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Man jailed, caned for robbing Vietnamese woman Updated 06:37 PM Dec 20, 2012 SINGAPORE - A fruit seller was sentenced to four years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane today for robbing a woman whom he had paid for sex. Quek Pheng Hock, 49 also robbed the Vietnamese woman of her handphone and...

14 people arrested for alleged involvement in loansharking activities By Sharon Tong | Posted: 27 June 2012 1933 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested eight men and six women for their alleged involvement in loansharking activities. The suspects, aged between 25 and 60, were arrested earlier...

Bus driver 'dragged student half a mile thinking he had hit bottle' A bus driver hit a Cambridge University medical student and dragged her more than half a mile under his vehicle, thinking he had only run over a bottle and a fox, a court heard. Miss Tan, who was about to start her third...

Restaurant partners fined for lying to MOM The New Paper Friday, Jun 01, 2012 SINGAPORE - Two partners of Pinoy Cuisine restaurant were each fined $5,000 on Tuesday for making a false declaration to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in a work pass application. Singaporean Jackson Tan, 44, also...

Swimming Pools Are Public Toilet Bowls for Many: Survey<cite class="byline vcard" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 11px; font-family: arial; display: block; vertical-align: middle; "> By Piper Weiss, Shine Staff | Healthy Living </cite><root style="color: rgb(0...

China national jailed for fake gold scam Published on May 16, 2012 -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE They say all that glitters is not gold. A housewife found this out to her cost after buying ingots and Buddha statues from two men who claimed to have unearthed them on a construction site...

2 S. Koreans jailed for Geylang United-Harimau Muda match-fixing attempt Published on May 4, 2012 Jeon Byungeuk, (left), 24, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Kim Jae Hong (right), 27, to bribe a player not to score in the match against the Malaysian team and was sentenced to five months in...

Police arrest 2 for theft on board SIA flights Published on Apr 22, 2012 By Carolyn Khew Police have arrested two men for theft-related offences on board separate Singapore Airlines flights on Saturday. In the first case which took place on board a Singapore Airlines flight from Hong Kong to...

Man jailed for having sex with underage prostitute Posted: 10 April 2012 1346 hrs SINGAPORE: A former security consultant was jailed four months on Tuesday for having sex with an underaged Vietnamese prostitute. 49-year-old Winson Chan Swee Teck was found guilty of paying the girl S$100 for...

Man slashed in broad daylight in HDB estate Lianhe Wanbao <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">The attack took place at Choa Chu Kang Drive (left). Police investigating the victim's car...

Local undergrad sells her body to take 'revenge' by Zenzen <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pic for illustration purposes only. (File Photo)</cite> Hell hath no fury like a woman...

Chinese ‘Tantric sex centre’ shut down Posted by Kanchana Devi on March 22, 2012 Beijing, March 22 (TruthDive): Authorities have shut down a ‘Tantric sex centre’ in China which was literally a underground sex-therapy ring. The members were coaxed into promiscuous sex as a therapy to relieve...

Woman suspect arrested for selling fake student IDs Posted: 23 March 2012 1159 hrs SINGAPORE: Police arrested a 47-year-old woman suspected of selling fake foreign student identification cards. On 18 March, police received information about a printing shop at Bencoolen Street that was...

Part-time jobs offered at JobsDB.com Career Expo By Hon Jing Yi | Posted: 23 March 2012 1745 hrs SINGAPORE : Exhibitors are offering part-time jobs at this year's JobsDB.com Career Expo for the first time. The organiser said this is in response to the recent announcement to tighten...

7 nabbed for suspected involvement in loanshark syndicate Posted: 20 March 2012 2300 hrs SINGAPORE : Police have arrested seven people, including four Singaporeans and three Vietnamese, who are believed to be part of a loanshark syndicate. The suspects are aged between 31 and 46. They were...

Bus commuter jailed 5 weeks for molesting 2 girls Published on Mar 20, 2012 A factory worker who molested two students on board a bus was jailed for five weeks on Tuesday. Lee Jee Kok, 58, pleaded guilty to touching the thighs of both girls, aged 16, on Service No. 174 along Old Jurong...

Man arrested for suspected ATM tampering Lianhe Wanbao <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Police cordoned off the area to investigate.</cite> A man was arrested today (18 Mar) on...

PRC woman jumps to her death Shin Min Daily News <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Police at the scene.</cite> A Chinese national woman jumped to her death in front of her husband and...

Illegal workers nabbed in night market Shin Min Daily News <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Police at the night market.</cite> A night market was raided by police and officers from the...

China national acquitted of committing trespass at MBS Published on Mar 16, 2012 30-year-old Chinese business executive Chen Xi was acquitted of committing trespass at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel by entering the room of two Taiwanese women but still faces a charge of outraging the modesty of...