Friday #sgroundup: Children raped, forced to eat faeces in Indian school

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Children raped, forced to eat faeces in Indian school - police

A child returns from school on an enclosed cycle rickshaw in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Gurinder …

The owner and manager of a children's boarding school in western India have been arrested after five minors said they were raped, forced to watch pornographic films and act them out with one another, police and charity workers said.

The children were made to eat faeces as a punishment if they did not comply.

The 52-year-old owner of the Chandraprabha Charitable Trust and his 30-year-old female manager were arrested on Monday after a police raid on the school in Karjat city in Maharashtra state.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/children-raped-forced-eat-faeces-indian-school-police-065958360.html

Searcher 'cautiously optimistic' jet will be found

Australian Navy personnel keeps watch on the forecastle of auxiliary oiler HMAS Success, deployed in search of …

An underwater sub that spent weeks scouring the seabed in the area near where signals purportedly from the missing flight MH370 were detected in April found nothing, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is helping head up the search, this week ruled the area out as the plane's final resting place.

The search is now on hold for two months while new, specialized equipment can be brought in to scan a 700 kilometer by 80 kilometer (430 mile by 50 mile) arc of ocean that was largely identified by an analysis of hourly transmissions, or "handshakes," between the plane and a satellite.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/searcher-cautiously-optimistic-jet-found-081820433.html

Four arrested in Pakistani woman bludgeoning case

Pakistani human rights activists hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest in Islamabad on May 29, 2014 …

Pakistani police investigating the murder of a pregnant woman bludgeoned to death outside a court have arrested four men including her uncle and two cousins, a senior officer said Friday.

Farzana Parveen was killed on Tuesday outside the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore by more than two dozen attackers armed with bricks, including numerous relatives, for marrying against her family's wishes.

The brazen, brutal nature of the killing, in broad daylight in the centre of Pakistan's second largest city, has triggered outrage around the world.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/husband-bludgeoned-pakistani-woman-strangled-first-wife-163921973.html

The truth about CPF? A MoneySmart response to why Roy Ngerng is wrong

The Truth About CPF? A MoneySmart Response on Why Roy Ngerng is Wrong

MoneySmart contributors explain why blogger Roy Ngerng's understanding of the Central Provident Fund is flawed -- and could also have resulted in him being sued by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/truth-cpf-moneysmart-response-why-160000234.html

COMMENT: Villagers don't exist to teach Singaporeans gratitude

In this May 1, 2014 photo, children from a relocated village draw water with a hand-pump near Thilawa Special Economic …

Contributor Kirsten Han disagrees with a member of parliament who proposed the idea for Singapore to mandate overseas community "field trips" to developing neighbouring countries to help young Singaporean students to better appreciate life in Singapore.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/villagers-don-t-exist-teach-singaporeans-gratitude-041853462.html

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