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Morning Digest, Nov 18

StarHub subscriber selects ‘no contract plan’ but still gets tied up with 1-year contract after purchase, termination charges apply if wish to terminate

 

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Photo: Taken from StarHub website

A StarHub subscriber asked for advice on how to go about paying his one-year contract despite never signing up for one.

The netizen said in a Facebook page Complaint Singapore post on Thursday (Nov 17) that he signed up for Sports+ about three weeks ago on the StarHub website. He chose a no-contract plan for S$34.99 and attached a screenshot of the purchase.

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SBS bus captain punched in the face for advising passenger to wear face mask

 

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Photo: FB screengrab/SBS Transit

An SBS Transit bus captain was punched in the face after he advised a passenger to put on his face mask while on the bus.

“He had told a passenger to don a mask for the safety of other passengers onboard but, to his shock, received a punch to his face!” wrote SBS Transit in a Facebook post on Nov 14.

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Singapore customer buys 32-inch TV on Lazada, but receives package of tissues instead

 

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Photo: Freepik/rawpixel (for illustration purposes only)

With online shopping surging in popularity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise that more and more of us are giving it a shot.

However, the experience of one first-time online shopping buyer who ordered a 32-inch television from Lazada ended up being far from successful as he mistakenly placed his order with a fraudulent dealer who sent him a package containing tissue paper instead.

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Father stabs daughter to death over her S$200,000 debt from addiction to online shopping

 

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Photo: Taken from canva.com/used for illustration purposes only

A woman racked up debts of over S$200,000 from online shopping, forcing her father to use up his savings and take loans to repay the amount owed. He eventually stabbed her to death during an argument over the money.

Liu Juan (not her real name), 30, developed an addiction to online shopping in 2019. It was reported that packages were delivered to their home daily, with a new one arriving even before the previous delivery could be opened.

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4 SG men raped & watched each other’s drugged wives being raped as part of wife-sharing fantasy face up to 22 years in jail & 20 strokes of the cane

 

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This was “one of the most astonishing and atrocious cases of sexual assault to ever come before this court,” said Justice Pang Khang Chau on four men who plotted to rape their drugged wives.

The men discussed their wife-sharing fantasies online and conspired to rape each other’s wives, exposing them to unwanted pregnancies and sexual diseases, added Justice Pang. It is the role and duty of a husband to love, cherish and protect his wife. “This is a betrayal of trust of the most egregious kind,” he said.

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