{"product_id":"a-nations-disgrace-by-balvinder-sandhu-9789814954716","title":"A Nation's Disgrace","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories behind the bombshell cases that rocked the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSingapore is often known as a 'clean' country and its citizens 'law-abiding'. However, every once in a while, the island has been shocked by an incident or a crime so unexpected and shocking, it grabs headlines and piques the interest of locals and international press alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning across all kinds of crimes, this collection has one thing in common—shock value. Cases covered in \u003cem\u003eA Nation's Disgrace\u003c\/em\u003e include high-profile ones like the NKF scandal, the City Harvest Church debacle, Singapore's most-wanted terrorist, Mas Selamat, and how one man in Singapore—Nick Leeson—brought down one of the UK's oldest financial institutions, Barings Bank. Plus, there are a few shocking murders thrown in too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection for anyone interested in Singapore society, law, and history, to find out more about how these cases were discovered, the law-enforcement processes that followed, and what happened to the offenders after the cases ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46800186245356,"sku":"9789814954716","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16888383485682.jpg?v=1757275425","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-nations-disgrace-by-balvinder-sandhu-9789814954716","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}