The body of 66-year-old man Ye Chunguo was found on April 9 last year on the surface of the Lower Seletar Reservoir.

The coroner ruled that the man took his own life.

Loans and debts

Police found a document on the body of the deceased, although it was damaged by water, investigators later obtained a copy of the document. The document, dated April 5 last year, roughly says that a company has been approved by the Cambodian government to raise funds for a “ten billion yuan project”.

The deceased’s took his business partner with him to Cambodia to meet “local government officials”, and signed a contract, as long as the local government officially approves the job, he could immediately get S$5 million.

However, it was very suspicious and soon after they were no longer in contact.

According to the police investigation, on the morning of the incident, the last phone call of the deceased was to a financial company. The finance company said that the deceased asked them to lend him more money, but the company found that he had borrowed money from several finance companies, and the loan limit had reached the limit, so he was denied any further loan.

Police reviewed records and found that the deceased owed nearly S$70,000 to various companies.

The court also revealed that the accused had a mistress in Cambodia.

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A POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) correction direction was issued to The Independent Singapore for an article that they wrote saying that Minister of Law K Shanmugam may step down from his ministerial positions.

Here is the press release by the Ministry of Law

1. On 21 April 2022, “The Independent Singapore” (“TISG”) published an article with the headline “K Shanmugam says he may step down as Singapore’s Minister of Law and Home Affairs” on its website, Facebook page and Twitter account. The headline was clickbait, giving the false impression that the Minister for Law and Home Affairs said he may be stepping down from his ministerial positions. The author of the article, Mr Toh Han Shih (“Mr Toh”), also shared TISG’s article on his Twitter account on 21 April 2022.
2. Additionally, the first paragraph of the article stated that the Minister “revealed” in an interview with Vanakkam Malaysia that he may step down as Singapore’s Minister for Law and Home Affairs, but gave no specific time as to when he might do so. Again, this gave the false impression that the Minister said he may be stepping down from his ministerial positions.
3. The Minister for Law has instructed for Correction Directions, under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), to be issued to TISG and Mr Toh. TISG and Mr Toh will be required to carry correction notices on their online platforms that published the article, stating that it contains a false statement of fact.

Clarifications on the False Statement

4. The Minister did not say during the video interview with Vanakkam Malaysia that he may be stepping down from his ministerial positions or that he is contemplating doing so.
5. In the interview mentioned in the article, the Minister said that:(a) He considers serving people a privilege, which not everyone gets a chance to do.
   (b) He must be ready to leave when he no longer has the people’s support.
   (c) He should be ready to move on when there are capable leaders to replace him.
   (d) He has maintained transparency in both his words and actions and will continue to do that, and if he can no longer continue to do so, he will leave his ministerial posts.
6. It is quite false to state, from the interview, that the Minister said that he may be stepping down from his positions. In addition, viewing the whole video will show that the Minister, when he spoke about his own views, also intended his comments to be of general application, for persons holding Ministerial appointments (when seen in the context of past comments of the PAP leadership, and history of the PAP).
7. The headline “K Shanmugam says he may step down as Singapore’s Minister of Law and Home Affairs” was deceptive clickbait, with the falsity repeated in the first paragraph of the article.

Publication of a Correction Notice

8. As required by the Correction Directions, TISG and Mr Toh must publish a correction notice alongside the posts. The correction notice provides a link to the Factually article, which lays out the facts and clarifications on the matter, at the following link: https://www.gov.sg/article/factually220422

MINISTRY OF LAW
22 APRIL 2022

All these advice about asking men to go gym, workout, pick up a sport, stay buff, just to increase your chance of getting a girl. You know how it makes fat people who can’t slim down feel?

I’m fat ok. I have a pot belly and I’m not even 30. I try to exercise but I work really long hours, sometimes I just want to go straight to sleep when I get home. I eat whatever is served to me at work so I cannot afford to be choosy as I don’t want to pack cold lunch boxes. I eat whatever my mother cooks because I am not a picky eater. I wear glasses and didn’t get contact lenses or want to do lasik. I hang out with a lot of older people due to my job. So I really have not much chance to meet girls. Sometimes they joke about helping to matchmake me with their daughter or niece. I never took their offer seriously.

I know this girl from another friend. I find her very pretty. She works in the beauty industry so she is always well groomed. We spent a lot of time messaging before meeting in person. I grew to like her but I was worried because I can tell she is barely half my size. I didn’t want her to meet me out of pity so I didn’t ask her out a second time. We continued to message each other often. I really enjoyed talking to her. The next time we met with another friend in tow. She asked me why didn’t I ask her out and she wanted me to accompany her to this place after we split with our friend. I guess I didn’t get the hint as I thought she only thought of me as a friend. She held my hand and told me she like me.

Now I’m happily attached for the last 6 months to this gorgeous girl. I’m sure she didn’t fall in love with my pot belly first. I met her parents and they accepted me. She’s not a princess, she is very understanding and kind hearted. My parents approve of her too.

I don’t earn a lot, I’m not good looking, I’m not a smooth talker. But I’m genuine to her. So don’t give up guys. There is always someone out there for someone like you.