It’s not just OCBC and Singapore, scammers are ripping off people across Asia

Singapore —  The phishing scams that burst into media headlines in Singapore last month  have also swept through other countries in Asia. 

People in Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, the Philippines, and elsewhere have also lost millions of dollars to similar scams, as fraudsters have become more sophisticated in carrying out their schemes.

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“I was… in control of the game.” Lakshya Sen on how he defeated Loh Kean Yew at the India Open

In a new interview, Lakshya Sen, who beat World Champion Loh Kean Yew at the India Open earlier this month, admitted that he felt the pressure during the finals, but believed he could best the Singaporean athlete.

Sen, 20, who hails from Almora, defeated Loh, 24, 24-22, 21-17, in a 54-minute match on Jan 16 at the kickoff to the 2022 BWF World Tour season, taking home the prize of US$30,000 (SG$40,470)

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Study: Singapore workers want to work less, have more family and personal time

Singapore — A new study from a global jobs portal finds  that more than half of the respondents in Singapore say they’ve been overworked since the pandemic started.

What’s more, many say they are thinking of working less this year, with an even larger number supporting the implementation of a four-day work week.

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Dee Kosh: I’m no paedophile but I’ll plead guilty to making sex-for-cash offers to boys

Singapore – Most people facing the kind of legal charges that YouTuber Dee Kosh does would keep mum and let their lawyers sort out their defence.

But Dee Kosh – real name Darryl Ian Koshy – isn’t most people.

He has a following of 382,000 and his YouTube videos have been viewed 86 million times.  So of course, that is where he went to present his own case.

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Father of dead twins taken back to canal where boys’ bodies were found

Singapore  – Xavier Yap Jung Houn, 48,  father of the twin boys found dead near a playground in the Upper Bukit Timah area, was taken by police to the canal where the bodies were found.

On Thursday at about 3.10 pm, five police officers took Yap, 48,  to the canal where the bodies had been found last Friday evening. He was wearing a red polo t-shirt and dark blue shorts, and a surgical mask.

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