SINGAPORE, May 9 — A former prison officer was fined S$300 (RM995) for stealing four boxes of lozenges worth just over S$21 from a supermarket in Circuit Road, Singapore last year. The Straits ...

Officials at Singapore’s Changi prison say its notoriously harsh conditions ... some books and a plastic box in the corner containing a spoon for meals, a toothbrush, soap, and two blankets.

SINGAPORE – A prison officer was at a supermarket in Circuit Road when he stole four boxes of lozenges worth $21.46 on June 28, 2024. Eddie Tan Kyim Hiong, 47, was fined $300 on May 7 after he ...

Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison. “It’s more cooling that ...