HEADLINES: SINGAPORE: Drug offence, scam worry Singapore security in 2023
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Memento Maxima Digital MarketingMYANMAR: 15 killed, 37 injured in Myanmar’s highway accidents
YANGON (XINHUA) – Fifteen people were killed and 37 others injured in 18 road accidents on Myanmar’s Yangon-Mandalay expressway in January this year, Deputy Sheriff of Highway Police Office Myo Lin Thant told Xinhua yesterday.
According to the deputy sheriff, the figures were up compared to eight killed and 13 injured in 13 accidents recorded in the same period last year.
Human error, such as reckless driving and speeding, is the main cause of highway accidents in the Southeast Asian country, Myo Lin Thant said.
Inaugurated in December 2010, the 587-kilometre Yangon-Mandalay expressway is the busiest highway in Myanmar, connecting the country’s commercial city Yangon and second largest city Mandalay.
In 2023, 86 people were killed and 326 injured in 163 road accidents on the Yangon-Mandalayexpressway.
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SINGAPORE: Drug offence, scam worry Singapore security in 2023
The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore.
Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
SINGAPORE (XINHUA) – The worsening global drug landscape and increasing scam cases became major threats to Singapore’s social security last year, according to a report issued by the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday.
The increasingly permissive attitude to drugs in some countries, bolstered by misinformation about the harms of drugs, and mass production of drugs in some regions put people in Singapore, especially young groups, in a vulnerable position, the report said.
“We saw an increase in the number of drug abusers arrested in 2023, driven by an increase in new drug abusers. More than half of young drug abusers, those under 30 years old, were new abusers,” the ministry said.
Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau dismantled 25 drug syndicates last year and will continue to combat drug offences, the report added.
Scams continued to be a concern in 2023 as the number of scam cases reported continued to increase, said the ministry, adding that the top scam types were job scams, e-commerce scams, fake friend call scams, phishing scams, and investment scams.
The Singapore Police Force vows to work with other government agencies and community partners to engage and educate the public to build up their vigilance and resilience on scams, the report said.
