With vague rules on what counts as ‘chaos,’ Indonesia’s new penal code has the public questioning their right to protest.

The Supreme Court has sought an explanation from the Jammu and Kashmir government over a seven-year delay in the trial of an ...

Police have launched Op Tutup to track down a detainee who escaped while receiving treatment at Sungai Bakap Hospital (HSB) ...

Sexual offenses are horrific crimes perpetrated worldwide against people of all ages and genders. In Japan, these crimes are often downplayed or become the subject of massive media attention. The ...

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday, January 20, seeking to scrap Section 124 (a) of the Penal Code, the controversial sedition law critics call a relic of colonial repression.

Penang deputy police chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said a report was lodged by a personnel guarding ...

Alamo Drafthouse has built its loyal audience in part on a strict policy that prohibits phone use during film screenings.

A man, who rushed his semi-conscious father to the hospital on Monday (Jan 19), claiming that the 76-year-old had fallen, has ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major ...

A Jigawa state farmers and herders special court has ordered nine cattle herders to pay N500 million as compensation to ...

ONLINE and financial scams inflicted losses of RM2.77bil last year, the highest in three years, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Article 85 of the new Criminal Code stipulates that community sentences only apply for offenses with a maximum sentence of five years in prison, if the judges sentence the defendant to no more than ...