The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Dec 1, 2016

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SMRT Trains and two employees charged over deaths of two on railway track; formal reasons for detention of SAF vehicles in Hong Kong not yet provided; orchid hybrid named after Aung San Suu Kyi

In today's News In A Minute, we look at:

* SMRT Trains and two of its employees were charged in court on Thursday for the death of two workers from a train accident on March 22.

* The formal reasons for the detention of nine Singapore infantry carrier vehicles that were seized in Hong Kong last week are yet to be provided, said the Defence Ministry.

* Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has had an orchid hybrid named after her.

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