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Maid jailed 18 months for stealing $160k in cash and property

Published Aug 4, 2015, 1:33 pm SGT
Elena Chong
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SINGAPORE - A domestic worker who stole cash and property amounting to more than $160,000 from her employer was sentenced to 18 months' jail on Tuesday.

Muinah, 35, admitted to three of five charges. Two were for theft as a servant and the other for removing a $60,000 Franck Muller watch and a $35,000 Van Cleef & Arpels watch she had stolen from the jurisdiction of Singapore.

A district court heard that Muinah had been working for Ms Esther Minah Mohamed Shah, 33, at her home in Bishan since May 2013.

Before her employer and her husband moved to a rented house in Nim Road, she asked Muinah to help keep all her jewellery in a luggage last September.

Muinah was packing the luggage when she stole the two watches and hid them inside the kitchen cabinet.

She subsequently handed the watches to another Indonesian maid known as Dewi who was returning home. She asked Dewi to hand the two watches to her mother in her home town in Indonesia. Dewi agreed.

Between Oct 1 last year and May 9 this year, Muinah was cleaning the house at Nim Road when she stole cash and jewellery totalling $65,157.

After stealing the items, she would hide them inside her personal bag and then underneath the refrigerator outside the store room of the house.

Before Ms Minah lodged a police report on May 9, she made a check and found local and foreign currencies as well as some pieces of jewellery under the refrigerator.

After realising that the maid had stolen the two watches, Ms Minah's husband flew to Indonesia and managed to get them back from the maid's mother.

Citing aggravating factors, Deputy Public Prosecutor Houston Johannus said Muinah hadabused her position of trust; the value of the stolen items was high; and the offences happened over a period of time.

District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim backdated Muinah's sentence to May 11.

The maximum penalty for theft as a servant is seven years' jail and a fine, and for removing property outside jurisdiction, she could have been fined up to $500,000 and/or jailed for up to seven years.


 

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Man's 20 1/2-year drug sentence overturned on appeal

Published Aug 5, 2015, 5:00 am SGT
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For the last three years and seven months, Malaysian bus driver Veeramani Manikam has been in remand after being arrested for importing drugs through the Woodlands Checkpoint and sentenced to 20 1/2 years in jail. But he was acquitted on Monday, after the High Court believed him when he said he knew nothing about the drugs found in the car he was driving.

Justice Chan Seng Onn, who heard Mr Manikam's appeal, said his version of events was "candid", "credible" and "predominantly unrebutted". He also questioned why attempts were not made to ascertain Mr Manikam's side of the story.

"It is unfortunate that the investigating officers chose not to check the truth or falsity of the appellant's story," said the judge in judgment grounds released yesterday.

Mr Manikam was arrested in December 2011 after a black bag hidden under the bonnet of the Proton Wira he was driving was found to contain two wrapped bundles of cannabis, as well as the controlled drug Nimetazepam, which is used to treat insomnia. In June 2013, he was found guilty by a district court after a trial in which he had no representation. He was also ordered to be given 20 strokes of the cane.

Mr Manikam, who also worked as a bouncer at a Johor Baru pub, said a customer, known as "Singer" in court documents, asked him to help him return to Singapore. A colleague named Ravi lent him the Proton Wira, on condition Singer did the driving as Mr Manikam had been drinking heavily that night. Mr Manikam was to drive the car back.

Mr Manikam said he fell asleep on the way, and was woken by a Malaysian policeman just before customs clearance. Singer had disappeared, and Mr Manikam was told to drive on or face arrest. As he could not find a U-turn, he drove into Singapore but officers, acting on a tip-off, found the drugs under the car mats in the bonnet .

During the trial, the district judge said he found it "inexplicable" that the accused would continue into Singapore after Singer's disappearance. But Justice Chan said it had not been determined whether a U-turn was available. There was also no attempt made to verify the existence of the pub, the co-worker, Singer or the incident involving the Malaysian officer, and the judge asked for this to be done.

Defence lawyer Jason Chan, from Allen & Gledhill, who was appointed to provide Mr Manikam with pro bono representation two days into the appeal, hired a private investigator, who testified that the only way to make U-turn was to go into Singapore first.

