The man who robbed a Standard Chartered Bank branch in Holland Village of $30,000 has been caught.
He had stayed three nights in a backpacker hostel in Bangkok before he was arrested by Royal Thai Police.
Canadian…
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Cracks on train: Routine matter can be misspun into controversy, says Khaw
SINGAPORE – Had the hairline cracks found on 26 MRT trains been a safety issue, the authorities would have made public the information, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Tuesday (July 12) in his first comments on the matter since the news broke last…
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Zoo’s new tree kangaroo given clean bill of health
SINGAPORE – One of the Singapore Zoo’s newest arrivals, a Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo, was given a clean bill of health on Tuesday (July 12) following its initial health check.
Makaia arrived in Singapore from Australia’s Adelaide Zoo on July 4 and is…
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PM Lee to make first visit to Mongolia
The Jul 13-16 trip is the first time a Singapore Prime Minister will visit Mongolia, says the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
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Ingredient in some milk formulas can cause rare cases of allergic reactions: MOH & AVA
SINGAPORE – Some milk formulas sold in Singapore have been found to contain an ingredient that might cause rare cases of allergic reactions, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA).
In a joint statement issued on Tuesday (July 12), the agencies said that the allergic reactions are linked to the consumption of products with galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS), found in some milk formulas.
Since 2007, about two cases of GOS allergies have been reported each year in Singapore. According to MOH and AVA, all the cases have a history of atopy or allergic conditions such as eczema, allergic rhinitis or asthma, and were found to be sensitised to house dust mites.
To date, there have been no reported cases of infants under the age of two who are allergic to GOS.
Sources of GOS include milk formulas for infants, children and pregnant or lactating mothers and symptoms of a GOS allergy include respiratory problems like runny nose, cough, chest tightness, hives and itch, and diarrhoea.
GOS is a carbohydrate added in foods to promote the growth of good bacteria in the gut to help maintain a healthy digestive system. Many countries, including Singapore, have approved the use of GOS in food products as it has been evaluated to be safe for human consumption.
The statement said that healthy individuals with no history of any allergy are not likely to develop allergic reactions due to the consumption of GOS. Consumers who have previously consumed, or who are currently consuming GOS products with no allergic reactions, are highly unlikely to have GOS allergy.
The agencies said that they will continue to closely monitor the situation.
Advice for consumers
MOH and AVA said that all food products containing GOS must be clearly labelled. Product labels should be read to find out if a milk product contains GOS.
Consumers with a history of atopy or allergic conditions such as asthma, allergic rhinitis or atopic dermatitis (eczema) are advised to exercise vigilance when consuming products containing GOS for the first time.
An allergic reaction to GOS could take from minutes to hours within ingestion for symptoms to appear and those who encounter an allergic reaction should seek medical attention.
Seek immediate medical treatment from the nearest hospital, if a severe reaction develops (e.g. difficulties in breathing or giddiness and/or loss of consciousness).
stephluo@sph.com.sg
Hague tribunal rules China's South China Sea claims unfounded
AMSTERDAM – Judges at an arbitration tribunal in The Hague on Tuesday (July 12) rejected China’s claims to economic rights across large swathes of the South China Sea in a ruling that will be claimed as a victory by the Philippines.
“There was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the ‘nine-dash line’,” the court said, referring to a demarcation line on a 1947 map of the sea, which is rich in energy, mineral and fishing resources.
In the 497-page ruling, judges also found that Chinese law enforcement patrols had risked colliding with Philippine fishing vessels in parts of the sea and caused irreparable damage to coral reefs with construction work.
China, which boycotted the case brought by the Philippines, has said it will not be bound by any ruling.
Going public on train cracks could have caused undue panic: Khaw
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan says that going public for something that was not “a major event” might have caused unnecessary panic to the layman, noting that to engineers, not all cracks are the same.
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Police identify suspected killer of Cambodian critic
PHNOM PENH – Cambodian police on Tuesday (July 12) named a man accused of gunning down a prominent political analyst, as his wife cast doubt on claims the killing was motivated by an unpaid debt.
The suspect was arrested shortly after popular government critic Kem Ley was shot dead in the capital Phnom Penh Sunday morning, a brazen murder that sent jitters across a country already bristling with political tensions.
Police said the man initially gave the alias Chuob Samlab – meaning “meet to kill” in Khmer – and claimed he shot the pro-democracy campaigner over an outstanding debt.
But on Tuesday, police said the suspect’s real name is Oueth Ang and said he hails from north-western Siem Reap province.
“Our officials are travelling to Siem Reap” to continue the investigation, police spokesman Kirt Chantharith told AFP, declining to provide further details.
The suspect’s wife, 45-year-old Hoeum Horth, said her husband of two months was a former soldier who spent several years as a monk and more recently began working for an environmental organisation.
She also seeded new doubt over his alleged motive, which activists have been quick to question in a country with a long history of political assassinations.
“I don’t believe the debt issue was the motive. Kem Ley is rich and we are poor,” she told AFP, adding that her husband did not have a violent streak to her knowledge.
“He did not dare to kill even a chicken,” she said.
Mourners continued to flock to the temple where Kem Ley’s body is being kept ahead of his funeral to pay respects.
The popular radio commentator was a regular critic of Hun Sen, the 63-year-old who has ruled over notoriously corrupt Cambodia for three decades, as well as the political opposition.
Hun Sen’s government stands accused of clamping down on critics and political rivals ahead of a 2018 poll, using the courts to strongarm opponents.
They also accuse him of tampering with elections, running a graft-riddled business empire and spearheading a host of rights abuses.
He has ordered a thorough investigation into Kem Ley’s killing and urged people not to turn the case into a “political act”.
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4 radicalised Bangladeshi men jailed for 2-5 years for financing terrorism
The four men pleaded guilty in May to providing or collecting hundreds of dollars to fund terror attacks in Bangladesh.
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