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Vietnam's state media broadcast clearing a former National Assembly member of charges in a fatal car crash, featuring the victim's father. The move intended to quell online outrage instead triggered fresh criticism over apparent elite privilege.
A Sri Lankan court has sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for negligence related to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. He can appeal the decision.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared that family members and political allies face the same anti-corruption scrutiny as ordinary citizens, citing an ongoing investigation into his cousin Martin Romualdez over a multibillion-peso infrastructure scandal.