SINGAPORE - A former sports agent who was Olympic champion Joseph Schooling's spokesman was jailed 18 months on Wednesday (Oct 20) for cheating his friends into paying him for tickets to a football tournament and a U2 concert here. Mohamed Hafidz Ja'afar, 38, also cheated a former client of more than $17,500 by tricking him into buying 52 pairs of.
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Just when you think you ve checked off all the boxes on your list to rediscover Singapore, the city is peppered with an exciting line-up of exhibitions and events to pique your fancy this month. From a fine jewellery-themed afternoon tea sessions for midweek wind downs to an immersive art experience at the Gardens By The Bay by renowned American artist Dale Chihuly, there s more than meets the eye in May s calendar.
We round up the top events below.
(Image: Charles Lim Yi Yong and STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery)
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Wikicliki: Collecting Habits on an Earth Filled with Smartphones
What Featuring six artist-curator pairs, including Heman Chong with Selene Yap, and Debbie Ding with Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, this new exhibition by the Singapore Art Museum explores the ways of collecting contemporary art in the digital age even more so with the array of images and data that increasingly govern our everyday lives.
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SINGAPORE: After arranging to meet a social escort in a hotel room for a fee, a man allegedly impersonated a police officer and raped the woman after brandishing a knife.
Ng Yi Yao, 32, went on trial on Tuesday (Mar 16) for two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual assault by penetration. He faces a fifth charge of impersonating a police officer, which he intends to plead guilty to.