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Outrage as Facebook group with over 12,000 members targets minors with obscene posts, Wanita PKR calls for crackdown

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 -- Wanita PKR has called for urgent action from authorities following the discovery of a Facebook group allegedly sharing photos of underage schoolchildren with sexually explicit... Read More


Singapore man gets three months for assaulting domestic helper with belt after she told wife of his advances

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- A 62-year-old man was sentenced to three months and 10 days in jail in Singapore yesterday for assaulting his family's domestic helper after she told his wife about his inappropr... Read More


Fire guts Kulai LPG storage shop in Johor, three men suffer serious burns (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 -- Three men sustained burns on up to 50 per cent of their bodies when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage shop in the Kawasan Perindustrian Timur area in Kulai, Johor, caugh... Read More


In Singapore, spurned neighbour's love letters turn sour with alleged urine attack on woman's door

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- A man in Punggol, Singapore allegedly doused his neighbour's front door with urine after she ignored his repeated and increasingly unsettling attempts to gain her attention. The... Read More


Sixteen-year-old convicted of armed rioting in Singapore MRT assault sparked by misunderstood allegation

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- A 16-year-old boy has been convicted of rioting while armed with a deadly weapon, following an incident at Buona Vista MRT station involving a group assault over a mistaken alleg... Read More


From September, Singapore mandates measles shots for helpers in homes with unvaccinated kids under seven

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- From September 1, all domestic helpers in Singapore working in homes with children under the age of seven who are not fully vaccinated against measles must themselves be immunise... Read More


Singapore's national broadcaster Mediacorp dismisses employee after 'serious incident' in female toilet, police investigating

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- A male employee at Singapore's national broadcaster Mediacorp has been dismissed following an incident involving suspicious behaviour in a female toilet at the company's premises... Read More


Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng to plead guilty in Singapore ex-transport minister Iswaran's corruption case on July 3

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- Billionaire hotelier Ong Beng Seng will plead guilty on July 3 in a high-profile graft case linked to Singapore's former transport minister S. Iswaran. The Straits Times reporte... Read More


Penang police rescue three Indonesians allegedly held captive for a year, arrest four suspects

GEORGE TOWN, June 11 -- Penang police rescued three Indonesian men believed to have been held captive for nearly a year in a condominium on Jalan Dr Wu Lien Teh here yesterday, Berita Harian reported.... Read More


In Singapore, drug trafficker dodges death penalty by 0.01g, jailed 31 years

SINGAPORE, June 11 -- A 58-year-old man has been sentenced to 31 years' jail for drug trafficking and money laundering in Singapore, narrowly escaping the gallows by a fraction of a gram. The Straits... Read More