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The Kremlin branded the court decision as "null and void" with respect to Russia. The tribunal, with 123 member states, has no police force of its own and relies on member countries to detain and transfer suspects to The Hague for trial. While it is unlikely that Putin will end up in court any time soon, the warrant means that he could be arrested and sent to The Hague if travelling to any ICC member states. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia found the very questions raised by the ICC "outrageous and unacceptable". Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel that the arrest warrants had "no meaning for our country" as it is not a party to the Rome Statute, the treaty underpinning the world's permanent war crimes tribunal. In its first warrant for Ukraine, the ICC called for Putin's arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. … [Read more...] about ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Putin

Police in Thai Binh Province, northern Vietnam said on Friday that they had arrested and initiated legal proceedings against a Buddhist monk for the illegal possession of narcotics. Police officers of Dong Hung District in Thai Binh caught Nguyen Thanh Duc, 41, red-handed illegally possessing 0.1476 grams of methamphetamine at the beginning of this month. Duc declared that he is a monk and the abbot of Co Son Pagoda in Tien Lang District, Hai Phong City, which borders Thai Binh. Dong Hung police officers reached out to the Religious Affairs Department of Hai Phong and the chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in the city to verify the declaration. The response from the Religious Affairs Department of Hai Phong confirmed that Duc was officially recognized as a Buddhist by the chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in the city in 2017 and was given the Buddhist name Thich Ban Tinh. Since April 2021, he has resided and participated in religious activities at Co Son Pagoda … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, Buddhist monk arrested for possession of drugs

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star, and called on his supporters to protest. "Illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan district attorney's office ... indicate that, with no crime being able to be proven ... the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week," Trump wrote on Truth Social. A spokesman for Trump said the former president had not been notified of any arrest. Trump provided no evidence of leaks from the district attorney's office and did not discuss the possible charges in his post. "Protest, take our nation back!" said Trump, whose supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, to try to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat. The probe comes as Trump seeks the Republican nomination for the … [Read more...] about Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests

The student who was accused of shooting and wounding two faculty members at his Denver high school has been found dead near his vehicle in Park County. The Park County Coroners Office confirmed in a Facebook post that the body belonged to 17-year-old Austin Lyle, who shot faculty members as they were patting him down for weapons as part of a "safety plan" devised for the youth based on previous behavioral issues. The East High School student fled the shooting scene on foot immediately after Wednesday's violence, which unfolded just before 10 a.m. local time (1600 GMT). Denver Police Department had said in a tweet that a body was located near the suspect's vehicle, adding that the identity and cause of death would be determined by the Park County Medical Examiner's Office. "This particular student had a safety plan that was in place where they were to be searched at the beginning of the school day every day," Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas told reporters during a news … [Read more...] about Student accused of shooting two faculty members in Denver found dead

An eight-count indictment against Kwon was made public in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, several hours after news of his arrest earlier Thursday in Montenegro. Lawyers for Kwon in the United States did not immediately respond to requests for comment after business hours. Thursday's indictment charges Kwon, a South Korean national who co-founded Terraform Labs and developed the TerraUSD and Luna currencies, with two counts each of securities fraud, wire fraud, commodities fraud and conspiracy. The criminal case follows related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil charges against Kwon and Terraform last month. Kwon had been a fugitive for several months, and South Korean authorities issued an arrest warrant for him last September. Montenegro's interior ministry said local police detained a person thought to be Kwon and a second suspect, who were trying to board a flight to Dubai at Podgorica airport. … [Read more...] about Crypto founder Do Kwon is indicted in US following Montenegro arrest

