S Korea tycoon jailing suspended
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One of South Korea's richest men is given a suspended jail sentence over his conviction for a revenge beating.
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The chairman of on-line gambling website Sportingbet has been detained by authorities in the United States, the company announced, leading to a suspension of trading of its shares in London.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- South Korean businessman and influence peddler Tongsun Park was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for his role in the bribery scandal surrounding the United Nation's oil-for-food program for Iraq a decade ago.
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A Zimbabwe court on Tuesday ordered the release of a controversial British property tycoon who was arrested last week for breaching foreign exchange laws and possessing pornography, his lawyer said.
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Authorities in Equatorial Guinea suspended indefinitely yesterday the trial in an alleged coup plot here, awaiting information
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The wife of a jailed Chinese rights activist is stopped from leaving the country to collect an award, friends say.
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A South Korean blamed for several trillion spam e-mails in recent years has been arrested, police said.
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The chairman of Hyundai Motor Corporation, the world's sixth largest auto maker, has been sentenced to three years in jail after being convicted of embezzlement charges, but will remain at the helm of the company while he awaits an appeal.
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PARIS, Dec 14 (IPS) - A suspended prison sentence handed out to former  French prime minister Alain Juppe is one of several corruption  cases plaguing French politics and business.
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A Russian court suspended the trial of an ailing former executive of the dismantled oil giant Yukos on Wednesday but refused to release him from jail to be treated for AIDS-related cancer and tuberculosis.
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Santiago - A court ruling placing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet under house arrest, after he was charged with murder and kidnapping, has been suspended following an appeal by his lawyers, a court announced on Monday.
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The boss of Korean carmaker Hyundai fails to have a six year jail term suspended so he could work at the firm.
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A magistrate who claimed Â£5,000 for non-existent Tube delays is given a suspended sentence.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Kim Un-yong of South Korea was sentenced to two years in jail by Seoul Appellate Court on Friday, reported South Korean national news agency Yonhap.
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TOKYO - A man arrested last year on copyright charges for disseminating films on the Internet was given a three-year suspended sentence Tuesday - averting a jail term in one of the first crackdowns on file-sharing in Japan.
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The assets of an NI businessmen allegedly involved in a property scam in Turkey are frozen.
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A student sent to prison for 'mooning' at the home of a Senegalese governor receives a suspended sentence.