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Workers’ Party (WP) MP Raeesah Khan has admitted to lying in Parliament about details of a sexual assault case that she alleged was mishandled by the police.

Leader of the House Indranee Rajah has raised an official complaint against her for breaching Parliamentary privilege, and Raeesah will now have to appear before the Committee of Privileges.

Elvin Ong, Assistant Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore, provides a breakdown of the case along with the possible repercussions for both Raeesah Khan and Worker's Party. 

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The Breakfast Huddle serves up what investors should be watching in the world of business and finance

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Regional Round-up Ep 22: How Asean countries are joining in climate crisis fight

10:50 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments.

The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Ryan Huang and Bharati Jagdish about the following points:

1. Developing countries such as Indonesia and Thailand asking for more financial support in climate crisis fight (0:50)
2. Richer nations working together with developing nations (4:16)
3. Thailand has made progress in lowering emissions and may need help to do better (5:40)
4. Countries have to be mindful of climate issues, besides health and economic challenges (7:08)
5. The implications of misinformation as Myanmar's military government uses fake social media accounts (8:22)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist, IG, discusses how further declines
in provision for loan losses and lower credit costs helped boost earnings for OCBC and UOB, and how attractive bank stock valuations are after a strong run this year.

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Ampd Energy has developed an advanced, IT-connected battery system to replace dirty, noisy and hazardous diesel generators. The battery system called Ener-tainer cuts carbon emissions by 85 percent and noise by nearly 32 times. Brandon Ng, Co-Founder & CEO, Ampd Energy shares more about Ampd Energy's business evolvement and the range of problems he hopes to solve by developing the Enertainer for the construction sector

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With Southeast Asia’s digital economy accelerating at fast speeds and more startups moving into the late stage, there is now a greater demand for capable managers, especially those that are in hypergrowth. Will Fan, CEO & Co-Founder, NewCampus, shares about his business education platform and how businesses can aid their middle management to be better leaders.

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