An anti-corruption court of the Philippines on November 9 issued an arrest order to former First Lady Imelda Marcos after she was found guilty on seven counts of graft during the period that her husband Ferdinand Marcos was in office from 1965 to 1986.
A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Phan Dinh Trac, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Head of its Commission for Internal Affairs, has been on a working visit to Japan from September 24 to 30.
Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh is attending an international conference under the title of “Judicial Excellence in Response to Today’s Challenges” in Thailand.
Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh held talks with Chief Justice Cheep Jullamon, President of the Supreme Court of Thailand, in Bangkok on September 12.
Leader of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha was released on September 10 but immediately put under house arrest to serve investigation of his alleged crimes, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said the same day.
Leader of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha was released from Trapeng Phlong prison in the country’s Tbong Khmum province and returned to his home in Phnom Penh in early morning of September 10.
Leading officials of the supreme people’s courts of Vietnam and Laos on July 27 noted that cooperation between the two court systems has developed in an increasingly substantive manner.
Former leader of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha will remain in temporary detention to serve investigation and judgment.
Thailand has asked the United Kingdom to extradite former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, overthrown in a coup in 2014 and sentenced in absentia to five years’ jail for negligence, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on July 31.
Chief justices of the 10 ASEAN countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation and information sharing in the judicial field in order to create more favourable conditions for residents as well as foster regional trade and investment.
Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam and his Singaporean counterpart Sundaresh Menon have agreed to intensify judicial cooperation between Vietnam and Singpore.
The 2015 penal code includes revised articles and supplements to fight money laundering, said Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh said at a workshop in the central city of Da Nang on July 9.
Cambodia’s political parties on July 7 kicked off a three-week campaign for the country’s general election slated for July 29.
The Philippine anti-graft agency on June 20 recommended a criminal charge against former President Benigno Aquino for disbursing 72 billion pesos (1.35 billion USD) of state funds for major government projects without the required approval of the Congress.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that he would stay in power for another two terms to ensure political stability and national development.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on May 16 called on eligible voters to cast their ballots in the upcoming general election.
The Philippine Supreme Court voted on May 11 to remove its Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
The Cambodian Appeal Court on May 10 upheld the convictions of 11 members and supporters of the now dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