The prosecution submitted evidence during the appeal that showed "Malaysia Customs will not allow anyone to make a U-turn so easily". Justice Chan said a Google search that he did found the address and location of the "Peace Bistro Club and Cafe" in Taman Perling. The private investigator also verified the existence of the pub, as claimed by Mr Manikam.

The judge further noted that a month before his arrest, Mr Manikam said he had rejected a request to illegally smuggle cigarettes into Singapore. The accused said he had reported this to Singapore authorities, and the judge said it was possible the report was not recorded. Mr Manikam believed he might have been framed because of this.

The fact that the drugs were so "readily discoverable merely by opening the bonnet", and that the officers were acting on intelligence, lent some support to Mr Manikam's belief, said Justice Chan. He also thanked Mr Manikam's lawyer for his "detailed and well-researched submissions".


 

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Chinese national jailed 3 weeks for bribing Customs Officer

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Wednesday, Aug 5, 2015

SINGAPORE - A Chinese national was sentenced to three weeks in jail for bribing a Singapore Customs Officer with US$200 (S$276.92), in return for allowing some commercial goods to be released without a valid permit.

The Customs Officer, Mr Siow Teck Meng, rejected the bribe that was offered on June 26, and reported Zhu Xiaolu to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).

The goods are valued at US$10,210 (S$14,136.77).

"Singapore adopts a zero tolerance approach towards corruption," CPIB said in a statement Wednesday.

"The CPIB takes a serious view of any corrupt practices, and will not hesitate to take action against any party involved in such acts," it added.

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[h=1]Briton barred from entry jailed for punching auxiliary officer[/h]SINGAPORE - A Briton who was barred from entering Singapore at Changi Airport punched an auxiliary police officer while being escorted to a room.
Alan James Nairn, 54, a sales and marketing executive who works in Jakarta, Indonesia, was jailed for six weeks on Friday after pleading guilty. The sentence was backdated to Aug 1 when he first appeared in court.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Norman Teo said Certis Cisco officer Yogadevan Genasan, 34, went to help two colleagues escort Nairn to the "inadmissible persons" room as the Briton had refused to do so after several requests.



Mr Yogadevan held on to Nairn's left arm while his colleague held the right arm as they escorted Nairn out of the smoking room.
Along the way, Nairn complained of pain in his legs.
While waiting for the wheelchair to arrive, Mr Yogadevan's colleague released his grip on Nairn's right arm.
Nairn then started to struggle to break free from Mr Yogadevan, and used his right fist to punch him on the neck.
Lawyer N. M. Marican said in mitigation that Nairn had been working in Indonesia for a considerable period of time. He was issued with a visa in Indonesia and had been coming to Singapore regularly for many years, specifically to renew his visa.
He said Nairn, who had no business in Singapore, did not know that day why he was not allowed to land in Singapore. That was why he was a bit confused and his mind, a bit disturbed.
Nairn had earlier wanted to know why he was refused entry.
DPP Teo told District Judge Jasvender Kaur that the reason was the discretion of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and not within the prosecution's purview.
Nairn could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined for causing hurt to a public servant in the discharge of his duty.
 

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Quek Choon Leong (left) and Huynh Thi Kieu Trang's business raked in $25,000 to $28,000 a month until their arrest on July 23, 2013. Huynh was jailed 29 months yesterday, while Quek's trial has been postponed as he makes arrangements for their two children.

Published Aug 19, 2015, 5:00 am SGT

She and hubby ran well-oiled operation with 32 women, recruiters, lookouts and caretaker

Elena Chong
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A Vietnamese woman who, with her husband, ran a well-organised vice enterprise, which raked in prostitution earnings of $25,000 to $28,000 a month, was jailed for 29 months yesterday.

Huynh Thi Kieu Trang, 35, who faced 103 charges, pleaded guilty to 34 counts of living on prostitution earnings, harbouring women procured for prostitution, receiving them at Changi Airport, and obstructing the course of justice.

She and her husband, Quek Choon Leong, 34, who is also facing multiple vice-related charges, ran the operation for about two years until their arrest on July 23, 2013.

Quek's case was postponed to Sept 17 so he can arrange childcare for their two children, aged eight and seven.

