Singapore Business News API

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            "title": "Singaporean man jailed for child sex crimes",
            "description": "A Singaporean man has been sentenced to over five years in jail and caning for sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child abuse files. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man befriended an underage girl living overseas and made her perform sex acts during video chats.\nAt around the same time, he was being investigated for sexually exploiting another minor.\nIn September 2020, Sebastian Lye Che... [2836 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/jail-for-man-who-asked-girl-to-do-sex-acts-had-over-12000-child-sexual-abuse-files",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T12:16:28Z",
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            "title": "Singapore to ease restrictions on operating new hotels, hostels in heritage precincts at Boat Quay, Beach Road",
            "description": "Proposals for new short-term accommodation uses in the areas were generally not allowed to avoid \"over-proliferation\", says the Urban Redevelopment Authority.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Restrictions on new hotels, backpacker’s hostels and serviced apartments will be relaxed at two heritage precincts at Boat Quay and Beach Road, National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat said on Friday (Jun 5).\nThe move is in response to ... [3078 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hotels-hostels-upper-circular-road-beach-road-chee-hong-tat-serviced-apartments-6162201",
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            "title": "32 weeks' jail, $6,000 fine for driver linked to over 70 accidents, most were staged to cheat motorists",
            "description": "SINGAPORE — To fund his lavish lifestyle, a man orchestrated traffic accidents between September 2019 and January 2024 to get private cash settlements from innocent drivers.Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, 28, was involved in at least 73 road traffic accidents over four years. Most of them were staged.On June 5, he was sentenced to 32 weeks’ jail and fined $6,000.He will...",
            "content": "SINGAPORE — To fund his lavish lifestyle, a man orchestrated traffic accidents between September 2019 and January 2024 to get private cash settlements from innocent drivers.\nDanial Ali Liaqat Ali, 28, was involved in at least 73 road traffic accident... [3437 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/32-weeks-jail-6000-fine-driver-linked-over-70-accidents-most-were-staged-cheat-motorists",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T09:44:00Z",
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