Soh Choon Wee last reported for national service duty in 1992. He returned to Singapore in 2021 on the advice of his mother because of Covid – and now faces six-and-a-half years in prison.
Hong Kong and mainland China sign Greater Bay Area data flow agreement
Regulators in mainland of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) have signed an agreement on cross-border data flow in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
New Zealand justice minister quits after crashing car while over the limit for alcohol: ‘inexcusable’
Kiritapu ‘Kiri’ Allan said her position was now ‘untenable’. She was charged with careless use of a motor vehicle and refusing to accompany a police officer after the crash late on Sunday.
At least 15 dead after wooden ferry capsizes off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
The wooden passenger boat was carrying 48 people despite being designed for just 20. It sank just after midnight.
Japan’s Fukushima water plan dashes town’s hopes of world surfing event, but residents stay upbeat
Kitaizumi Surf Festival 2023 had hoped to draw 300 top surfers to compete and promote Fukushima prefecture’s recovery, but will now be a much smaller event.
Marcos Jnr pitches ‘New Philippines’ plan with nod to father’s rule
The Philippine leader is ‘trying to restore the name of his father’ with a series of programmes that echo those implemented by Marcos Snr.
Survivors of Myanmar’s scam mills talk torture, death, organ harvesting – and the battle to escape
Footage smuggled out of the scam centres shows electrocutions, beatings and people being handcuffed and blindfolded, as rumours swirl of organ harvesting – and much more ‘going under the radar’.
Singapore vows to ‘get to bottom’ of racial discrimination allegations made by police officer before his death
Before his death, Uvaraja Gopal detailed in a Facebook post what he said was a toxic work culture and added that he had sought help but was shunned.
M&S decision brings embodied carbon impacts to fore in re-development v refurbishment debate
The recent decision in relation to Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store highlights the increasing scrutiny being placed on the embodied carbon associated with re-development.
Contract management playbook to be developed by UK government
A new ‘contract management playbook’ is to be developed by the UK government, with industry invited to help shape its contents.