Huynh, who first came to Singapore in 2005, initially provided accommodation for Vietnamese hostesses or prostitutes at rented premises in Geylang. Around mid-2010, a freelance prostitute told the couple she earned more as a prostitute than as a hostess.

The following year, Huynh suggested to her husband that they propose to their tenants to work as prostitutes under them. This meant the women would hand over a share of their earnings in return for accommodation, meals and help in extending their stay here.

Quek initially opposed the idea as he thought the women would have to split their earnings equally with the couple, which would be unfair to them.

He agreed after his wife told him it was "trade practice" for prostitutes to hand over $10 per $70 to $80 earned from each customer.

On average, the couple had about 20 Vietnamese women working under them each month. Altogether, 32 women were involved.

She employed several helpers, including two agents in Vietnam, as contacts to recruit attractive women. The women had to sign tenancy agreements and would incur a financial penalty if they broke any "rules".

Huynh also hired lookouts for law enforcement officers in Geylang so she could warn her workers.

A caretaker was also engaged to provide massage, manicure, pedicure and hair-perming services to the prostitutes, who would pay $3 to $10 for each service.


 

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Maid slashed in throat by man in horror attack

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Love hurts but no one said it had to be cut-throat.
A maid was slashed on Sunday by a man, who is alleged to be her former boyfriend, in what is believed to be a crime of passion.
Ms Allen Remedios, 38, was returning to her employer’s home at Block 311, Tampines Street 33, in the evening when she was attacked on the first storey.
The man stopped her, took out a paper cutter and slashed her throat, wrist and palm.
After he fled, she stumbled up the stairs to the second-storey flat, leaving a trail of blood.

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Another maid working for the same employer said she heard the door bell ring at about 6.30pm and was horrified to see Ms Remedios drenched in blood when she opened the door.
“She was standing there with blood all over her.
“The cut on her left hand was very deep, and blood was gushing out of her throat,” the maid, who wanted to be known only as Ms Rose, 25, told The New Paper yesterday.
“She said, ‘Sister, call boss’, and I shouted for our employer, who came running out.”
By the time their employer, Mr Jose Mari Camacho, 40, rushed out of a room, Ms Remedios had slumped to the floor.
The planning manager said: “I was shocked. I immediately grabbed a towel and told Rose to apply pressure on the injuries and called the police.
“I then ran out of the flat to find out who had done this to her.”
When he could not find the attacker, he went back to attend to Ms Remedios.
“She was still conscious and bleeding heavily. It was a very deep cut and I could see her trachea (windpipe) coming out from her throat, where blood was spurting out of,” Mr Camacho said.
“There were also deep cuts on her wrist and palm. I could see her bones and ligaments. Her thumb and finger were hanging just by the skin.”
An ambulance and the police arrived within minutes and Ms Remedios was taken to Changi General Hospital.
A police spokesman said yesterday they received a call at about 6.30pm and their officers later established that a case of voluntarily causing hurt​ with dangerous means had occurred.
Investigations are continuing.
TNP understands that a bloodied paper cutter about 15cm long was found in the vicinity of the block and the alleged attacker is still at large.
In an update yesterday evening, the police said they were looking for a man to assist with investigations into the case.
The picture of the man provided by the police is a cropped version of a man pictured with Ms Remedios.
Anyone with information can call the police hotline at 1800-255- 0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/CrimeStopper. All information will be kept strictly confidential.
Ms Rose said Ms Remedios broke up with her boyfriend, a construction worker, about three months ago​ and he had been seen loitering at the block for about an hour every Sunday since then.
“She no longer kept in contact with him after they broke up but he was always hanging around the block on Sundays,” she said.
Mr Camacho said Ms Remedios is a good employee and he did not expect something like this to happen.
He accompanied her in the ambulance to the hospital and said that she lost so much blood that the doctors had to do a transfusion.
“She also underwent an operation and is now in stable condition.
“She still can’t talk so I’m not sure what the whole story is.
“But the attack was definitely planned.”
He said that he took emergency leave yesterday as he was worried for the safety of his family and employees.
“The attacker is a dangerous man who obviously had the intention to kill, not just inflict hurt,” he said.
“I hope he is caught soon and brought to justice.
“Desperate men do desperate things.”​


Fellow maid so rattled, she won't go out

Ms Allen Remedios' colleague is so traumatised by the attack that she refuses to leave the flat.
"I have an upcoming day off next Sunday but I don't want to take it," said the maid, who wanted to be known only as Ms Rose.
"I'm scared to go out because the man is still not caught."
She has been working for the family for less than a year and is now afraid to even open the door.
When The New Paper visited the flat yesterday, her employer, Mr Jose Mari Camacho, opened the door.
He said Ms Remedios, the victim, has been working for the family for about two years and was a good employee.
She was so close to the family that she called him "elder brother" in Tagalog.

