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Crime news including the latest on murder cases, the hunt for serial killers, triads, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
Jason Hughes’ family urged authorities to drop all charges against the students. Photo illustration: Shutterstock
United States

US teacher dies after students’ toilet paper prank goes wrong

Jason Hughes tripped and fell and was hit by a truck as the teen pranksters – whom he knew and loved – were starting to drive away.

Britain

Northern Ireland’s Gerry Adams, 77, in UK court for trial over IRA bombings

Crime in Hong Kong

Immigration Department worker who repeatedly assaulted wife, son spared jail

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Anwar risks reformist image as Daim family sues over ‘Zionist’ claims

The prime minister said that a group of Malaysians were working with foreign media and a ‘prominent Zionist group’ to topple the government.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks to members of the media on December 17, 2025. Photo: EPA
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man over alleged indecent assault and fight

Suspect, 40, accused of assaulting woman in stairwell in Sham Shui Po before getting into an altercation with her husband.

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New York police say device thrown near anti-Islam protest was explosive

FBI investigates after two suspicious devices were thrown near a protest led by a far-right influencer opposed to public Muslim prayer.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Peru officials say 3 arrested in nightclub bombing that injured dozens

Police in Trujillo move swiftly to detain suspects after a devastating IED blast at the Dalí nightclub.

Closure notices at the entrance to the Dali nightclub following an explosion inside the venue. Photo: Provincial Municipality of Trujillo via AFP
Middle East

Demand for change in Turkey cannot be stopped, jailed Istanbul mayor says

Support for the opposition has been growing, amid increasing fatigue with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule, Ekrem Imamoglu says.

Britain

UK child killer Ian Huntley dies after prison attack

Huntley murdered 10-year-old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 while they were on their way to buy sweets.

Indonesia

DNA confirms mutilated remains found on Bali beach belong to kidnapped Ukrainian

Ihor Komarov, a 28-year-old Ukrainian national, was reported abducted in mid-February while riding a motorcycle with a friend in Jimbaran.

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Tourists relax at a beach in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: EPA
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 3 linked to HK$10 million knifepoint robbery

Police say ambush operation planned after tip-off of robbery attempt.

Police say some of the arrestees have triad backgrounds. Photo: Handout
Germany

Berlin jails man for 13 years over stabbing at Holocaust memorial

The man, 20, said he had been motivated by his radicalisation and belief he was acting with a religious mission.

Singapore

Singapore police seize US$390 million in assets in Prince Group probe

Three men, including the captain of Chen Zhi’s superyacht, have been arrested in connection with the case, police announced.

United States

US lawmakers vote to subpoena Pam Bondi over Epstein files

Five Republicans joined Democrats to support the measure, in a sharp rebuke of Trump’s attorney general.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing in February. Photo: Reuters
Crime in Hong Kong

Man arrested after 14 endangered reptiles found in Kwai Chung industrial site

Chinese water dragon, rock iguana, crocodile, two pythons, three monitor lizards and four species of turtles were seized in operation.

Six turtles – a big-headed turtle, three Indochinese box turtles, a black-breasted leaf turtle and a keeled box turtle – were also found on the premises. Photo: Handout
Britain

3 arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for China, including MP’s husband

They are the latest in a number of arrests in the UK of people accused of spying or causing political interference on behalf of China.

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South Korea

South Korea jails doctors for killing baby delivered at 36 weeks

South Korea has decriminalised abortion but political deadlock has prevented governments from passing new laws to regulate the practice.

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South Korea

South Korean drink-spike killer quizzed ChatGPT for lethal doses, police say

A 22-year-old woman accused of poisoning three men scored above the clinical threshold for psychopathy, according to investigators.

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A person spiking an alcoholic drink. Photo: Shutterstock
Japan

Japanese court upholds order to dissolve Unification Church over donations

The order will take immediate effect, with the group losing its religious corporation tax status and liquidation procedures to begin.

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Singapore

Hin Leong founder OK Lim has Singapore jail term cut to 13½ years on appeal

Once considered a ‘legend in Singapore’s oil industry’, Lim was convicted of cheating HSBC and abetting forgery in 2024.

Japan

In Japan, a yakuza’s mansion is now for sale. Here’s why

Set to be sold due to a court order, the house was the target of a drive-by shooting and an arson attack in recent years.

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Japanese police inspectors raiding the Osaka office of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime group in 1997. Photo: AFP
China society

Opinion | Quietly, steadily, animal rights campaigners are making headway in China

With national laws the ultimate goal, progress is being made, one local regulation and court case at a time.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Japan

‘Social morals are dying’: Japan’s under-20s are getting high like never before

The relaxed attitude towards ‘fashionable’ drugs has been cited as one reason for more young Japanese arrested for cannabis offences.

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Gun violence in the US

Dad who gave gun to US school shooting suspect guilty of second-degree murder

Colin Gray gave son Colt, 14, the assault-style rifle for Christmas before the attack, in which two students and two teachers were killed.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong boy, 14, held over online videos, photos depicting abuse of cats

Student reportedly part of online group that sent graphic material to cat‑rescue groups on the mainland and incited others to dox the volunteers.

The boy must report back to Sham Shui Po Police Station next month. Photo: Handout
Thailand

Thailand seeks to arrest South African couple in US$30 million fraud case

Ben Smith and his wife reportedly tricked their victim into investing millions in stocks, real estate, a private jet and energy businesses.

A Cambodian police officer stands guard near a scam compound in Kampot province, Cambodia, on February 10. Photo: Reuters
The Philippines

Allies of Philippines’ Duterte step up online attacks as drug war trial looms

The efforts have focused on undermining the ICC itself, targeting victims and witnesses and normalising mockery of the dead.

Japan

Japanese massage parlour operator denies forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work

The 52-year-old, who made the girl ‘practise’ lewd acts on him, said he did not know she was underage.

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