A former pre-school teacher at a Kinderland branch, who allegedly ill-treated a child, may be facing other similar charges, said a police prosecutor.
Ex-Kinderland teacher accused of ill-treating child might face more charges
Lin Min, 33, who was previously remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for medical examination, appeared in court on Wednesday. She was offered bail of $15,000.
Investigations are ongoing.
East Asia Forum issued Pofma order
Online academic platform East Asia Forum on Aug 18 published an article that contained false statements linked to several issues, including the independence of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s approach in handling certain matters.
The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act office has directed the platform to put up a correction notice for the article, following instructions by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, the Government said in a statement on Wednesday.
The East Asia Forum article was written by National University of Singapore Assistant Professor Chan Ying-Kit.
Money-laundering case accused linked to $73m London buildings
A company partly owned by Su Haijin, one of the accused in the money-laundering case, paid more than $73 million for two buildings in London, checks by The Straits Times revealed.
The buildings at 283 Oxford Street and 11 Princes Street were sold for £43.3 million (S$73.5m) on Dec 17, 2021, to New Yihao, according to property records in Britain.
A Foot Locker store is currently located at the building in Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping street.
New Yihao was registered in tax-haven Jersey, an island country near the coast of north-west France. The company was set up just two months before the purchases.
NUS received 8 complaints of sexual misconduct in first-half of 2023
The National University of Singapore (NUS) saw eight complaints of sexual misconduct between Jan 1 and June 30.
Three of them involved sexual assault and resulted in one student being expelled.
One of the complaints involved a staff member, NUS said in its half-yearly report on sexual misconduct, which was released on Sept 7.
More households recycle in 2023 than in 2021
More households are recycling, according to a survey by the National Environment Agency (NEA), which found that 72 per cent of households recycle in 2023 – up from 64 per cent in 2021.
The survey of 2,180 respondents, conducted from April to June 2023, also found that more respondents were aware of the kind of items that can be recycled. Some 89 per cent of the respondents were aware that a rinsed shampoo or detergent bottle can be recycled, compared with 71 per cent in 2021.
MAS slaps 9-year ban on founders of Three Arrows Capital
The founders of failed cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital have been banned by the Singapore regulator from taking part in the management, acting as a director or becoming a substantial shareholder of any regulated capital market services company here.
Singaporeans Zhu Su and Kyle Livingston Davies were issued prohibition orders lasting nine years, which took effect from Wednesday. This will also mean they cannot perform any regulated activity under the Securities and Futures Act 2001, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday.
