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  1. 3 hours ago, socrates469bc said:

     

     

     

    the only stock limpeh still buy on sgx is ocbc

     

    all the rest is really cannot buy

     

    the reason limpeh invest in taiex is becos of the high number of real tech firms doing real work while sgx chase after companies like grab and foodpanda

     

    wahahahahahahahahaha 

    Mean sgx no hope liao.

     

     

  2. A disturbing incident occurred outside the State Court, where a lone individual was involved in a physical altercation with a group of five people. The incident was marked by a dramatic sequence of events, which left onlookers in shock.

    According to eyewitnesses, the altercation began when the individual, whose identity has not been disclosed, was seen falling over the bushes.

     

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    It is unclear what triggered the fight, but it is believed that the person was attempting to escape from the group of five. Despite being outnumbered, the individual managed to get back to their feet, only to be grabbed by one of the assailants, who held onto their leg.

    In a remarkable display of resilience, the individual managed to break free from the grip of their attacker and made a dash for the road. The group of five gave chase, but the individual managed to evade them, eventually making their way to safety.

    The incident has raised concerns about safety in the area, particularly outside the State Court, which is a hub of legal activity.

     

    Questions Raised

    The incident has raised several questions, including:

    • What triggered the altercation?
    • Were the individuals involved known to each other?
    • What measures can be taken to improve security outside the State Court?

    Call to Action

    The incident serves as a stark reminder of the need for increased vigilance and security in public areas. The authorities must take immediate action to address the concerns of citizens and ensure that such incidents do not recur.

    In the meantime, citizens are urged to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the authorities. By working together, we can create a safer and more secure environment for everyone.

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  3. An 18-year-old girl was taken to hospital after a car hit her as she was crossing at the junction of Upper Changi Road and Simei Avenue on April 3.

    Stomper Lee alerted Stomp to footage of the incident posted on SG Road Vigilante's YouTube channel on May 3.

    In the video, the girl and another pedestrian are seen in the middle of the crossing when the Honda Freed hits her while making a right turn.

     

     

     

     

    The girl is flung to the road and the other pedestrian is seen rushing to her side.

     

    "It's really frustrating to have such drivers on the road," the post said.

    In response to a Stomp query, the police said they were alerted to the accident at 3.50pm.

    The 18-year-old female pedestrian was conscious when taken to hospital, a police spokesman said.

    A 56-year-old male car driver is assisting with investigations.

    Police investigations are ongoing.

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  4. "A fatal fire broke out in Whampoa in the early morning. The deceased was confirmed to be Cai Wanyuan, a 60-year-old nasi lemak stall owner.

    Our reporter found the deceased's younger brother. He said in an interview that his brother had been selling nasi lemak at Whampoa Food Center for the past 40 years.

    "I heard that my brother's house was on fire at around 2 a.m., so I rushed to the scene. I saw my mother downstairs. She was frightened and in shock, but she was in good health and was later sent to the hospital."

    He also revealed that his brother, sister-in-law and mother usually lived in the unit where the fire broke out." 

    • From Shin Min Daily News

    The stall is Hi Leskmi, those in the Whampoa market area near Balestier road might have tried his food before. Chinese nasi lemak, choose your own dishes, usually got to queue. RIP

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  5. A fire broke out at a Whampoa HDB block on May. 6, 2024.

    The fire left one dead, with another two people conveyed to hospital.

     

    The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the fire at block 76 Lorong Limau at around 2:30am.

     

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    When SCDF arrived, the fire could be seen raging inside a unit on the sixth floor, and firefighters had to conduct forcible entry to access the unit.

    As a precautionary measure, about 200 people from neighbouring units were evacuated by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and SCDF.

    The fire, which affected the entire unit, was extinguished by firefighters from Central Fire Station and Bishan Fire Station with two water jets.

    Two people were found in the kitchen's utility room. The firefighters rescued them and conveyed them to Singapore General Hospital.

    Another person was found inside a bedroom and was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.

    SPF said two women aged 60 and 77 were conveyed to the hospital.

    The person found dead was a 60-year-old man.

    “Based on preliminary investigations, the police do not suspect foul play,” SPF added.

    The two injured parties were family members of the deceased, said Heng Chee How, a Member of Parliament (MP) in Jalan Besar group representation constituency (GRC).

    Community organisations are working closely with HDB and the Town Council to render assistance and support to the affected families, Heng said.

