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Tham Heng Yew, 31, told investigators that he had taken the videos ‘to reduce his stress and anxiety’ despite knowing it was an offence as he was feeling depressed.

The offender, suspended as a teacher since August 2019, met the victims when he was a student volunteer, 17, and abused them in the 1990s.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs director general Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan was accused of mailing personal boxes containing Panadol and luxury watches in diplomatic bags to China and Singapore.

The items Sri Hastuti stole from her employer’s master bedroom included gold bars, necklaces, white diamond ear studs – and an expensive Rolex watch, the court heard.

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Arsenic, a toxic heavy metal, can cause skin irritations, contact dermatitis with symptoms such as skin rashes and blisters, or rashes resulting in skin peeling.

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Singapore has warned against wearing clothes with national symbols related to the Israel-Gaza war, an offence which carries a maximum jail term of six months, a fine of up to US$370 or both.

Joel Ezekiel, 49, was charged in court on Monday with unlawfully possessing a knuckle duster, after a police report was lodged against him for uploading a video showing him wielding a samurai sword in public.

The amount of calories we need to maintain weight changes as we age. Factors from body size to physical activity play a role. Experts explain how to adapt your diet to match your age.

Singapore says it has ‘sufficient’ masks if the haze worsens, as authorities issue a health advisory and plan to install air purifiers across the country.

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Goh Jin Hian, former chief executive officer of investment holding company New Silkroutes Group, is accused of conspiring with the other three men to manipulate prices.

The Health Sciences Authority in Singapore is investigating a case of a woman who became blind after she was administered an anti-wrinkle dermal filler.

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The man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, forced himself on the girl from age nine – even breaking into her room to rape her five or six years later.

Chinese national Hu Zhangwen dashed across a three-lane road to catch a bus, hitting a Malaysian motorcyclist with his bag in the process. His lawyer pleaded for mercy, calling the ‘freak accident’ unprecedented.

K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Lee Hsien Yang for defamation over allegations about the Singapore ministers’ rental of two bungalows at Ridout Road.

Goh Jun Liang was upset that the prostitute had called him ‘troublesome’ and felt she had ‘used too much strength and caused him pain’, the court heard.

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