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Loanshark runner arrested during police roadblock AsiaOne Sunday, Dec 09, 2012 SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old man believed to be involved in loansharking activities was arrested this morning at 3.25am while police officers were conducting a roadblock. Police said they spotted him alighting from...

Man arrested for molesting woman at bus stop AsiaOne Friday, Dec 07, 2012 SINGAPORE - A 39-year-old man has been arrested for outraging the modesty of a woman in the vicinity of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3. On Nov 21, 2012, the woman lodged a police report to inform that she was molested while...

Death of inmate linked to medication December 7, 2012 - 12:20am By: Rennie Whang PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO She was marching with other inmates in the prison yard when she was seen squatting down a few times. She said her legs were aching. Later, she was slow in climbing the stairs, then she...

Violent cabby or drunk passenger? December 5, 2012 - 12:16am By: Syahirah Anwar Rennie Whang INJURED: Miss Jessy Ng said she suffered abrasions and bruises after allegedly being assaulted by Mr Han. TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR Recruitment consultant Jessy Ng, 35, claimed that she was...

Myanmar national charged with providing false information to MOM Posted: 30 October 2012 2156 hrs SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has charged a 28-year-old Myanmar national, Kyaw Swar Win, for furnishing false information to the Controller of Work Passes by submitting a...

Nigerian claims trial to raping underaged Singaporean girl The Star/Asia News Network Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 JOHOR BARU: A Nigerian accused of raping an underaged Singaporean girl claimed trial at a Sessions Court in Malaysia on Wednesday. Eneh Solomon Udo, 40, was charged with raping the...

Woman charged with snatch theft from elderly women By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 19 October 2012 1711 hrs SINGAPORE: A 43-year-old woman was charged Friday with stealing from elderly women, aged between 77 and 90 years old in Ang Mo Kio. Annabell Joan Garnell faced four counts of snatch theft...

GST cheat gets 6 weeks' jail & S$300,000 penalty By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 19 October 2012 1332 hrs SINGAPORE: A wholesale trader has been sentenced to six weeks' jail and ordered to pay a penalty of about S$300,000 for cheating the taxman in Goods and Services Tax (GST) refunds. Seow...

Former valuer jailed one month for corruption Published on Oct 16, 2012 By Elena Chong A former valuer was jailed for one month on Tuesday morning for bribing a colleague in exchange for not reporting him to the management for pocketing money from a client. Lee Peck Chuang, 39, now...

Bangladeshi confessed to paid sex with minor under threat By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 11 October 2012 1640 hrs SINGAPORE: A Bangladeshi man is claiming trial to a charge of paying a minor S$10 for sex in 2011, on the grounds that he had confessed to the crime under threat. Mohammad...

Woman charged with bribing police officers Posted: 10 October 2012 1319 hrs SINGAPORE: A 26-year-old Filipino woman has been charged with bribing two police officers. Prisibelle Pascua Abalos is said to have offered S$20 to Corporal Fatin Hazirah Mustaffa and Staff Sergeant Yves Yeo...

Maid who killed employer's daughter jailed 20 years By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 08 October 2012 2021 hrs SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid who pushed a 12-year-old disabled girl off a ledge in 2010 was jailed 20 years for culpable homicide on Monday. The maid, who goes by one name...

Woman arrested for attempting to leave S'pore illegally AsiaOne Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012 SINGAPORE - A Chinese national who allegedly overstayed in Singapore was arrested for attempting to leave the country illegally. On Oct 2, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers inspected a...

Blacklisted Myanmar tycoon seeks salvation in Singapore Reuters Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 YANGON - As Myanmar implements reforms and foreign investors jet in, most find precious few ways to make money. There is no stock market. A new foreign investment law is delayed. And the biggest local...

CNB nabs 83 suspected drug offenders Posted: 12 September 2012 1838 hrs Drugs seized in the Telok Blangah case. (Picture: CNB) SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 83 suspected drug offenders and seized drugs worth about S$68,500 during an islandwide operation. The...

Jail sentence and fine for football bookie AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 SINGAPORE - An assistant engineer was sentenced to two months' jail and a $167,000 fine for betting on football matches with an illegal bookmaker. Shen Yaoping, 28, also accepted bets amounting to $36,500 from...

Man on the run for murder surrenders after 20 years AsiaOne Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 SINGAPORE - A man who was on the run for almost two decades for being an accomplice in a robbery-turned-murder case has turned himself in. Ong Seng Chuen was 25 years old when he was involved in a robbery...

HSBC Banker Sues Yahoo Singapore For Impostor’s Identity By Andrea Tan - Aug 14, 2012 11:18 AM GMT+0800 Yahoo said it couldn’t reveal data related to its users unless there was a court or police order, the operator of the biggest U.S. Web portal said in a July 10 e-mail to HSBC and cited in...

2 arrested for planning to commit series of goldsmith robberies Posted: 07 August 2012 2308 hrs Duo arrested for planning to commit series of goldsmith robberies. They fled during a road check and abandoned their car with a bag containing balaclavas, hammers and baseball caps. (Credit...

Psychiatrist suspended for 10-year sexual relationship with patient AsiaOne Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 SINGAPORE - A psychiatrist practising at the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre was suspended and fined for having an improper sexual relationship with his patient for over 10 years. Dr Kong Sim...