World News - HONG KONG - A Hong Konger who waved a colonial era flag while watching a public broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics became the first person to be jailed for insulting China’s national anthem, local media reported on Thursday. Paula Leung, 42, pleaded guilty to insulting. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Lamine Diack, a former International Olympic Committee member who was tied to a French corruption case over Japan s bid to secure the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo, dies at the age of 88 at his home in Senegal, Reuters reported.