5 S’pore News That Were Reported Yesterday That You Should Know About (10 October 2019)

Let’s face it: in this social media world, exciting and viral news like a cat feeding a baby bear would often appear in your Facebook news feed, while important news like the GDP growth of Singapore this year wouldn’t get the same reach.

It’s understandable since social media platforms would prioritise engaging and viral contents to keep users in their platform.

In order to ensure that you’d still know about important news instead just social news, below are the top five Singapore news that was reported yesterday which you should know, simplified for you in a bite-sized format:

Advertising Ban & Compulsory Unhealthy Label For High-sugar Drinks

In a bid to fight diabetes, the Health Ministry announced that there will be an advertising ban and compulsory unhealthy label on high-sugar drinks.

This includes bottles, cans and packs. It also includes two or three-in-one instant drinks, soft drinks, juices, cultured milk and yoghurt drinks.

The full details will be released in 2020 and implementation is projected to take anywhere between one and four years.

For more into, tap here.

29-year-old Singaporean Man Arrested And Charged in US For Sophisticated Identity Theft And Wire Fraud

A 29-year-old Singapore Citizen, Ho Jun Jia or Matthew Ho was charged in Seattle, Washington with federal crimes. This included the alleged mining of cryptocurrencies using stolen computing power and services.

These were also allegedly obtained with stolen identity and credit card information belonging to residents of California and Texas.

The case is being investigated by the FBI Seattle Office’s Cyber Crime Unit.

For more into, tap here.

Man Involved In $40 million SkillsFuture Scam Admits To Money Laundering 

A freelance trader who was previously linked to the $40 million SkillsFuture scam has recently also admitted to money laundering offences.

Separately, these offences amounted to more than $4 million. The SkillsFuture scam was described as the largest fraud against a public institution here. He was the sixth person linked to the scam to be convicted.

Offenders found guilty of dealing with the proceeds of criminal conduct can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined up to $500,000 for each charge.

For more into, tap here.

A Mother And Daughter Were Charged For Accepting Bribe To Expedite Malaysian’s PR Application

A customer service officer from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and her daughter were brought to court on Thursday, 10 October.

They had allegedly accepted a bribe to hasten the process for a Malaysian woman applying to become a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR).

Lucy Teo, 49 was accused of being in cahoots with Sharon Loo Wai Woon, 28 to accept $1,500 from Fenny Tey Hui Neeto to speed up her PR application.

For more into, tap here.

Tanglin Actress Roz Pho Fined $1,750 For Drinking Under The Influence Of Alcohol

An actress by the name of Rosalind Pho Li Ann, or more commonly known as Roz Pho, drank about two glasses of white wine before driving her car in early October.

She is a 36-year-old Dutch national and a Singapore PR who has acted in television series Tanglin. She was fined $1,750 on 10 October, Thursday after she plead guilty to a drink driving charge.

She is also disqualified from driving for 15 months.

Read the full article here.

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