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Aug 5, 2011

Duo charged with unlicensed moneylending at casino

By Elena Chong

Two Malaysian women were charged in court on Friday with unlicensed moneylending at Resorts World Sentosa casino. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN

TWO Malaysian women were charged in court on Friday with unlicensed moneylending at Resorts World Sentosa casino.

Lee Chai Thing, 49, allegedly gave loans totalling $12,000 to one Tan Kock Yang, charging him a daily interest rate of 3 per cent, at the casino between Aug 1 and 3.

The other woman, Ban Pei Chin, 24, is accused of helping Lee issue three loans of $2,000 to $3,000 to Mr Tan, totalling $8,000.

She allegedly helped Lee to issue two loans of $1,000 and $500, charged at 4 per cent interest daily, to a debtor named The Siew Nai last month.

Both are out on $60,000 bail.

They will be back in court on Aug 19.

 

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[h=1]Arrest warrant issued for ex-Bangladesh PM's son[/h]DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son for allegedly transferring millions of dollars in bribes overseas.
A special court indicted Tarique Rahman, Zia's oldest son, in absentia along with one of his businessman friends.
The friend, Giasuddin Al Mamun, was present in court and pleaded innocent.
Rahman traveled to London for medical treatment in 2008 and has refused to return home to attend the court hearings.
Prosecutors say Rahman and Mamun transferred $2.73 million to Singapore after receiving it in bribes from a company for help in obtaining a contract to construct a power plant while his mother was prime minister.
Defense lawyers argued that the court should not issue the indictment because a petition by Rahman arguing that the case was politically motivated remains pending with the Supreme Court. But the court ruled Monday that there was no problem with proceeding with the case.
In June, Zia's younger son was sentenced to six years in jail on charges of laundering money from bribes.
Zia's opposition party has denied all charges against the sons, saying they are aimed at destroying her family's reputation.

 

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Maid charged with hurting employer with knife
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 10 August 2011 1352 hrs

SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday with using a kitchen knife to injure her employer in the stomach.

Nurul Hidayah allegedly used the knife on 44-year-old Kartinah Abu Bakar in a flat at Block 562, Choa Chu Kang Street 52 on Monday morning.

The maid will be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and will be back in court on August 24.

If convicted of hurting her employer, Nurul Hidayah can be jailed for up to five years and fined.

- CNA /ls

 

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Businessman accused of causing hurt to 2 people

Published on Aug 11, 2011

By Elena Chong

A BUSINESSMAN has been charged with causing hurt to a 22-year-old student at Jurong East MRT station.

Bradley Joseph Furness, 47, made his second appearance on Thursday for allegedly grabbing Ms Tan Ching Hong by the neck and pushing her onto the floor at the MRT station in Jurong East Street 12 last Dec 8.

He also faces another charge of causing hurt to Mr Jonathan Yeo Wee Liong, 45, and mischief outside Nanyang Primary School, Coronation Road, on March 7 2011.

His lawyer, Mr Chen Chee Yen, asked the prosecution for certain documents and CCTV footages.

 

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Charged with punching man at shopping mall carpark
Published on Aug 11, 2011

By Elena Chong

A SELF-EMPLOYED man was charged in court on Thursday with punching another at a shopping mall carpark.

Eddy Syahputra, 37, an Indonesian, allegedly caused hurt to Mr Lim Hwee Shing, 37, also self-employed, at the basement 3 carpark of Great World City, Kim Seng Promenade, on Oct 24 2010.

The case was adjourned to Aug 18 for him to seek legal advice.

The maximum penalty for voluntarily causing hurt is two years' jail and a $5,000 fine.

 

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Police arrest foreign worker for theft
Posted: 12 August 2011 2105 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 27-year-old foreign domestic worker for the theft of more than S$84,000 in cash and valuables from her employer.

Police said they received a report that a house off Bartley Road was broken into last Saturday.

A safe containing a large amount of cash and valuables was missing from the house.

Police said following intensive investigations and analysis of the crime scene, the officers had strong reasons to believe that the domestic worker in the house could have been involved.

Based on their findings, the officers returned to the victim's residence to conduct further checks and interviews.

The officers found two bags containing some cash hidden within the house.

Police said the domestic worker admitted to staging a break-in to conceal her role in the theft, and led the officers to recover the remaining cash that was hidden in various parts of the house.

-CNA/ac

 

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Police officers reject S$1,000 bribe from illegal immigrant
Posted: 15 August 2011 1515 hrs

SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old Chinese man who was arrested on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant will now face another charge of attempted bribery.