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He recalled how she was supposed to go back to the Philippines last Christmas to spend time with her two daughters, but he asked her to bring them to Singapore instead for a holiday.
"I paid for their tickets and they spent Christmas together with my family," said the father of three.
"She is a hard-working and good worker. We've informed her daughters of what happened and my wife wanted to bring them over, but we're still not sure if that is a good idea."
He said that he was not against her having a boyfriend.
"She's a worker, not a slave. She's separated and has a right to be in a relationship," he said.
"We are all human. But I reminded her of the laws in Singapore and that she should be mindful of them.
"No matter what, she definitely did not deserve to be slashed like that."
 

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Cleaner jailed for brazen rape of woman 36kg lighter than him

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After brutally raping and robbing a petite woman, who was 36kg lighter than him, he had the audacity to remark how “good” he was after agreeing to give her back the items he had taken from her.
The rapist made the comment praising himself as he returned his victim’s NRIC, ATM and ez-link cards to her after purchasing a can of beer with money stolen from her.
He chose to keep the rest of the $8.80 that he had taken, however.
On Monday, Riduan Rantau was jailed for 12 years and given 18 strokes of the cane for robbing and raping the 34-year-old woman at a staircase in the carpark in southern Singapore on Oct 13 last year.
CCTV footage from the carpark shows Riduan dragging the woman to the carpark staircase where he robbed and raped her.
Despite being seen by two witnesses, the Malaysian cleaner continued attacking his victim.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Christine Liu described the brazen manner in which Riduan committed the rape as “a real cause for alarm” to residents.
 

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4 Turkish nationals caught cheating at RWS casino


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Monday, Aug 24, 2015

SINGAPORE - Four Turkish Nationals, three men and one woman aged between 24 and 52 years, have been caught for cheating at play in Resorts World Sentosa casino.

On Aug 23, the casino operator alerted the Police that four suspects were cheating the casino by colluding with each other at the gaming table.

On the same day, officers from the Casino Crime Investigation Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the four suspects.

Items believed to be used by the suspects to facilitate the crime, including $4,250 worth of casino chips, were also seized.

If convicted, they may be sentenced to a fine not exceeding $150,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years, or to both.

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Man charged with sexually abusing young niece

Published 26 August 2015

A construction firm supervisor appeared in the High Court yesterday accused of sexually abusing his young niece, who had looked up to him as a "father figure".

The 51-year-old Malaysian faces a total of six charges for sexual acts with the victim on five occasions from 2005 - when she was just 12 years old - to 2008.

They include one count of rape, two counts of oral sex, one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of outrage of modesty and one count of sexual assault of a minor.

The man, represented by Mr N. Kanagavijayan, has admitted to the charge of sexual assault, committed in 2008 when the girl was 15. However, he is disputing the other five charges, including the most serious one of rape, which carries up to 20 years' jail and caning or a fine.

A seven-day trial started in the High Court yesterday.

The alleged victim is now 23 years old. A probation officer who accompanied her to report the offences is among the six prosecution witnesses.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Ong Luan Tze said in the prosecution's opening address that the victim regarded the accused, her maternal aunt's common law husband, as a "father figure" after her biological father died in 2003.

The accused abused his position in the victim's life to sexually groom her and performed sexual acts with her without her consent, the DPP contended.

On one occasion in 2005, he sexually abused her while helping her to change her clothes to visit her mother in hospital.

On another occasion, he woke her up and slipped his hand into her shorts.

The trial continues.

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Former nurse who made xenophobic remarks online pleads guilty


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Wednesday, Aug 26, 2015

SINGAPORE - A former assistant nurse who made inflammatory remarks about Singaporeans on Facebook earlier this year, has pleaded guilty to three charges on Wednesday (Aug 26).

