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Stories you might’ve missed, Oct 21

Leaked messages show NOC’s Sylvia Chan wanting to take over the company and calling Ryan & Dee Kosh ‘F**king egotistic & poor’

Singapore ― Following a leaked video showing Night Owl Cinematics (NOC) co-founder Ryan Tan addressing his partner Sylvia Chan’s management style, text messages have surfaced showing the latter expressing hatred for ex-husband Ryan Tan and controversial public figure Dee Kosh.

In WhatsApp screenshots that have made their way around the Internet and social media, messages from CEO Sylvia can be seen. She says: “F**king s**t. I hate two of them. Ryan and deekosh. I mean like work wise. F**king egoistic. F**king want to be well loved. F**king poor without me that’s what”.

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New variant in UK being monitored, likely 10% more infectious than Delta variant

Scientists are studying this AY.4.2 sub-variant,  but do not think that it will be catastrophic for the UK. all the same, it is at its highest level since July.

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NUS grad threatens to harass, stalk woman ‘forever’

Singapore — A man who graduated from the National University Singapore (NUS) this year admitted to not only stalking a woman for around a year but also reading her messages on Telegram.

Twenty-five-year-old Ong Jing Xiang entered a guilty plea to one count of harassment and another count under the Computer Misuse Act since he had gone into her dorm room illegally and taken the woman’s verification code on her phone in order to gain access to her Telegram messages. 

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Netizens get defensive after US CDC places Singapore on “very high” travel risk list for Covid

Singapore — This is a top-ranking that online commenters definitely didn’t want for Singapore.

In fact, the netizens quickest to sound off were decidedly unhappy with the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for placing Singapore at its very highest Covid-19 risk level for travellers.

They offered diverse reasons for their dissatisfaction with Singapore’s classification as a “very high” risk destination. Some directed their ire at the US, and others aimed their sarcasm at the Singapore government.

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Johor MP mistakes S’pore military jets as invasion, turns out to be joint exercise with M’sia as host

Malaysia – Johor Member of Parliament Hassan Abdul Karim (Pasir Gudang) recently called on the Malaysian government to investigate the sightings of Singapore military aircraft into Malaysian airspace, which turned out to be a joint exercise between the two countries.

“Incidents of airspace invasion in our country seem to happen frequently after the federal government raised the issue to review the case of Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Blanca,” said Mr Hassan.

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