By Lee Su Shyan

DBS chief executive Richard Stanley, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in late January, is now critically ill, the bank said in a late-night statement to the Singapore Exchange yesterday.

After two rounds of chemotherapy, doctors earlier this week believed that his cancer was in remission, DBS said.

But his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse as a result of a recent infection, it added.

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