     

     

     

    The cause of the fire is under investigation, said SCDF.

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  6. The best man was sentenced to seven years in prison and six strokes of the cane for sexually assaulting his bride on their wedding night. During the appeal, the lawyer claimed that the evidence given to the prosecution expert witness by the investigating officer was incomplete and affected the judge's decision. However, the prosecution refuted this statement and pointed out that the judge Judgment is mainly based on the testimony of the defendant and the victim.

    The defendant's appeal against his conviction and sentence was ultimately dismissed by the High Court judge.

    The 44-year-old defendant earlier denied two counts of indecent assault and sexual assault. After trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison and six strokes of the cane.

     

    "Xin Min Daily News" reported in September 2022 that the groom was a good friend of the defendant. He held a wedding banquet on a certain day in October 2016 and invited the defendant to be the best man.

    After the wedding banquet, the best man and bridesmaids went to the couple's hotel room to "continue their party." The bride felt tired and went back to the room to sleep first. The groom and others had a party in the living room, and then fell asleep drunk on the sofa.

    The bride testified that she suddenly felt someone touching her breasts at about 6 a.m. the next morning, and the person also penetrated her private parts with his fingers. She initially thought it was the groom, but later found out it was the defendant.

     
     

    The defendant stated in court that he had sleep disorders, sleepwalking and other problems, and at the time of the incident, he thought he was touching his wife.

    He said he didn't remember climbing into bed until the bride moaned. He heard the moans didn't sound like his wife, and then he realized he was touching the wrong person. The prosecution called two psychiatrists as expert witnesses, who believed that the defendant knew what he was doing.

    The High Court will hear the appeal on Monday (May 6) morning. The defendant's lawyer said that when the investigating officer of the case provided the bride's and the defendant's statements, he only gave those parts that were unfavorable to the defendant. The prosecution refuted this statement, saying that based on email exchanges between the prosecution and the investigating officer, the prosecution handed over the complete confession to the investigating officer, who also forwarded it to two psychiatrists.

    According to earlier reports, the bride then found the groom and complained to him. At this time, the two saw the defendant walking out of the bride's room, and immediately confronted the defendant. The defendant initially denied molesting the bride, but later admitted that he "only touched the upper part and did not touch the lower part."

    At that time, the judge of the National Court said that the defendant said for no reason that he only touched the bride's breasts and not her private parts. His behavior was more like a person who made a mistake and was caught trying to get away with it.

    The High Court judge held that the evidence showed that the defendant had committed a crime and therefore dismissed the appeal.

     

     

    https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20240506-3592421

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  7. I have a controversial take: Good hawker food is slowly getting harder to come by in Singapore. It used to be that I could find a wide variety of delicious foods in my neighborhood, including carrot cake.

    But one renovation and blinged-up kopitiam after, and the older hawkers who have been there for decades have given up their stalls. That includes my aforementioned carrot cake, replaced by a generic franchised stall (which I won't name) that you can find almost anywhere in Singapore.

    It's a shame, because I will never be able to eat their delicious cooking ever again, which led me to wonder: What happens when we start losing our food culture, to be replaced by generic unappetising food prepared by workers who seem to just want to be done with their shifts?

     

    Now, I don't think it's on the workers, after all, one has to earn a salary to survive in Singapore.

    But this is what happens when it's easier to just go with the lowest effort to churn out food.

    I've personally seen a big name franchise open to big fanfare, then quietly exit when they barely have any business due to how bad the quality of their cooking is.

    (Photo: Aloysius Low/Yahoo News Singapore)
     
    (Photo: Aloysius Low/Yahoo News Singapore)

    Meanwhile, the older hawkers who were there before continue to survive, still getting long queues despite slight price increases. And even then, they have their own problems, from high rents to labour issues, and injuries.

    To find out if there are any solutions, I spoke to three hawkers who shared their stories with me, including what really got them into the business, and the advice they have for continuing our food culture.

    Jean Lim (@hawkerjean), Ah Hua Teochew Fishball Noodles

     
    Jean from Ah Hua Teowchew Fishball Noodles (Photo: Ah Hua Teowchew Fishball Noodles)
     
    Jean from Ah Hua Teowchew Fishball Noodles (Photo: Ah Hua Teowchew Fishball Noodles)

    A second-generation hawker, Jean Lim started helping out by taking orders and interacting with customers at her family's shop at Pandan Gardens to get a feel of the business, before stepping into the kitchen two years later in 2019.

