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Nabbed - fugitive who fled to Singapore for hand reattachment

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Nabbed - fugitive who fled to Singapore for hand reattachment
He apparently duped doctors that he had a road accident and asked to be sent to Singapore for treatment. -The Star/ANN

Tue, Sep 07, 2010
The Star/Asia News Network
By Nelson Benjamin
JOHOR BARU: A Malaysian fugitive who fled to Singapore and sought treatment there for a severed hand has finally been arrested in the island republic.
The man, in his 20s, whose hand was severed at the wrist in a gang fight on July 14 here, managed to slip into Singapore to get the hand reattached.
He apparently duped doctors here that he had a road accident and asked to be sent to Singapore for surgery.
An ambulance was arranged to transfer him to a hospital in the republic where his hand was reattached.
The fugitive, who works as a cook in the island republic, is a member of Gang 04 that was involved in a clash at a restaurant that left two men dead. Although he knew he was on the police wanted list in Johor, he flew from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to return to his hometown in Perak to recuperate, and returned to Singapore for follow-up treatment for almost two months without being spotted by the authorities.
Singapore police arrested him and another suspect, also in his 20s, several days ago and handed them over to Johor police.
Nusajaya OCPD Supt Abdul Aziz Ahmad confirmed the arrests but declined to elaborate.
Sources said the two men killed in the July 14 clash were members of Gang 21, who were brutally hacked by several parang-wielding men at a restaurant in Bandar Selesa Jaya.
One of the victims died on the spot due to multiple injuries and the other was sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries several hours later.
It is learnt that one of the victims was a suspect in the murder of former Tenggaroh assemblyman Datuk S. Krishnasamy.
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Woman gets 7 months' jail for theft


Woman gets 7 months' jail for theft
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 08 September 2010 1515 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A 23-year-old Malaysian woman has been sentenced to seven months' jail for stealing valuables worth S$88,673.80 from her aunt.

Patricia Tan Mei Ling stole the items at around 2.30pm on January 27.

The valuables were stored in two locked suitcases and placed in her mother's flat at block 574, Pasir Ris Street 53.

They include a Rolex watch, a pair of jade earrings, a diamond ring and a diamond pendant.

Tan committed the crime with an alleged accomplice, her then-boyfriend, 25-year-old Gunasegaran Ramasamy.

After breaking open the suitcases near the flat, she went to a pawnshop with him.

They pawned the watch and jade earrings for S$1,800, even though the two items were worth $7,529.

Some of the other items, including the diamond ring and pendant were later either sold or pawned.

They received $9,350 for doing so and the money was used for their personal expenses.

Gunasegaran has been charged with being an accomplice but he failed to turn up in court.

A warrant of arrest has been issued and he is still at large.

Tan could have been sentenced to up to seven year's jail and fined.

-CNA/wk

 

[Medusa]

British teen jailed 9 months


Sep 8, 2010
British teen jailed 9 months

By Elena Chong

Grant Callum Pearson, who was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

A YOUNG Briton who committed a series of offences while on probation was jailed for nine months on Wednesday. Grant Callum Pearson, 17, had pleaded guilty last month to one count of mischief by smashing the side window of a car and four charges each of theft and criminal trespass in mostly the eastern part of Singapore.

He was out on police bail for fraudulent possession of a CashCard when he committed 31 offences, mostly with two other teens between March and May. The other two have since been charged. Twenty-three other charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing. Last month, the prosecution highlighted several aggravating factors when it sought a jail term for Pearson.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Andrew Tan said the teen was being investigated for fraudulent possession when he absconded and went on a spree of house trespass with intent to steal and damaging vehicles. Pearson said he had learnt his lesson and begged the court then not to send him for reformative training. District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng had called for both probation and RTC reports.

Pearson was found unsuitable to continue his probation but fit for reformative training. But since he had no one here to supervise him after his release from RTC, the judge sentenced him to three months on each charge. The nine months' jail was backdated to his remand on May 22.

 

[Taishi Ci]

Illegal overstayer arrested


Sep 9, 2010
Illegal overstayer arrested

By Lee Jia Xin

AN ILLEGAL overstayer was arrested on Wednesday at the Woodlands Checkpoint. The 39-year-old China national, who admitted to having overstayed in Singapore after his work permit was cancelled, was nabbed along with a 27-year-old Malaysian man who tried to smuggle him into Malaysia.

