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Prison officer fined $10K for causing inmate’s death – family upset over leniency

Lim Kwo Yin (in white shirt) leaving the Subordinate Courts. (TODAY photo) A senior prison officer, Lim Kwo Yin, has pleaded guilty to one count of causing the death of 21-year-old inmate, Dinesh Raman Chinnaiah, by failing to exercise adequate supervision on 27 September 2010. He was fined $10,000 for negligence. Lim was charged...

Injured woman withdraws remarks and apologises to MP Zaqy

MP Zaqy MohamadMs Serene Tham, who alleged that her fall down a staircase was due to poor maintenance of the staircase by Chua Chu Kang Town Council (CCKTC), has withdrawn and apologised for her negative remarks about the town council and its chairman MP Zaqy Mohamad. In a joint statement made by Chua Chu Kang Town Council and...

AG highlights inadequate oversight for MINDEF project – MINDEF tries to push responsibility to SAFRA

Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen The Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) has just released the “Report of the Auditor-General for the Financial Year 2012/13″ [Link]. In the report, Auditor-General Willie Tan highlighted inadequate oversight for a MINDEF project to enhance fitness corners in HDB estates. MINDEF had earlier tasked...