Malaysia’s Queen plans to bring handicrafts made by inmates to ASEAN Symposium
Kajang: Malaysia’s Queen Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah said she planned to take handicrafts produced by inmates to the seventh ASEAN Traditional Textile Symposium, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The queen expressed her wish in front of about 2,000 inmates at the Kajang Prison during the 2019 Malaysian National Choir Concert, Malaysia’s news agency BERNAMA reported. “We […]
We expel them by force! A journey inside South Korea’s only private prison
By Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine- Iran Seoul: Do you prefer to live in a prison with lots of facilities or live freely in a poor cage? But there are inmates who prefer Somang private prison to state prison! Somang is actually a correction institution for the inmates who really want to […]
Former President Park files for suspension of prison sentence
Former President Park Geun-hye, now serving jail time for abuse of power and corruption, filed for suspension of her sentence on Wednesday, saying her health has badly deteriorated due to the lengthy detention. Park’s petition for disimprisonment was filed with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office by her lawyer Yoo Young-ha, about two years after […]
“Save my brother from Myanmar prison”
ASAN, South Chungcheong Province ― Lee Sang-beom, 48, a Korean businessman and father of two children, was full of hope and optimism when he opened a medical device sales firm in Myanmar five years ago. In the country, dubbed “the last frontier in Asia,” Lee was excited to start a new chapter in his life. […]
[Indonesia Report] British couple feared to be imprisoned 20-years in Indonesia
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Julian Ponder and Rachel Dougall, both are British nationality, are facing a 20-year imprisonment. Indonesian police arrested Ponder and Dougall on May 19. They were arrested in their villa in Tabanan, Bali, after another British woman, Lindsay June Sandiford, who was arrested earlier told police that she had handed over the 4,7 kilograms of cocaine to […]
Onduras Prison Fire, 350 Dead
A woman faints while police try to dissipate relatives of inmates at a prision located in the town of Comayagua in central Honduras, Feb. 15, 2012. At least 350 died and dozens more were injured after a fire swept through the prison Tuesday night. More than 1,000 grieving relatives of the inmates have gathered at […]
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