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scholar
interested in
engineering
from an
early age
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fostering solidarity
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong meeting community leaders from various races and faiths before a dialogue session on terrorism and religious
Chelsea, Bayern in extremism at ITE College Central yesterday. He called on Singaporeans to work very hard to maintain a multiracial and multi-religious society and
warned against extremist and exclusivist religious teachings creeping into the mainstream. Over 300 participants attended the event. hot news 6
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Video-recorded statements Grab to get

S$3.4b extra
GuocoLands Martin
Modern among new
among key changes mooted firepower in
launches drawing
strong interest
for fairer legal system battle with Uber
hot news 8
SINGAPORE Grab is raising about
US$2.5 billion (S$3.4 billion) in a re-
KELLY NG This was announced yesterday cord round of new fund-raising, the
kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg as part of sweeping changes pro- South-east Asian ride-hailing service
posed to the Criminal Procedur- said yesterday, in a move to cement its
SINGAPORE Crime suspects will be al Code (CPC), which underwent an lead over rival Uber Technologies in
video-recorded when they have their overhaul in 2010, and the Evidence the region.
statements taken by the police, Act. The last major amend- Singapore-based Grab will get a
as part of wide-ranging changes More ments to the Act were made massive US$2 billion cash injection
proposed to make criminal proce- reports in 2012. from Chinas Didi Chuxing and Ja-
dures fairer and more accurate. Pages The 50 proposed changes, pans SoftBank Group in the largest-
The move, which criminal law- 2-8 which were put up for a month- ever venture fund-raising in South-
yers here have sought for years, is long public consultation, span east Asia, joining forces with the two
aimed at giving the court a better way the investigations, trial and sentenc- companies instrumental in driving
of determining the voluntariness and ing stages. They seek to strengthen Uber out of China.
weight of such statements, and will be the law and increase protection for the The deal cements an alliance be-
mandated for suspects of certain of- vulnerable, while maintaining a fair tween Didi, SoftBank and Grab, which
fences, such as serious sexual crimes. Continued on page 4 Continued on page 8