The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Jan 10, 2018

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Today's top news headlines: Two jailed over $37.5m Keppel Club membership scam, select committee to examine 'online falsehoods', and residents evacuated after fire at Toa Payoh flat.

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

* Former Keppel Club supervisor Nah Hak Chuah was jailed three years, while club member Ivy Cheo Soh Chin was jailed four and half years for their involvement in a $37.5m scam.

* Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam has asked Parliament to appoint a select committee to study the threat of fake news.

* About 70 residents were evacuated after a fire broke out in a flat at Blk 45, Toa Payoh Lorong 5.

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