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#508 - Singapore Orders Takedown of Israel Embassy Post & Iswaran Slapped With Additional Charges

Mar 26, 2024

01:07:59

This week, authorities ordered the Israel Embassy in Singapore to take down a social media post that compared mentions of Israel and Palestine in the Quran. Ministers Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan also issued strongly-worded statements in separate interviews explaining the severity of the issue. We look into their statements to understand why they felt these moves were necessary. Elsewhere, former transport minister S. Iswaran was slapped with 8 new charges that allege he had obtained, as a public servant, valuable items worth nearly $19,000. It’s a long list of wines, whiskies, golf clubs, and a titanium Brompton bicycle that costs almost $8,000! We look deeper into the list to try and understand the rationale behind accepting these gifts.

(00:00) On this episode...
(00:20) A message from Folklory
(01:37) Intro
(07:42) Singapore Orders Takedown of Israel Embassy Post
(29:59) Iswaran Slapped With Additional Charges
(58:33) One Shiok Comment
(01:03:49) One Shiok Thing

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