Both were charged in court on Thursday morning. The car was also impounded. The penalties for overstaying or illegal entry are a jail term of up to six months and a minimum of three strokes of the cane, while the penalties for illegal departure is a fine of up to $2,000, a jail term of up to six months, or both.

 

[Cao Pi]

3 fined for gaming chips theft


Sep 13, 2010
3 fined for gaming chips theft

By Elena Chong

TWO Chinese nationals and a Singaporean were fined on Monday for stealing gaming chips from patrons at Marina Bay Sands casino last week. Technician Yang Yu Gen, 45, was fined $2,000 and ordered to pay compensation of $500 to the victim, Mr Tan Yong Eck, 52, for stealing a $500 cash chip from him last Friday.

After placing his bet, Mr Tan walked away and Yang, a Chinese national, took the cash chip. He was arrested two days later when he returned to the casino. Two others - Singaporean Zhong Xiuwen, 26, and Chinese national Liang Hongwei, 23 - were each fined $1,000.

Zhong stole two pieces of $100 cash chips from Mr Wu Gang jian, 46, at a baccarat table on Sept 9, while Liang, a carpenter, stole a $25 cash chip from Chinese national Qiu Weiping, 32, a performing artiste, last Saturday/.

In the same court, the case against Chinese national Zhou Liang, 20, who was charged with three counts of theft of chips totalling $150 from unknown persons on Friday and Saturday, was adjourned to Monday. The penalty for theft is a jail term of up to three years and/or a fine.

 

[khunking]

Veggie truck caught smuggling ciggies

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Veggie truck caught smuggling ciggies
It had 80 boxes of contraband cigarettes. -AsiaOne

Mon, Sep 13, 2010
AsiaOne
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The Malaysian-registered vehicle was stopped at the Woodlands Checkpoint at 4am Monday morning.
The illegal load was discovered when Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers conducted a scan on the van, followed by a manual check.
The driver, a 31-year-old Malaysian male, admitted knowledge of the cigarettes and claimed to need money urgently.
He told ICA officers that he agreed to smuggle the cigarettes into Singapore for a fee after being approached by a Malaysian male called "Ah Chong".
He was promised RM15,000 (S$6,463) upon successful delivery of the loot to Woodlands Town Centre.
The 4,000 cartons of illegal cigarettes amount to unpaid duty of $281,600 and $25,500 worth of GST.
The driver - along with his passenger, a 35-year-old Malaysian man - were arrested.
Upon conviction, they will be liable to a fine and could face jail term.
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[khunking]

Top Ten Asian Footbrawl League

Rome is burning ...

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[Zhou Yü]

Teen jailed for theft


Sep 14, 2010
Teen jailed for theft

By Elena Chong

ANOTHER teen was jailed on Tuesday for a series of CashCard thefts and criminal trespass into private homes. Rhamir Colita Johnston, 17, a British national, who pleaded guilty to 12 of 41 charges on Monday, was given four months and two weeks behind bars and ordered to pay compensation of $1,400.58 to seven victims. His sentence was backdated to his remand on June 29. Last week, his accomplice, Briton Grant Callum Pearson, 17, was jailed for nine months on nine charges with another 23 charges taken into consideration.

He had committed the offences while on probation and on police bail. The court heard that the duo, together with Chinese national Huang Ruo Chu, 16, committed criminal trespass into homes at Pasir Panjang and Siglap in May and stole mostly CashCards from vehicles parked at the homes. Huang's case is pending. Johnston could have been jailed for up to three years and/or fined for each count of theft; and jailed for up to three months and/or fined up to $1,500 for each charge of criminal trespass.

 

[Zhou Yü]

Transvestite fined for soliciting


Sep 15, 2010
Transvestite fined for soliciting

By Khushwant Singh

A FILIPINO transvestite, who was arrested for for soliciting in a public place, was fined $700 on Wednesday. Jaykyl Bilbao De La Cruz, 24, had approached an undercover cop outside the SummerView Hotel along Bencoolen Street on Tuesday evening to offer sexual services for $100. After lowering the price to $80, they then went to the nearby Hotel 81 where other officers placed De La Cruz under arrest. The foreigner was here on a social visit pass till Oct 6.

 

[Medusa]

Viet woman fined for soliciting


Sep 15, 2010
Viet woman fined for soliciting

By Khushwant Singh

A VIETNAMESE woman was fined $700 on Wednesday for soliciting at the Marina Bay Sands casino after she lost money in gambling. It is the first case of soliciting in a casino to come before the courts since the integrated resorts opened early this year. A district court heard that at 1.30am last Saturday, police received a call from security staff of the casino that they had detained a woman for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution.