Bangkok (VNA) – Thai police on March 22 announced that they had arrested 20 suspects, including five Indians and 15 Thais, for alleged involvement in a phone scam network preying on elderly Americans. According to local police, the scammers were arrested in Chon Buri, Rayong, Roi Et and Surat Thani on March 21, adding that all five of the Indian suspects were men and 11 of the 15 Thais detained were women. The police also seized 162 bank account books, 61 mobile phones, two cars, one pistol, land title deeds and other assets. The investigation dates back to last year, when US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Secret Service agents informed Thai police that Indian cyber criminals and Thai nationals had set up a phone scam network to trick elderly people in US into transferring money to them. The fraudsters, pretending to be US law-enforcement officials, preyed on the fear of their victims by telling them that they were being investigated for alleged money … [Read more...] about Thailand arrests phone scam gang targeting elderly Americans

Xi will be the first national leader to shake Putin's hand since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him on Friday over the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia since its invasion. Russia is presenting Xi's trip, his first since securing an unprecedented third term this month, as evidence that it has a powerful friend prepared to stand with it against a hostile West that it accuses of trying to isolate and defeat Moscow. "We can feel the geopolitical landscape in the outside world undergoing drastic changes," Putin said in an article in China's People's Daily published on the Kremlin website, adding that he had high hopes for the visit from his "good old friend." For Xi, the visit is a diplomatic tightrope. China has released a 12-point proposal to solve the Ukraine crisis, but at the same time strengthened ties with Moscow. China has repeatedly dismissed Western accusations that it is planning to arm Russia but says it wants a closer … [Read more...] about China’s Xi arrives in Russia to meet Putin over Ukraine war

Police in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, have arrested and pressed criminal charges on three Malaysian men who allegedly lured 30 Indonesians to Vietnam through false promises of good jobs but actually forced them to join fraudulent acts for asset misappropriation. The three Malaysian nationals include Leaw Boon Kiat, 36, Thong Joon Kin, 32, and Gan Ban Lee, 42, who have all been prosecuted on charges of “organizing for others to stay in Vietnam illegally,” the city’s police announced at a press conference on Friday. The arrest warrants and prosecution decisions against these suspects have been approved by the municipal People’s Procuracy. Earlier on March 12, the city’s police received a notice from the Department of Foreign Affairs about 30 Indonesian citizens who came to the Indonesian Consulate General in the city for urgent help after they managed to escape from a building where they had been kept under surveillance by a group of Malaysians. They reported that they … [Read more...] about 3 Malaysians prosecuted for tricking 30 Indonesians into fraud scams in Vietnam

FE Credit, Vietnam’s top consumer lending firm, is struggling to collect debts as many borrowers are deliberately defaulting on their loans, said Ho Thi Nhu Ha, deputy CEO. In recent months social media groups that advise people on how to borrow from financial companies without paying are mushrooming with up to hundreds of thousands of members. Many members show each other how to use a pre-registered SIM card, which does not contain the authentic personal information of the subscriber, to borrow loans from different companies, and then disappear without getting caught. Ha said that the current laws do not have high fines for this type of fraud, especially when the defaulted amount is of low value. This is why there is a growing number of cheaters who even charge others a monthly fee to assist them in cheating. Another consumer lender, PTF Vietnam, is also seeing a surge in unpaid loans, as many customers falsely believe that "not paying back a loan is the right of borrowers … [Read more...] about Debt evasion headache for financial firms

Cho Ray Hospital performs over 1,100 kidney transplants in 30 years (Photo: suckhoedoisong.vn) HCM City (VNA) – The Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has performed 1,127 kidney transplants since 1992, heard an event held by the medical establishment on March 16. The event consisted of a ceremony to mark Cho Ray’s three decades offering kidney transplants and a seminar on the surgery. In his remarks, Nguyen Tri Thuc, director of the hospital, said Cho Ray is also a pioneer in implementing measures to expand the source of donor kidneys, including those from brain-dead donors (since 2008), cardiac arrest donors (since 2015), and ABO-incompatible living-donors (since 2021). Individuals with outstanding contributions in Cho Ray Hospital's transplant activities were honoured at the event (Photo: VNA) The hospital has also cooperated with transplant centers in the Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Australia, the US, and Spain, among others, to send doctors and … [Read more...] about Cho Ray Hospital performs over 1,100 kidney transplants in 30 years