Hong Kong tightens prison rules, allowing visit restrictions on national security grounds

Hong Kong tightens prison rules, allowing visit restrictions on national security grounds

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious personnel, on national security grounds, in the latest expansion of its stringent control. Under the new rules, effective Friday, magistrates can issue warrants on application by correctional service officers to bar exchanges between specific…

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Louisiana police chiefs, marshal fabricated reports in visa fraud scheme, prosecutors say

Louisiana police chiefs, marshal fabricated reports in visa fraud scheme, prosecutors say

Four law enforcement officials, including two current police chiefs, in Louisiana are accused of fabricating police reports in a scheme to illegally obtain U.S. visas for immigrants, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A Louisiana businessman is also charged in the scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Louisiana alleges that between Dec. 26, 2015…

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Axel Rudakubana was reported to Prevent three times before Southport murders

A new report has found failings in the way counter-terrorism specialists dealt with Rudakubana’s case Axel Rudakubana’s referral should have been escalated years before the attacks(Image: Liverpool Echo) Axel Rudakubana’s referral to counter terrorism police should have been escalated, a new review has found. At the end of July last year, the murderer targeted a…

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