Channel NewsAsia reported that Ed Mundsel Bello Ello, a Filipino, was convicted on one count under the Sedition Act, for promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility, and on two counts of providing false information to police. An additional charge under the Sedition Act, and another for lying to police, will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

On Jan 2, the 29-year-old called Singaporeans "loosers (sic) in their own country" on his Facebook post. He added: "We take their jobs, their future, their women, and soon, we will evict all SG loosers out of their own country".

He also prayed that "disators" (disasters) would strike Singapore and "more Singaporeans will die" and he would celebrate. The post ended with "Pinoy better and stronger than Stinkaporeans".

According to The Straits Times, on Jan 4, Ello told a police officer that his Facebook account had been unlawfully accessed by an unknown third party, so that the police would not conduct further investigation into his alleged sedition offence.

His online antics came to light when his post went viral on a local public Facebook page, The Kaki News Network. After his post was shared by over 30,000 users, Bello found himself saddled with several police reports against him.

Ello then lodged a report with police, claiming that he was "shocked and furious that these comments had been attributed to him".

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he was employed, subsequently carried out an investigation on his online conduct and fired him over the incident.

Although the Filipino had told police on three occasions that he did not post offending remarks on Facebook, he finally confessed in his fourth statement when "he found he could not keep up the lie", Bello's lawyer, Mark Goh, said.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Kumaresan Gohulabalan said Ello had been regularly commenting on reports and articles relating to Singapore since the middle of last year in a "vile, derogatory and offensive" nature which which touched on sensitive issues of race and nationality.

Ello will be sentenced on Sept 16.

The maximum penalty under the Sedition Act is a $5,000 fine and three years' jail. For giving false information to a public servant, he could be jailed for up to one year and/or fined up to $5,000 per charge.

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Man charged with hurting maid

Published 27 August 2015

An Indian national was charged in court yesterday with causing grievous hurt to a Filipino domestic worker on Sunday evening.

No plea was taken from Palaiyan Murugadass, 41.

The construction worker allegedly used a 7cm-long penknife to slash Ms Allen Remedios Adolfo, 38, on her face, left wrist area and throat, causing a deep gaping wound which will likely cause permanent scars.

The alleged attack took place at the void deck of Block 311, Tampines Street 33, at about 6.30pm that day. Murugadass is believed to be the ex-boyfriend of the Filipino victim, who was returning to her employer's home at the time.

He is remanded at Bedok police division for a week for investigations. The case will be mentioned on Sept 2. If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to 15 years and a fine or caning.

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Teen sexually abuses younger sister to get back at parentsParents went to US to study, left son with grandparents for years

Sexual curiosity and vengeance took a teenager to a shocking level of depravity. He did the unthinkable to get back at his parents. The sexually curious teen forced his younger sister, who was about nine, to perform oral sex on him. About a year later, the then 16-year-old digitally penetrated her on a sofa at home. The Malaysian, who is a Singapore permanent resident, pleaded guilty in court yesterday to one count of sexually penetrating his sibling without her consent. To protect the victim's identity, the slim and fair-complexioned youth, now 18, cannot be named. Three other charges for similar offences will be taken into consideration during sentencing. Dressed in a black T-shirt and dark trousers, he kept his head bowed in the dock throughout the proceedings. For the first seven years of his life, he was raised by his grandparents here as his parents had gone to the US to study. They returned to Singapore in 2004 with his then two-year-old sister. 8 YEARS LATER But he never forgave his parents for leaving him behind and struck about eight years later in their flat in the western part of Singapore. Sometime between 2011 and 2012, he made his sister perform oral sex on him. He also got her to touch his private parts with her hands. When their parents found out about these incidents, they decided to keep the siblings apart as much as possible. Court papers did not mention if they told the authorities about the cases. Despite his parents' efforts, he struck again when he was alone with the girl. On Sept 26, 2013, the girl fell ill and stayed alone at home to rest. She was watching TV on a sofa in the living room when he returned from school and tried to talk to her. He apologised for having torn a box belonging to her. When she ignored him, he groped her breasts and digitally penetrated her. Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Gabriel Choong said the girl tried to push his hand away and told him to go away but to no avail. Her brother relented only after she repeated herself. He then told her not to tell anyone about what he had done. The incident came to light only five days later when a school counsellor asked the girl about her home environment. DPP Choong said: "The accused had committed the offence both out of sexual curiosity and out of vengeance against his family. "The accused has a poor relationship with his parents and begrudges them for leaving him in the care of his grandparents while they went to the US to study." On Nov 21, 2013, Dr Parvathy Pathy from the Child Guidance Clinic interviewed the girl and was told that she felt sad and angry about her brother's acts. The child was also afraid that he would hurt her again. The teen was assessed to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. He could face probation, jail or a stint at reformative training (RT) as Judge Mathew Joseph called for pre-sentence probation and RT reports.He will be sentenced on Sept 25. For sexually penetrating his sister, he can be jailed up to 10 years and fined. "The accused had committed the offence both out of sexual curiosity and out of vengeance against his family." - Deputy Public Prosecutor Gabriel Choong
 

