News of the day: Taiwan carries out the first death sentence in five years. Israel towards confirmation of the truce with Hamas. India claims to have killed 12 Maoist rebels in recent days. South Korea’s anti-corruption agency could issue a new order today that would extend Yoon Suk-yeol’s detention. Medical bills increase in Malaysia.
PAKISTAN
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison, while his wife, Bushra Bibi, will have to serve seven years. The couple was accused of receiving land from a real estate developer while the former cricket star was premier from 2018 to 2022. The verdict was issued by an anti-corruption court in Rawalpindi prison, where Khan has been held for more than a year. “While we wait for a detailed decision, it is important to underline that the Al Qadir Trust case against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi has no solid basis and is doomed to fail,” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Khan’s party, commented in a note.
ISRAEL
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that an agreement had been reached ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, claiming to have overcome last-minute disputes, which actually concern opposition to the truce by the Israeli far right. Netanyahu had postponed the meeting with his cabinet after accusing Hamas of wanting to introduce changes to the understanding.
INDIA
At least 12 Maoist rebels were killed at the hands of Indian security forces in the forested areas of the Bijapur district, in the state of Chhattisgarh, the center of the armed insurgency. At least 3,000 police officers participated in the operation that has been taking place since Wednesday night. According to figures from the government, which wants to end the rebellion by 2026, 200 combatants, who say they are fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples, have died in the last year.
TAIWAN
Taiwan yesterday carried out the first death sentence in five years against a man found guilty of two rapes and a murder, after the Constitutional Court did not abolish this practice in September. The court had ruled that executions could be carried out for the most serious crimes (the nature of which is “inhuman and extremely vicious”), an idea that has wide support among the country’s population but is condemned by human rights groups. and the European Union.
SOUTH KOREA
The anti-corruption agency investigating insurrection allegations against President Yoon Suk-yeol is ‘almost ready’ to present a formal arrest warrant against him, as stated this morning by an official, who added that “it is very likely” that the request will arrive today, after Yoon refused to respond to the agents’ interrogation.
CHINA – THAILAND
Chinese and Thai police 12 suspects arrested allegedly involved in fraudulent operations related to online scam centers, the Chinese government announced. Yesterday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi also urged Southeast Asian nations (particularly Myanmar) to crack down on online gambling and fraud affecting Chinese citizens.
MALAYSIA
One of the largest public hospitals in Malaysia, University Malaya Medical Center (UMMC), started the New Year increasing their rates due to the increase in the cost of living and health insurance premiums, which generated some concern among patients. Those who already pay for health insurance fear that many lower-income patients will soon be excluded from the public health system, which includes 10 hospitals in the country.
RUSSIA – MOLDOVA
The leader of the separatist Moldovan republic of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselskij, has announced that Russia will deliver shipments of “humanitarian gas”, after the cessation of transit through Ukraine, without specifying dates or modalities, but “in sufficient measures to warm the population and the industries currently blocked, then we will see.
GEORGIA
For several hours, a “pre-notice” strike was held throughout Georgia, in which numerous companies and organizations participated, to show what the Tbilisi government can face if it maintains its positions of “isolation from society”, as it says. the statement, with “economic blockade, poverty and unemployment.”
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