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Singapore doctor pleads guilty to year-long harassment, violent abduction of ex-girlfriend
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — An aesthetic doctor who persistently harassed his former girlfriend over the course of a year, culminating in a violent public abduction, has been convicted of multiple offences in Singapore, The Straits Times reported. Yesterday, 40-year-old Dr Chua Cheng
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Vape smuggling cases rise as syndicates hide devices in car dashboards, wheel wells and even air filter boxes, say Singapore authorities
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — Vape smugglers are getting increasingly creative, with Singapore authorities discovering that e-vaporisers have been concealed in dashboards, wheel wells, undercarriages and even air filter boxes of cars attempting to enter the republic. According to The Straits Times, Singapore’s
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In Indonesia, truckers have turned ‘One Piece’ Straw Hat Pirates flag into a protest symbol ahead of Independence Day
JAKARTA, Aug 5 — Why is the Indonesian government planning to ban people from flying a flag from a popular anime? The pirate flag flown by the Straw Hats Pirates from the anime One Piece has been going viral in Indonesia and it
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Singapore launches major economic review to boost global edge amid tech, geopolitical shifts
SINGAPORE, Aug 5 — Singapore will undertake an Economic Strategy Review (ESR) aimed at strengthening the nation’s global competitiveness and economic relevance amid structural shifts such as geopolitical realignments and rapid technological disruptions. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade
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Singapore mulls Malaysia’s request to start cross-border buses at 4am from JB
SINGAPORE, Aug 4 — Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) is reviewing a request from Malaysia to begin cross-border bus services from Johor Bahru an hour earlier. LTA confirmed it received the request from Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Agency on June
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Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleads guilty to abetting Singapore ex-minister Iswaran in obstructing justice
SINGAPORE, Aug 4 — Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng today pleaded guilty to abetting former Transport Minister S Iswaran in obstructing justice by helping him pay S$5,700 for a flight ticket from Doha to Singapore. The delayed payment was made
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High Court dismisses widow’s claim to remove eldest daughter as co-owner of their HDB flat
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — An elderly woman who sought to have her eldest daughter removed as a joint tenant of their HDB flat — claiming she had been misled and didn’t fully understand what she was signing — had her
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In Singapore, Malaysian tenant jailed for secretly filming landlady, daughter for at least seven years
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — A Malaysian tenant who lived with a family in Singapore for nearly a decade has been sentenced to 19 months in jail for voyeurism and insulting modesty, Mothership reported today. The 40-year-old aerospace machine operator was caught in
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Plastic chairs fly during nine-person brawl at Ang Mo Kio coffee shop, three arrested
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — Three men have been arrested for affray following a violent altercation in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore late last night. According to The Straits Times, the incident occurred outside a coffee shop at 181 Ang Mo Kio Avenue
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Singapore’s Far East Shopping Centre tries again for en-bloc sale, some shop owners may move to Orchard Towers or retire
SINGAPORE, April 26 — With en-bloc plans for Far East Shopping Centre up in the air for a second time, shops located in the building along Orchard Road remain in limbo over their futures. Several shop owners and tenants told
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