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Police appeal for information on missing elderly man POSTED: 17 May 2013 5:29 PM Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Mr Tengh Koo Yam, 83. (Photo: Singapore Police Force) SINGAPORE: Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of an elderly man...

Victim 'had sex with stranger after rape' Defence: This is unlikely if she had been sexually abused by half-brother 14 May 2013 A couple of days after she was allegedly raped by her half-brother, an intellectually disabled teenager, 18, had sex with a stranger she met at a park. The High...

21 M'sians arrested for staging protest at Merlion Park By Monica Kotwani POSTED: 11 May 2013 9:43 PM SINGAPORE: Police have arrested 21 Malaysians for staging a protest at the Merlion Park on Saturday afternoon. The arrest was made after the group gathered at about 4.50pm on Saturday...

Man fined S$4,000 for lying to police By Claire Huang POSTED: 10 May 2013 5:20 PM Chiang Sing Poon, 60, fined $4,000 for giving false information to police that his girlfriend kidnapped by loanshakes. Chiang fined after admitting to giving false information to the police last July 5 that Ms...

Loanshark debtor arrested for providing false contact information AsiaOne Thursday, May 09, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 49-year-old man for providing false contact information when obtaining loans from loansharks. He had used his previous residential address to obtain illegal...

Man fined $3k for biting girlfriend's daughter on the chest Published on May 08, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A security manager got drunk and bit the 14-year-old daughter of his girlfriend on the chest on Oct 19 last year. The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to causing hurt to the secondary...

Police arrest woman suspected of housebreaking By Teo Chia Leen POSTED: 07 May 2013 7:46 PM SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 39-year-old woman who is believed to have committed several cases of housebreaking at Bukit Merah Central. The police said over the past two days, they received...

Lucky draw scams on the rise, police remind public to stay vigilant POSTED: 07 May 2013 6:17 PM Police said the amount of money cheated from lucky draw scams has increased in recent years. Between January and March this year, 19 lucky draw scams were reported. Eight were successful and the...

Ex-safety supervisor jailed for accepting bribes from sub-contractors Published on Apr 24, 2013 By Elena Chong A former safety supervisor was jailed for one month and ordered to pay a penalty of $650 on Wednesday for corruption. Sinnathuray P. Shumanagam, 50, pleaded guilty to...

Unlicensed employment agent fined for helping Chinese nationals find jobs POSTED: 23 Apr 2013 6:48 PM A 33-year-old Singaporean was convicted on Tuesday of operating an employment agency without a valid licence. SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old Singaporean was convicted on Tuesday of operating an...

Ex-RC chairman jailed for cheating his own committee Published on Apr 22, 2013 By Khushwant Singh The chairman of a residents' committee (RC) in Jurong duped its treasurer to issue cheques for fictitious expenses amounting to nearly $36,900 between October 2011 and May last year. On...

Group of five arrested for theft By Grace Chua The Straits Times Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 On Thursday, a woman was on an escalator at the mall, when the members of the group allegedly dropped something in front of her and bumped into her in order to steal an envelope containing $2,000 from her...

200 nabbed in island-wide loansharking blitz AsiaOne Friday, Apr 19, 2013 SINGAPORE - It appears there is no letting up in police crackdown on loansharks and their runners. In an islandwide anti-loansharking operation lasted a few days, from April 16 to 19, the police arrested a total of...

MAS takes action against man for insider trading AsiaOne Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 SINGAPORE - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty enforcement action against Mr Ang Kok Min for insider trading under Section 219(2)(a) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA). On...

Men found ATM card in a wallet, guessed the correct PIN and stole $2K By Jalelah Abu Baker The Straits Times Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 The men, both aged 20, found a wallet in Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, and after managing to correctly guess the victim's Personal Identification Number (PIN) based on his...

Teenager suspected for taking upskirt photos AsiaOne Monday, Apr 15, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have identified a 19-year-old youth as the main suspect in a case involving upskirt photos taken with a mobile phone. A female passer-by had noticed someone taking an upskirt photo of the victim and...

5 women arrested at Orchard for vice activities AsiaOne Monday, Apr 15, 2013 SINGAPORE - 5 women, aged 27 to 36, were arrested on Saturday, April 13, around Orchard Towers for their suspected involvement in vice activities. The 6-hour operation was carried out by the Tanglin Police...

SMS loanshark scam suspects nabbed; 3 men believed to be involved in 180 cases Picture on left: Mr Jason Lim is one of more than 180 people who have received threatening SMSes in the past month, as part of a loanshark scam. (Photo: TNP, Jeremy Long) By Lim Yan Liang The Straits Times Friday...

Police seeking man to assist with investigations AsiaOne Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for a young man shown in the picture above to assist with investigations into a case of Criminal Trespass, Mischief by fire and Mischief at the abandoned premises of 1 Kay Siang...

Man extorts from brother of ex-girlfriend by threatening to expose sex videos Published on Apr 09, 2013 By Elena Chong A man was sentenced to two years and two strokes of the cane on Tuesday for trying to extort $4,000 from the brother of his ex-girlfriend. He did so by threatening to...