    Her dad has been in the business for years, and was previously running a factory and had five noodle stalls.

    However, this led to the quality of the food declining. Lim, who loves her father's cooking, especially his sambal chilli, visited the stalls anonymously and was left terribly unimpressed.

    "I went to eat personally when the auntie doesn't know who I am, I took one mouthful and I left it all there. It was even worse than instant noodles," said Lim.

    "And then out of the blue, my father told me that they would sell Tom Yum noodles when his menu doesn't have Tom Yum."

    Lim added that from that experience, she would rather just have one good stall to maintain quality, instead of having more and having standards dropped.

    (Photo: Ah Hua Teochew Fishball Noodles)
     
    (Photo: Ah Hua Teochew Fishball Noodles)

    "For myself, I think we are more into quality than other things, whatever we serve out, it has to be to our standards. If the noodles are overcooked, we will just reject it and throw it away," said Lim.

    Like many hawkers, long hours are something Lim has to deal with. She's already at the store at 5am, where they also sell economic noodles.

    The fishball noodle stall opens at 8am, before closing at 3.30pm. Then they take a break for two hours, before they start making pork lard, the fishball, chill, and other ingredients.

    "People think we earn a lot, and want to enter the business and make lots of money. But actually, we don't earn a lot. We have to pay our workers, rent, electric bills, expenses, deliveries, and goods every month. We don't actually earn a lot," she said.

    Jean also added that it's a passion thing for her now, and that the appreciation of a customer is what motivates her, especially when she puts up content about her experiences as a hawker on Instagram.

    She also loves it when customers share with her feedback about her cooking.

    "Another thing they secretly tell me is that my cooking is better than my father's," she said.

    Hoon Poh Hwa, Fuzhou Oyster at Maxwell Food Centre

    Mdm Hoon Poh Hwa of Maxwell Fuzhou Oyster Cake. (Photo: Aloysius Low/Yahoo News Singapore)
     
    Mdm Hoon Poh Hwa of Maxwell Fuzhou Oyster Cake. (Photo: Aloysius Low/Yahoo News Singapore)

    A second-generation hawker, Hoon Poh Hwa makes one of the less common hawker dishes in Singapore, oyster cakes, at popular tourist spot Maxwell Food Centre.

    These deep fried delicacies are batter filled with oyster, minced pork, prawns and coriander, with peanuts on top of the batter and make for really tasty snacks.

    Hoon took over from her mother, and has been making the snack for more than 30 years now. It remains to be seen if her child has plans to take over from her, though she mentioned that he "was interested".

    "I never asked him, but he said 'oh maybe when I get older, then I might come back and do, he told me that. He's quite interested, because after you work outside, you work for people, there's a salary only," she said.

    "But when you have your own business, your own business is different. You do your own business, you take long hours, you earn more, you see. If you want to work hard, you earn more."

    However, Hoon admits that it can be tough for the younger generation to pick up the trade.

    She shared how one of the other stall owners at the food centre who made cheap $2 soup noodles had to go for an operation because of the long hours spent standing up. While she was recovering, her daughter came to help her.

    "Her mother said, 'ok, you can help me now, you know how to take over, I don't want to work already, I retire', but her daughter said aiyoh, don't want la, you make me come so early in the morning just to do this type of work, no way man,' she said like that," recounted Hoon.

    (Photo: Maxwell Fuzhou Oyster Cake)
     
    (Photo: Maxwell Fuzhou Oyster Cake)

    Hoon usually has to wake up at 6am to prepare the ingredients, and only closes in the evening, though there are times when she can close early at 7pm if business is good. Otherwise, she will finish around 8pm or later.

    For Hoon, she can keep the prices low for her snacks at just $2.50, because her rental is low as she gets a government subsidy due to taking over her mother's stall.

    Other hawkers at the Food Centre have to instead tender for a stall, with rents as high as $6,000 a month. Then, there's also table and plates cleaning, which hawkers have to also pay for and can add on to their costs.

    "If you don't work long hours ah, you can't pay your rent, then you don't' make as much and don't take much home," she said.

    For those who are looking to get into the hawker trade though, Hoon hopes that the government will step in to manage rentals, which will help younger generations pick up the trade.

