Two men arrested for allegedly stealing bank cards from passengers' bags on flight to Singapore
The men were found with three bank cards that did not belong to them, the police said.
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'We M'sians are suffering': Johor politician criticises Indonesian spokespersons for being 'unapologetic'
Johor Bahru politician Andrew Chen has urged Indonesia to take responsibility for transboundary haze and apologise to affected Asean countries. The DAP politician and member of the Johor state legislature's remarks came after an Indonesian government official said forest fires we...
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All 3 public healthcare clusters experiencing system disruption, no indication of cyber incident: Health tech agency
UPDATE on Oct. 13 at 6:01pm : By 4:37pm, all affected services were restored, according to health tech agency Synapxe. All three public healthcare clusters in Singapore — NHG Health, National University Health System and SingHealth — are experiencing connectivity issues that is a...
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Man supposed to be on WFH in Sydney was in S'pore instead, gets fired but wins unfair dismissal case
A currency trader based in Sydney, Australia, who was allegedly on holiday in Singapore when he was supposed to be working from home, was fired by his company HIFX Australia, trading as Xe. The man won an unfair dismissal case on Oct. 7, but was not compensated or reinstated. The...
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Man, who stalked woman in Holland Village & raped her, fails in appeal to reduce 15-year jail sentence, his wife posts bail
A man in Singapore, convicted after stalking and raping an intoxicated woman in her home, lost his appeal to reduce his 15-year jail and 12 strokes of the cane sentence. Dhanabalan Fok Jin Jin, 43, had appealed against his rape conviction and to have his jail sentence reduced to ...
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M'sian driver, 24, who allegedly fled 6-vehicle crash that killed 5-year-old girl, found in private hospital
A five-year-old girl, Asiah, passed away after a six-vehicle pile-up along Jalan Kuching in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 10. The 24-year-old driver of a BYD Seal that police believe rear-ended the girl’s family car was later found at a private hospital in Damansara, where he was being tr...
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Man, 29, falls from building in Japan, kills woman, 23, her dad calls for murder charge
The father of a 23-year-old woman who died after being struck by a man who fell from an apartment building in Nagoya, Japan, is calling for the man to face a murder charge. Tomoki Inaba was walking with a friend along a pavement in Sakae, Naka Ward, when 29-year-old Nobunari Tagu...
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Two men to be charged over stolen bank cards on flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore
They were arrested during an airport police operation at Terminal 4 targeting theft on aircraft.
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Social enterprise using sentiment analysis at call centre among 30 winners of SME AI Impact Awards
The inaugural awards recognise businesses that used proprietary AI solutions or off-the-shelf solutions.
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East Kalimantan governor faces backlash for Singapore trip while province is affected by severe haze
SINGAPORE: A photo of the Governor of East Kalimantan having breakfast with his wife at Marina Bay Sands over the weekend has gone viral. Some netizens questioned why Governor Rudy Mas'ud and his wife, Sarifah Suraidah, had taken the trip while the province continues to be severe...
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'We assume the best of them': M'sia DPM says no reply from Indonesia so far on offers of assistance for haze
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has announced stepped-up measures to tackle the forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. However, he did not mention whether Indonesia would accept any offers of assistance from neighbours Singapore and Malaysia, who have also been affected b...
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Ex-MP Tan Wu Meng wishes Jamus Lim who's in hospital for pneumonia a swift recovery
Former Jurong GRC Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Wu Meng sent his well wishes to Sengkang GRC MP Jamus Lim following news that the latter had been hospitalised for pneumonia. Writing on Facebook on Oct. 12, Tan said he had just seen news about Lim's hospitalisation. "I remember ou...
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Singaporeans advised to defer all travel to Saudi Arabia amid heightened security risks: MFA
Over the past weeks, airports in Saudi Arabia have been attacked and there have been repeated strikes on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, says MFA....