The Daily Populous

Friday March 29th, 2024 day edition

image for 5000 Indians forced into cyber-slavery in Cambodia, MHA discusses rescue strategy

Over 5,000 Indians are trapped in Cambodia, where they are allegedly being held against their will and forced to carry out cyber frauds on people back home.

The government estimates that the fraudsters have allegedly duped people of at least Rs 500 crore in India over the past six months.

“The agenda of their meeting was to discuss the organised racket and bring back those who are trapped there.

So far, three people from Bengaluru who were trapped in Cambodia have been brought back to India.

There, the scamsters were forced to pose as women on dating apps and chat with their potential targets.

“We have also gathered critical information regarding the location of the fraud companies, their operatives, their working style and their management hierarchy.

We have identified three key high-level operatives of Indian origin and one high-level operative who is of Nepalese origin. »

Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted

Authored by theguardian.com

A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected.

Mason’s case became well known nationally and struck a chord as an example of an egregious punishment for a voting mistake.

In 2022, Texas’s highest criminal court told a lower appellate court it had to reconsider a ruling upholding Mason’s conviction. »

GOP official who claimed 2020 election was stolen voted illegally 9 times, judge rules

Authored by washingtonpost.com

A Georgia Republican official who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have voted illegally nine times, a judge ruled this week.

Pritchard has also touted former president Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him.

In a 2022 episode of his talk show, Pritchard criticized the “corrupt media” and Georgia election officials for being “complicit” in what he called stealing the election. »

Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror

Authored by theguardian.com

The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said.

“With this announcement by the Taliban leader, a new chapter of private punishments has begun and Afghan women are experiencing the depths of loneliness,” Arefi said.

Through the bodies of Afghan women, the Taliban demand and command moral and societal orders. »