    But she feels that most Singaporean children have too good of a life to want to pick up such tough work.

    "They have to learn the skill lah, must have good skill and willing to learn; those not interested but are doing it because they think they can make good money, don't think of that," she said.

    "You must have the heart, to really like cooking and serving people, and hope that people eat my food, they are happy and they come and tell me the food is good."

    Li Ruifang (@leshane), 545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles at Tekka Food Centre

     
    (Photo: Li Ruifang/545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles)
     
    (Photo: Li Ruifang/545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles)

    Third-generation hawker Li Ruifang has been in the business for over a decade now, taking over her parents' business. Li runs her prawn noodle stall at Tekka Food Centre, located near Little India.

    Hers is not the only stall under the 545 Whampoa Prawn Noodle banner, as her aunts run another at MacPherson.

    For Li, who has been helping out at her dad's stall when was younger, being a hawker is something that's somewhat in her blood.

    Plus, she also loves cooking and serving customers, and the bond between her and customers is something that motivates her. In fact, some of her customers recognise her from when she was very young.

    "I have customers who come every day, and I realise most of my customers are older generations because they love the traditional taste, but my husband actually asked me if I had considered what happens when these people pass on and how I would attract the younger generation?" she mused.

    But she told him that she will continue doing what she is doing now, and hopefully attract the younger crowd to appreciate her food as well.

    For Li, a mother of two, her working hours are long, almost 12 hours every day.

    She wakes up at 2am, gets to the stall at 2.45am, prepping until 7am when she opens for orders. She closes at 1.30pm, and cleans up the stall and finishes by 3pm.

    And sometimes she stays up to cook dinner for her girls, though if she's really tired she will ask her husband to get food for them. She turns in at 8pm each day, before repeating the cycle.

    "I find that it's very obvious that those labour-intensive hawker food are slowly dying off. because youngsters don't want to do it. I don't know if it will offend anyone by saying this, but most of the youngsters are selling western food because it's easier and they can sell it at a higher price"Li Ruifang, third-generation hawker

    "There's not enough young people doing it, because being a hawker is a really tough job. You have to wake up early, and you can't hire foreigners. You can only hire Singaporeans and PR. The pay is not enough for most Singaporeans, and it's hot, humid, and smelly, and they rather work at a cafe or restaurant," she said.

    (Photo: 545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles)
     
    (Photo: 545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles)

    Additionally, injuries can be an issue for most hawkers. They perform a lot of repetitive motions, and over time, these can build up to something really bad.

    "So for example, char kway teow is a dying hawker trade, because you have to stand in front of the wok and then you have to fry plate by plate. I heard a lot of hawkers get wrist injuries," said Li.

    Li shared that one of the hawkers she knew who has been cooking hokkien mee for 11 or 12 years, suffered a nerve injury and his hand suddenly lost control and spilled his coffee while he was on the plane.

    "He thought he couldn't do it anymore, but luckily he went to see TCM and got better."

    Another thing that Li noticed was that in new hawker centres or kopitiams, a lot of the stalls open later around 10 or 11am, and those who go there too early don't really have much to choose from.

    It's only in older kopitiams and hawker centres that the older hawkers would open earlier, but as these hawkers retire, the food culture of getting an early breakfast at a hawker centre may be lost, she said.

    The newer hawker centres and kopitiams also lack the freshness and uniqueness of the older hawker centers, she added. These hawker centers are filled up with franchises, which makes it feel too generic.

    Take for example, she said, one location that recently opened in Fernvale.

    "I went there, I looked at the stores. They got the ban mian, they got the chicken rice, all the franchises, but they don't have the uniqueness, and I'm like oh, I've eaten all these before, so the food variety is very boring to me," she said.

    "To me, I go there, I see it's like a food park, there's no feeling of freshness."

    One thing that Li hopes to see more is having schools send students to hawker centres to appreciate traditional foods. These students don't get to eat hawker food when they are schooling in the morning, and by the time they finish classes, most of the hawkers would have closed, Li said.

    "If we want the younger generation to appreciate this kind of traditional food, the school must step in, maybe they can get them to visit. Here in Little India, I've seen primary school, secondary school kids visiting and trying out our food, like our noodles," said Li.

    "We need more of this, more of these projects to promote our local foods. I'm sure many of them have never really eaten them, only when their schools bring them here, they get a chance."

