SINGAPORE – A police report for alleged disparaging comments online against Islam and Muslims has been made against a doctor who had earlier co-authored an open letter calling for Singapore’s Covid-19 vaccination programme for young people to halt. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the police confirmed on Wednesday (June 30) that a report […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong police rearrested a prominent democracy activist after revoking her bail Wednesday (June 30), the eve of a sensitive double anniversary of the city’s handover to China and the Communist Party’s centenary. Lawyer Chow Hang-tung, one of the few remaining democracy activists not already in jail or exile, was initially […]
SINGAPORE – Two men exploited an option to make investments using Central Provident Fund (CPF) monies, withdrawing more than $32,000 in an illegal scheme over a period of more than two years. Samuel Chen Zhihao, 37, and Raymond Wong Tuck Wai, 38, were fined on Wednesday (June 30) after they each pleaded guilty to two […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Forced labour in Malaysia is not a widespread problem or “out of control”, a senior police official told Reuters on Wednesday (June 30), even as US sanctions are being applied against several companies in the country over allegations of modern day slavery. The United States has banned three Malaysian companies in […]
SINGAPORE – A local poultry importer was fined $7,500 on Wednesday (June 30) for illegally storing meat and seafood products in an unlicensed cold store. Toh Thye San, the sole-proprietor of Toh Thye San Farm, was investigated by Singapore Food Agency (SFA) officers in October last year for operating the unlicensed cold store. The SFA […]
PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) – Cambodia on Wednesday (June 30) reported record daily rises in coronavirus deaths and cases, reaching what its government called the “red line” in its biggest outbreak so far. The South-east Asian nation reported 27 deaths from Covid-19 and 1,130 cases on Wednesday. Cambodia successfully contained its outbreaks throughout last year and […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s capital Seoul and its neighbouring regions will delay by a week the relaxation of social distancing rules due to a sudden increase in Covid-19 cases, authorities said. The government had said it would relax social distancing and allow private gatherings of up to six people in the greater Seoul area, […]
SINGAPORE – National service enlistees can now receive their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine before they start their basic military training, part of the Singapore Armed Forces’ range of measures to shore up its defences against the virus, as it moves towards living with Covid-19 instead of responding to it as an epidemic. Those […]
SINGAPORE – Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will deliver a ministerial statement in Parliament next Monday (July 5) on the Government’s support measures for businesses and workers affected by tightened Covid-19 restrictions. He will also set out the funding approach for these measures in his statement at 3pm that day, the Ministry of Finance said on […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – The founder of a Cambodian conservation group that saw three of its activists jailed this month says the government is taking aim at them for their work exposing corruption and environmental abuse – an allegation the government denies. The arrests mark at least the third time that Mother Nature Cambodia’s activists have […]