Law and crime

DNA tests confirm the identity of a man who claimed that he was the fugitive Satoshi Kirishima before dying of cancer in late January. (Kyodo News)

• https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/b2b8d639b0f1-refiling-dna-tests-show-dead-man-likely-1970s-bombing-fugitive-in-japan.html

Law and crime

The Malaysian Pardons Board headed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong reduces the prison term of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak from 12 years to 6 years of imprisonment. (Reuters via Rappler)

• https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-pardons-board-halves-sentence-jailed-najib-razak-convicted-1mdb-scandal/

Politics and elections

The European Council applies sanctions to Attorney General of Guatemala María Consuelo Porras and three of her collaborators, as well as to a judge, for undermining democracy, the rule of law, and the transfer of power. (Prensa Libre)

• https://www.prensalibre.com/ahora/guatemala/justicia/la-ue-sanciona-a-la-fiscal-general-de-guatemala-por-frenar-la-presidencia-de-arevalo/