Wife charged in $4.5M kidnap for ransom plot vs. husband

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 11/12/2024

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia — A 57-year-old housewife has been charged with conspiring to kidnap her own husband for a ransom of RM20 million ($4.5 million). Chan Wan Kooi merely nodded after the charge was read to her…

Singapore: Priest attacked with folding knife during communion

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 11/10/2024

SINGAPORE — The 37-year-old Singaporean Sinhalese man who was arrested for stabbing a priest at a church in Bukit Timah on Nov 9 had done so with a folding knife during communion, said the police in the…

China: ‘Beautiful gov’ jailed over affairs with 58 subordinates

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 09/23/2024

A female official from southwest China – nicknamed “the beautiful governor” for her looks – was sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined one million yuan ($142,000) over misconduct. Zhong Yang, 52, was accused of having…

Michelle Yeoh, fiancé Jean Todt finally wed after 19 years

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 07/28/2023

SINGAPORE—It took Oscar-winning Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh and her longtime fiancé Jean Todt 6,992 days—almost two decades—since they first met to get married. The couple finally made it official and tied the knot on Thursday, July 27, in…

Police find severed head of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi in soup pot; suspect’s lover arrested

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 02/27/2023

HONG KONG — Police have found the missing head of Hong Kong socialite and influencer Abby Choi in one of two big pots containing soup and human remains, days after her grisly murder was discovered. Meanwhile, another…

Boy dies after falling down stairs in China; had raised hand 7 times to tell teacher he was ill

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 02/13/2023

The November 2020 death of a young child in China has caused an online stir after the boy’s mother posted on the Weibo platform on Monday how he had raised his hand repeatedly to alert his teacher…

Man rejected by woman who wanted only to be friends sues her for $3 million over ‘trauma’

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 02/01/2023

SINGAPORE — A man who wanted a romantic relationship with a woman initially threatened to sue her for emotional trauma after he found out that she saw him only as a friend. The legal action was kept…

6-year-old becomes youngest Singaporean to trek to Everest Base Camp

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 12/06/2022

SINGAPORE — When the going got tough on the undulating and rugged paths towards Everest Base Camp in Nepal, lollipops, raisins and cookies kept six-year-old Om Madan Garg going on the once-in-a-lifetime expedition with his parents. “I…

Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis may win him some sympathy, but is a double-edged sword

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 10/04/2020

WASHINGTON — That US President Donald Trump has been hospitalised with Covid-19 has changed the conversation of the week to the pandemic, which continues to ravage America. For him, that is a double-edged sword. However, much as the President tries…

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