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Stories you might’ve missed, Aug 3

5-Star Grab driver of 10 years banned indefinitely after passenger complains she got uncomfortable with ‘inappropriate’ questions he asked

 

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In a video that has now gone viral, a TikTok user wrote that their father, a longtime Grab driver who has consistently gotten high ratings from his customers, was recently banned indefinitely via email after one passenger complained about the questions he asked.

Although Grab’s decision to ban him was appealed, the company stood by its decision.

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Maid wanted to work only for 1 year, but her employer renewed her work permit for 2 years, asks if she’s stuck

 

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The feet of former Indonesian domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih are seen as she speaks to the press in front of the District Court following the sentencing of her former employer Law Wan-tung in Hong Kong on February 27, 2015. Law was jailed for six years on February 27 for beating and starving Sulistyaningsih and keeping her prisoner, as the judge called for action over laws which leave domestic workers exposed to abuse. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

A foreign domestic helper found herself at a loss for what to do when her employer extended her work permit for two years instead of the one year she wanted.

In a post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum) another woman, a netizen by the name of Devi Balbuena Sadang Abad, asked the question on behalf of her friend.

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‘I’m so in love with my girlfriend but I just couldn’t make myself get down on one knee and ask for her hand in marriage’ — Boyfriend

 

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A man who claims to be “so in love” with his girlfriend asked for advice on how to become ready to get married.

“I’m so in love with her but I just couldn’t make myself get down on one knee and ask for her hand in marriage,” he wrote on the NUS Whispers Facebook page.

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Singapore BMW bumps into Johor prince’s electric Honda in Malaysia, driver walks away like nothing ever happened

 

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On Monday (Aug 1), Tunku Temenggong Johor, Tunku Idris Iskandar Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, the third child of the Sultan of Johor, posted a video on his Instagram account of a BMW 3 Series bumping into his car outside some shops in Johor Bahru.

The driver of the BMW, who was en route to a parking space, did not bother to even check on the prince’s Honda.

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After divorced woman moves in with man who’s a single father, he treats her like his maid, controls what she wears and spends on

 

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A woman who moved in with a single father and his 8-year-old daughter felt that over time he became very calculative, to the point where he would sometimes treat her like a servant.

In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the woman, Jas, wrote that she was not able to live with her own family as her brother’s two sons would often bully her daughter.

Read more here…


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