24 h. ago Former Chongqing political official facing corruption investigation

Sun Zhengcai, the former secretary of Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Monday.

Politics

3 d. ago Malaysia’s Anwar vows ‘no protection’ for close aides in corruption probes

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday vowed not to interfere in corruption investigations into his own political appointees, after a slew of allegations were levelled at close government aides. Last week, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, a senior political secretary to the Prime Minister, was implicated in a mining scandal in the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. Shamsul, who resigned from his post just hours after the revelation last Tuesday, is currently being held on remand by the...

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4 d. ago Chen Weijun joins list of senior Xinjiang officials investigated for corruption

China has put another senior official in Xinjiang under investigation, as Beijing vows to resolutely “eradicate the soil for corruption”. Chen Weijun, executive vice-chairman of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was “under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation” for suspected “serious violations of discipline and law” – a euphemism for corruption – the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top anti-graft agency, said on Sunday. The probe announcement came two...

Politics

4 d. ago Hong Kong politician Peggy Wong files police report amid Tai Po fire scrutiny

A district councillor under public scrutiny amid Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades has said she will personally file reports with both police and the corruption watchdog to request an investigation. Peggy Wong Pik-kiu, a directly elected district councillor from the Tai Po South constituency, announced her decision via social media on Monday, highlighting the blaze at Wang Fuk Court was not a natural disaster but a man-made tragedy, and the result of years of disregard for safety. “The...

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7 d. ago Zelensky’s chief of staff raided amid Kyiv’s growing corruption scandal

Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities on Friday raided the home of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s powerful chief of staff and top negotiator, Andriy Yermak, searches that come as a massive corruption scandal embroils Kyiv. Investigators earlier this month said they had uncovered a US$100 million kickback scheme in the strategic energy sector, triggering widespread public anger at a time when Russia is hammering Ukraine’s power grid, causing blackouts and threatening winter heating outages. The...

Politics

1 week ago Japanese mayor resigns over repeated hotel visits with married official

The mayor of Maebashi, the capital city of Gunma prefecture in eastern Japan, on Tuesday tendered her resignation after her repeated hotel visits with a senior city official, assembly members said. Akira Ogawa had long rejected calls from city assembly members to resign, saying that she did not have an affair with the official, who is married. But she made an about-face on Tuesday, submitting a letter of resignation, effective Thursday, to the chairperson of the city assembly, according to the...

Politics

2 w. ago Can ‘passive’ Philippine body deliver accountability in anti

A new Philippine commission tasked with investigating alleged corruption in thousands of public flood control projects has begun issuing its first findings, but analysts warn the body was designed with too little power and independence to deliver real accountability. Created by President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr in response to mounting public anger over so-called ghost projects – flood control works that were paid for but either poorly built or did not exist at all – the Independent Commission for...

Politics

3 w. ago PLA heads have rolled but China’s hunt for corrupt military officials isn’t over

Even for the anti-graft era of President Xi Jinping, the wave of investigations into alleged corruption in the Chinese military over the past three years has been exceptional. Last month, nine senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers were expelled from the Communist Party and the military, including He Weidong, formerly China’s second-highest-ranking military officer. They are accused of having “violated party discipline and allegedly committed serious crimes related to their duties” –...

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3 w. ago How Xi’s ongoing battle against PLA corruption shapes China’s military future

Even for the anti-graft era of President Xi Jinping, the wave of investigations into alleged corruption in the Chinese military over the past three years has been exceptional. Last month, nine senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers were expelled from the Communist Party and the military, including He Weidong, formerly China’s second-highest-ranking military officer. They are accused of having “violated party discipline and allegedly committed serious crimes related to their duties” –...

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3 w. ago Ukraine ministers resign over US$100 million energy corruption scandal

Ukraine’s energy and justice ministers offered their resignations on Wednesday, shortly after President Volodymyr Zelensky said both should go over their alleged involvement in a sweeping corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector. Investigators earlier alleged a key Zelensky ally orchestrated a US$100 million kickback scheme to siphon funds, triggering public anger at a time of widespread power outages caused by Russian attacks. Ukraine has long been plagued by corruption and cracking...

Science

4 w. ago Hong Kong bank staff among 32 arrested in HK$140 million loan scam case

A total of 32 people, including more than a dozen frontline bank staff, have been arrested in a joint operation by Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency and police for scamming HK$140 million (US$18 million) in government-backed preferential loans. The operation, code-named Momentum, discovered bribes totalling HK$500,000 were paid to 13 frontline employees across 10 banks, principal investigator Grace Yee Hin-lai of the Independent Commission Against Corruption said on Friday. She said seven...

Economics