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  8. Singapore is studying proposals to shake up its struggling stock market as the gap between the financial hub’s performance and other regional exchanges widens. Singapore Exchange (SGX) is reviewing a document from the nation’s venture and private capital association, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association (SVCA) includes state funds GIC and Temasek, local and global venture firms, and buyout groups including General Atlantic, Warburg Pincus and KKR. Discussions have been going on since the beginning of the year, the people added, and the SVCA’s proposals are also being considered by the government’s Economic Development Board, Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The government did not commission the document, but it has appeared as it discusses policy changes with SGX to boost the stock market. The two are responding to the next wave of south-east Asian companies — such as Singapore-based automotive marketplace Carro — opting for the US over Singapore to list. “There has been a shift in thinking by the government that this is not just an SGX problem but important to Singapore’s national agenda. Is it possible to be a well-rounded and relevant international financial centre with an anaemic stock market? Perhaps not,” said an industry executive involved with the discussions. One person involved in the document’s creation who did not wish to be named said they had “not seen an all-government and industry approach like this since Singapore first decided it wanted to foster a tech and venture capital industry in the late 2000s”. “For the first time, they seem more willing to consider more maverick, aggressive moves such as investing pension money — which is normal elsewhere but new for Singapore.” SGX chair Koh Boon Hwee, appointed last year, has been heavily involved and more willing to hear fresh perspectives, the people said. Koh, a business veteran in the city-state, has also chaired telecoms group Singtel, the city’s biggest bank DBS and Singapore Airlines. The MAS said it “has received the proposals and is reviewing them”. SGX, the EDB and MTI declined to comment. Column chart showing that Singapore lagged regional peers for deals and funds raised in 2023 Singapore has risen as a financial centre in recent years, boosted by a crackdown by China’s President Xi Jinping on the rival business hub of Hong Kong and record amounts of private wealth and capital flowing into the island state, regarded as a haven for its stability and business-friendly, low tax market. But the government’s success in private markets has never flowed through to its stock exchange — even as more new economy and technology companies set up their headquarters in Singapore. SGX has been dogged by low volumes and questions over corporate disclosure practices.

     

     

     

    Delistings frequently outnumber listings. The bourse has a high concentration of businesses in which state investor Temasek has a big block stake, as well as asset-heavy companies such as real estate investment trusts that have languished in recent years amid higher interest rates. The exchange was one of the quietest globally last year in terms of deals and funds raised, at seven and $300mn respectively, according to PwC research. Its poor performance has become starker with regional exchanges preparing for an initial public offering revival as global macroeconomic conditions improve. Column chart showing Singapore's quiet IPO market The Indonesian stock exchange was among the top five exchanges globally by total number of IPOs in 2023. India recorded its highest number of IPOs since 2017 last year at 234, an increase of 56 per cent on 2022 while private investors are shifting more capital to it in preference to China. Japanese stocks last month broke a bubble-era record while Hong Kong Exchange has appointed new leadership as the city fights to maintain its status as a major financial centre. “There is a growing fear that even some private capital could leave Singapore in favour of being closer to those faster-growing markets, especially India,” said one Singapore-based venture capital managing partner consulted by the government and SGX. Among the proposals suggested is mandating stock market participation from the record sums of private capital that have poured into the city-state in recent years, such as into family offices and other wealth management businesses. There are also more politically sensitive suggestions, such as mechanisms allowing pension and sovereign money to be invested in the stock market as seen in Australia or Thailand, the people said. While Temasek invests in local companies, GIC, which manages the government’s foreign reserves, only invests internationally. Recommended Singapore Singapore family office applicants face 18-month wait amid tighter scrutiny A couple walks along an aerial walkway of Singapore’s Garden by the Bay The government has also been closely watching other countries’ policies, such as the UK dialling up the pressure on pension schemes to help companies grow, the people said.

