The Straits Times Hands and feet tied : Some PAP MPs worry new TraceTogether law could restrict police powers
Cases like sexual assault would not qualify as a serious offence which can be investigated using data from TraceTogether.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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A user displays a TraceTogether token in Singapore on Jan 5, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: Members of Parliament from the ruling People s Action Party (PAP) who raised questions about the use of TraceTogether data in the House last week have welcomed the impending introduction of legislation to limit the use of the data for criminal investigations.
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January 06, 2021
The scourge is driven by criminal syndicates which are quick to exploit the growing volume of online transactions.
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SINGAPORE - More people fell prey to fraudsters last year, with the number of scam cases up by 80 per cent in the first 11 months of 2020.
Victims from the 14,960 cases reported were cheated of $254.3 million in this period, an amount up by 64.3 per cent from the same period in 2019.
This scourge is driven by criminal syndicates - many based overseas - which are quick to exploit the growing volume of online transactions and interactions, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said in Parliament on Tuesday (Jan 5).