Law & Order
One British national, two Singaporeans charged for allegedly breaching SHN requirements
One British national and two Singaporeans were charged on Friday (15 January) for allegedly breaching their Stay-Home Notice (SHN) requirements, said...
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Chief Justice says “corrective systems in place” but appeals process is not the silver bullet to an imperfect system
In his speech to mark the opening of the legal year, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon (CJ), has said that while...
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Police approved over 8,500 out of more than 11,000 permit applications for public assemblies outside Speakers’ Corner since 2009: MHA
Singapore police have approved 8,545 permit applications for public assemblies outside the Speakers’ Corner out of the 11,269 received since...
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China enacts rules to counter ‘unjustified’ foreign laws
China on Saturday introduced new rules to counter "unjustified" laws and measures that other countries might apply to its companies...
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Minister Vivian Balakrishnan should have “more promptly and more directly” disclosed oversight regarding how TraceTogether data can be used in police investigations, says PSP NCMP Leong Mun Wai
Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation Vivian Balakrishnan should have disclosed the oversight regarding how TraceTogether data can be used in police...
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Workplace discrimination can be resolved with less hostile mediation approach: SMF responds to AWARE’s calls for legislative approach
The Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) said on Thursday (7 January) that a less hostile mediation approach would be more appropriate...
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Here’s why allowing police access to TraceTogether data goes beyond matters of intrusion of privacy, according to Amnesty International
Many countries around the world have adopted mass surveillance to keep track of their citizens’ movement in the name of...
Read morePSP NCMP Leong Mun Wai questions Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on whether the latter was apologising for oversight regarding scope of use of TraceTogether data
Progress Singapore Party Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai on Tuesday (5 January) questioned Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation...
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Smoking at home is an offence harder to catch than being naked at home: Minister Grace Fu
It is more difficult to enforce a law against smoking at home than it is to investigate the offence of...
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“False promises”: S’pore netizens slam govt for going back on assurance that TraceTogether to be used only for COVID-19 contact tracing
The Government’s decision to allow police to obtain data from its COVID-19 contact tracing system TraceTogether for criminal investigations has...
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