The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Dec 1, 2017

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Today's top news headlines: Jail and caning for offenders who assault police officers, Winston Lee resigns as FAS general secretary, and couple jailed for torturing friend to death.

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

*Offenders who assault police officers may face jail terms of up to seven years and caning, under a new sentencing framework.​

*Winston Lee, the Football Association of Singapore's general secretary for the past 10 years, resigned on Friday.

*A couple who abused their 26-year-old flatmate for eight months until she died in April 2015, was sentenced to jail on Friday.

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