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Former British Weekly writer Alan Shadrake, who is facing two years in jail for penning an expose of the Singapore justice system, was in defiant mood this week  when we contacted him for an exclusive interview. “I’d write that book again,” Alan told us on Thursday, after undergoing  a ten-hour grilling from the city... 

A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to 22 months in prison and 15 lashes for harassing debtors. Mai Thanh Tai, 22, was convicted of having violated the Moneylenders Act of Singapore at a hearing on June 28. Singapore Police Force said Tai entered the country on May 26 as a tourist.  He was arrested in front of an apartment... 

There were no reports of flooding on Thursday, despite rain falling in many parts of Singapore for most of the day, reported the Straits Times. But with heavy rainstorms forecast for the next few days, the authorities are bracing themselves for floods over the weekend. National water agency PUB told The Straits Times on Thursday...