KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has ordered a husband and wife to enter their defence on a charge of illegal deposit-taking, amounting to RM364, 000, from the public. Judge Mohd Kafli Che Ali made the order on Thursday( Jan 4) after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against Ho Kok Keong, 62, a former chief executive officer of a telecommunications company, and housewife Koh Orchid, 56, at the end of the prosecution case.He said both accused had t

KATHMANDU( Reuters)-Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation's first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim order clearing the way for such marriages in the largely conservative country. The marriage between 36-year-old Ram Bahadur( Maya) Gurung, who was born male but identifies as female, and Surendra Pandey, 26, who was born and identifies as male, was formally registered at the Dordi ru