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At least 238 writers, academics and intellectuals around the world were detained in connection to their work last year, according to a report released Tuesday by PEN America, a freedom of expression advocacy group.

Beijing - China has formally arrested two Canadians who have been detained for months on national security grounds, a Canadian newspaper reported on Thursday, in a case that has inflamed tensions between Ottawa and Beijing.

KUALA LUMPUR: Four suspected militants have been detained in connection with terror and assassination plots to “avenge” the death of fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim.

Two voters in Lamphun and Nakhon Pathom provinces on Sunday, who claimed to be drunk, were detained for allegedly damaging their ballots.

THE THAI MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and related agencies were on Tuesday trying to co-ordinate with their Laotian counterparts to free a Thai man detained by police across the border for an unspecified reason.

The Saudi woman who made a desperate plea for asylum after landing at Bangkok airport has been placed "under the care" of the United Nations refugee agency, a Thai official said late Monday.

Lee Jong-suk has returned home to South Korea after being detained in Jakarta, Indonesia, for about two days.

The owner of a durian orchard in Surat Thani’s Muang district surrendered to police after allegedly fatally shooting a man he suspected of stealing his fruit early Thursday morning.

The first batch of 22 unregistered foreign migrant workers rounded up in the Labour Ministry-led crackdown since July 1 will face legal action and then be deported, Department of Employment director-general Anurak Tossarat said yesterday.

Police apprehended five persons of interest for questioning over the killing of a 90-year-old Lao abbot at a Sakon Nakhon temple on Monday.

Former TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda is still in high spirits, despite being detained in custody following the rejection of his bail application, according to his lawyer, Monanant Ruangjamras.

The Myanmar Press Council (MPC) and four other media organisations have issued a joint statement calling for a quick resolution to the detention of Eleven Media Group’s CEO and chief editor in accordance with the Media Law.