Duong Linh Thao, 36, admitted to police that she had struck up a conversation with 50-year-old man at about 1am in the casino. She then offered herself for sex for $200. Unknown to her, the man was a security operation manager at the casino and detained her.

In court on Wednesday, a tearful Duong said she regretted her actions. Speaking through the Vietnamese interpreter, she said that she had visited the Marina Bay Sands casino to gamble and ended up committing the offence after losing much of her money. As a first offender, she could have been fined up to $1,000.

 

[General Veers]

Chinese national fined for using friend's work permit to enter casino


Chinese national fined for using friend's work permit to enter casino

by Leong Wee Keat
05:55 AM Sep 15, 2010

A Chinese national was fined $2,500 in court yesterday after he attempted to enter the Marina Bay Sands casino by using his friend's work permit on Sept 5.

Wang Depeng, 25, was caught by casino security staff .

Wang, a factory worker who has been working here for 16 months and earns $700 a month, claimed he wanted to take a look at the casino. He said he did not know that what he did was an offence.

As he could not pay the fine, Wang chose to serve the default sentence of a week's jail.

Leong Wee Keat

 

[Taishi Ci]

PRC teacher charged with theft


Sep 21, 2010
Teacher charged with theft

By Elena Chong

A PRE-SCHOOL teacher was charged in court on Tuesday with stealing $200 from a colleague over a two-week period. Gao Jingyuan, 27, who faces six charges, is alleged to have stolen between $10 and $50 from Mr Lai Sau Lai, 41, at the pre-school in Guillemard Road between Aug 29 and Sept 14. Her bail was extended. The Chinese national will appear in court again on Oct 5. If convicted, she faces a jail term of up to three years and/or a fine on each charge.

 

[Medusa]

Man jailed for casino theft


Sep 21, 2010
Man jailed for casino theft

By Elena Chong

FOUR-AND-A-HALF months after picking the pocket of a patron at Marina Bay Sands, a stall assistant returned to the casino and did it again. On Tuesday, Yong Tat Kheong, 43, a Malaysian, was jailed for two months for theft. He admitted stealing from Mr Tan Tee Tee, 50, a hairstylist, who was gambling at a roulette table on May 1. The victim discovered $500 missing from his rear pocket and reported to the management.

On Sunday, a surveillance operator monitoring the CCTV cameras was on duty when she saw Yong, who fitted the description given from an incident file system. She informed the security and Yong was detained. The CCTV footage showed him taking a stack of money from the victim's left rear pocket. Yong could have been jailed for up to three years and/or fined.

 

[Medusa]

Sep 23, 2010
Jailed for sexual grooming

By Elena Chong

Aggravating factor

'IT IS an aggravating factor because not only would he have the pleasure of viewing the footages repeatedly at his leisure, but also because he made use of the footages to issue a thinly veiled threat to release the videos onto the Internet if the victim did not comply with his instructions in the future.' - DPP Kevin Yong

25-year-old waiter Poong Foo Yun faces a sexual grooming charge, which targets sexual predators who prey on minors with the intention of committing sexual acts. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A MAN posed as a schoolgirl on a social networking site and cajoled an 11-year-old girl to do indecent acts infront of her webcam. Unknown to the victim, Poong Foo Yun, 25, a Malaysian, recorded her sexual acts, and later threatened to release the video onto the Internet if she did not comply with his instructions.

On Wednesday, the unemployed man was given a total of 19 months' jail on three charges. He had pleaded guilty to procuring a child to perform an indecent act; sexual penetration of a minor and sexual grooming in 2008. Three other charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing. Pressing for a substantial jail term, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Yong cited several aggravating factors.

He said Poong used the Internet to deceive the victim into believing that he was a 15-year-old girl when he was 23 at the time. Poong, who was arrested at Redhill MRT station in Oct when he turned up to meet the victim, preyed on the young and vulnerable victim to satisfy his own lust, said the DPP.

 

[Medusa]

Charged with computer hacking


Sep 23, 2010
Charged with computer hacking

By Elena Chong

Leslie Liew Cheong Wee, 35, believed to be behind the power outage at Marina Bay Sands, was brought to court today to face 6 computer misuse charges. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A MALAYSIAN who allegedly accessed the computer network of integrated resort Marina Bay Sands six times in May was charged in court on Thursday. Leslie Liew Cheong Wee, 35, is accused of computer misuse from a flat in Teck Whye Lane between May 9 and 12. He is said to have knowingly caused a server to perform a function for securing a remote access without the authority of the Marina Bay Sands workstation computer between May 9 and 12.

