Kuala Lampur, Sept. 8 -- A 34-year-old Singaporean man has been sentenced to 18 months and two weeks' jail and fined S$30,000 (RM126,600) for stealing S$54,000 (RM227,880) from his bedridden friend's Central Provident Fund (CPF) account.

According to Singapore'sCNA, Yu Mingyan accessed the victim's Singpass - Singapore's national digital identity platform used to log in to government services and authorise transactions - while visiting her in hospital, and transferred the money to himself.

The 62-year-old woman, his former colleague and close friend, was permanently warded at Gleneagles Hospital and unable to move or speak.

Between June and July 2023, Yu reportedly used her mobile phone on three occasions to withdraw S$30,000, S$20,000...