Monday #sgroundup: Ex-Straits Times journalist jailed 1.5 years for sex with minor

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Ex-Straits Times journalist jailed 1.5 years for sex with minor

Straits Times scholar Eisen Teo, 28, had his scholarship revoked and was sacked by the paper on allegations of …

Former Straits Times journalist Eisen Teo was on Monday sentenced to one and a half years in jail for two charges of having sex and oral sex with an underage girl.

He pleaded guilty to both charges, with a third of him having oral sex with her in a house off Upper Paya Lebar Road between November and December 2011 being taken into consideration in sentencing him.

Teo, who has been married since October 2010, first took interest in the girl in 2011 after he learned she was clinically depressed, suffered from insomnia and was bullied in school.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ex-straits-times-journalist-jailed-1-5-years-for-sex-with-minor-095711497.html

Malaysia spends nearly S$11 million on MH370 hunt

Acting Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein speaks to reporters during press conference at Parliament, …

Malaysia has so far spent about RM27.6 million (S$10.8 million) on search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an official said Monday.

Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the cost was for food and fuel for five Malaysian agencies that took part in the search, Xinhua reported.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-spends-over-9-million-mh370-hunt-080005446.html

Also, Malaysia's government has tabled a bill in parliament on Monday requesting approval for a supplementary budget worth 4.1 billion ringgit (S$1.61 billion) for the current year, a copy of the bill seen by Reuters showed.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/malaysia-govt-requests-supplementary-2014-075802048.html

Pakistani Taliban attack airport in Karachi, 27 dead

A Pakistani soldier takes position at Jinnah International Airport where security forces are fighting with gunmen …

Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed Pakistan's busiest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a night-long battle at one of the country's most high-profile targets.

The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan's sprawling commercial hub of 18 million people, all but destroys prospects for peace talks between the Taliban and the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who came to power last year promising to find a negotiated solution to years of violence. It also deals a heavy blow to Sharif's efforts to attract more foreign investors.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/militants-attack-airport-karachi-23-dead-media-021853778.html

Five dead in 'tragic' Las Vegas shooting

Las Vegas police officers are near the scene of a shooting in Las Vegas, Sunday, June 8, 2014. The spree began …

Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian were killed in an apparent ambush Sunday that ended with the two gunmen killing themselves.

One of the attackers yelled "This is the start of a revolution" before shooting the officers and stripping them of their weapons and ammunition, a local report said.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/five-dead-las-vegas-shooting-224723157.html

Inmates in Canada detention centre escape with help of helicopter

The prison yard in front of the Orsainville Detention Center is seen near Quebec City on Saturday, June 7, 2014. …

The search widened Sunday for three inmates who escaped with the help of a helicopter from a detention center in Quebec City, Canada a day earlier.

It was the second helicopter-aided inmate escape the city has seen in two years.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/quebec-sees-second-jailbreak-involving-helicopter-021547030.html

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