Taiwanese actor Darren Wang appeared at Taiwan's High Court on Sep. 30 for the first hearing of an appeal in his Personal Data Protection Act case. Wang and his girlfriend, Chueh Mu-hsuan, said that they are not guilty. Former police officer Liu Chu-jung admitted guilt over the offence for which...
An Israeli plumber who saved a flight from being allegedly hijacked and potentially crashed met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who congratulated him. The passenger, Yaniv Hayoun, rushed to the cockpit and placed the attempted hijacker in a chokehold, reported the...
SBS Transit has lodged a police report on a boy who was caught flinging a plastic bag of items off Cove LRT station on Sep. 27. Footage of the incident, shared online on Sep. 28, begins with the bag on the floor of the LRT platform, filled with unidentified objects. The boy then ...
Temasek will be establishing offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of its plans to expand its Middle East presence. In a press release on Sep. 30, Singapore's state investment fund announced its intention to "deepen engagement" in the r...
A Malaysian man, 72, said that he and his wife deposited RM1 million (S$313,000) to a bank in Aug. 25, 2006. According to Sinchew , he money was purportedly placed in two fixed deposit accounts, each with a 2-year lock-in period. The man said he ended up not withdrawing the money...