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30/06/2026

Chinese official given life sentence for $29 million bribery charges.

Zhou Jiabin, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was sentenced to life in prisonfor taking more than 198 million yuan ($29.1 million) in bribes.

Zhou was also deprived of political rights for life, and all his personal assets were confiscated. His illicit gains and related proceeds have been ordered turned over to the state treasury, while outstanding illegal assets will continue to be recovered.

Between 2009 and 2024, Zhou used his positions in Guangxi, including as Party secretary of Guilin, to seek benefits for individuals and organizations in project contracting, fund allocation and personnel appointments. In return, he accepted bribes totaling more than 198 million yuan.

The court said he received a lenient sentence (not death) after providing major assistance to investigators, truthfully confessing his crimes, voluntarily disclosing bribery offenses previously unknown to authorities, showing remorse and returning most of his illicit gains.

Zhou's case was publicly heard on March 26, when he pleaded guilty to the charges. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/29/WS6a424efea310986e2b462848.html

24/06/2026

Cybercrime comes to the construction industry. Internal malfeasance seems to have cost Shadforth potentially hundreds of construction contracts. Matter pending court.

Queensland police have uncovered an alleged industrial espionage operation that caused major construction company Shadforth's confidential data to be leaked to competitors.

24/02/2026

DEA agent caught demanding bribes to award US visas from embassy in Dominican Republic.

Federal investigators say a veteran agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration took cash to push fraudulent visa applications through the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic

22/02/2026

Bloomberg report highlighting some serious concerns about Malaysia's Anti Corruption Commission

A commission set up to fight graft is allegedly helping a group of businessmen seize control of companies. Questions about its conduct go all the way to the top.

16/02/2026

VinFast inaugurated its first Indonesian assembly plant on Dec. 15, 2025, on roughly 170 hectares of land in Cibogo district, Subang. The opening ceremony was attended by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, who thanked VinFast for its significant investment in Indonesia.

Subang Chief Prosecutor Noordien Kusumanegara said that during the land acquisition process, about 1.5 hectares included in the sale were later found to belong to the state and were not legally tradable, as the area functioned as a pedestrian corridor and agricultural irrigation channel.

“The suspects jointly and unlawfully allegedly sold state land to an investor, resulting in losses to state finances,” Noordien said in a statement.

An audit found the alleged scheme caused state losses of Rp 2.5 billion ($148,650), he added.

Five suspects were detained in Subang for allegedly selling state land to VinFast, causing Rp 2.5 billion in losses, prosecutors said.

14/02/2026

Indonesia's Attorney General’s Office named 11 suspects in a corruption scheme involving crude palm oil (CPO) exports designed to bypass government export restrictions.

Investigators say preliminary estimates put potential state losses at as much as Rp 14 trillion ($835 million).

Suspects allegedly manipulated export classifications by declaring CPO shipments as palm oil mill effluent (POME), a waste byproduct, to avoid tighter export controls.

“Investigators found irregularities in the form of engineered commodity classifications, where exports that were substantively high-acid CPO were deliberately claimed as POME using a different Harmonized System code intended for CPO waste,”

Suspect include one official from the Industry Ministry, two officials from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, and eight executives from private palm oil companies.

Prosecutors have named 11 suspects in a crude palm oil export scheme that allegedly cost the state up to Rp 14 trillion.

14/02/2026

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10/01/2026

Jakarta — Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency has named former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and a former aide as suspects in an investigation into the allocation of additional hajj pilgrimage quotas for 2024, casting a shadow over a politically sensitive religious program.

Prosecutors say an extra 20,000 slots granted by Saudi Arabia were split evenly between regular and premium pilgrims, allegedly breaching legal limits and disadvantaging thousands who had waited more than a decade.

Investigators estimate state losses of about $64 million and allege collusion with travel operators. The inquiry is ongoing.

KPK has named former religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas a suspect in an alleged 2024 hajj quota corruption case.

08/01/2026

Jail for man who misappropriated over $2.5m in company assets while he was COO of SGX-listed firm

Jail for man who misappropriated over $2.5m in company assets while he was COO of SGX-listed firm

A former chief operating officer of Singapore Exchange–listed MDR was sentenced to five years and six months in jail for misappropriating more than S$2.5 million of company assets to fund gambling debts.

Richard Siua Cheng Foo, 54, pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust involving 625 mobile devices worth nearly S$1 million, with additional charges taken into consideration. Prosecutors said Siua abused his authority over MDR subsidiaries to divert thousands of phones for resale through a third-party dealer, who took a cut of the proceeds. No restitution has been made, and investigations into an alleged accomplice are ongoing.

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03/01/2026

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Vietnam Food Safety Scandal Puts $4 Million Bribe Tally at Center of Widening Corruption Case Two former heads of the Vietnam Food Safety Authority accused of overseeing a long-running bribery scheme, that prosecutors say enabled the approval of tens of thousands of substandard products, inflicting....