Upset that his wife was making a long-distance call to a mystery party, he reportedly punched her in a fight and left her lying on the bed. It was only later, he told a friend, that he realised that she…
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Just two weeks after he was sentenced to a three weeks’ jail for assaulting a taxi driver, 34-year old Dutchman Dino Petrus Johannes van Deijzen saw his sentence increased to three months. The deputy public prosecutor had appealed the original…
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Dear Mr Goh, My name is Johnny. I’m having a dispute at the moment with my employer regarding my training bond agreement which I have to pay when I breached the contract. Mr Chandra, my neighbour has recommended me to…
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He went absent without official leave (AWOL) for more than five years to pursue his studies in Britain. Wang Yinchu, then a 22-year-old full-time national serviceman, was one month away from completing his national service when he left Singapore on…
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Another new initiative to help Singaporean workers? According to the Channel NewsAsia news report “New portal to prepare students for future jobs” (Apr 7) – “The one-stop portal for education, training and career information, is a key plank of the…
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