Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Why the Accused Person Cannot be Named in Some Cases — a Lawyer Explains

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Gag orders are for the benefit of victims and witnesses only It is cardinal that an accused person is innocent until proven guilty. Yet, med...
Friday, February 4, 2022

A Citizen's Right to Return Home

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I read with disquiet and appal the account by Charlotte Bellis, a pregnant New Zealand citizen who had been unable to return to her home cou...
Monday, July 26, 2021

Taking the Vaccine is now a National Imperative

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For the last 18 months, we have been battling an invisible enemy without respite. In stealth, the enemy travels across borders incognito, ...
Monday, May 31, 2021

HOT PURSUIT AFTER COOLING-OFF DAY

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2.00pm, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 – Seven or eight police officers swarmed into the diminutive 67-year-old’s home.  Ignoring her request to take...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

ROMANCE AT 60

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Recently, a public figure who is (or was) practically the crown prince ( 皇太子殿下 ) of our land, announced that he would no longer be vying for...
Monday, March 29, 2021

REVIEW: THE RISE OF PHOENIXES

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  It was THE RISE OF PHOENIXES 天盛长歌 (TROP) which got me into C-drama.   Before TROP, I had never watched any C-drama nor had I any interest ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

REVIEW: THREE LIVES, THREE WORLDS, TEN MILES OF PEACH BLOSSOMS (A.K.A. ETERNAL LOVE)

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TMPB is a romantic fantasy costume drama based on Chinese mythology, a genre more aptly described by the term ‘xianxia’ ( 仙侠 ). It tells t...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

How many clemencies from hanging has Singapore granted?

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  When all legal avenues have been exhausted, the last resort for a criminal sentenced to death, is to apply for Presidential clemency.   ...
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