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A 75-year-old man who ran Tong Sheng Impex, a storage rack company, attempted to take down his competitors' posters and make his own harder to remove. In doing so, he damaged the walls and public spaces of several Housing Development Board (HDB) flats. Lee Kai Soon, the sole prop...
In the first two months of its operation, the Online Safety Commission (OSC) has received more than 500 reports of online harm from the public, Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo told the media on Sep. 17. She was giving her remarks ahead of Ministry o...
Barisan Nasional controls the Melaka state government and will be looking to build on its recent victories in Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Who it partners or whether it goes solo will be closely watched, say analysts....
The youngest victim was a seven-year-old who was subject to doxxing.
Doxing and online harassment made up bulk of eligible reports submitted to Online Safety Commission.
This extension will help members grow their retirement savings, providing them with certainty on their CPF returns amid the uncertain economic and interest rate environment, said the CPF Board and HDB....
From Sep. 23, it will be an offence to make a nuisance and behave disruptively on public buses and at bus interchanges and terminals. Such behaviour includes placing one’s feet on bus seats, or playing audio at loud volume, littering, eating, or drinking onboard buses, the Land T...
The Personal Data Protection Commission said it is investigating the incident.
Residents of the eight 497 blocks in Tampines Street 45 have decided: 76.02 per cent voted for the original paint scheme in a recent poll.
The incident has been reported to the Ministry of Health and the Personal Data Protection Commission.
SINGAPORE: The former Nominated Member of Parliament Calvin Cheng wrote in a social media post that he recently spent time with Denise Phua, MP for Jalan Besar and Mayor of Central Singapore District since 2014. Mr Cheng wrote in a Sept 17 (Thursday) Facebook post that Ms Phua ha...
On Sep. 16, the United States Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 per cent. The decision comes against the wishes of U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticised the move and demanded on social media that the interest rates be lowered “an...
With no dedicated athletes' village, the Asian Games' organisers are relying on a cruise ship, temporary wooden containers and hotels to house participants....
SINGAPORE: ICA officers at Tuas Checkpoint have foiled another cigarette smuggling attempt, uncovering more than 2,200 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed within a modified floorboard in a Malaysia-registered lorry on September 2, 2026. Officers directed the lorry for enh...
A Pardons Board meeting chaired by the Malaysian king on Friday (Sep 18) reached this decision after an appeal by Najib Razak, who is serving a six-year jail sentence until Aug 23, 2028....
SINGAPORE: In one of the largest seizures of illegally kept wildlife in recent years, the National Parks Board (NParks), the agency responsible for greenery, biodiversity conservation, and animal health, announced on Wednesday (Sept 16) that its officers had seized more than 100 ...
Leong Sze Hian, 72, a Singaporean who ran in the 2020 general election and blogs about politics and finance, forfeited S$45,000 on Sep. 17, 2026 as he was the bailor for lawyer Lim Tean, 61. This was after Lim had allegedly absconded to Malaysia instead of turning himself in to s...
A man died on board a Malaysia Airlines flight bound for Sydney on Sep. 16 2026. The Daily Mail Australia reported that the man was on flight MH141, which departed from Kuala Lumpur in the morning and landed in Sydney at 7:40 Australia time, flying for a total of eight hours. The...
Singaporean mum Yanti Lala was on the MRT when she noticed a male commuter who had just boarded approach her direction, eventually choosing to sit on the floor next to her son's pram. The fellow commuter immediately started eating a bun, which she did not pay much heed to at firs...
A 40-year-old bus driver was allegedly “dragged, pushed and manhandled” by a group of workers while ferrying them from Woodlands back to their dormitory in Jurong on Sep. 13. The incident occurred after the allegedly intoxicated workers got into a brawl among themselves on board ...
Upon landing, the passenger requiring medical assistance was met by medical services and taken to hospital immediately.
SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old woman who had been seen sitting on a low railing outside on the 16th-floor Housing & Development Board flat on Monday night (Sept 14) was rescued by the authorities. The incident occurred at Block 123B Rivervale Drive in Sengkang at around 9:00 p.m. After...
