57-year-old part-time cleaner Ravichandran Subramaniam, pleaded guilty to one count of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a 7-year-old girl with wrongful restraint.

He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and another 3 months of jail time in lieu of caning, with a second charge being taken into consideration during his sentencing.

He had followed a 7-year-old girl into a lift, picked her up inside and molested her.

What happened?

The incident happened on 2 August earlier this year, when the victim left her home and went to a provision shop nearby to buy a snack.

Ravichandran saw the little girl walking through the void deck and asked her where she was going, and told her to meet him there after she was done buying her snack.

The girl had no intention of meeting the man, but they then bumped into each other again as she was heading home.

Ravichandran then told the girl to follow him as he walked towards a multi-storey carpark’s lift landing, but the girl refused to follow him and continued on her way home.

The man then followed behind the girl, who then started running away from him after realising he was trailing her; the girl even hid behind a pillar as Ravichandran continued to follow her.

The girl then went to the lift landing of her block, but Ravichandran then caught up with her and held her hand, before entering the lift with her.

He then wrapped one of his arms around her abdomen and the other arm around her legs when the lift door closed.

The girl tried to struggle but couldn’t break free from Ravichandran’s grasp and stop the man from molesting her.

The lift door then opened after arriving at the girl’s floor, and she then broke free and escaped from Ravichandran, who then followed behind her as she cried and shouted for her mother.

The victim’s mother then opened the door and saw Ravichandran following her daughter, and the man then said that he was accompanying the girl home and that he had done nothing to her.

The girl’s mother then lodged a police report after she found out what happened, and Ravichandran was then arrested later that day.

The man was intoxicated and had no memory of what he had done, and he was subsequently remanded at IMH for psychiatric evaluation, where he was found with an alcohol use disorder and was alcohol intoxicated.

But his condition was deemed to be not linked to his offences.

Drank alcohol daily

Ravichandran was a part time cleaner who drank alcohol daily, and on the day of the offence, he had drank 5 cans of beer – 3 before lunch and 2 after.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on being sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia.

PM Lee’s letter to Anwar

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

24 NOVEMBER 2022

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Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

24 November 2022

Dear Prime Minister Anwar,

My warmest congratulations on your victory at the 15^th General Election and on being sworn in as Malaysia’s 10^th Prime Minister. Congratulations also to Pakatan Harapan for its strong performance at the General Election.

Your premiership comes amidst significant challenges in our regional and global environment. As close neighbours and friends, Singapore and Malaysia should work together to manage these challenges and explore new opportunities for cooperation.

Singapore and Malaysia share a longstanding substantive relationship, underpinned by our historical ties, multi-faceted cooperation, and strong people-to-people links. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our two countries have been steadfast partners supporting each other. The close coordination between our ministers and officials allowed us to maintain the flow of essential goods and workers, and to re-open our borders swiftly and effectively. We have also been close partners in ASEAN, which remains central to stability in Southeast Asia amidst rising geopolitical tensions.

Our bilateral cooperation has also expanded to new and emerging areas. The two recent bilateral framework agreements on the green and digital economies will create new opportunities for our businesses and peoples. While our trade and investment ties are robust, we can still do much more together to enhance openness, stability, and connectivity in our bilateral relationship for mutual benefit.

I look forward to meeting you soon, to discuss the common issues facing our two countries and how we can further advance our bilateral relationship.

Ho Ching and I wish you and Dato’ Seri Dr Wan Azizah good health and happiness.

Yours sincerely,

Lee Hsien Loong

YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim

Prime Minister

Malaysia

PM Lee’s post on Facebook

Spoke to Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim today to congratulate him on being sworn in as Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister.

I have known Dato’ Seri Anwar for several decades. We last met in Singapore in 2018, when he delivered a lecture at the Singapore Summit on the importance of bilateral relations between Singapore and Malaysia.

Indeed, Singapore and Malaysia are close partners. Our countries share a longstanding friendship, underpinned by strong historical, cultural, and interpersonal ties. There is more that we can do to enhance our bilateral relationship for mutual benefit.