Two officers had conducted a spot check on him at the void deck of one of the blocks along Yishun Ring Road on Sunday.

They found no identification documents on him but he had a S$1,000 note.

As he was being arrested for being a suspected illegal immigrant, he twice offered the S$1,000 note to the officers to let him go.

The note was seized as a case exhibit.

He will be charged in court on Tuesday for unlawful entry, which carries a jail term of up to six months and at least three strokes of the cane.

The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is following up on the attempted bribery.

-CNA/ac

 

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Overstayer arrested while attempting to enter casino illegally
Posted: 15 August 2011 2334 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 27-year-old overstayer for attempting to enter the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino with another person's identification document.

On 15 Aug 2011 at about 12.30am, police were informed that a man had been detained at the entrance of RWS casino by the RWS security officers.

Police officers arrived shortly and established that the man was not in possession of any valid identification or travel documents, and had earlier attempted to use another person's work permit to gain entry into the casino.

He was immediately placed under arrest.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was a work permit holder and had continued to remain in Singapore since 2008 after his work permit was cancelled by his employer.

The owner of the work permit used by the suspect will also be investigated for allowing his work permit to be used.

The suspect, a male Chinese national, will be charged in court on August 16.

For the offence of Using Another Person's Work Permit, the suspect shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, if convicted.

For the offence of Overstaying, he shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and shall also be punished with caning of not less than three strokes.

Commander of Clementi Police Division, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Melvin Yong, commended the security officers for their vigilance and added that the police will not hesitate to take stern action against identity thieves and those who attempt to enter the casinos by impersonation.

- CNA /ls

 

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Three charged with entering casinos illegally

Published on Aug 18, 2011
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Two were charged on Thursday with using their friends' identity cards to get in and gamble. -- PHOTO: AFP

By Khushwant Singh

Tan Jun Yang, 28, a customer service officer, and housewife Lin Xueju, 36, who are banned from entering the casinos, were charged on Thursday with using their friends' identity cards to get in and gamble.

The two Singaporeans are said to have visited the casino at Resorts World Sentosa on separate occasions last month.

Lin's friend Jiang Yunyan, 27, a permanent resident and a beautician, was also charged with allowing her identity card to be misused. Investigations into the role of Tan's friend are ongoing.

 

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Maid jailed 10 months for stealing from employer's safe

Published on Aug 19, 2011

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The 27-year-old Sumila carried the safe and hid it in her room. She took out the cash leaving behind casino chips valued at $5,000. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

By Khushwant Singh

While dusting a bedroom on the morning of Aug 6 2011, Indonesian maid Sumila noticed that the safe in the cabinet was not locked.

The 27-year-old carried the safe and hid it in her room. She took out the cash leaving behind casino chips valued at $5,000.

Placing the safe in a trash bag, she put it in the dustbin outside the gate of the house in Jalan Labu Manis, an upscale residential area in Upper Serangoon.

On Aug 19, the maid, who goes by one name, pleaded guilty to theft and was jailed 10 months. The district court heard that at 8pm on Aug 5, the maid's employer Ng Chin Khoon, 52, left for one of the casinos.

 

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Vietnamese gang's shoplifting spree foiled
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 22 August 2011 1815 hrs

SINGAPORE: To beat shoplifting alarm systems, a gang of four Vietnamese lined handbags with aluminium foil so their loot could be smuggled out undetected from Orchard Road shops.

It had been reported online that such a technique could outsmart the alarms.

Over two days during the Great Singapore Sale, the quartet managed to shoplift more than S$9,000 worth of items, mainly clothes from downtown boutiques.

They were each sentenced to 12 weeks' jail in a district court on Monday after pleading guilty to three shoplifting charges. Five other counts were taken into consideration during sentencing.

The group, made up of three women and a man, arrived in Singapore on July 27 and started stealing almost immediately after checking into a Geylang budget hotel.

As planned, the only man in the group, 24-year-old Le Van Ngoan, would wait outside shopping malls with a large bag while two of his accomplices, Le Thi Hang and Le Thi Nogc, both 33 years old, stole items on display inside the stores by slipping them into their specially prepared handbags. The two women would then pass the loot to him.

The fourth member of the group, Tran Thi Hong Nhung, 24, acted as a lookout.

All four were arrested during an anti-crime operation the next day after police spotted them in action outside Ngee Ann City shopping mall. Officers accompanied them to their hotel where another bag of stolen items was recovered.

