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Singapore might have lost one footballing talent, while Ben can never step foot in Singapore again. The winner in all this saga? Minister Ng Eng Hen, who must have looked smug as he stood his ground, denying a young man an opportunity to make smart choices in his life.

In a trip hailed as the US's attempt to get Southeast Asian countries on their side, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has left out Singapore in his very first tour through the region.

A 24 year old Thai national was yesterday fined $6,800 for the illegal import of fresh duck eggs, meat products and coriander. Pahoon Thanat had been driving the vehicle carrying the said items when he was intercepted at Peninsular Plaza by the AVA. He was found to have illegally imported 300 fresh duck eggs, 24kg of coriander and 5.5kg of meat products from Thailand.

Rumours swirling online about children being kidnapped in Malaysia and smuggled off to Thailand for organ harvesters have caused many Singaporeans to become jittery, especially among many parents who still travel regularly to Malaysia for business and pleasure.

Flight TZ 297 was suppose to depart at 30th June 2255 local time in Bangkok but was told that a 30min delay will be impose due to a fault in the aircraft. After every 30 min, they said another 30 min until 5am they said the flight will be cancel and all of the passengers will be moved to the airport hotel.

Koi pla, a cheap raw fish ground with spices and lime, is a popular raw fish dish usually eaten by Thais and Thai food lovers. It is also believed to kill up to 20,000 Thais per year.

Will they or won't they? I am a member of the True Fitness chain, having just signed up in March this year. With news that True Fitness have closed all of their outlets in Thailand and Malaysia, but also announced an aggressive expansion plans in China. Now, I am worried that these expansion plans were only rolled out to assure Singaporean members like myself that True Fitness are ok. But look at them. The reality is, they abruptly closed in Thailand and Malaysia. Isn't this signs of a company in financial trouble?

Singapore authorities have moved to assure Singaporeans that they are still in touch with the Thai authorities with regards to the request to return the Canadian man who robbed a Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore last year. The man, David Roach, was sentenced to 14 months in a Thai jail for violating money laundering and Customs laws by bringing the loot into the country. He was the first man in more than a decade to have successfully robbed a bank here, walking out with $30,000 with little more than a threatening note. He then subsequently fled to Thailand before he could be arrested here, but have spent the rest of his time in a jail in Bangkok. Media reports in Thailand quoted Roach's lawyer as saying that the Canadian admitted only to smuggling currency to Thailand, but not to the Singapore robbery.

Remember the Canadian man who robbed the Standard Chartered bank in Holland Village in July last year? Apparently, he was still spending his time in a Thailand jail all this past year, but finally, the Thais have charged him for a crime. The man, David Roach, 28, was charged by the Thai authorities of violating money laundering and customs laws by bringing the loot from his daring robbery into the country. The Thai courts sentenced him to 14 months in jail. He had used just a threatening note to walk away from the Standard Chartered bank branch with US$22,0000. This was a rare case of a bank robbery in Singapore, whose zero-tolerance stance to crime has made it one of Asia's safest cities.

A 41 year old Thai man was arrested for slitting his 13 year old daughter's throat and locking her in a rented house after arguing about the amount of time she spent on Facebook. He was arrested at a Thai checkpoint while trying to escape. His wife said he has a violent temper and would hit his daughter for spending too much time on social media and neglecting her studies. He once threatened to kill his family because he was worried that his wife will go back to her former lover. The man was also wanted in relation to a murder case a few years back. His daughter is currently in serious condition under close medical supervision. How can he do that to his own daughter? Poor child!