It was reported earlier that MBS made a police report around the time on power disruption on its property. One of the blackouts occurred 20 minutes after midnight on May 12 which affected a small area of the gaming floor for about an hour. Backup power was activated. Liew, a permanent resident here, was offered bail of $15,000. His passport has been impounded. The case will be mentioned on Sept 30. If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $50,000 or a jail term of up to seven years or to both.

 

[Medusa]

Overstayer arrested for bribery


Overstayer arrested for bribery
Posted: 22 September 2010 2216 hrs
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SINGAPORE : A Chinese national was arrested on Wednesday for offering a S$500 bribe to police officers.

The 42-year-old woman was stopped during a police patrol along King George's Avenue.

When asked for her identification, she admitted to overstaying in Singapore and pleaded with the officers to let her go in return for money.

She handed over her passport together with S$500 cash to one of the officers.

The offer was rejected and the woman arrested.

She was subsequently referred to the Corrupt Practices Investigations Bureau.

- CNA/al

 

[looker]

Fucking LEE KUAN YEW has imported criminal talent, suicide talent, sex talent, drug talent instead of bringing the real talent.

The whole "Fucking - LEE KUAN YEW" idea is to fuck and screw every singaporeans before his last breath.

Agreed...however this can't be helped unfortunately, with the huge influx of "foreign talents" coming in, "accidents" are bound to happen...

But, it seemingly brings in alot of inconvenience to us...

Just my 0.02cents view

 

[konglanjiaowei]

Australian man accused of assault discharged
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 24 September 2010 1618 hrs
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SINGAPORE: An Australian chef accused of punching a taxi driver in the face has been given a conditional stern warning and a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in a district court on Friday.

No reasons were given in court behind this turn of events.

Thirty-seven-year-old Richard Paul Davies had earlier been charged with hitting Yeo Choi Wut at around 4am on February 20.

Davies, who was represented by lawyer, Chia Boon Teck looked relieved when informed of the discharge.

If convicted, he could have been jailed up to two years, fined a maximum of S$5,000 or both.

-CNA/wk

 

[khunking]

Charged with computer hacking

Sep 23, 2010

Charged with computer hacking

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Leslie Liew Cheong Wee, 35, believed to be behind the power outage at Marina Bay Sands, was brought to court today to face 6 computer misuse charges. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

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A MALAYSIAN who allegedly accessed the computer network of integrated resort Marina Bay Sands six times in May was charged in court on Thursday.
Leslie Liew Cheong Wee, 35, is accused of computer misuse from a flat in Teck Whye Lane between May 9 and 12.
He is said to have knowingly caused a server to perform a function for securing a remote access without the authority of the Marina Bay Sands workstation computer between May 9 and 12.
It was reported earlier that MBS made a police report around the time on power disruption on its property. One of the blackouts occurred 20 minutes after midnight on May 12 which affected a small area of the gaming floor for about an hour. Backup power was activated.
Liew, a permanent resident here, was offered bail of $15,000. His passport has been impounded.
The case will be mentioned on Sept 30. If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $50,000 or a jail term of up to seven years or to both.

 

[Inahime]

Jailed for nude pix threat


Sep 28, 2010
Jailed for nude pix threat

By Elena Chong

A CHINESE national who threatened to post nude pictures of his colleague if she did not give him him $5,000 was jailed for nine months on Monday. Wang Bo, then a cleaner, admitted to threatening to injure the reputation of Ms Qiu Xia, 24, a room attendant, with intent to cause alarm to her between June 28 and 30.

He was fined $4,900 or four weeks' jail for having obscene films at a rented premises at Beach Road on June 30. The court heard that the 23-year-old sent numerous SMS messages from a cellphone to Ms Qiu to demand $5,000 or he would post her nude pictures on the Internet. She made a police report. The cellphone was subsequently traced to Wang, who was arrested on June 30.

Investigation showed that Wang was repairing the victim's laptop when he found some of the victim's pictures in her laptop. He copied and transferred them to his own laptop. He later threatened to modify a picture of her into a nude picture and circulate it. Further investigation showed that the victim was a friend of Wang's housemate. As Wang was unhappy with her frequent visits to his place, he decided to send her the SMS messages to frighten her.