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The infamous case of the Tampines crash that killed a junior college student and a 57-year-old woman has come to an end. The driver, Muhammad Syafie Ismail, 45, who caused a fatal chain collision in Tampines in 2024 that killed two people was sentenced to 12 years and nine months jail and was also banned from driving for life on Oct 5.

In sentencing Syafie, Principal District Judge Toh Han Li said the jail term imposed was commensurate with the offences he had committed, and was not crushing on him. What do you think? Should the punishment fit the offence directly, or should the punishment be more harsh considering the innocent lives lost?

A continuation of the True Fitness case. Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) reports that they received 1,610 complaints involving nearly S$3.82 million in reported prepayment losses following the fitness businesses’ closures.

The association also noted that consumers are generally treated as unsecured creditors when a business enters liquidation. Their prepaid funds are therefore not necessarily protected, and lodging a claim does not guarantee that they will recover the full amount.

CASE is now calling for mandatory safeguards on prepaid packages.