I invited PM Anwar to visit Singapore soon. I look forward to working with him and the new government to further strengthen our bilateral relationship. – LHL

20-year-old Muhammad Izz Zainudyn Noor Azlan, pleaded guilty to one count of performing a rash act that endangered the personal safety of others by speeding on his PMD and crashing into a 60-year-old woman without braking or taking evasive action, according to Channel NewsAsia.

The woman ended up suffering fractured ribs.

The food delivery rider was sentenced to a minimum of 12 months detention at a reformative training centre on 24 November.

What happened?

Izz had picked up a food delivery order on the night of 26 July earlier this year from a coffeeshop in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4. He then got on his PMD and rode towards the delivery location.

At about 10pm, Izz was speeding through the lift lobby at the same time as the victim, who was walking towards a lift at Block 644 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.

Izz didn’t brake or try to evade the woman, and ultimately crashed into the victim, causing her to fall onto the ground while Izz fell off his PMD.

He then got back on his PMD and rode off instead of stopping to help the woman that he had crashed into.

A passerby heard the victim’s cries for help and ran over to see what happened, and saw the woman bleeding on the floor.

The passerby also saw Izz and told him to stop, but the latter continued riding away from the scene.

The police were then called and the victim was then sent to the hospital, where she was found with multiple injuries including fractures to her ribs, spine and foot.

A car crashed into a bus stop at River Valley, but the driver later went missing when the police arrived at the scene of the accident.

The incident happened on 24 November at about 6am, at a bus stop near the junction of Clemenceau Avenue and River Valley Road.

The police are searching for the missing driver and investigations into the incident are currently ongoing.

According to a witness who spoke to Shin Min Daily News, there were two police officers at the scene examining the crashed car.

One of the safety bollards at the bus stop was uprooted from the concrete pavement, with two benches and a pillar also being damaged severely.

There were no ambulances at the time as the driver had disappeared from the site after presumably fleeing from the accident scene.

A woman shared how she brought her pet bunny to a vet, who allegedly handled her pet roughly and caused it to suffer a broken leg.

Here is what she said

Hi all! Please help me to share this around and raise awareness of this black hearted vet!

Recently I’ve adopted a bunny and it was having diarrhea and I brought him to *name redacted* vet at Yishun on 15 November 2022 to treat his condition.

When we were there , one of the staff assistant was carrying him out of his bag and the way he carried him proved that he’s not professional in handling small pets he was so rough and my bunny was so terrified that it struggled and jumped out from his hands..

on my way home, my bunny was tearing and on the very next day i noticed that he was limping and refused to eat .

On 19 Novemeber, i brought him back to *name redacted* and the same assistant carried him and was really rough to him as well even though i told them he has injury on his leg and its limping!

The vet requested us to go to another vet because they don’t have xray facilities there.

On 22nd November was my bunny’s xray appointment and to my horror upon viewing the xray, his hind leg’s bone is completely broken!

They referred me to the bone specialist and told me the fees for surgery will be 4-5k minimally! I immediately went back to *name redacted* to ask for the cctv footage but they said because its past 7 days the footage is no longer around!

They told me they cannot compensate me in anything since there is no proof of mishandling! It was my fault that I didn’t read their reviews before visiting and only to find out how bad their reviews were after this incident!

Please please help to share around for those with pets .. please avoid them at all cost! They’re irresponsible and has 0 empathy towards animal and I do not know why are they still operating even though they are having so much bad reviews!

Clinic responds

Speaking to MustShareNews, the clinic confirmed the incident and said that they have investigated the matter and found that none of their employees were responsible for the bunny’s injury.

The owner of the clinic added that the assistant who handled the bunny had more than 12 years of experience.

He did, however, apologise for the incident and said “as a boss of the clinic, I apologise sincerely, but I have to be fair to my clinic and employees, they do not seem culpable”.

He also added that he and his employees would cooperate if there was a proper investigation involving the authorities.

