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Migrant worker John Britto was terrified when he received a lawyer s letter asserting that he had failed as a supervisor in taking care of a colleague who had suffered an injury at work.
Fortunately, the 37-year-old Indian national sought advice from non-governmental organisation Migrant Workers Centre, which told him he was not at fault over the incident.
The claim in the letter, sent in 2019, was eventually withdrawn, he said.
Migrant workers like Mr Britto may now be in a better position to seek help, with the launch of the Migrant Workers Group (MWG) on Saturday.
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SINGAPORE: A man accused of sexually grooming his stepson over nine years to the extent that the underage boy asked for sexual acts was acquitted of all sex offences against him on Tuesday (May 4).
The 55-year-old man, who cannot be named because of a gag order protecting his stepson s identity, was convicted of two other charges of stalking his stepson s girlfriend and criminal intimidation against his wife and stepson.
SINGAPORE - Volunteers at Singapore s various SG Cares Volunteer Centres could have their ranks bolstered by legal professionals under a new partnership with the Law Society Pro Bono Services (LSPBS).
This is part of what the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth s SG Cares Office and the Law Society s pro bono arm aim to do under a memorandum of understanding they inked on Thursday (April 15). What we hope to do is to build up a corpus of skilled specialist lawyers who can then integrate better with the community as touch points through the Volunteer Centres, said LSPBS chairman Gregory Vijayendran.
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