Tag: the courts
Former head of China’s central bank sentenced to death | News in brief
Fan Yifei is the highest-ranking executive in China’s financial sector who has been arrested during an anti-corruption program launched by President Xi Jinping. Former Vice Governor of the People’s Bank…
Singapore convicted a minister for the first time in decades | News in brief
Corruption convictions are rare in Singapore. On Thursday, Singapore’s court sentenced the country’s former transport minister, 62 years old By Subramaniam Iswaran for one year in prison for corruption crimes,…
Australia is debating whether the women’s lounge of an art gallery discriminates against men | News in brief
An Australian state court overturned a controversial ban on a women’s space at an art gallery. In Australia, the Tasmanian State Court reversed on Friday a ban on a women-only…