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What's the worst scandal that Singaporeans have forgiven and forgotten about? :marseyveryworriedfed:

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"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me..." Now that the Allianz-NTUC Income bait-and-switch for policyholders and minority shareholders has put corporate greed into the spotlight, let's try to recall some instances of organisations that have pulled a fast one on us - from negligence, misrepresentation and false advertising, to the downright illegal - that at least some of us have continued to support and buy things from.

What is, in your view, the worst case scandal involving a public-facing organisation that Singaporeans have forgiven and forgotten about? I can think of a few:

BreadTalk and the soybean milk from Yeo's - In 2015, BreadTalk was caught selling Yeo's packaged soya bean milk at a close to 10x markup by repackaging it into bottles labelled as "Freshly Prepared". They later claimed that they "did not intend" to mislead consumers.

Sterra trying to sell their "water filters" by implying that PUB-supplied tap water was full of germs and using pseudo-scientific, non-proven claims about the benefits of alkaline in water.

Spize (the restaurant chain) causing a man's death from food poisoning caused by poor food handling practices, and then racking up more food hygiene violations over the years (most recently in their 2 Bedok outlets). I really wonder how they manage to stay in business.

Huawei making thousands of seniors queue for $54 phones on our 54th national day, only to discover that the promotion was limited to 10 sets per store (something they did not advertise).

NKF's CEO T.T. Durai paying himself peanuts (i.e. $600k), flying first class, and installing a gold tap in his bathroom, all using funds donated by the public. NKF tried to sue SPH for defamation (haha!), and that ended up being the beginning of the end for Durai.

Anyone can think of more? Please, try to keep this apolitical unless it is really serious and affected a lot of people.

Edit: Wow, Mr Ib's downmarsey army is out in full force today!

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