<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (Feb 8): Collin Chiew, formerly the chief executive officer of AON Singapore, has been charged&nbsp;with&nbsp;corruption and money-laundering offences. Chiew, who was later a director of corporate solutions agency&nbsp;AIA Hong Kong, was charged with taking S$668,000 (RM2.37 million) in bribes, while he was in charge of AON and as a director of AIA.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The bribes were said to be paid by three former directors of Fullerton Healthcare Group (FHG), a vertically integrated healthcare platform in Asia.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The FHG directors, David Sin, Daniel Chan and Michael Tan, were charged on Thursday&nbsp;for bribing Chiew and falsifying accounts, said the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau&nbsp;in a statement. Sin is a former chairman of the board of Fullerton Healthcare Corporation, while Chan and Tan are former&nbsp;directors of FHG<a href="https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/corruption-probe/former-ceo-aon-singapore-and-former-directors-fullerton-healthcare-charged" target="_blank"><em>...(click here for the full story on theedgesingapore.com).</em></a></p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>


Collin Chiew, formerly the chief executive officer of AON Singapore, has been charged with corruption and money-laundering offences. Chiew, who was later a director of corporate solutions agency AIA Hong Kong, was charged with taking S$668,000 (RM2.37 million) in bribes, while he was in charge of AON and as a director of AIA.

Ex-CEO of AON Singapore, former directors of Fullerton Healthcare charged with corruption

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 24): William Dalrymple — scholar, detective, master storyteller and acclaimed historian — weaves together the various narratives and legacies of Ancient India in his latest book, The Golden Road, which trumpets the subcontinent’s impact as a primaeval superpower, the effects of which reverberate until today.

His story

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 24): Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) took the No 1 spot at this year’s The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards (TPDA). This is the second time it has done so, the first time being in 2009. It was also the joint winner of the Best in Qualitative Attributes sub-award this year.

Sime Darby Property takes top spot at The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards 2024

(Nov 23): The US government’s debt load is now seen as the biggest risk to financial stability, outweighing persistent inflation in a Federal Reserve survey.

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US debt load tops Fed’s survey of financial stability risks

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally scored a landslide victory in Maharashtra, the country's richest state, while the opposition bloc performed strongly in Jharkhand, a mineral-rich region.

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Nato secretary general Mark Rutte met US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida as Europe waits apprehensively to see how the next administration will approach the war in Ukraine.

Nato’s Rutte meets Trump in Florida amid fears over Ukraine aid

There is still no evidence to show that the pollution at Pantai Esen in Permatang Damar Laut, Batu Maung near here is due to reclamation works for the man-made Silicon Island.

No evidence Pantai Esen pollution due to Silicon Island reclamation works — exco

China's Huawei, blacklisted by the US, said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system (OS) in coming months as it seeks widespread help to achieve self-reliance.

Huawei aims 100,000 apps on Harmony OS in six to 12 months

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reaffirmed the Madani government's commitment to prioritising the welfare of the people across all states, including those led by the opposition, by steadily increasing their allocations.

Govt committed to raising allocations to all states — PM

The founding family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings has approached KKR & Co and other investment firms about participating in the potential buyout of the retailer, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday.

Seven & i founding family sounded out KKR, others about buyout — Nikkei

The European Union (EU), US and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to US$300 billion (RM1.34 trillion) per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.

Wealthy countries back raising COP29 climate deal to US$300b, Reuters reports

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 24): Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) took the No 1 spot at this year’s The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards (TPDA). This is the second time it has done so, the first time being in 2009. It was also the joint winner of the Best in Qualitative Attributes sub-award this year.&nbsp;</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 24): William Dalrymple — scholar, detective, master storyteller and acclaimed historian — weaves together the various narratives and legacies of Ancient India in his latest book, The Golden Road, which trumpets the subcontinent’s impact as a primaeval superpower, the effects of which reverberate until today.&nbsp;</p>