After a cabin pressure issue was discovered, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft from London’s Heathrow Airport was diverted to Frankfurt, Germany.

Flight number SQ317 (Airbus A380)  was carrying 379 passengers and 27 staff members.

According to an SIA, the aircraft was redirected to Frankfurt after takeoff owing to a mechanical issue.

The jet took off from London at about 7:20 p.m

The detour happened roughly 20 minutes into the trip.

Affected Passengers film the aircraft dumping fuel

At 8:15 p.m(local time), tweets regarding the jet deviating surfaced online.

The pilots decided to divert to Frankfurt as a precaution after detecting a cabin pressurisation problem, according to SIA.

Dumping fuel pic.twitter.com/lkhhxBP7KT

— Bea (@booooookks) November 24, 2022

“SIA sincerely apologises for the inconvenience this has caused. The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority”. said SIA

At roughly 2 p.m., the plane touched down safely at Frankfurt Airport (Frankfurt time).

According to SIA, it was later grounded for maintenance.

Customers who were affected received assistance with hotel stays and meals.

Civil servants to receive 1.1-month year-end bonus 
Junior grade officers get an additional one-time payment of $700
This follows close consultation with public sector unions

In close consultation with the public sector unions, the Government has decided to pay all civil servants a year-end Annual Variable Component (AVC) of 1.1 months. Civil servants in grades equivalent to MX15 and below will receive an additional one-time payment of $700. This year-end payment takes into consideration the economic outlook while recognising the hard work of public officers. The Government will continue to pay the Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance (NPAA) of 1.0 month to all civil servants.

2 The Singapore economy expanded by 4.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter of 2022, easing slightly from the 4.5 per cent growth recorded in the previous quarter. While Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was sustained for 2022, the outlook for outward-oriented sectors has weakened due to the deteriorating global economic environment and downside risks in the global economy remain significant. Therefore, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has updated Singapore’s GDP growth forecast to “around 3.5 per cent” for 2022, from “3.0 per cent to 5.0 per cent” in May and “3.0 per cent to 4.0 per cent” in August.

3 On the labour market front, total employment continues to expand, but there was a slight uptick in unemployment rates in September, and retrenchments rose over the quarter.

4 Against this backdrop, the Government, in close consultation with the public sector unions, has decided to pay all civil servants a year-end AVC of 1.1 months. In line with the National Wages Council’s recommendations to uplift the wages of lower-wage workers, the Government will continue to adopt a progressive approach in determining the AVC for civil servants. Thus, civil servants in grades equivalent to MX15 and below will receive an additional one-time lump-sum payment of $700. Taken together with the mid-year payments, civil servants will receive a total of 1.45 months in full-year AVC, with those in the more junior grades receiving an additional one-time payment of up to $1,100 in 2022. 

5 The Government will continue to pay the NPAA (13th month payment) of 1.0 month to all civil servants.

6 The Public Service has come a long way and persevered in the fight to protect Singapore and Singaporeans against COVID-19. The Government deeply appreciates the hard work and sacrifice of all public officers who have responded to challenges with commitment and tenacity.

The Singapore Government will be contributing US$100,000 to aid in the disaster relief efforts in West Java, Indonesia, after the earthquake on 21 November.

The money will be sent to the Singapore Red Cross (SRC), on top of the SRC’s pledge of US$50,000 to support the needs of the quake victims, including food, medical relief and shelters.

The SCDF also added that they are ready to provide urban search and rescue, as well as humanitarian relief assistance if requested.

MFA’s statement

Singapore’s Humanitarian Assistance for Communities Affected by the Earthquake in West Java, Indonesia

24 November 2022

The Singapore Government will contribute US$100,000 to the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) in support of the disaster relief and humanitarian efforts in West Java, Indonesia, following an earthquake on 21 November 2022. The contribution by the Singapore Government will supplement the SRC’s pledge of US$50,000 to support the immediate needs of those affected by the earthquake, including food, medical relief, and emergency shelter.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

24 NOVEMBER 2022

Image source: Indonesia National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure