Asian Legal Review

The giant image of Ava Gardner on the outer wall of a public school gym in Koreatown speaks to history. On that score, everyone agrees.
But what the artist intended as an homage to the Cocoanut Grove, which once stood nearby, Korean groups say is as offensive to them as a swastika would be to Jews or a burning cross to African-Americans.
They don’t object to the movie star, who frequented the famed nightclub, or to the palm trees, monkey and Moorish arch superimposed on her profile to…

A policeman in Thailand was arrested for shooting and killing a French man Wednesday at a shopping plaza in Bangkok.
Security video of the killing posted online by Thai media shows the officer in street clothes running after the French man and shooting him at close range in the chest. Thai media identified the slain man as Malik Djamel. City police chief Lieutenant-General Sutthipong Wongpin said Senior Sergeant-Major Kantapong Huadsri had confessed to killing the man over an argument…

New evidence standards have been developed to help inform investment in new digital health technologies by NHS bodies in England.

New accountability rules for staff at insurers and reinsurers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are now in force.

Tuesday’s results have given a real boost to the Indian National Congress as it battles for supremacy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the country’s state elections.
Congress can now look forward to forming governments in the former BJP domains of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, with Madhya Pradesh too close to call at the time of publication.
In Rajasthan, where Congress wrested control from incumbent Vasundhara Raje, identity politics…

A former soccer player for the Bahrain national team with Australian refugee status must remain in detention in Thailand as he awaits possible extradition, a Bangkok court said on Tuesday, despite campaigners fears he could be tortured if returned to the Gulf state.
Hakeem al-Araibi says he was arrested and beaten at the start of the Arab spring protests in Bahrain in 2012, and was granted refugee status in Australia five years later. The 25-year-old, who now plays for semi-professional club…

Two thirds of the UK’s fastest growing private companies have relied on overseas expansion to boost revenue, according to a new study. The result is in line with Pinsent Masons research which found that fast-growing companies were looking to Asia and Africa for growth.

Vijay Mallya, the fugitive Indian tycoon fighting multiple cases in the UK after defaulting on loans, has lost a bid to avoid extradition to his home country where he faces charges of fraud and money laundering. Judge Emma Arbuthnot ruled against Mallya at a hearing in London on Monday, largely rejecting his arguments that the case was politically motivated. “I do not accept the courts in India are there to do what the politicians tell them to do,” Arbuthnot told a packed…

Hopes of a speedy resolution to Malaysia and Singapore’s dispute over air and sea boundaries dissipated on Monday as Kuala Lumpur dug in its heels even as it agreed to a dialogue.
The administration of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad welcomed talks but took a tough line as it accused its southern neighbour of selectively releasing past correspondence regarding airspace issues to manipulate public opinion in its favour.
Malaysia said it did not agree with Singapore’s demands over the…

Britain is launching an investigation into medical gloves used by its health service after reports of forced labour, forced overtime, debt bondage, withheld wages and passport confiscation in Malaysian factories where they were made.
“In line with the government’s policy and leadership on modern slavery, we take any allegations of this kind incredibly seriously,” said a spokeswoman for Britain’s health department, adding that the issue would investigated “as a…