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Malaysian charged over murder of man at Ang Mo Kio MRT station

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SINGAPORE - A 39-year-old Malaysian man was charged on Saturday (Sept 5) over the alleged murder of 48-year-old Tan Chin Siong. The victim was found lying motionless at a walkway near Ang Mo Kio MRT station on Friday morning. A 10m trail of blood was seen along the walkway, which links the station to Cheng San Community Club.He was pronounced dead at Tan Tock Seng Hospital at around 9.14am, according to police.The accused, Tan Chee Yeow, did not appear in court and is currently in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He will be remanded for three weeks at the medical centre in Changi.
 

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Man fined for fighting with love rival


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Sunday, Sep 6, 2015

In front of horrified diners, two Chinese nationals fought violently over a woman at a fast-food restaurant outlet at Sun Plaza shopping mall.

Yesterday, one of them, Ding Zhi gang, 27, was fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to one count of disturbing public peace.

The case involving his love rival, food processing worker Wang Yungang, 36, is still pending.

The court heard that Ding's girlfriend, who was not named in court papers, used to be in a relationship with Wang.

The two men had agreed to meet to discuss matters involving her.

The woman was also present when the men met at the fast-food restaurant in the Sembawang mall at around 9.30pm on June 9.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Soh Weiqi said the meeting did not go well and Wang splashed a cup of Coke on Ding's face.

Ding, who was a supervisor in a food manufacturing company, then punched Wang's face.

Wang retaliated by swinging a chair at the younger man, hitting his forehead.

The confrontation heated up and both men ended up on the floor.

Wang also bit Ding's ear during the scuffle, said DPP Soh.

The women tried to separate the two men but the fight stopped only after a diner from another restaurant nearby heard the commotion and came over to pull them apart.

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Both Chinese nationals were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where Ding was found to be suffering from cuts to his forehead and right ear. He also had some bruising on his chest.

Wang suffered mild facial bruising, scratch marks on his stomach and tenderness on his neck and left upper calf.

In mitigation, Ding, who was not represented by a lawyer, told District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan that he enjoys working in Singapore.

Pleading for leniency, he assured the court he would not re-offend.

For disturbing the public peace, he could have been jailed for up to a year and fined up to $5,000.


 

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Shipyard worker jailed for molesting man in lift

Published Sep 7, 2015, 1:16 pm SGT
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SINGAPORE - A Bangladeshi shipyard worker who molested a 24-year-old man inside a lift was sentenced to seven weeks' jail on Monday (Sept 7).

Sheikh Rony, 23, pleaded guilty to placing his palm on the victim's chest and moving his hand towards his stomach and sliding it towards his groin twice inside the lift at a HDB block in Boon Lay Avenue on Aug 7.

The court heard the victim had arrived at the ground floor lift lobby of the block at about 1.05am that day and saw the accused standing there.

Rony entered the lift as the door was about to close. He tried to strike up a conversation with the victim who did not answer, but asked why he was interested to know his details.

Then, Rony suddenly placed his palm on the victim's chest and moved his hand slowly to the victim's stomach. He was sliding his hand towards the victim's groin when the latter used his plastic bag to stop him and pushed his hand away.