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can buy time if he can resist his deputy’s push for an immediate general election. But he still needs a solution, says Asian studies professor James Chin....
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can buy time if he can resist his deputy’s push for an immediate general election. But he still needs a solution, says Asian studies professor James Chin....
Through a series of coordinated raids across Singapore, the National Parks Board (NParks) seized 101 wild animals that were illegally kept in residential premises on Sep. 14. These animals are all non-native species, and include sugar gliders, lizards, newts, pythons, tarantulas,...
A 58-year-old former group director of the Housing & Development Board (HDB) was charged with accessing the agency’s database without authorisation and retaining documents. Tan Chew Ling is facing two charges under the Computer Misuse Act and the Official Secrets Act. She was cha...
Ever since July, something has been brewing in Malaysia regarding the management and operations of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), Malaysia’s Haj pilgrims fund board. In 2018, the Malaysian taxpayer was required to rescue TH after it was discovered to have been misreporting its assets ...
Amid public sparring between Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his deputy Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, analysts and politicians say the brinkmanship is largely about keeping UMNO’s options open ahead of the next general election....
SINGAPORE: There’s not a day that goes by that people don’t see a product of AI—it’s almost everywhere on social media. We see a hint of it in advertising posters and billboards displayed on the streets, and it’s even on online shopping websites, where the models aren’t real peop...
Victims had to complete tasks such as opening digital trading card packs in exchange for commissions.
Muhammad Faiz Suhaimi later informed an anonymous whistleblower about the falsified finswimming results.
The non-profit industry association will however not be involved in efforts to recover unpaid salaries or commissions.
The non-profit industry association will however not be involved in efforts to recover unpaid salaries or commissions.
Nearly three decades after setting off with little more than a backpack and skateboard, Mr Dasuki Johari reflects on the choices he made that had him sleeping in mosques and working on prawning boats....
DBS chief executive Tan Su Shan has ruled out entering politics, while calling for more talent from both the public and private sectors to raise the quality of policy debate in Singapore. Tan, 57, made the comment when asked if she would consider standing in the next General Elec...
SINGAPORE: In his speech in Parliament on Sept 10 (Thursday) during the debate on the political salary review, Workers’ Party head Pritam Singh said that the WP supports the increase in salaries for Members of Parliament, the first since 2011, in light of inflation. He added that...
Anthropic says its Claude AI was used to build a voter-targeting system covering all 222 parliamentary constituencies in Malaysia, while the threat actor also unsuccessfully pursued a contract with the country’s communications regulator....
The Federal Territories Pardons Board met on Friday (Sep 11) but deferred Najib’s application for a pardon to a future meeting. Najib is scheduled to complete his current jail term on Aug 23, 2028....
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak's application for clemency will be on the agenda when the country's Federal Territories Pardons Board meets on Friday, Sep. 11, according to local reports. The 74-year-old has been in prison serving his sentence since Aug. 23, 2022 for...
He also cautioned against turning ministerial assessment into a ‘public popularity contest’.
MPs Shawn Loh and Alex Yeo raised questions on the validity of pressure tactics during livestreams. Loh asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) whether the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS) could review whether interactive pressure tac...
Mr Singh also called for the allowances of legislative assistants and secretarial assistants to be reviewed.
A bankrupt property agent duped his fellow agents into co-broking falsified sales, using them to receive advance commissions and leaving them to deal with the aftermath. CNA reported that Cheong En Kiong, 51, pleaded guilty on Sep. 8, 2026 to four charges including forgery, cheat...
On Sep. 6, German politics experienced what its Chancellor called a “tectonic shift” as the AfD, or Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany), won elections in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD has been labelled right-wing, far right, populist, and ev...
The Category B COE premium rose 3.1% from the previous exercise to reach $135,001.
In one instance, another real estate agent had to repay most of the full advance commission of S$91,653 that had been delivered over a fraudulent sale....
The government will also study “delinking” allowances for community-related roles, such as MPs and mayors, from political salary benchmarks.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says he had personally approached several senior permanent secretaries and private-sector CEOs to join politics before the last General Election – and all of them turned him down....
He warned that if corporate boards become overly cautious to avoid politicisation, it will compromise investment returns.
