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Stories you might’ve missed, Aug 24

Maid says her employer and their sister hit her and squeezed her arms ‘until they became blue black’

 

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Photo: Indah Yosevina (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=430647145771643)

A foreign domestic helper who had been working in Singapore for 5 years spoke about the tough times she went through with her employer’s sister.

Indah Yosevina said that she remembers the day very clearly. “Chinese New Year 2019, the first time she hit me because…that day we went and stayed for a few days in her house, then she just straightaway beat me on my back”.

Read more here…


 

Woman who slapped a little girl on MRT last year back in court, this time for allegedly telling an Indian woman not to sit beside her on the bus and yelling racial slur & profanity

 

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A woman who made the news last year has gotten in trouble with the law again, this time for allegedly refusing to allow an Indian woman to sit beside her on the bus.

After they got off, the woman is said to have further insulted the Indian woman with a racial slur and profanity.

Read more here…


Male teaching assistant sexually abused 11 schoolboys, filmed 105 pornographic videos; gets 42 years jail, 24 strokes of the cane

 

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A local male teaching assistant was sentenced to 42 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane after he sexually assaulted 11 boys and filmed a total of 105 pornographic videos of them in the course of more than seven years of service in a childcare centre.

The 30-year-old accused pleaded guilty to six counts of aggravated sexual assault in the High Court yesterday (Aug 22), and another 54 related charges were considered when the judge handed down the sentence.

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Malaysia’s ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak goes to jail after failing to recuse Chief Justice from case

 

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Malaysia’s ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak is now the first ex-PM of Malaysia to go to jail after he failed to recuse the Chief Justice from the SRC appeal today.

This is a historic day for Malaysia where a former DPM, Anwar Ibrahim, was jailed in 1998. Najib is to start serving his 12-year sentencing today.

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Singaporeans top concern is high costs of living, post-NDR speech shows

 

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Photo: Unsplash/Singapore Stock Photos (for illustration purposes only).

While many Singaporeans said they felt ‘optimistic’ or even ‘hopeful’ after Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech on Sunday (Aug 21), increased costs of living are still their biggest concern.

Nevertheless, many tend to believe that the country’s economic situation will improve, a poll taken after the speech by Milieu Insight says.

Read more here…


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