Stiffer penalties for breaching Personal Protection Orders, stronger efforts to rehabilitate culprits among proposals by task force on family violence

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SINGAPORE — People who breach Personal Protection Orders (PPOs) should face tougher penalties than they do now, and the rehabilitation system for culprits of family violence should also be strengthened, an inter-agency task force on family violence said on Thursday (Sept 23).

 

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