Xinhua | Updated: 2021-01-14 10:38 Share CLOSE Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye (center) is transferred in a car from Seoul to a detention house in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, on March 31, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
SEOUL South Korea s top court upheld a 20-year prison sentence on former President Park Geun-hye Thursday in a retrial of the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of the former head of state.
The Supreme Court sentenced Park to 15 years in prison for bribery and another five years for other charges with a fine of 18 billion won (16.4 million US dollars) and a forfeit of 3.5 billion won (3.2 million US dollars), upholding the high court s ruling in July last year.
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Critics say Twitter s decision to permanently suspend Trump was long overdue
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter co-founder chief Jack Dorsey backed the messaging platform s ban of US President Donald Trump but warned that in the long-term it will be destructive for open internet. Having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications, Dorsey said in a string of tweets inviting feedback from users. While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation.
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LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2021 / Cannabis Global, Inc. (OTC PINK:CBGL), an innovation-oriented company investing in disruptive cannabis and hemp-related technologies, today announces its financial results for the quarterly period ending November 30, 2020, which was recently reported on Form 10-Q with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Long-term assets increased to over $2.5 million during the quarterly period due to the Company taking stakes in cannabis operations with national and international business opportunities. Total assets, as of the end of the reporting period, increased by 38% compared to the previous fiscal year end period ending August 31, 2020.
Essential to the asset value increases were the investments in Natural Plant Extracts, which operates a licensed cannabis manufacturing and distribution business in the Los Angeles area, in which the Company now owns an approximate 18.8% common share position and in Marijuana Company of America (OTC:MCOA
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LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday announced another judgment in terror-financing cases against leaders of the banned Jamatud Daawa (JuD) and awarded 15 years jail term each to Prof Zafar Iqbal and Yahya Mujahid.
The court awarded six-month jail term to another accused Abdul Rehman Makki.
The court convicted the JuD leaders in a case, registered by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Multan, under sections 11-F(2), 11-N, 11-I, 11-J of the Anti-Terrorism Act. These sections relate to being a member of a banned outfit and supporting and arranging meetings of a proscribed organisation, illegal fundraising and buying properties from raised funds. The court also extended benefit of 382 CrPC to the convicts.