A nation's disgrace : Singapore's shocking scandals / Balvinder Sandhu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandhu, Balvinder, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Singapore.

Crime.

True crime stories--Singapore.

True crime stories.

Murder--Singapore.

Murder.

Scandals--Singapore.

Scandals.

Singapore.

Genre:

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

vi, 254 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Penguin Books, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Singapore is often known as a 'clean' country and its citizens 'law-abiding'. However, every once in a while, the island has been shocked by an incident or a crime so unexpected and shocking, it grabs headlines and piques the interest of locals and international press alike. Spanning across all kinds of crimes, this collection has one thing in common - shock value. Cases covered in the book include high-profile ones like the NKF scandal, the City Harvest Church debacle, Singapore's most-wanted terrorist, Mas Selamat, and how one man in Singapore - Nick Leeson - brought down one of the UK's oldest financial institutions, Barings Bank. Plus, there are a few shocking murders thrown in too. This book is a collection for anyone interested in Singapore society, law and history, to find out more about how these cases were discovered, the law-enforcement processes that followed and what happened to the offenders after the cases ended"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

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ch. 1 City Harvest Church

ch. 2 Runaway Fraudsters

ch. 3 Company Cheats

ch. 4 Ponzi Schemes

Breaking the Law

ch. 5 Match-Fixing

ch. 6 Vandalism

ch. 7 Drugs

Dangers to Society

ch. 8 Mas Selamat Kastari

ch. 9 Murder

Scandals to Shock a Nation

ch. 10 The Power of Sex

ch. 11 Online Infamy.

ISBN:

9789814954716

9814954713

OCLC:

1280274390