The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Aug 15, 2016

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Joseph Schooling's NS deferred till after 2020 Olympics; overpayment of volunteer cops a procedural error; man charged with wife's murder at Yishun Ring Road.

In today's The Straits Times News In A Minute video, we look at:

* Joseph Schooling will have his national service deferred till after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

* The case of volunteer police officers receiving larger allowances than they should have was due to a procedural error, said Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam

* A 37-year-old man was charged with the murder of his wife in Yishun. Mohamad Jonit Adnan is accused of causing the death of Ms Sri Idayu Ghazali at about 9pm on Saturday at Yishun Ring Road.

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