The Straits Times' News In A Minute: Jan 22, 2016

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Today's top news headlines: Former NTUC chairman and ex-MP gets 60 months' jail, the court orders Workers' Party to appoint accountants from ‘Big Four’, and Sengkang fibre broadband services are restored.

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

* Former NTUC chairman and ex-MP Phey Yew Kok was sentenced to 60 months in jail today after pleading guilty to 12 charges including 10 counts of criminal breach of trust.

* The Court of Appeal has ordered the Workers' Party-run town council to appoint accountants from one of the Big Four accounting firms within two weeks to examine its books.

* The fibre broadband services of some 2,000 households in the Sengkang area was restored at about 1pm, 13 hours after they went down.

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