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One expert said a decision to terminate three senior executives simultaneously indicated that the board perceived the issue to be "irreparably egregious", and that retaining the trio would have been "untenable for the company". #singpost #singapore #sgnews

The NRIC has evolved into a multi-purpose identifier used across multiple platforms. This makes it indispensable, but also a possible single point of failure, says lawyer Bryan Tan.

Allegations about a Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew are embarrassing for the UK government, which is keen on doing business with China, says foreign policy adviser Christian Le Miere.

No wallet, no phone, no problem: Here's how you can pay with your palm in the future. Abigail Ng finds out how the technology works, and if fraudsters can still scam you: https://cna.asia/3DrWz1v (Photos: CNA/Jeremy Long)

SingPost fired three of its senior executives, including its CEO, on Saturday (Dec 21) for being "grossly negligent" in handling internal investigations into a whistleblowing report filed earlier this year. The whistleblowing report alleged that the company's international e-commerce logistics parcel business unit manipulated delivery status codes for transhipment parcels without proper documentation to avoid contractual penalties. Three separate managers allegedly involved in this were fired and reported to the police. https://cna.asia/3Pu3tpX #sgnews #singapore #singpost

"We disagree with and are disappointed at the decision of the board to terminate us from our roles at the company after years of dedicated and committed service. It is our position that the termination is without merits, and was also procedurally unfair," said former group CEO Vincent Phang and former group CFO Vincent Yik in a statement. #sgnews #singapore #singpost

WATCH: Malicious actors have created "compromising" deepfakes of politicians to extort them. They can do the same to ordinary people, says RSIS' Dymples Leong. Read the commentary: https://cna.asia/3ZPiLtV

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With Malaysia taking over as ASEAN Chair, ex-Thai leader Thaksin could be valuable on several key regional challenges - the crisis in Myanmar in particular, says political analyst James Chin.

In Singapore, literacy in young adults is declining as early as their late 20s. This affects the competitiveness of Singapore’s workforce and economy, says the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Terence Ho.