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Singapore jails two Sri Lankans for holding fake passports
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Singapore jails two Sri Lankans for holding fake passports

Two Sri Lankan nationals have been jailed eight months each for possessing fake UK passports at Singapore’s Changi Airport, a…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/07/2018
Former head of China’s Anbang jailed for 18 years
WORLD

Former head of China’s Anbang jailed for 18 years

The former head of China’s embattled insurance and financial giant Anbang has been jailed for 18 years for corruption and…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/05/2018
Ratko Mladic jailed for life over Bosnia war genocide
WORLD

Ratko Mladic jailed for life over Bosnia war genocide

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been jailed for life for genocide and other atrocities in the 1990s Bosnian…

byFaraz Shauketaly23/11/2017
Six Sri Lankan security guards jailed for stealing Dh1.1m in Dubai
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Six Sri Lankan security guards jailed for stealing Dh1.1m in Dubai

A Dubai court has sentenced six Sri Lankan security guards to three years each in jail for robbing Dh 1.19…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/11/2017

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