A judge said Goh Jin Hian failed to spot three ‘red flags’ that should have triggered his inquiry into the financial position of now-insolvent marine fuel supplying firm IPP.
Albertina Kallu remitted the entire amount to her bank account in Indonesia and spent it all, including on building a house, the court heard.
The visionary banker, one of Southeast Asia’s most successful businessmen, helmed UOB Group for more than 60 years.
Singapore visitor arrivals were up 115 per cent to 13.6 million in 2023, and the tourism board expects the recovery to continue in 2024, partly due to the implementation of 30-day visa-free travel with China.
Singapore remains the only Asian country to have placed in the top 10 since the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index was first published in 1995.
Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat also said the government will need to spend US$30 million to upkeep the older ticketing system.
The suspects were arrested after Malaysian police raided two flats in Johor last week.
The man abused the boys, who were aged between 11 and 16, after meeting them on Grindr or through video games or tuition.
The man abused her while she was sitting on his lap for a game as part of a theory class for physical education.
A fellow Chinese national lured Wu Youquan with the promise of ‘fast cash jobs’ and hatched a plan to rob the ring from a jewellery store at Marina Bay Sands.
The man told the Court of Appeal that the sentence had ‘already choked the life out of me’.
Kenneth Loh Jiahui wanted to ‘tease and arouse’ the 12-year-old and followed him from a bus stop into a lift of a housing block.
Mum allowed her son and daughter to sleep in the same bed often and did not report the assaults to the police, despite knowing about the abuse for at least seven years.
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen has said Singapore will send a team to work with international partners to formulate plans under the operation to boost maritime security.
Zhang Xiuqiang was sentenced to eight months’ jail after pleading guilty to one count of theft.
Vendors at ABC Brickworks Market and Food Centre said sales slumped by up to 50 per cent following the outbreak in the locality.
He invited the woman to his home to meet him and his one-year-old child and raped her after expressing his feelings for her.
In July 2023, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau revealed S. Iswaran was assisting with an investigation into a case uncovered by the anti-graft agency.
Prosecutors said the words Greg Austin Lynn used against the restaurant manager were ‘highly insulting and abusive’, and contained an element of violence.
Benjamin Huang Junlong was sentenced to jail for two years and one month for having commercial sex with a minor.
The National Trades Union Congress said the e-commerce firm did not consult it before carrying out the retrenchment exercise.
Nur Aisyah lost her footing while she was at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve in the US state of New York
Yi Huaichun is accused of attempting to take belongings from three passengers on a Cambodia Airways flight from Phnom Penh to the city state.
Kwek Kee Seng, his accomplice Low Eng Yeow Justin and three related firms were charged for their involvement in exporting gas oil to Pyongyang.
Authorities said visitors who declare and surrender the prohibited items at Changi Airport’s Red Channel will avoid penalties.
According to a police statement, Do Thi Tuyet Nhung facilitated the sex workers’ provision of sexual services at the hotel, deducting a commission from their earnings.
The man will be repatriated to Singapore after completing his seven-year sentence in South Korea.
Tan Siew Mei pleaded guilty to five charges including voluntarily causing hurt to a domestic helper, causing distress with abusive words and obstructing the course of justice.
Police said at least 287 people had been taken in by the scams, which see victims being pressured into making payments to secure property viewings or rentals, over a single four-month period.
The places include four Japanese prefectures as well as several regions in the US, Canada, France, Belgium and Germany.
