Hong Kong: 7 police officers jail for 2 years
Hong Kong, seven police officers were jailed for two years for a vicious attack on a protester during pro-democracy rallies in 2014, captured on film and beamed around the world. All seven were convicted earlier this week of assault causing actual bodily harm to Civic Party activist Ken Tsang.
Video footage of the attack, showed a group of policemen hauling a handcuffed Tsang to a dark corner in a public park, where he was beaten, repeatedly kicked and inflicted blows. Police have been criticised for their heavy-handed treatment of protesters during the 79 days of rallies and street blockades seeking fully free elections for Hong Kong’s future leaders.
“Mariages à la française: Shifts in a Cultural Grammar”,
Institut français India Director Dr. Bertrand the Hartingh will inaugurate the exhibition, “Mariages à la française: Shifts in a Cultural Grammar”, focusing on French weddings. Curated by historian Dr. Arundhati Virmani, the exhibit traces the significant changes and developments in the institution and rites of marriage in France.
At India International Centre Annexe, Lodhi Estate
on Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017 at 6.30 PM
The exhibition showcases wedding items – such as the invitation and menu, the changing venues of the wedding – from the church to the town hall, and elements of the ceremony, like the bride’s bouquet or wedding dress – to present a reflection on social transformations and values in France since the end of the 19th century.
There will be two related programmes in the Annexe Lecture Room II as part of this exhibition:
Thursday, 23 February 2017 at 6.30 PM
Public and Private: Histories of French Wedding Rituals
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Arundhati Virmani, Indian historian
Monday, 27 February 2017 at 6.30 PM
Princely Weddings at the French Court in Versailles
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jean Boutier, French historian
The exhibition will be on view from 22nd to 28th February 2017, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm at the Art Gallery, India International Centre Annexe, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003.
Arundhati Virmani is a historian at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Marseille. After a PhD in French History, she has researched colonial and contemporary India. She has authored several books on Indian history, including Les Indiens. Voix multiples (Paris, 2015), which won Asia Prize 2015 in France. She has also curated exhibitions on the Historical Atlas of India at the IIC, Delhi, Cambridge University Library, UK, and Maison Méditérranée des sciences de l’homme in Aix-en-Provence, France.
3rd person arrested in death of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother
3rd person arrested in death of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother
A third person has been arrested in connection with the death of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to Malaysian police. Two women have already been arrested, the first of whom possessed a Vietnamese passport. The second suspect had an Indonesian passport. Kim Jong-nam is believed to have been poisoned at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s National Assembly Intelligence Committee. He died en route to a nearby hospital. Both Seoul and US government sources have said they believe North Korean assassins are responsible for the death of Kim, who had spoken out publicly against his family’s control of his home country on numerous occasions.
51st edition of The Statesman Vintage car rally
51st edition of The Statesman Vintage car rally scheduled on Sunday, February 26, 2017, 9:00 a.m. onwards. The flag off ceremony will take place at The Statesman House and the rally will culminate at the National Stadium India Gate.
Looking forward for your confirmation for the same.
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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was taken into custody
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was taken into custody early in the day as a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for him, sought by the independent counsel team for a second time.
It is rare that prosecutors request a warrant to detain a suspect for the second time without any new trustworthy evidences. The special prosecutors had conducted further investigations since the first attempt failed on Jan. 19.
The independent counsel team, which was launched on Dec. 21, is scheduled to terminate its investigation by the end of this month unless it is extended.
The team asked Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn Thursday to allow the extension, but the acting president has yet to express his position. Hwang, one of closest aides to the impeached leader, is forecast to deny the independent counsel’s request.
Pressures are mounting on Hwang into accepting the request as just 11 days are left for the prosecutors who are independently probing the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park.
The biggest opposition Minjoo Party has submitted a revised law, pending the parliamentary judiciary committee, to extend the special investigation for 50 days. Under the original law, it can be lengthened for up to 30 days.
Welcoming the detention of the Samsung heir as a chance to establish justice and prove a basic principle that all are equal before law, opposition parties demanded the extension of the investigation.
The ruling Liberty Korea Party said the extended probe is not an option, actually objecting to the extension.
According to a Realmeter survey released Thursday, 67.5 percent favored the prolonged investigation by special prosecutors, more than doubling 26.7 percent against it.
It was based on a poll of 506 voters conducted on Wednesday. It has 4.4 percentage points in margin of error.
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