SINGAPORE: In one of the largest cases of kickbacks investigated by the Ministry of Manpower to date, a man demanded close to S$400,000 from foreign workers for the renewal of their work permits.
Shamsul said the Home Ministry had conducted a study to determine whether there is a need to amend the Sedition Act so that it is in line with current times, and digitalisation.
The ministry had also weighed on the consideration of whether a new law is needed to address race, religion and royalty issues. “Following the study, the ministry had tabled a memorandum to the Cabinet on the matter and the Cabinet had agreed in principle for the National Security Council and the Prime Minister’s Department to coordinate the drafting of the National Security Bill to preserve the country’s security against external and internal threat including Safeguarding the Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy and inter-religious harmony,” he told the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday .
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