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Why are they only shooting the messengers? When will a big fish like Golden Dragon be caught? :D Girl, 17, arrested for alleged loansharking activities AsiaOne Monday, Nov 21, 2011 A 17-year-old girl has been arrested by the Singapore Police Force for suspected involvement in loan shark...

$1.3 million worth of 'Ice' seized AsiaOne Monday, Nov 14, 2011 About 5.2kg of 'Ice' with a combined street value of more than $1.3 million has been seized by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in three separate cases. It is the largest haul...

Pub patron assaulted for ordering drink with milk Above: Pub owner Richard Low Chuan Woo was fined $1,500 after he poured milk over a customer and punched the latter repeatedly. AsiaOne Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 A man had a carton of milk poured over his head, before being punched repeatedly by a...

Mysterious death in Ang Mo Kio Lianhe Wanbao - 2 hrs 13 mins ago A young man was found dead in a pool of blood at the foot of Block 467, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10. He was soaked in blood and facing up when he was found. There was also a long knife mark on his neck. Police investigated the scene...

Shocked to find stranger's data in smartphone AsiaOne Friday, Oct 21, 2011 Account executive Nio Jian Qiang received a shock when he retrieved his faulty Samsung phone back from Samsung's service centre. He found someone's photos, documents and music stored in his mobile device. He told The...

Malaysia busts Ugandan prostitution ring The Star/Asia News Network Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR: A major Ugandan sex slave ring that forced its own nationals into prostitution in China and here was busted by police in a sting operation. Twenty-one women, many of them in their 20s, were...

Youths arrested for operating gambling den Lianhe Wanbao - 3 hrs 36 mins ago <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">The gambling den near Sin Ming Road.</cite> A number of youths have been...

SPCA offers $1k reward for information on dead kittens AsiaOne Monday, Oct 10, 2011 SINGAPORE - The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is offering $1,000 to anyone who can provide information on the deaths of two kittens. The two kittens were found dead at the void deck...

Businessman claims police tortured him for 4 hours Published on Oct 10, 2011 A businessman accused of dishonestly receiving stolen $1.4 million worth of electronic goods alleged in court on Monday that he was tortured by the police. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN By Elena Chong A businessman...

Gang of 8 Vietnamese jailed for stealing from Singapore shops Published on Oct 10, 2011 Five Vietnamese women returned here in mid August hoping to repeat a successful stealing spree the month before. This time around, the group, now comprising three men, were not as lucky. -- ST PHOTO By...

Wealthy woman 'controlled' by spirit medium Lianhe Wanbao - 22 hrs 56 mins ago <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">The calligraphy piece with the Chinese character 'Buddha' that the woman...

Man sodomises 23-day-old son after wife declines sex The Star/Asia News Network Sunday, Oct 09, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR - A man sodomised his 23-day-old son after his wife, who was still in confinement, refused to have sex with him. The 39-year-old mother noticed that her son was weak and listless...

3男女上厕所不付钱　还把88岁阿伯打到头破血流 3名男女上厕所不给钱，还把看管厕所的阿伯打伤。 3男女上厕所不付钱，看管厕所的88岁阿伯，为了追讨6毛钱，惨被打到头破血流，入院缝了3针。 这起气闻是发生在上个星期六下午12点55分，地点在美芝路黄金大厦一楼的公共厕所外面。受伤的厕所阿伯是 哈山。 一名40岁商人替厕所阿伯感到不平，特地拨《新明日报》热线投诉。 他说，公厕收费是每人2角，事发时，2名泰国男子和1名女郎上厕所不付钱，他们出来后，厕所阿伯向他们讨钱 ，不料其中一男竟发狠，用脚猛踢阿伯的腹部。...

Female pickpocket targets elderly men AsiaOne Thursday, Oct 06, 2011 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for a female pickpocket who has been targetting the elderly in several housing estates. From April to Sept, the police received similar reports of a female pickpocket whose modus operandi was...

Man jailed for punching daughter's boyfriend over alleged rape By Elena Chong A customer service officer was jailed for one month on Wednesday for punching his daughter's boyfriend. The 47-year-old man, who had pleaded guilty earlier, was told by his 22-year-old son on Jan 20 last year that...

Nigerian man charged for murder Shin Min Daily News - 2 hrs 27 mins ago A Nigerian man has been charged for the murder of a woman whose body was found in a park in Bukit Panjang in 2009. At the time, the body of Ms Liu Shu Hui (25, supermarket cashier) was found partially decomposed and...

Two nabbed for receiving stolen iPhones AsiaOne Monday, Oct 03, 2011 Two Singaporean men will be charged in court today for dishonestly receiving stolen property worth an estimated $1.4 million. They were arrested by the Airport Police Division, after an air cargo agent reported on Sep 20...

Youth unremorseful at being nabbed for speeding above 200kmh The convoy's cars were worth more than $2.5 million in total. -AsiaOne Wed, Sep 28, 2011 AsiaOne VANCOUVER, Canada - A group of young Chinese drivers, stopped by police on charges of speeding, have claimed that the Westerners were...

He was killed for S$6, ez-link card and mobile phone by Tanya Fong 04:46 AM Sep 27, 2011 A 22-year-old Malaysian construction worker was sentenced to death yesterday after he was found guilty of causing the death of Mr Loh Ee Hui, 35 - after robbing the latter of his mobile phone, an ez-link...

Men do nothing after fight breaks out By Pearly Tan The New Paper Friday, Sep 16, 2011 The four men at a coffee shop sensed something was wrong with the five men at the table next to theirs, so one of them called the police. Just minutes later, a fight broke out at the next table after two...