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[Straits Times] - 02/4/2025



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Rapper Subhas Nair’s appeal dismissed, starts jail term for trying to promote ill will between groups
The musician had claimed trial to four charges in March 2023.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
More financial help and extended childcare leave on MPs’ wish list for families
More than 20 MPs spoke during a six-long debate.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Jail, caning for man who molested stepdaughter, then 12, on four occasions
The victim initially did not tell her mother about her ordeal as the man had doted on her.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Four men to be charged over stealing copper wire from Clementi construction site
The men had allegedly stolen the copper wires and sold them to a scrap metal company.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Police and CSA warn against phishing scams targeting cryptocurrency users
Cryptocurrency users should store their digital assets offline through the likes of hardware wallets.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
NUS says new framework to vet external speakers accounts for national, geopolitical contexts
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said autonomous universities manage their own events.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Employers receive award for caring for domestic worker after her surgery
The annual awards saw some 200 nominations for domestic workers and employers.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Man fined $4,000 over forging grandfather’s death certificate to get compassionate leave
Barath Gopal was upset after finding out his girlfriend had cheated on him, and he could not focus at work.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Singapore hangs ex-cop found guilty of 2013 Kovan double murder
Iskandar was convicted of the 2013 murders of Mr Tan Boon Sin and his son Tan Chee Heong.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Ex-security officers jailed for taking photos with loaded gun at Woodlands Checkpoint
One of them uploaded the photos on Instagram as he thought the attention would be “cool and funny”.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Removing CMIO race framework may result in worse outcomes: Shanmugam
He was responding to a question from PSP NMP Leong Mun Wai, who had asked when the Government plans to review the model.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025