuations, the country’s
Finance Minister Chatib Basri declared.
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 10 pledged to continue
maintaining national peace and political stability, asserting that these
factors serve as fundamental elements of the country’s socio-economic
development.
The central city of Da Nang topped the 2012 Justice Index but it still
needs to do more to make sure its legal and judicial system works more
efficiently.
Experts from Vietnam, Morocco, Egypt and Palestine explored
political and social changes in North Africa and the Middle East and
discovered their impacts on Vietnam during a seminar held in Hanoi
on June 25.
The Supreme People’s Court maintained the original prison sentence
from the first trial of Cu Huy Ha Vu for "conducting propaganda against
the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”, at an appeal court held
in Hanoi on August 2.
The Supreme People’s Court said it will open a court of appeals on
August 2 for Cu Huy Ha Vu to appeal against a prison sentence for
“conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam”.
The Hanoi People’s Court on April 4 sentenced Cu Huy Ha Vu to seven
years in jail on the charge of “conducting propaganda against the State
of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” pursuant to Article 88 of the
Penal Code.
The Hanoi People’s Court said it will open a trial against Cu Huy Ha Vu
on April 4 on the charge of “conducting propaganda against the State of
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” pursuant to Article 88 of the Penal
Code.
The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on December 17 issued an indictment on its
prosecution of Cu Huy Ha Vu on charges of “disseminating information
against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” as prescribed in
point c, clause 1, Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Denmark and Sweden have signed an
agreement on jointly conducting a judicial reform support programme in
Vietnam with a combined budget of 18.7 million EUR, said sources from
the Denmark Embassy in Hanoi.
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