Current Affairs

Mr Heng Swee Keat will be promoted to Deputy Prime Minister as the Prime Minister make the changes to his Cabinet with effect from 1 May 2019. In a press released by the Prime Minister Office on Tuesday (22 April), it said that Mr Heng will remain as Minister for Finance, and continue chairing the Future Economy Council and National Research …

In a media report yesterday (22 Apr), several lawyers interviewed were puzzled why the recent peeping tom caught at National University of Singapore was not prosecuted by the Attorney-General. For the background, Ms Monica Baey, who is an undergraduate student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) took to her Instagram account on 18 April to call out the school …

This article contains references and depictions of sexual violence which may be triggering.  In 2018, a student of Yale-National University of Singapore (Yale-NUS) wrote a heart-wrenching article on The Octant about a rapist’s guilt. Specifically, the author Sya, talked about her own horrific experience of being raped by a friend and the dealing with the aftermath of it. In her …

Chiming in on the recent discourse on how NUS decided to handle the case of a student who was caught filming another student in the shower, a former NUS student who had been part of several Board of Discipline hearings in his time back in 2013-2014 defended the University’s actions. Sherman Ong said in a long Facebook post that while …

On Monday (22 April), Senior Minister of State for Law and Health Edwin Tong said that a new appellate court may be established to assist the current Court of Appeal with its caseload as it has increased by more than 50 per cent in the last five years. In order to curb this problem, Mr Tong said that the Supreme …

Following the story of a National University of Singapore (NUS) student, Monica Baey, who was filmed while in the shower by another fellow student, the NUS Dean of Students released a statement addressing the issue. His response comes a day after Ms Baey’s story – which was first shared on her Instagram – was reported on by the media. Ms …

In an email to students and staff of The National University of Singapore (NUS), Chairman of the Board of Trustees Hsieh Fu Hua announced that Madam Kay Kuok has been appointed to chair the review committee on sexual misconduct that will be convened by NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye following public outrage over a recent sexual harassment case involving …

Earlier this evening (22 April), local insurance giant Great Eastern has made the decision to suspend their financial advisor with Advisors’ Clique, Nicholas Lim Jun Kai, for being involved in a voyeuristic scandal recently. “We are aware of the recent incident involving Nicholas Lim, a Great Eastern financial representative. He has been placed on immediate suspension and has since submitted …

Minister of Education, Ong Ye Kung has just posted on his Facebook page on Monday evening to announce that he has spoken to the President of National University of Singapore and the Board Chairman to convey his concerns that the penalties NUS applied were manifestly inadequate in the recent sexual misconduct case. Mr Ong went on to state, “From here …

NUS Dean of Students Assoc Prof Peter Pang has announced that a town hall will be organised between NUS management and students later this week, said a student on the NUS Facebook page. This follows calls from students who wanted to have an open dialogue with the university about their sexual harassment policies and the committee that is being convened …