Business, Community, Crime, Islam, Racism-Hate

FBI asked to probe hate vandalism

No Comments 17 July 2010

St. Paul, Minn. (July 9, 2010) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today asked the FBI to investigate recent graffiti spray-painted on a St. Cloud business as a possible hate crime. The Hormud Market, owned by a Somali Muslim St. Cloud resident, was spray painted with the words, “Go Home” on Thursday, July 8.

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Community, Courts, Crime, Hmong, Laotian

St. Paul woman sentenced for smuggling wildlife parts

No Comments 01 July 2010

St. Paul, Minn. (June 23, 2010) – Last week in a federal court in St. Paul, a 57-year-old St. Paul woman was sentenced for bringing endangered-species parts into the country. United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle sentenced Seng Her to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service on one count of smuggling goods into the U.S. She was indicted on December 9, 2009, and pleaded guilty on February 11, 2010.

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Crime, Government, International, Laotian

U.S. Embassy Provides Counternarcotics Assistance to Laos

No Comments 13 May 2010

Vientiane, Laos (May 6, 2010) – United States Ambassador to Laos, Ravic R. Huso, signed an Amendment to the Letter of Agreement last week on behalf of the U.S. Government for bilateral cooperation with the Government of Laos in support of counter narcotics and law enforcement.

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Mee Moua supports additional time for sex offenders

Crime, Editorial, Government

Mee Moua supports additional time for sex offenders

No Comments 12 February 2010

St. Paul, Minn. (February 9, 2010) – State Senator Mee Moua (DFL-67) said Tuesday that she supports Governor Tim Pawlenty in his proposal that would more than double prison time for sex offenders, and usher in a new comprehensive Internet education program to help protect children from online predators.

Under the Governor’s proposal, an offender convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct would receive a 25-year sentence, more than doubling the current presumptive sentence.

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