KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry needs to look for new formulas, systems and procedures to curb the influx of foreigners into the country, especially those from the Africa, said former KLIA Immigration operations chief Datuk Shahul Hamid Abdul Rahim. He said among the systems that could be used was the ‘Advance Passenger Clearance’, a system for checking criminal records involving foreign visitors entering Malaysia. He said a new approach should be created as the number of foreigners, especially from the African continent has grown since 1999 and it was alarming following the increase in the number of minor and major crimes involving foreigners. “Crimes and militant cases ... now we see many of our citizens arrested and there is always a foreigner involved. This is a threat to our security,“ he said in an interview in the ‘Upsound’ programme produced by Bernama News Channel. Shahul Hamid also urged the government to adopt a ‘Psychometric’ … [Read more...] about Home Ministry asked to apply ‘advance passenger clearance’
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‘Bikoy’ released after posting bail — reports
‘Bikoy’ released after posting bail — reports (Philstar.com) - May 25, 2019 - 11:19am MANILA, Philippines — Peter Joemel Advincula — the man who claimed to be “Bikoy” who appeared on videos linking the first family to the illegal drug trade — is reportedly poised to be released from police custody Saturday after posting bail over his pending charges. News5 reported that Advincula was discharged from the Philippine National Police General Hospital after suffering from high blood pressure Friday. He already posted bail for estafa charges filed before the Baguio Regional Trial Court, the PNP reportedly said Friday. There is no standing warrant of arrest against Advincula, authorities said. In an interview with DZMM radio, Advincula, whose credibility has been repeatedly questioned, said he would stay with his family and would “prioritize” hiring a lawyer to back … [Read more...] about ‘Bikoy’ released after posting bail — reports
Chinese woman’s secret arrest hints at wider sanctions probe
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By Christian Berthelsen Bloomberg Tom Schoenberg Sat., May 11, 2019 U.S. authorities were sitting on a sensitive secret last fall when Canada detained a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive on alleged U.S. sanctions violations. Two months earlier, the U.S. had arrested another Chinese national on similar suspicions and was holding her at a grim jail in Washington, D.C. An employee of an unidentified Chinese technology company, she had been nabbed on vacation in California. The employee, Liu “Willow” Yang, 29, ultimately pleaded guilty and went back to China. But unlike the legal spectacle in Canada over the extradition and prosecution of Huawei’s chief technology officer, the Yang matter remains largely under wraps in the U.S. Yang had at least one co-conspirator, according to newly unsealed portions of the case and court transcripts reviewed by Bloomberg News, suggesting that the U.S. may be pursuing a wider crackdown on sanctions violations … [Read more...] about Chinese woman’s secret arrest hints at wider sanctions probe
Duterte cool to raps vs those in Bikoy matrix
MANILA, Philippines — Believing that the truth will come out over accusations that he and his family are receiving payoffs from drug traffickers, President Duterte has expressed no interest in filing charges against personalities who have allegedly conspired to bring him down. Duterte said he is not keen on going after his detractors, some of whom were identified by presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo as coming from the Liberal Party (LP). Panelo named former senator Manuel Roxas II and former presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda as being behind the video clips where a certain “Bikoy” bared “Ang Totoong Narcolist,” which linked Duterte and his family to the drug protection racket. “I’m not interested to file cases,” Duterte said in his speech during the campaign rally in Garcia Hernandez town in Bohol, which was in support of the gubernatorial bid of former Cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. “Sabagay, mogawas ang … [Read more...] about Duterte cool to raps vs those in Bikoy matrix
Aussie gangsters eye freedom amid police informant scandal
MELBOURNE: Some of Australia's most dangerous criminals could have their convictions overturned after revelations their defence lawyer was secretly feeding information to police.For a decade before the turn of the millennium, Melbourne's gangland wars gripped Australia, with police seemingly unable to penetrate the city's shadowy underworld as the death toll soared.The series of up to 40 bloody retributive murders came as rival gangs battled over Melbourne's lucrative drug trade and only eased when key mob figures were put behind bars.But a legal scandal now threatens dozens - if not hundreds - of their convictions, with the shocking revelation that criminal defence lawyer Nicola Gobbo was also acting as a police informant at the time.The former barrister represented some of Australia's most dangerous criminals on charges ranging from drug trafficking to murder, while also feeding information about her clients to police.Prosecutors last year informed 22 people that they could have … [Read more...] about Aussie gangsters eye freedom amid police informant scandal