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Taiwan charges army officer with corruption, harming state security

Taiwanese prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged a senior military officer with corruption and harming state security after they said he took bribes from a Chinese agent to act as a spy and even signed a letter promising to surrender to China.

Reuters

Commission of inquiry into Queensland police culture and responses to domestic violence report handed down

A report into Queensland police responses to domestic violence finds a "failure of leadership" allowed cultural issues within the service to fester "unchecked" for years, recommending the state government establish a police integrity unit to handle police complaints.

ABC News

How the BBC snubbed World Cup opening ceremony in favour of confronting Qatar controversies

Gary Lineker fronted the coverage which looked at the treatment of migrant workers, the ban on homosexuality in Qatar and alleged corruption in FIFA

Wales Online

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Special counsel investigating Trump is impartial and tough, former colleagues say

WASHINGTON — The special counsel investigating former president Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and the Jan. 6 insurrection honed his investigative and trial skills over 30 years of fighting cases involving corruption, crimes and police brutality.

Tribune News Service

BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism

UK coverage kicks off with focus on treatment of migrant workers and gay people, and corruption at Fifa

The Guardian - UK

Sex parties and fast cars: US agent turned cartel mole claims DEA corruption

As he enters prison, a disgraced former DEA agent who lived a decadent double life has claimed his own crimes were the tip of the iceberg

The Guardian - US

‘Heist of the century’: how $2.5bn was plundered from Iraqi state funds

Mystery surrounds embezzlement of tax revenues, which appears to have been facilitated by some of the highest offices in the country

The Guardian - UK

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Anwar claims majority after vote, but rival does not concede

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Sunday his coalition had mustered enough seats to form the country's next government after a hotly contested general election, potentially paving the way for him to become prime minister.

Bangkok Post

Top FBI official in LA formally recuses himself from investigation into Tom Girardi and his law firm

LOS ANGELES — The head of the FBI's Los Angeles field office has formally recused himself from the ongoing federal investigation into fraud and corruption by Tom Girardi and others at his now-defunct law firm, an agency spokesperson confirmed Saturday.

Los Angeles Times

Gal Costa: Flamboyant singer who spearheaded Brazil’s Tropicália movement

Costa used her evocative music to challenge political corruption and Brazil’s junta

The Independent UK

Ninth Circuit Rejects Claims That YouTube's Blocking of Content Was Compelled by or "Entangled with" Government

From Doe v. Google LLC, decided yesterday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Margaet McKeown, Consuelo Callahan, and Lawrence Vandyke): Appellants are fourteen self-described "conservative" content creators who spent years growing their YouTube channels and amassing more than 771 million views. These channels discussed topics such as "Hunter Biden and the…

Reason

New special counsel has long career confronting corruption

The prosecutor named as special counsel to oversee investigations related to former President Donald Trump has a long career confronting public corruption and war crimes

The Independent UK

Malaysian election likely too close to call

KUALA LUMPUR: Coalitions led by Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim secured early leads in their respective strongholds on Saturday evening in a general election race that observers say will be too close to call.

Bangkok Post

Archie Macpherson on the silver-tongued devil who sold out football

Archie Macpherson runs the rule over climate change, corruption and the lurid legacy of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Malaysians vote in elections as old party, reformers clash

Malaysians have begun casting ballots in a tightly contested national election that will determine whether the country’s longest-ruling coalition can make a comeback after its electoral defeat four years ago

Reuters

Explainer-Key issues as Malaysians vote in close parliamentary election

Malaysians were voting on Saturday in a closely fought election pitting Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob against longtime opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin.

Caixin Global

Former Huishang Bank Chairman Expelled From Communist Party

Wu Xuemin turned over to judicial system for prosecution on corruption charges turned up by party’s top graft busters

The Guardian - UK

The damned World Cup kicks off and Qatar is not in any mood to apologise

There has been a hardening of the host nation’s attitudes before a tournament shadowed by corruption, suffering and death

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Daily Record

Caledonian Braves make Qatar World Cup statement over 'corruption' fears

The Lowland League club have banned the tournament from Alliance Park

WEKU

Why Qatar is a controversial host for the World Cup

FIFA's choice of Qatar to host the World Cup has long been marred by criticism over human rights abuses, the safety of migrant workers and the logistics of holding a soccer tournament in desert heat.

The Guardian - UK

Imran Khan denies corruption over $2m worth of state gifts

Former Pakistan PM denies allegations he sold items given to him by Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman

Al Jazeera

Why Malaysia’s 2022 election is so difficult to predict

Malaysia holds its general election on Saturday with three leading coalitions vying for power and millions of new voters.

Reuters

Soccer-Ex-FIFA vice president Warner loses appeal against extradition from Trinidad

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner can be extradited from his homeland of Trinidad to the United States to face corruption charges, a London court said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

World Cup 2010: When football’s biggest party arrived in Africa

In the 2015 FIFA corruption case, it emerged the bidding process was corrupted by paying bribes to then-FIFA official.

The Guardian - US

‘The sheriff who went rogue’: Alex Villanueva’s scandal-plagued tenure ends in LA

The sheriff’s term was marked by misconduct, abuse and corruption cases in the largest county sheriff’s agency in the US

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