When Rony tried to slide his hand again, the victim pushed his hand away.

When the lift door opened, the victim got out. He was still in shock and felt that his modesty had been outraged.

He tried to look for the accused on an upper floor but could not find him. He also checked the ground floor to no avail.

On Aug 16 at about 12.30am, the victim was walking to the lift lobby when he saw the accused and called the police.

A second charge of molesting a woman inside a lift was taken into consideration.

District Judge Imran Abdul Hamid backdated his sentence to his remand on Aug 17.

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Chinese nationals jailed for kneeling on Bendemeer Road

A married couple from China, who knelt on Bendemeer Road last month, were each jailed five weeks on Wednesday (Sept 9).
Sales assistant Yang Xuemei, 28 and mechanic Bao Weilong, 29, pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal trespass and committing a rash act on Aug 24.
The couple had gone to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Services Centre at Bendemeer Road at around 9am that day.
They wanted to enquire if Yang could get a $6,000 refund which she had paid an agent in China before coming here to work.
When a customer service officer told them MOM could not help her obtain the refund, the couple knelt at the foyer of Hall A of the centre and refused to budge.
They also held a sheet of paper on which they had stated their grouses in Mandarin.
Later that day, they knelt in the middle of Bendemeer Road.
 

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Bendemeer Road kneeling couple jailed for rash act and criminal trespass at MOM building

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The couple who knelt in the middle of Bendemeer Road were each sentenced to five weeks' jail.PHOTO: SHIN MIN READER

Published 9 September 2015
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - A couple knelt in the middle of Bendemeer Road holding a piece of paper during lunchtime on Aug 24, claiming to be cheated by an agent, and refused to move until the police arrived.

On Wednesday (Sept 9), the duo from China were each sentenced to five weeks' jail.

Mechanic Bao Weilong, 29, and his wife, Yang Xuemei, 28, a sales assistant, admitted to the life-endangering rash act along the road outside Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Services Centre at about 12.30pm on Aug 24.

They also pleaded guilty to criminal trespass at the MOM building earlier by unlawfully remaining in the foyer with intent to cause annoyance to officers from the ministry. They had knelt down on the ground and held a sheet of paper alleging that they had been cheated by an agent.

Videos and pictures taken by drivers and passers-by of the couple were uploaded onto social media.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Kumaresan Gohulabalan told the court the couple went to the MOM Services Centre at about 9am that day to find out if Yang could get a refund of the $6,000 fees she had paid to her agent in China before coming to Singapore to work.

When a customer service officer informed them that the ministry could not help her to get the refund, the couple proceeded to the foyer and knelt. They held a piece of paper written in Chinese stating that Yang had been cheated by her agent in China and requested help from the relevant departments of MOM to help get a refund of the fees.

Subsequently, three MOM staff ushered them to an interview room.

As a settlement could not be reached, the couple then proceeded to the pavement near the bus stop outside the MOM Services Centre and knelt again with the same piece of paper. They were seen to be crying.

Security staff persuaded them to return to the interview room again. There, another round of discussion was held, including talking to Yang's local agent, who was asked to go the MOM centre.

When the couple heard that only half the amount of fees could be refunded, Bao told his wife not to waste their time but to "carry out Plan B". They left and knelt down on Bendemeer Road in the midst of oncoming traffic.

As they were posing great risks to themselves and motorists, MOM security officers tried to persuade them to move away from the road but they refused to budge. Security officers had to divert traffic. Subsequently, the couple were pulled off the road and taken back to the MOM Services Centre.

They could have been jailed for up to six months and/or fined up to $2,500 for the rash act; and for criminal trespass, the maximum penalty is three months' jail and a $1,500 fine.

MOM said in a statement that it takes a serious view of foreigners who breach Singapore laws, and will revoke the work passes of those charged, convicted and jailed, and permanently bar them from working here.


 

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Ex-researcher jailed 28 months for forgery


Published 14 September 2015
Elena Chong
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SINGAPORE - A man with a doctorate in cryptology, who forged documents to obtain credit cards and credit facilities for fictitious persons he created, was jailed for 28 months on Monday.

Australian Peng Kun, a Singapore permanent resident, fleeced financial institutions of $67,664 over a five-month period last year when he was unemployed.

