The Risk I Missed: Bandar Utama and My Plea-Bargaining Thesis
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- September 15, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon Yesterday’s news from Bandar Utama was heartbreaking. As a parent, few things are more terrifying than sending your child to school and never seeing your child come home. Yap Shing Xuen was 16. She died in a place where every parent should be entitled to believe his or her child is
READ MOREBy Boo Kok Chuon When True Fitness and True Yoga ceased operations across their Singapore outlets on 10 September 2026, some customers discovered that what they thought they had purchased was not merely a gym membership. In insolvency, the unused portion of a prepaid package becomes, in substance, unsecured credit extended to the operator. One
READ MOREBy Boo Kok Chuon Yesterday, on my flight back to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, I found myself with some time to kill. I had originally intended to bring along a book on the succession politics of the Kangxi Emperor. Unfortunately, after squeezing two days’ worth of clothes into my laptop bag, there was no longer
READ MORE今天看到一则颇为震撼的新闻:新加坡外交部与警方于9月4日发表联合声明,证实52名新加坡公民在中国广西的一次执法行动中被逮捕及扣留,涉及涉嫌传销活动及相关违法行为。目前中国当局仍在调查,新加坡驻华大使馆及驻广州总领事馆已经探访所有52人,并与他们的家属保持联系。新加坡外交部与警方联合声明…
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By Boo Kok Chuon When True Fitness and True Yoga ceased operations across their Singapore outlets on 10 September 2026, some customers discovered that what they thought they had purchased was not merely a gym membership. In insolvency, the unused portion of a prepaid package becomes, in substance, unsecured credit extended to the operator. One
By Boo Kok Chuon Yesterday’s news from Bandar Utama was heartbreaking. As a parent, few things are more terrifying than sending your child to school and never seeing your child come home. Yap Shing Xuen was 16. She died in a place where every parent should be entitled to believe his or her child is