Healing the Divide’s Iris Koh claims she’s raised over $96,000 to help with legal fees

Singapore — In a Telegram message on Tuesday (Feb 15) Iris Koh, who has taken a very public stance against vaccine mandates, said she has raised over $96,000 in her crowdfunding efforts to help her with her legal costs.

Last Wednesday (Feb 8), she posted on her Facebook and YouTube accounts a weepy video with a background of soft piano music as a public appeal for donations to support her “fight for the truth”.

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More cases like Nagaenthran’s? Two more due to hang said to suffer from low IQ

Singapore — Two men due to be hanged in Singapore on Wednesday (Feb 16) for drug-related offences are said to have  IQs well below the average of the general population.  

The families of Pausi Jefridin, a Malaysian national, and Roslan Bakar, a Singaporean, were told on Feb 9 that they had been scheduled for judicial execution on Feb 16. This would be the first time capital punishment will be meted out in Singapore since November 2019.

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Many netizens feel that Raeesah Khan is getting off too lightly

Singapore — The Workers’ Party had an eventful day in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 15) as the House voted after a lengthy debate to refer WP chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh to the Public Prosecutor.

The House also voted in favor of the $35,000 in fines meted to former WP MP Raeesah Khan.

Parliament’s Committee of Privileges (COP), whose members are all from the People’s Action Party except for the lone representative from the Workers Party, Hougang MP\ Dennis Tan Lip Fong, decided that Mr Singh had lied under oath, and referred him to the Public Prosecutor for possible criminal charges.

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Letter to the Editor: Install a cashcard machine on supermarket trolleys

Reader comes up with possible solution to ‘unretruend trollye problem

Dear Editor,

Why can’t they install a cashcard machine on supermarket trolleys, much like the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system that vehicles have which are also used for carpark entries?

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