Fix Shortcomings of Children and Young Persons Act

The Straits Times reported last Wednesday that in a divorce case currently before the court, the husband alleged that the wife had an improper relationship with one of her students when he was 16 ('Wife had affair with ex-student, claims man'). ... The Straits Times did not name the divorc...

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Main Author: LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1047
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:The Straits Times reported last Wednesday that in a divorce case currently before the court, the husband alleged that the wife had an improper relationship with one of her students when he was 16 ('Wife had affair with ex-student, claims man'). ... The Straits Times did not name the divorcing couple... Neither did it name the former student. However, his identity was disclosed in news reports on MediaCorp Channel 5 and Channel NewsAsia the previous evening. ... [T]he former student's children deserve as much protection as the couple's. In this respect, the current law appears to be deficient.