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South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of election law violations and sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years. The verdict jeopardises nearly 40 billion won in campaign expense reimbursements for his party.
The owner of Sky Villa Condominium in Mandalay has been sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour for negligence in connection with the building's collapse during an earthquake that claimed over 200 lives.
A Thai court has sentenced Manasawin Nantasen, the entertainer known as Tik Shiro and dubbed Thailand's Michael Jackson, to two years in prison for a fatal drunk-driving crash that claimed two lives in Bangkok last October.
Jitra assemblyman Dr Haim Hilman Abdullah is set to face charges at Seremban magistrate's court in connection with statements he made regarding university admission procedures and higher education access.