The group had stolen more than 70 items in all. They include about 40 pieces of clothing worth more than S$5,400 from the Zara boutique at ION shopping mall.

-CNA/ac

 

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PRC duo cause commotion in Geylang

Shin Min Daily News - 3 hrs 28 mins ago

<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Restaurant manager Mr Li said Wu swung a chopper at his head.</cite>
A Chinese national father-and-son duo caused a commotion at Geylang last night when they attacked a restaurant manager with a chopper and even assaulted policemen.
The incident happened at about 11.30pm last night at Geylang Lorong 19.

Wu Xu Cai (44, renovation worker), together with his wife Dai Gui Zhen (age 40) and his son Wu Qi Qi (18, student) were having dinner at "Su Zhou Restaurant" with three other friends before the commotion began.

Wu's friends had wanted to treat the family to a meal to welcome Wu's wife and son, whom had specially come from China to visit him. During the meal, the group downed 24 cans of beer before Wu's friends footed the bill with $130. After paying, Wu's son decided to order two more bottles of beer.

Just as the group was leaving, the restaurant staff came up to them to say that they had not paid for the meal. This sparked off a quarrel between the group and the restaurant staff. The manager of the restaurant, Mr Li, tried to intervene and calm everyone down but the quarrel soon turned physical.

After a brief tussle, Wu agreed to returned to the restaurant and he went on to pay $217 more. But Wu did not stop his verbal abuse on the restaurant manager. He continued to hurl vulgarities at Mr Li, declaring that he earns $4,000 a month and there is no reason that he cannot pay for his meal.

The agitated Wu then dashed into the kitchen, picked up a chopper and threatened the manager with the words, "You think I don't dare to hurt you?" Wu then smashed a beer bottle and swung it at Mr Li's head. Fortunately, Li managed to dodge the swing.

During the fight, both father and son had reportedly dashed outside the restaurant and pushed over many chairs. About five other diners were shoved by Wu in the process and they too joined in the fight.

One of the men picked up a beer bottle as a weapon and chased Wu's son for about 300 metres to Lorong 23. Wu's son sustained injuries to his head after he was hit by a beer bottle in the attack. He left a large pool of blood at the scene.

When the police arrived, Wu attempted to escape but was subdued outside the restaurant. Witnesses say both father and son resisted arrest and even assaulted the policemen. It took four policemen to subdue the duo.

When reporters arrived, the father-and-son duo were still highly agitated and continued to struggle to free themselves of the police. Wu was still hurling vulgarities at the policemen as he was put into an ambulance.

According to Wu's wife, Dai, the restaurant manager had attacked her husband first. The restaurant manager Mr Li, a Chinese national, said the father-and-son pair took turns to punch him in his face.

The massive commotion also drew a large crowd of spectators.

Source: Shin Min Daily News, 22 August 2011.

 

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Vietnamese theft syndicate busted
Posted: 24 August 2011 0021 hrs

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SINGAPORE: Police have arrested eight Vietnamese nationals, including five women, believed to have committed a series of thefts islandwide since July.

The suspects are aged between 17 and 47, and are believed to have stolen mobile phones, handbags and wallets from unsuspecting victims who had left the items out of sight or unattended in public areas.

Police have received about 20 cases of thefts in the shopping belts of Chinatown, Bugis, Marine Parade, Raffles Boulevard and Orchard Road since July.

One suspect, a 45-year-old man, was arrested at Changi Airport on 23 August while he was preparing to leave the country with 17 smartphones, three music players, three wallets and $2,200 cash.

The items, believed to be stolen, are estimated to be worth more than $15,000 in all. Police are in the process of identifying and contacting the owners of the recovered items.

The suspects will be charged in court this month, and may be jailed up to seven years and fined.

- CNA/ir

 

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Peeping tom fined S$2,200
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 25 August 2011 1248 hrs

SINGAPORE: A 23-year-old man was fined S$2,200 in court on Thursday for entering a female toilet and peeping at a woman who was urinating.

Xu Weilong pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal trespass and another charge of intending to insult the modesty of the 46-year-old woman.

He committed the offences on the third floor of Marina Square shopping centre on August 3.

Xu placed a blue-framed mirror on the toilet floor in between the cubicles to peep at her.

The slim and bespectacled man said in his mitigation plea that he was remorseful and would not re-offend.

He could have been jailed three years and fined $1,500 for criminal trespass.

For intending to outrage the modesty of the woman, he could have been jailed a year and fined.

