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14 nabbed in anti-crime blitz in eastern region Posted: 30 December 2012 1907 hrs SINGAPORE: Fourteen people have been arrested for suspected involvement in criminal activities in the eastern part of Singapore. They are suspected of having been involved in activities involving drugs...

Serial thief caught at Kallang MRT AsiaOne Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 30-year-old man believed to be involved in a series of theft committed on MRT trains. On Dec 26, around 11:30am, officers mounted an operation and arrested the Chinese suspect who was found...

Ex-PropNex salesman charged with moneylending offences By Alvina Soh | Posted: 21 December 2012 1727 hrs SINGAPORE: A former real estate salesman with PropNex Realty has become the first salesperson in Singapore to be prosecuted by the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) for...

Electrician sentenced to jail and caning for stealing rifle By Alvina Soh | Posted: 29 November 2012 1910 hrs Singapore: An electrician has been sentenced to jail and caning for stealing a rifle from a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) specialist cadet trainee at Pasir Laba Camp. Mohammad...

Man arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint for trying to leave Singapore illegally Posted: 28 November 2012 1840 hrs SINGAPORE: A Bangladeshi national was caught trying to sneak out of Singapore by hiding between stacks of empty vegetable baskets in a lorry. The 28-year-old suspect was...

Trusted with guarding safe, duty manager steals $19,000 The New Paper Monday, Nov 26, 2012 FOR about four months, a duty manager at the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) raided a safe of money belonging to her employer. She was in charge of the safe and its cash at the Kent...

Snatch thief targeted pregnant women AsiaOne Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 SINGAPORE - A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of being a snatch thief who preyed on pregnant women. The police also recovered the stolen items after a successful ambush on November 14 which led to the arrest...

Appeal for information on missing person AsiaOne Thursday, Sep 27, 2012 SINGAPORE - Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 54-year-old Wong Kok Min, who was last seen in the vicinity of Rivervale Street at about 10.30am on September 14, 2012. According to police...

Online vice operator jailed 6 months Published on Sep 21, 2012 By Khushwant Singh The syndicate operated websites with names such as 'asia dollies' and 'korean kimchi' featuring sexy photographs of Thai and Korean prostitutes. It was busted by police last December and on Friday. Tan Lip...

Japanese man who molested SIA girls fined $4,000 Published on Sep 20, 2012 Kunihiko is the second man in a week to be convicted of outraging the modesty of Singapore Airlines stewardesses. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena Chong A Japanese businessman who molested four flight...

Two arrested for suspected loansharking activities AsiaOne Monday, Sep 10, 2012 SINGAPORE - Police arrested two men, aged 18 and 27, for their suspected involvement in loansharking activities on Saturday, Sept 8. A resident spotted the duo behaving suspiciously along the 12th floor common...

Teen faces reformative training in fake note cheating case By Claire Huang | Posted: 04 September 2012 1658 hrs SINGAPORE: A teenager and three others used a fake $10,000 note and cheated a student of three iPhones. For that, 18-year-old Koh Siang Wei now faces reformative training for up...

Ex-Diethelm executive jailed for receving bribes AsiaOne Monday, Sep 03, 2012 SINGAPORE - A 64-year-old former executive of Diethelm Singapore received a two month jail sentence on Monday for receiving $67,000 in bribes. The district court also ordered him to pay a penalty of the same...

Indonesian maid jailed for false police report, theft AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 SINGAPORE - An Indonesian maid was jailed for five months for stealing at least $1,600 worth of items from her employer; for fraudulently having goods and money suspected of being stolen; and for giving...

CCTV footage: Maid slams fridge door on toddler AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 SINGAPORE - A couple have lodged a police report over the alleged mistreatment of their two-year-old daughter. The girl's father, Mr Tan Qing Yuan, 37, told The Straits Times that the incidents were captured on...

M'sian jailed 4 months for sex with underage Vietnamese girls AsiaOne Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012 SINGAPORE - A Malaysian man was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for having sex with underage Vietnamese girls, The Straits Times reported. Chan See Sean, 41, who worked in a piling and...

Teacher cuts pupil's hair, mum files police report Ryan’s hair before it was cut by his teacher. Ryan’s hair right after the cut A MOTHER has lodged a police report after her 12-year-old son's teacher cut his hair an hour before his PSLE oral exam last Thursday. The mother, Madam...

Foreigner bribes policemen over littering summon AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 22, 2012 SINGAPORE - A foreigner who tried to offer two police officers a $20 bribe on Wednesday has been arrested. At 2.30am on August 22, Staff Sergeant Yeo Mingshu Yves and Corporal Fatin Hazirah conducted checks on...

No licence to run nanny placement business, woman gets $2,000 fine August 21, 2012 - 1:52am By: Chai Hung Yin She saw the business potential in matching nannies to parents who needed help caring for their young children. So she registered her company’s name, set up a website, got a network...

New law to crack down on errant employers Foreign workers from Sunway Concrete Products and Techcom Construction & Trading. The New Paper Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 Local employers will have to pay for the upkeep of foreign workers who are waiting for their complaints to be resolved, under a...