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Jail for social service worker who bought luxury goods after stealing $343,000 meant for ComCare beneficiaries Chia was sentenced to five years and four months' jail after the social service worker pocketed more than $340,000 from the Community Care Endowment Fund.PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE...

At least 23 tricked into paying for ZoukOut tickets on online websites Revellers at the annual beach festival ZoukOut. At least 23 police reports have been made by victims who were tricked into paying for ZoukOut tickets online.PHOTO: ZOUK Published 10 hours ago Ng Huiwen SINGAPORE - Hoping...

Man fined $7,000 for impersonating narcotics officer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZhrLLYq6mQ K.C. Vijayan Friday, Nov 25, 2016 A court has ordered a man to be fined $7,000 for impersonating a narcotics officer, rejecting the prosecution's push for a jail term instead. In noting it was...

Woman gets 20 months for using heated spoon and bicycle lock to hurt maid Zinnerah Abdul Majeed was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday (Nov 2) after admitting to three charges - two of causing hurt to her maid with a heated substance and one of hitting her arms with a bicycle lock. PHOTO...

Man rented out brothel room to 16-year-old prostitute, who serviced 207 men in 12 days Photo: The Straits Times Amir Hussain Friday, Oct 7, 2016 SINGAPORE - A 16-year-old Sri Lankan, whose family was having financial woes, was recruited by her neighbours to work in Singapore as a...

Cop given community service for threatening wife with chopper and punching her head Photo: The New Paper Amir Hussain Friday, Sep 30, 2016 SINGAPORE - A policeman who suspected that his wife was having an affair threatened to injure her with a chopper, and then used it to cut her hair, a...

Former ST Marine senior vice-president in graft scandal gets 20 weeks' jail, $100,000 fine Mok Kim Whang was sentenced to 20 weeks' jail and a $100,000 fine.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW Published Sep 26, 2016, 6:40 pm SGT Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - A former executive at shipbuilder ST Marine...

Early-morning car chase sends two to hospital after driver speeds off at Henderson Road police roadblock Two people were sent to hospital and four vehicles smashed up, in an early-morning car chase that ended by a coffeeshop in Geylang on Sept 11, 2016.PHOTO: @_DANIALAQIL/TWITTER Published...

Amos Yee enters guilty plea on three more charges Published 8 min ago Amir Hussain A day after he reversed a decision to stand trial and pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to show up at a police station, teen blogger Amos Yee again threw in the towel and admitted to three counts of...

Police looking for a man to assist investigations into case of shop theft in Ang Mo Kio Police are looking for a man to assist with investigations into a case of shop theft. Police are looking for a man to assist with investigations into a case of shop theft.PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE...

SSO officer charged for misappropriating funds meant for financial assistance Police have charged a Social Service Office (SSO) officer for misappropriating funds meant to help ComCare beneficiaries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5dbrsS3ik Published Aug 3, 2016, 11:28 am SGT Lee Min Kok...

Murder suspect taken to crime scene Toh Sia Guan (in red) leading police officers yesterday to a hardware shop from where he had allegedly bought the murder weapon and a pair of slippers. Mr Goh Eng Thiam, 52, was found dead in Lorong 23 Geylang on July 9 with a deep cut from his left ear to...

Man charged with Geylang murder Jul 23, 2016 6:00am By SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB Toh Sia Guan, 64, allegedly killed a man and was arrested after nearly two weeks on the run. Yesterday, he was charged in court with the murder of coffee shop helper Goh Eng Thiam, 52. Toh allegedly committed the...

Police arrest 64-year-old man in relation to Geylang murder on July 9 Mr Goh Eng Thiam’s body was found at Lorong 23 Geylang on Saturday morning. Photo: The New Paper Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 SINGAPORE - The police have arrested a 64-year-old man in relation to a murder case at Lorong 23...

Spike in phone scams impersonating OCBC, says bank Photo: The Straits Times Monday, Jul 18, 2016 Watch out for phone calls purportedly from OCBC, the bank warns as it observed a spike in the number of phone scams over the past few weeks. The bank said in a media release on Monday (July 18)...