Current Affairs

Members of the public are warned of a new type of loan scam where victims are instructed by the perpetrators to make payments after they respond to unsolicited text messages offering loans. In a joint advisory by the police and Ministry of Law’s Registry of Money Lenders (ROM), it was noted that there have been more than 20 reports of …

TOC Editor Terry Xu submitted a letter to the Straits Times Forum in response to another letter published on the forum on 29 September 2019, written by Ms Chng Huiling. However, ST seems to have passed on publishing Terry’s response. In her letter (TOC must clarify its intentions, 29 September), Ms Chng had said that it was “disturbing” that TOC’s …

Jeffrey Ong Su Aun, lawyer and managing partner of law firm JLC Advisors who abscond with more S$33 million in funds from a client’s escrow account, was slapped with four more new charges on Monday (14 October). He is charged with three more counts of forgery for the purpose of cheating and one count of criminal breach of trust (CBT), …

The media reported today (15 Oct) that a medical doctor, Dr Haridass Ramdass, has been charged in court for causing the death of a patient. Dr Haridass who is said to be a Singaporean, operated from a clinic in Little India. He is accused of prescribing 10 tablets of methotrexate (MTX) without first arranging for his patient, Mr Savarimuthu Arul …

Four men aged 17 to 37 will be charged in court today (15 October) for distributing obscene materials on a Telegram chat group called “SG Nasi Lemak”. In a statement, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said that they had received several reports between 15 Mar and 3 October against a chat group for circulating obscene materials and promoting vice activities. …

In a joint letter to ST Forum today (14 Oct), Colonel Adrian Teng, Head of National Service Affairs Department in MINDEF and Rupert Gwee, Director of National Service Affairs Directorate in the Home Affair Ministry, assured the public that Singaporeans who went through NS do get a higher starting pay when they started work. They were replying to a member …

Veteran architect and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Architect at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Tay Kheng Soon took to his Facebook on Sunday (13 October) to slam the poor design of footpaths in the country. In his post, he uploaded a picture of a sidewalk and said that it is a “bad design” as almost a meter …

On Saturday (12 Oct), homegrown fitness brand FIGHT ZONE inaugurated the official opening of its third outlet at [email protected] Square, and is already looking at expanding the “fight zone” overseas. The launch at Velocity was attended by special guest Mr Ang Peng Siong, Singapore’s swimming icon who is currently the Vice-President of Singapore Athletics and founder of Aquatic Performance Swim …

Yesterday (13 Oct), Straits Times Opinion Editor Chua Mui Hoong wrote an opinion piece on ST warning 4G leaders from the People’s Action Party (PAP) not to go overboard and become perceived not as the dominant force leading the country, but as the domineering party ready and willing to thumb down its critics (‘PAP and the politics of dominance‘). “I …

Singaporean Ar Muhammad Aleef Mohamed Rafik has been crowned the Logitech G Challenge Asia Pacific e-racing champion in Melbourne on Saturday (12 Oct), and is set to represent the country in the World Finals in Las Vegas next month where he will be facing the champions from other regions. Mr Aleef, a 21-year-old student who is a professional e-sports athlete …