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The High Court in Johor has sentenced a clerk to six years in prison and a fine of RM6,000 (S$1,928) for reckless driving, which resulted in the death of eight teenage cyclists five years ago. The decision overturned a Magistrate's Court decision to acquit and discharge Sam Ke Ting over the case.

https://www.todayonline.com/world/malaysia-court-overturns-acquittal-jails-woman-6-years-mowing-down-8-teen-cyclists-johor-baru-road-1872241

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong had on Feb 18 delivered his first Budget speech, announcing measures to chart a new way forward for Singapore. On Thursday (Apr 14), he was announced as leader of the People's Action Party's (PAP) fourth-generation (4G) team.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lawrence-wong-finance-minister-leader-4g-team-2626296

We talk about commentaries surrounding the various bazaar that were opened during the fasting period.

According to a handwritten record of daily takings by one food delivery rider in Singapore, it appears that working 31 days consecutively can allow one to make S$8,511.64.

Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/singapore-food-delivery-earn-8k/

After consuming alcohol, a man looked down at a group of people having a barbecue by the pool two floors down from his condominium unit and threw a wine bottle towards them.

Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-threw-bottle-spottiswoode-condominium-man-died-andrew-gosling-admits-crimes-2518996

The proposal by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to make Malay the lingua franca of Asean has been shot down by an Indonesian minister, saying that it should be Bahasa Indonesia (BI) as it is the largest language spoken in Southeast Asia.

Read more: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/04/05/bahasa-indonesia-not-malay-should-be-aseans-main-language-says-minister/

Malaysia police are investigating after a Singaporean couple filmed themselves driving their Tesla hands-free on autopilot to Penang during a multi-day road trip.

https://mothership.sg/2022/04/hands-free-tesla-malaysia-police-investigate/

The names of three pairs of primary schools and five pairs of secondary schools to be merged over the next three years have been finalised, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on Wednesday (April 6).

Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/primary-secondary-school-mergers-1866906

Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak took to Facebook on April 3, 2022 - two days after the land borders between Singapore and Malaysia reopened, to call out foreign cars pumping cheap petrol in his country.

Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/singapore-ron95-malaysia-petrol-clampdown/

The Ministry of Law aims to establish a Public Defender’s Office (PDO) by the end of this year, announced Law Minister K Shanmugam on Monday (Apr 4).

Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/public-defenders-office-provide-criminal-legal-aid-k-shanmugam-2606361