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Workers Party’ trio found liable for damages suffered by AHTC

Many would say "expectedly", the trio from Workers Party (WP), Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim and Pritam Singh have been found liable for damages suffered by Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC). In his judgment released on Friday (11 Oct), High Court Judge Kannan Ramesh ruled that Mr Low and Ms Lim had breached their fiduciary...

Are we less than a month away from the General Elections?

Last month (4 Sep), it was announced that the Prime Minister has announced the formation of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC). This was the clearest indication that the elections are imminent, as this would mean redrawing the constituencies that are to be contested. In Parliament last week (7 Oct), Workers' Party...

CNB officer charged for assaulting man to extort confession

Last Friday (4 Oct), an officer with the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) was charged with three counts of voluntarily causing hurt to extort a confession from a man about drugs found in his bag. According to court papers, 32 year-old Vengedesh Raj Nainar Nagarajan had attacked the victim, Sivabalan Kanniappan, three times between...