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A Hong Kong court sentenced former teacher Cheng Hon-sze to 18 months in prison for sexually abusing a student on two occasions in 2020. The judge rejected leniency arguments, emphasizing the severity of the breach of trust between educator and pupil.
A devastating downpour in Japan's Chiba Prefecture has claimed eight lives, with record-breaking rainfall of 348 millimetres recorded in just 12 hours, forcing the evacuation of more than 102,000 people.
Thailand is suspending nearly 6,000 civil servants implicated in a nationwide exam cheating scandal. The investigation has already resulted in three arrests, with authorities continuing to expand their inquiry.