<h1>Free trade agreement implementation expands tariff reductions and market access amid clemency and criminal law developments.</h1> The release reports that the Free Trade Agreement between China and the Maldives entered into force, creating binding tariff-reduction and market-access commitments. It also records criminal-law and executive actions: an illegal border crossing resulting in detention, a court addressing bail in a sedition prosecution, a mass-shooting criminal investigation, and acceptance of mercy petitions by the military authorities-each engaging treaty implementation, criminal procedural processes, bail review, and clemency mechanisms.