- CNA /ls

 

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Woman receives fine instead of jail term for video piracy
Published on Aug 26, 2011

The owner of a Sim Lim Square shop, sentenced to seven months in jail for infringing on the copyright of nearly 15,000 music videos, got away with a fine of $96,000 on appeal yesterday.

Yu Peng Hsueh-Shu, a Taiwanese, was charged with having 8,436 pirated videos on 24 disks in the electronics shopping mall last July.

The hard disks were in the karaoke players that her shop also sold.

She was represented by Mr Leo Cheng Suan, who argued that the jail term handed down to her earlier should not have been based on the number of clips in her possession, but on the number of hard disks on which the clips were stored.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Alleged tanker oil thieves caught red-handed

By Jie Lan | Posted: 26 August 2011 2125 hrs​

Shengtek tanker

SINGAPORE: Six Indonesians and two Filipinos have been detained by police for allegedly stealing oil from a vessel off the Tuas Petroleum Holding Anchorage.

The incident is said to have taken place in the early hours on Friday.

Four of the eight men detained are workers onboard the vessel - Shengtek - where oil was allegedly siphoned to a smaller tugboat.

The managing director of Sentek Marine and Trading, Mr Pai Keng Pheng, who owns the vessel said he's suspected all along that thieves were stealing the oil.

It's believed not enough evidence could be gathered in the past.

The company said they had reported similar incidents before and recently increased its security with more patrols.

As a result the alleged thieves were caught red-handed.

Mr Pai said: "For the past three years, they've stolen too much oil from us. In just two years, they stole about 5,000 to 6,000 tonnes. When we realised our oil was disappearing, we notified the authorities. But eventually we counted on our own effort to deal with this."

The company estimates it has lost some S$6 million over the last two years.

Police are investigating the case.

- CNA/ck

 

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Mr Pai said: "For the past three years, they've stolen too much oil from us. In just two years, they stole about 5,000 to 6,000 tonnes. When we realised our oil was disappearing, we notified the authorities. But eventually we counted on our own effort to deal with this."

 

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Maid charged with stealing $401,000 in cash, jewellery
Published on Aug 31, 2011

By Khushwant Singh

A maid from India was charged on Wednesday with allegedly stealing $401,257 in cash and jewellery from her employer.

Kirandeep Kaur, 25, is said to have committed the offence at a fourth-floor flat at Block 80 Holland Road on March 28 this year. The jewellery included $31,751 in assorted currencies and the rest in jewellery that included a $22,000 diamond bangle.

Asked by district judge Lim Tse Hwa if she had anything to say, the petite woman said that she did not take that much money and everything had been returned. Speaking through a Punjabi interpreter, she added: 'My employer is trying to place all the blame on me.'

Her next appearance in court will be on Nov 2. She will remain in remand. If found guilty and convicted, she could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

 

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Maid nabbed for housebreaking
Posted: 02 September 2011 2142 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police arrested a 23-year-old female domestic worker suspected of breaking into her former employer's house in Mount Sinai.

Police were informed on August 29 at about 3.20 pm that a house along Mount Sinai Crescent had been broken into, and 140,000 yuan was reported missing from the home.

In the course of investigations, the complainant's current maid revealed that she had seen the suspect at her employer's home.

The suspect had apparently claimed that she was looking for food.

The maid said she allowed the suspect to leave the premises "out of pity".

Officers arrested the suspect on September 1 and initial investigations showed that the suspect had used part of the stolen cash to buy two notebooks and a tablet computer.

The suspect will be charged in Court on Saturday.

If convicted, she could be jailed up to 14 years.

- CNA/fa

 

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Maid charged with stealing $401,000 in cash, jewellery
Published on Aug 31, 2011
By Khushwant Singh

A maid from India was charged on Wednesday with allegedly stealing $401,257 in cash and jewellery from her employer.

Kirandeep Kaur, 25, is said to have committed the offence at a fourth-floor flat at Block 80 Holland Road on March 28 this year. The jewellery included $31,751 in assorted currencies and the rest in jewellery that included a $22,000 diamond bangle.

Asked by district judge Lim Tse Hwa if she had anything to say, the petite woman said that she did not take that much money and everything had been returned. Speaking through a Punjabi interpreter, she added: 'My employer is trying to place all the blame on me.'

Her next appearance in court will be on Nov 2. She will remain in remand. If found guilty and convicted, she could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

Lol Indian employer vs Indian maid, this must be the ultimate... for every dollar you steal, employer accused you of stealing a hundred