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Published: 11 Jan 2021 05:04 PM BdST
Updated: 11 Jan 2021 05:04 PM BdST
Former Dhaka South City Mayor Sayeed Khokon faces two cases for making “libellous comments” on Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the incumbent mayor. );
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Advocates Kazi Anisur Rahman and Md Sarwar Alam filed appeals to initiate cases with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury will issue an order after hearing the appeals of the plaintiffs, the court s bench assistant Ripon Mia said on Monday
Earlier in the day, Taposh vowed to take legal steps against his predecessor Sayeed Khokon.
Responding to Khokon’s allegations, Taposh said: “He [Khokon] called up a meeting on Jan 9 to spew venomous words against me. This is an expression of personal resentment.”
PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Court of Appeal has upheld a RM10,000 fine imposed by the High Court on a road bully known as Abang Botak after the prosecution withdrew its appeal over the sentence.
The prosecution had appealed against the RM10,000 fine meted out by the High Court against Danial Abdullah Tan, 33, who was initially sentenced to 12 years jail for the offence by the Petaling Jaya Magistrate s Court.
A panel of three judges, led by Judge Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, dismissed the prosecution s appeal on Friday (Jan 8) after deputy public prosecutor Faizah Mohd Salleh informed the court that the prosecution had filed a notice to withdraw the appeal on Nov 17 last year.
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A group of 44 migrants were apprehended on a Haitian sloop about a mile northwest of Norman s Cay shortly after 3pm on August 2, 2020.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Following two illegal landings over a 48-hour period on Long Island and Andros, Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said the armed forces of The Bahamas and its partners have ramped up their presence and adjusted their strategies to thwart human traffickers.
“The police and defense [forces] continue to remain focused on their primary responsibilities,” Dames told
Eyewitness News.
“They have been working this now since over the holidays and the weather would have certainly disrupted some patterns, but fortunately that we were able to interdict and that’s a good thing.
The offences range from drug dealing, child sex crimes and violence.
Rocky Price Violent thug Rocky Price stormed into his victim’s home demanding money while intoxicated. The 26-year-old of Lodge Lane, Grays had been barred entry to the home but he forced himself past the woman. On October 23 this year at 7pm, Price attended the woman’s address after having a few drinks, and was demanding money. The woman blocked his entry, but he shoved past her and moved into the kitchen. He picked up the keys to her van that were on the counter, along with a hammer, while the woman kept telling him to leave, but he kept asking for money.