Issue: June 14, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 26, 2013   

Bank rescue fugitive goes straight to jail
A former bank executive convicted in absentia over a US$260-million (HK$2.03 billion) fraud scheme was handed over to Indonesian authorities after extradition from the United States.



Writer flees Russia after 'death threat'
Russia's main opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta said its top journalist has fled the country after the country's chief investigator threatened to kill him.

Ex-Murdoch aide bailed over hacking
A British court has bailed Rebekah Brooks, the former aide to Rupert Murdoch and News of the World editor, on obstruction of justice charges related to a phone-hacking scandal.



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