The Workers' Party (WP) MPs He Ting Ru and Jamus Lim, as well as former MP Png Eng Huat, are on a disciplinary panel convened to examine party chief Pritam Singh's conduct and conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee, reported local media.Two-term Sengkang GRC MPs He and Lim are part of the opposition party's central executive committee (CEC) — He is treasurer and Associate Professor Lim is deputy head of policy research.Png was elected MP for Hougang SMC in 2012 and held onto the constituency till the 2020 General Election, which he did not recontest in. He left the CEC in 2022.An unnamed WP cadre told CNA that past incidents had seen CEC members appointed to similar panels. The inclusion of Png, however, is unusual, according to both former and current party cadres.

Two Tower Transit staff service members have been praised for stepping forward to restrain a 58-year-old man, who allegedly assaulted and injured another staff member in Yishun on Jan 19. In a Facebook post on Jan 20, Tower Transit Singapore shared that a man physically assaulted a female service ambassador and sprayed commuters with a fire extinguisher. The transport operator said that interchange supervisor Faisal and bus captain Zaki confronted the man and followed him into Northpoint City. The man proceeded to spray the extinguisher and threw it at a shopper. Seeing a critical opening, Faisal rushed forward to restrain the man before the police arrived and the man was subsequently arrested.  

A patient has accused nurses at Sengkang General Hospital of using force on her and «making inappropriate and threatening remarks», among other allegations, during her stay.The 27-year-old woman, who declined to give her full name, told AsiaOne that the incidents occurred after 10pm on Sunday (Jan 18) night, after she'd left her hospital bed out of boredom.She alleged that one of the male registered nurses had told her: «Since your parents are not around, I can do whatever I like», while transferring her back to her bed.He had allegedly followed it up by saying, «I have no patience with you as I have no children.»«I hope actions can be taken to improve patient care and hopefully it will never happen again,» she told AsiaOne.Admitted to hospital after suffering seizureThe patient told AsiaOne that she was admitted to the hospital on Jan 18, after suffering from a seizure from urinary retention issues.Feeling bored while alone in the hospital room, she sat on a chair near the nurses' counter for «fresh air». 

A 22-year-old Malaysian man was arrested on Jan 13 for attempting to smuggle over 250 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore.In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Jan 20), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said that the attempt was detected at Tuas Checkpoint.After directing the vehicle for enhanced checks, ICA's search and examination officers found the cigarettes concealed behind the Malaysia-registered car's rear passenger seats.The case has been referred to the Singapore Customs for further investigations.Buying, selling, conveying, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the Goods and Services Tax Act. Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty evaded, jailed for up to six years, or both. Vehicles used in these offences and proceeds of sales of duty-unpaid goods may also be forfeited.

A Tower Transit bus captain has earned praise from a young mother after going out of his way to assist her with the baby stroller.In a Facebook post on Monday (Jan 19), Tower Transit shared the heartwarming feedback sent in from the new mother about her experience on bus service 169 with bus captain Liew Kok Soon.It was her first time taking the bus with the stroller, and was «completely unfamiliar with how to board the bus with it».«I was very fortunate to meet Kok Soon,» she said.Speaking about the encounter, she said that Liew alighted from the bus to help her take the stroller onboard.He also alighted to assist her when she reached her destination at Ang Mo Kio Interchange, and even explained the proper procedures and safety measures for boarding and alighting the bus with a stroller to her.«I truly felt his strong sense of responsibility and care for passengers,» she said, adding that Liew was «very patient and kind».He said that he thought of his own children and empathised with the mother.

Bus captains have received plaudits in recent weeks for jumping into «hot situations» to put out fires, and it seems this trend is not stopping.In a series of Instagram stories posted to his account, user milokopipeng shared videos showing a Tower Transit bus captain of service 858 putting out a vegetation fire in Sengkang.«Just as I thought the service 858 bus driver for my bus is driving off, he actually helped extinguish the fire...He later on apologised to the passengers for the delay,» the user wrote.The incident happened at about 12.10am on Tuesday (Jan 20), at a bus stop before Punggol Road and along the Tampines Expressway.In the video, the bus captain is seen approaching a bush fire behind the bus stop with a fire extinguisher, calmly douses the fire, and observes before going in for a second pass.He appeared unfazed even as commuters passed him.