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Couple charged with cheating six people of $657,000 by promising personalised talisman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIiaq4zclM Elena Chong Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016 SINGAPORE - A couple, first charged earlier this month with abetment of cheating a man of $38,800, were slapped with 28 more...

Man jailed and banned for causing death by dangerous driving while on medication Published on Jun 25, 2015 7:58 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old man, on medication to cope with wisdom tooth pain, switched lanes at a fast speed and struck a lorry at the slip road into Bukit Panjang...

Investors caught in '$60m ponzi scam' Around 60 people are claiming to have been duped by woman over 'sweet' property deals Published on May 24, 2015 12:00 PM After postponing payment deadlines, Ms Leong Lai Yee later sent investors a letter saying she would kill herself. -- PHOTO...

Man jailed for taking phones from schoolchildren, punching 12-year-old boy Published on May 18, 2015 2:49 PM By Olivia Ho SINGAPORE - A 49-year-old unemployed man was jailed for 13 weeks on Monday for taking mobile phones from young schoolchildren, and even punching a 12-year-old boy who...

Court convicts retiree of hurting and pouring bleach on Filipino domestic worker Published on May 13, 2015 1:44 PM Lum Wai Lui, 73, a retired radiograph and medicine technician was convicted of two charges of maid abuse on Wednesday after a six-day trial. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By...

Man gets 3 weeks' jail for slapping blogger Amos Yee Published on May 11, 2015 4:26 PM Neo Gim Huah, 49, has pleaded guilty to slapping teenage blogger Amos Yee outside the State Courts last month. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A self-employed man was sentenced to...

Man arrested for serial laptop thefts AsiaOne Friday, May 08, 2015 The police have arrested a man for his suspected involvement a series of theft. On Apr 30, two police reports were lodged on the theft of a laptop from a tertiary institution located at Dover Road. The police had also...

ATMs found splashed with black paint in various parts of Singapore Published on May 7, 2015 10:17 PM Readers informed Shin Min Daily News that a number of ATMs in Ubi and Circuit Road were out of service because they had paint splashed on them. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN By Chew Hui Min SINGAPORE...

Man arrested for allegedly breaking into private homes Published on May 5, 2015 4:33 PM By Chew Hui Min SINGAPORE - A man allegedly involved in a number of housebreaking cases in private estates in central Singapore was arrested on Tuesday. The 24-year-old is suspected in a series of...

11 arrested as first syndicate investigated under Remote Gambling Act AsiaOne Monday, May 04, 2015 SINGAPORE - Nine men and two women have been arrested after being suspected of providing remote gambling services. This is the first syndicate to be investigated under the Remote Gambling Act...

9-month jail term for maid abuse Judge rejects tutor's claim of depression, saying her actions were reprehensible Published on Apr 30, 2015 7:41 AM Low kicked, bit and scalded the maid, and poked her with scissors. She was sentenced to nine months in jail for maid abuse. -- ST PHOTO: WONG...

Cop fined $4k for illegally accessing police computer system to check on mistress Published on Apr 28, 2015 12:25 PM Married cop Rick Goh Fu Yuan, who illegally accessed the police computer system to check on a woman he had been having an affair with, was fined $4,000. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH...

Tutor on trial for using criminal force on boy in Bishan Junction 8 toilet Published on Apr 23, 2015 8:47 PM Freelance tutor Cheng Hoe Huat, 52, is on trial for using criminal force on a boy by touching his private parts in the male toilet on the first floor of Bishan Junction 8 on Nov 13...

He filmed women changing through gap Shaffiq Alkhatib The New Paper Saturday, Apr 18, 2015 A clothing store assistant used his mobile phone camera to film four female customers who were clad in their underwear in the fitting room. But he was caught after another female customer spotted his...

Two people arrested over flatmate's death in Woodlands Published on Apr 14, 2015 10:49 AM By Linette Lai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpLLn7gT04c SINGAPORE - Two people have been arrested in connection to their flatmate's death in a HDB flat in Woodlands. The police had found a...

Youths ask for lenient sentences to get them 'over and done with' Elizabeth Law The New Paper Monday, Apr 13, 2015 A Community Court judge yesterday ticked off two youths for their attitude and behaviour in court after they were convicted of joining an unlawful assembly with a deadly weapon...

Molester weeps after being sentenced to jail and rotan for attacking teenager in HDB lift Published on Apr 9, 2015 2:46 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A cleaner who molested a 19-year-old girl in a lift after trailing her from a bus interchange wept after he was jailed for 10 months and...

Former teacher sentenced to a year in prison for hugging, kissing student Published on Apr 1, 2015 12:49 PM By Danson Cheong SINGAPORE - A FORMER Physical Education (PE) teacher was on Wednesday sentenced to a year in prison for hugging, and kissing his 12-year-old student on her cheeks...

Salesman arrested for allegedly breaking glass Rachel Tan The Straits Times Saturday, Mar 28, 2015 The glass panel outside electronics store Fuwell in Sim Lim Square that was broken after a salesman from the store allegedly kicked it. For a moment, it sounded like a gun shot had gone off in...

Chauffeur who masterminded staged accident jailed 38 months Published on Mar 25, 2015 2:20 PM Mohammad Eunos Zakaria (left) and Shahifulah Mohamed Yusof, were among nine men who allegedly conspired to fraudulently tell insurers that a Rentokil van had been involved in a crash with three...