Monday #sgroundup: Boy with pellet gun dies after police shoot him
Here are today's top trending stories in case you missed them.
Cleveland boy with pellet gun dies after police shoot him
A 12-year-old boy who was shot by police after he brandished a pellet gun at a Cleveland recreation center died on Sunday from his injuries, officials said.
The boy was identified as Tamir E. Rice, 12, of Cleveland by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner.
Rice was shot in the abdomen by a city officer at a playground on the city's west side on Saturday, said Timothy Kucharski, an attorney for the boy's family.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/twelve-old-cleveland-boy-dies-being-shot-police-191153566.html
British banker fit to stand trial in Hong Kong murders
A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian women was Monday ruled fit to stand trial, but the case was delayed seven months for analysis of forensic evidence found with the victims' mutilated bodies in his Hong Kong apartment.
Magistrate Bina Chainrai said Rurik Jutting, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch employee, was mentally fit to face murder charges after two weeks of examination at the maximum-security Siu Lam psychiatric centre.
The 29-year-old was charged with the murders of Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih after police found the bodies of the two women in his upmarket flat, one of them decomposing in a suitcase.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/british-banker-fit-stand-trial-hong-kong-murders-024108480.html
Another Sim Lim Retailer in hot soup, this time involving Lenovo phones
More than 20 complaints have been directed at Sim Lim retailer Ziming Global, after customers griped that their orders were cancelled suddenly within a day after they made a purchase online. Ziming Global was a participant of the one-day-only Qoo10 Expo event that happend on 22 November.
Buyers claimed on Ziming Global’s Qoo10 page that they had purchased the retailer’s item, a Lenovo A396 phone, at an advertised offer price of $22. However, the orders were voided moments after they completed their transactions without notice. The price of the Lenovo phone is now more than double the discounted price – $55.90.
Qoo10 has since responsed to the story in an email.
"There was an internal glitch in our system which allowed customers to purchase more promotional sets than the quantity allocated.
We acknowledge this and as a sign of goodwill, we will extend the $22 promotion to affected customers, whom we are in the midst of reaching out to."
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/another-sim-lim-retailer-hot-020021797.html
Why Singapore's regulations on taxi apps are bad for consumers
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore announced it would start regulating third-party taxi apps and outlined details on them. All of the five points mentioned by LTA will have unintended consequences on competition, prices, availability, and convenience of the taxi apps.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-singapore-regulations-taxi-apps-073310097.html
Singapore’s inflation eased to 0.1% in October
Singapore’s Consumer Price Index-All Items inflation slowed to 0.1% in October from 0.6% in September, mainly on account of base effects associated with fluctuations in car Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums, as well as sharper declines in the costs of accommodation and oil-related items.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-inflation-eased-0-1-062900996.html