     

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    Like GIC, Singapore’s Central Provident Fund also has abundant capital. While retail investors can use their CPF money to invest in selected stocks, that does not move the needle in terms of volumes. There is no government policy that mandates or encourages CPF investment into equities at a broader level. Another proposal includes more collaboration with south-east Asian stock markets, including the potential for Singapore to host a regional exchange down the track and underpin any issues such as currency risk. “Singapore trumpets that it is an ‘innovation economy’ but has a retirement system that is so risk averse. Building that liquidity might start to incentivise fund managers,” another person familiar with the talks said. Others however questioned whether the latest attempt would be enough to turn around SGX’s trajectory. “Creating supply and demand is hard. They really need to be talking to market makers like local funds and asset managers and I still am not seeing that,” said one Singapore-based hedge fund executive. Previous efforts, such as tie-ups with the Nasdaq and Tel Aviv exchanges to attract secondary listings, or a Spac regime being introduced in 2021, have failed to work. “It’s nice to have ideas and to make it part of the Singapore national agenda. But fixing poor disclosure practices, or strengthening corporate governance to give investors more assurance, remain the broader issues for us,” the hedge fund executive added.

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  9. SINGAPORE – Ayeesha was only five when she died in the toilet in her home from a head injury after her father, who had martial arts training, relentlessly smacked her.

    When her broken body finally gave up in 2017 after two years of abuse, it was riddled with multiple scars, marks and other external injuries. She was also severely malnourished.

    Her father had started ill-treating Ayeesha and her brother, who is a year younger, in 2015.

    He underfed the toddlers, causing the girl, who was only three then, and her brother to be so hungry that they ate their own faeces and the stuffing of a mattress.

    He also assaulted them and confined them naked in the toilet for 10 months.

    The siblings were below the third percentile of their age group, which meant that 97 per cent of the other children in their age group were bigger and heavier than them.

    Besides being severely undernourished, Ayeesha’s brother was diagnosed with global developmental delay due to social deprivation. He had to undergo physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.

    When he was admitted to hospital after being rescued, he was not able to stand by himself despite being almost four years old. He spent more than three months in hospital, before he was well enough to be placed in foster care.

    On April 30, the 44-year-old man was sentenced by the High Court to an unprecedented jail term of 34½ years and 12 strokes of the cane.

    He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide for the girl’s death, four charges of child abuse, and one charge of disposing of evidence.

    Another 20 charges, for child abuse and for lying to the police, were taken into consideration.

    He was originally charged with murder for the death, and went on trial in July 2023. Part-way through the trial, he accepted the prosecution’s offer to amend the charge.

    The two victims were his children from his previous marriage. He married his second wife, 33, who has a 12-year-old daughter from her previous marriage, in 2015. They have three children together.

    The man cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the identity of his son, who survived the abuse.

    Justice Aedit Abdullah, however, lifted the gag order in relation to the first name of the daughter “so that society may remember her”.

    The High Court judge agreed with prosecutors that the man deserved an unprecedented sentence.

    Justice Abdullah said: “The sentence is heavy. It is unprecedented perhaps, but your acts were unprecedented and hopefully will remain unsurpassed in cruelty.”

    The two children suffered “sadistic and cruel” physical abuse, and were also mentally and emotionally traumatised, said the judge.

    “Your children depended on you for love, care and nurturing. Instead, you subjected them to inhumane, disgusting abuse,” he said, adding that the man had essentially used the children as “punching bags for whatever frustration or anger” he felt.

    The judge said the punishment reflected a denouncement of such “loathsome and sickening acts” and served to deter others from committing any abuse of this kind.

    Horrendous treatment
    Three video clips were played in court on April 30 as prosecutors narrated the sequence of events, providing a glimpse into the man’s horrendous treatment of the two children.

    One video, from the family’s own closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera, shows the man inflicting at least 86 forceful blows on Ayeesha during a 16-minute assault that took place on March 27, 2016.

    The man assaults her in anger as he is changing her diaper after she smears her faeces on the wall.

    In the video, Ayeesha and her brother can be seen wearing only diapers. They are barricaded in the “naughty corner” of a one-room flat.

    In the video, he repeatedly slaps her, pounds her face with his fists, kicks her and canes her, as she cowers in fear.

    He also points a pair of scissors at her, grabs her by the hair and lifts her up against a wall by the neck while punching her. After the attack, he wipes the blood from her face and cleans a blood stain off the wall.

    In another video, captured on Aug 27, 2016, the man repeatedly canes the two children, who were in a double-seater pram in the living room.

    Justice Abdullah asked prosecutors about the man’s wife, and Deputy Public Prosecutor Norine Tan replied that the prosecution will be reviewing the case against her.

    The man’s two children were initially placed in foster care in June 2014, after their parents divorced.

