Singaporean director of Malaysian factory pleads not guilty to sabotaging water supply in Johor

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Sept 26) in a Johor court to a charge of indirect sabotage linked to the damage of water supply in a Kota Tinggi village. Tan Eng Yong, 41, and Malaysian Lau Kam Wai, 53, were charged in a sessions court with conspiring with another individual, who remains...

Ex-director at S’pore College of TCM charged over allegedly taking upskirt pictures

SINGAPORE: A former director at the Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was handed multiple charges on Thursday (June 13) after he allegedly took upskirt pictures of at least eight women. Liew Meng Fatt, 56, was charged with three counts of insulting the modesty of women and two counts of voyeurism. The Singaporean is said to...

Binance establishes 1st board of directors, yet to select HQ site

Binance has appointed a board of directors for the first time as regulatory crackdown intensifies. The newly formed board will be chaired by Gabriel Abed, previously Barbados’ ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. The board comprises seven members, including Binance CEO Richard Teng and other key executives such as Heina Chen, Jinkai He, and Lilai Wang, who were...

Company has come forward about RM500,000 in parking lot, says S’gor top cop

KUALA LUMPUR: A company has come forward to claim the suitcase filled with over RM500,000 in cash found at a shopping mall's parking lot, says Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. He said that the company had lodged a police report in Shah Alam on the matter and added that while the company director...

He was going through all sorts of emotions. Last weekend (Sep 2), Hong Kong film legend Tony Leung, 61, became the first Chinese actor to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival. Taiwanese director Ang Lee, who worked with Tony on the 2007 political romance film, Lust, Caution, took the stage to present the actor with the honour. “There’s something...