To keep up with the times, representatives from institutions in the justice sector are set to form a committee that will review the Revised Penal Code, the country's general criminal code. In a ...

Lawmakers approved the draft revised Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code (amended) during their working session in Hanoi on November 27 - the last day of the tenth session of the 13th National ...

Coordinating Security Minister Mahfud MD gives a press conference after a meeting with the Regional Representatives Council (DPD RI) Speaker at Nusantara III Building, Parliament Complex, Jakarta, ...

An allegation was thrown against me for degrading the reputation of a teenage girl. The matter was brought before the barangay, however, the conciliation failed. When the barangay issued a certificate ...

(New York) – Vietnam should immediately repeal a provision in its revised penal code that would hold lawyers criminally responsible for not reporting clients to the authorities for a number of crimes, ...

Legal experts have condemned a revised penal code in Vietnam that requires lawyers to report on their clients in cases deemed a threat to national security. The National Assembly passed the revised ...

Under the Revised Penal Code, a person arrested without a warrant cannot be held detained beyond 36 hours — and that's already for grave offenses ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday said that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a non-government organization based in Germany which seeks to modernize the Revised Penal ...

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The Manila city prosecutor’s office has ordered the release of 55 minors and 25 adults arrested by police over the riots staged during the anti-corruption protests on Sept. 21.