    In early 2015, the children were returned to the care and custody of the man, who was their main caregiver.

    After the two children were returned to their father, staff from a family service centre, which worked with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), continued checking on their welfare.

    In May 2015, he took the two children along with him to attend a counselling session at the centre. Since then, the children were not seen by any case officer and had not attended any school.

    On subsequent visits, he lied to the case officers that the children were staying with his mother or other relatives.

    The man and his wife initially provided the two children with three meals a day, but he cut this down to two meals a day when he started facing financial difficulties.

    The two children began playing with, and eating, their own faeces because they were hungry.

    Towards the end of 2015, the man and his wife began hitting Ayeesha, who was then three years old, and her brother, who was only two.

    From February to October 2016, the couple confined the children in a “naughty corner”, with a bookshelf and a wardrobe to block their escape. The man also installed a camera to monitor the children.

    The children were let out only during meal and bathing times. Meanwhile, the abuse continued.

    In October 2016, the man called the case officer and asked for the children to be placed in foster care as he feared that he might harm them out of frustration.

    He said he wanted to give the children up for adoption, and was given contact details of the adoption service, but ultimately did not follow through with it.

    He and his wife were told that the adoption process could not proceed unless the biological mother also gave consent or unless MSF could facilitate the dispensation of her consent.

    That month, the couple moved the naughty corner to the toilet, and the man installed a camera in the kitchen to monitor the children.

    On the night of Aug 10, 2017, his wife complained to him that Ayeesha refused her instructions to move her legs.

    The man then pulled Ayeesha up by her arm, smacked her 15 to 20 times on her face, and went to bed.

    At about 3am on Aug 11, 2017, the wife complained to the man that the children were sleeping in a weird posture. The man then punched the children on their backs, kicked and stamped on Ayeesha, and slapped her face.

    That evening, the man’s wife realised that Ayeesha was unresponsive.

    Upon realising that Ayeesha was dead, the man told his wife to file a police report against him for beating her up and raping her, supposedly as part of a cover-up plan.

    In the early hours of Aug 12, 2017, he threw away evidence, including the CCTV camera, into different rubbish bins at nearby blocks.

    He then placed his son and Ayeesha’s body into a pram, and went to Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He lied to SGH staff that the girl became unresponsive only that morning.

    After Ayeesha was pronounced dead by the doctors, the police were alerted about the case.

    The man continued to lie to police officers and fabricated a story about Ayeesha hitting her head on a slide at a playground.

    It was only when he was confronted with footage from police surveillance cameras that contradicted his story, that he admitted to these lies.

    https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cour...ar-old-daughter

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  10. Woman, 27, looks forward to wedding, decides to have medical check-up
    Doctor finds rare disorder, male sex chromosomes, but female hormones

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    After 27 years living life as a female, the shock examination of a woman in China has revealed a testicle in her abdomen, meaning that biologically she is a male.
    Li Yuan, from central China’s Hubei province, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, had been concerned about not menstruating and delayed breast development since puberty.
    She went to a local hospital when she was 18 and was diagnosed with abnormal hormone levels and potential ovarian failure.
    It was not until recently, when Li was planning her wedding that she decided to undergo a thorough examination.
    This time, Duan Jie, a veteran gynaecologist, diagnosed a rare disorder, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).

    After a month’s anxious wait for the results of tests, the doctor’s judgment was confirmed.
    Li had male sex chromosomes, but looks female.

    “Socially, Li is female. But chromosomally, she is male,” Duan explained.
    Li was shocked by the news. Living as a woman for 27 years, she struggled to accept the truth.
    Only about 1 in 50,000 newborns have this form of CAH.

    Both of Li’s parents carry recessive disorder-causing genes, so Li had up to a one-in-four chance of having the abnormal condition passed on to her.
    Due to a lack of early treatment, Li also suffers from osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency, the test results revealed.
    The doctor suggested an immediate surgical removal of the testicle hidden in Li’s abdomen because it posed a high risk of cancer.
    In early April, Li successfully underwent the dangerous surgery and had the organ removed.

    She now requires regular follow-up tests and long-term hormone therapy.
    Public reactions to Li’s predicament were varied, with many people online expressing sympathy and admiration for her courage in facing such an identity crisis.
    No details were available about what will happen to Li’s planned wedding.
    Duan said early diagnosis and treatment for people with similar symptoms to Li’s was vital.

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