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Daily Briefing: Five Stars Tours abruptly shuts down; Police arrest two in kidnap of Sheng Siong CEO's mother

Find out more about the 12-hour kidnap case.

  • Potentially hundreds, if not thousands, of travellers have been left in the lurch after popular coach and travel agency Five Stars Tour abruptly closed all eight of its branches across Singapore on Wednesday. Read more here.
  • Two middle-aged men were arrested early Thursday for kidnapping the mother of the CEO of local supermarket chain Sheng Siong. Police also recovered S$2 million in ransom money. Find out more here.
  • Sheng Siong supermarket chain CEO, Mr Lim Hock Chee recounts the 12-hour ordeal when his 79-year-old mother, Mdm Ng Lai Poh was kidnapped by two Chinese men, asking for a $20 million ransom. Know more here.
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