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A Kampong Cham court has handed down a life sentence to Soben Minea for murdering nine family members in a November 2025 attack that included decapitation and deliberate arson, marking one of Cambodia's deadliest domestic violence incidents.
A 47-year-old man in Singapore has been sentenced to three weeks in jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend at Lucky Plaza shopping mall in February. The attack was filmed and went viral.
South Korean authorities have indicted a man in his 90s on murder charges following the death of his wife in her 80s at their Seoul home. He allegedly killed her after suspecting an extramarital affair.
A first-year police constable in Queensland was shot in the leg while responding to a domestic violence incident in Yengarie on Friday evening. The 45-year-old man suspected of firing the shot was found dead hours later.
Western Australian police have arrested a 16-year-old boy after his mother was fatally stabbed and his younger sister seriously wounded in what authorities are treating as a suspected family violence homicide in Perth's southeastern suburbs.
Authorities in Jitra have detained a man suspected of deliberately setting fire to his mother's residence following a serious family disagreement. The case highlights ongoing domestic tensions in northern Kedah communities.
Japanese authorities arrested a 49-year-old woman in Ibaraki Prefecture on suspicion of assault after she allegedly sewed her 42-year-old roommate's lips together at their shared residence.
A 32-year-old nurse in Telangana, India, has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband with an injection of toilet cleaner mixed with crushed sleeping pills through an IV line, following a failed attempt to murder him by throwing him from a roof.
Police in Kuala Lumpur have arrested a property agent on suspicion of threatening and physically assaulting his girlfriend at Maluri MRT station, marking another incident of intimate partner violence in public spaces.
A Klang High Court judge has sentenced a man to 32 years imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for fatally smothering his girlfriend with a pillow during a heated argument about their relationship.
The Bhirombhakdi family, Thai billionaires behind Singha beer, has reinforced its opposition to domestic violence as Sunit Scott resigns from all business positions. The family clarified that a publicly disclosed agreement was not endorsed by two other family branches.
Malaysia's Talian Kasih hotline has recorded 9,327 domestic violence calls since 2022, with nearly all cases resolved. Deputy Minister Lim Hui Ying highlighted the service's expanding remit to protect male victims as well.
A 62-year-old wireman has claimed trial after being charged in George Town magistrate's court with injuring his elder brother using a parang during an incident in Paya Terubong.