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Former CNB officer jailed for criminal breach of trust

A former senior investigation officer (SIO) with the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has been jailed for 13 months by a district court today (10 February). The former SIO, Muhammad Nur Wagiyoh pleaded guilty to a total of three charges, two relating to criminal breach of trust and a third, for forgery (taken into consideration...

Transcript of MP Gan’s remark that the public supposedly ‘misunderstood’ Minister Lui

[Transcript kindly provided by a TRE reader] MP Gan Thiam Poh Transcription of MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, Gan Thiam Poh, on questions about public transport from Public House Editor-in-Chief Andrew Loh on 9/12/12. Andrew Loh: The second point is about the bus fares. Minister Lui Tuck Liew said that if we want, we need to...

SMRT abruptly ends trial on Mandarin station announcements

Finally, after receiving a lot of online flak for adding station name announcement in Mandarin, SMRT has decided to immediately halt announcing station names in Mandarin in addition to English. SMRT confirmed that it ended the trial last week. The issue has stirred much discussion online with many questioning SMRT's reasons...