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The Magistrate’s Court has convicted the 38-year-old female security guard with 16-month imprisonment for vehicle robbery. Deputy Public Prosecutor Sabrina binti Haji Mahmud briefed the court that defendant Noormarlianti binti Haji Omar saw the vehicle parked behind the building with her two friends nearby Bangunan GP Satu, Jalan Gadong at 6.10pm on April 20. The defendant reached out to a …

It was reported on Wednesday that authorities would be filing charges of murder and treason against a protest campaign’s main leader. Wai Moe Naing got arrested by the authorities on April 15 after getting hit with a car by the security while leading a motorbike protest rally in Monywa. It has been broadcasted in Myanmar Television that there are several …

According to the Navy, a strong underwater wave may have been the cause for the Indonesian submarine to sink in the deep waters of Bali Island last week, causing the death of 53 crew members. It has been mentioned by two senior naval officers that there was a strong interval wave spotted on the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 image report …

After less than a year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced his latest Cabinet reshuffle including the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Transport. “It will be a more extensive reshuffle than is usual this early in the term of government,” He said during a virtual press conference.  Related PostsSeveral former Cabinet ministers bid their farewells onlineSingapore is …

Myanmar activists who are against the military junta are calling for the people to halt payments of their electricity bills and agricultural loans as well as to stop sending their children to schools as an act of revolt towards the pledge of the top general during the regional summit to end the post-coup crisis. Protests have been scattered in the …

According to the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC), a second migrant worker has gotten into an accident in the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) where he dies after sustaining serious injuries. The accident involving a stationary tipper truck and a lorry carrying 17 workers in the cargo deck occurred around 6am near the Jalan Bahar exit. Related PostsCambodian migrant worker shot on Thai …

The Singapore Navy has sent a submarine rescue vessel to aid in the missing Indonesian submarine search. The missing vessel has 53 people on board and went missing in the waters of Bali Island. Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen posted on his Facebook page that the Republic of Singapore Navy’s MV Swift Rescue submarine was deployed “as fast as she …

An oil spill was spotted by the rescuers on Wednesday where the missing Indonesian submarine boarding 53 people has lost contact near the vessel’s diving location. A navy spokesman said that the KRI Nanggala-402 was supposed to communicate the outcome of a torpedo drill that the 44-year-old submarine has conducted in the northern waters of Bali Island but failed to …

The alleged former managing director of commodities trader Envy Global Trading to face five more cheating charges for being the one to instigate a fraud case involving S$8.8 million (RM27.3 million) which is one of Singapore’s largest financial fraud case. The 34-year old Ng Yu Zhi was previously hauled into court last month where he faced four cheating charges for …

Occurrences of flash flood during the course of the weekend were reported despite having spent S$2 billion (RM6.2 billion) in drainage system developments over the decade which is solid proof that the government should invest more to control the effects of climate change. Grace Fu, the minister for sustainability and the environment has mentioned that the government is starting to …