Before he decided to cheat financial institutions around March last year, the 40-year-old was a previously a researcher with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) for six years .

Peng had admitted to 21 of 132 charges of forgery for the purpose of cheating.

The court heard that he forged documents such as Central Providend Fund contribution statements and identity cards.

He created fictitious individuals by photo-shopping photos he downloaded from the Internet onto his NRIC, and made the necessary amendments to his NRIC to pass off the fake identity cards as belonging to fictitious persons.

He also forged documents for himself to dupe the financial institutions into providing him with credit cards and credit facilities under his own name.

Once the credit cards and credit facilities were approved, Peng used the money to pay for flight tickets, restaurant bills and also jewellery. He also transferred money to his personal and his wife's bank accounts. He has made partial restitution of $15,000.

The court heard he made online applications to banks such as United Overseas Bank, Standard Chartered, ANZ and American Express.

He submitted supporting documents purportedly showing he was gainfully employed as a scientist at A*Star , a doctor or a National University of Singapore associate professor, which he knew to be false.

His lawyer Desmond Tan said in mitigation that Peng, who is married with a one-year-old son, studied for his PhD in Australia on a scholarship.

He became a permanent resident in Australia in 2004, and a citizen three years later. He was offered a job with A*Star in 2007, and worked until November 2013 when his contract was not renewed.

Peng could have been jailed for up to 10 years and fined on each charge.

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Three men get four years and six strokes for causing grievous hurt at Pearls Centre carpark

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Each of the three men could have been jailed for up to 10 years, fined or caned.PHOTO: ST FILE

Published Sep 15, 2015, 2:32 pm SGT
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - Three Malaysians who were accused originally of murder were sentenced to four years' jail and six strokes of the cane each on Tuesday for causing grievous hurt to a cleaner who later died from his injuries at the Pearl's Centre carpark.

Security guard Kirubakaran Manikumaran, 22, odd-job labourer Thiagu Muniandy, 23 and Sunder Rangasamy, 28, admitted to grievously hurting Malaysian S. Krisnan Value, 47, with Anathan Muniandy,20, between 12.37am and 1.13am on Sept 7 last year.

Anathan's case will be mentioned on Thursday.

Kirubakaran also admitted stealing Mr Krisnan's $30 mobile phone and his POSB ATM card at the multi-storey carpark of Peals' Centre at Eu Tong Sen Street that morning.

A district court heard that Kirubakaran and Thiagu joined Mr Krisnan for drinks at the coffeeshop on the first level of the building on the afternoon of Sept 6 last year.

They had more drinks at another coffeeshop, and were joined by Anathan and Sunder.

They drank till about 10pm before they decided to go to a coffeeshop at Redhill Close as Thiagu had to work at the location. Mr Krisnan, Anathan and Kirubakaran continued drinking.

At about 11pm, a quarrel broke out between Mr Krisnan and Anathan. Kirubakaran hit Mr Krisnan's face twice with his belt. Mr Krisnan was bleeding and rested his head on the table while the rest continued drinking.

Subsequently, Anathan and Kirubakaran apologised to Mr Krisnan. All five returned to Pearl's Centre where they had more drinks at the carpark on the 11th floor. By then, Mr Krisnen was very drunk. He lay down on the mattress and did not drink.

A short while later, Kirubakaran had a dispute with Mr Krisnan. Both challenged each other to a fight. Kirubakaran punched Mr Krisnan twice on the face and the latter fell. Kirubakaran then told the rest to beat him up. They kicked and punched him and used a dustbin to hit him a few times.

After the assault, Mr Krisnan stumbled onto the mattress nearby and lay down. Kirubakaran then removed his phone and ATM card.

The group continued drinking. Later when they tried to wake Mr Krisnan up, they realised he was dead. They panicked and left Singapore via Woodlands checkpoint at 4.20am.

A post-mortem showed 63 external injuries on Mr Krisnan 's body. He died from crush injuries of larynx and had extensive and multiple cuts and abrasions on his head, face, arms and legs.

His blood-alcohol level was 235mg/100ml, about than three times the legal limit.

Each of the three who assaulted him could have been jailed for up to 10 years, fined or caned.


 
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