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Lorry driver jailed for dozing off and causing fatal accident

Published on Sep 30, 2011​

Lorry driver Yu Xiaofei dozed off and ran his vehicle into the back of a motorcycle travelling in front of him along Seletar Expressway (SLE) two years ago. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Khushwant Singh

Lorry driver Yu Xiaofei dozed off and ran his vehicle into the back of a motorcycle travelling in front of him along Seletar Expressway (SLE) two years ago.

Then in panic, the 31-year-old Chinese national tried to brake but his foot came down on the accelerator instead.

Dragging the motorcycle and its rider, the lorry hit a van and then came to a halt after scrapping the left wall along the expressway.

By then Kwah Tee Peng, the motorcyclist, had sustained serious multiple injuries. He was declared dead by paramedics at the accident scene.

On Sept 30, Yu pleaded guilty to driving negligently and causing the death of the 64-year-old construction supervisor was.

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

 

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Husband jailed for stabbing wife while visiting family in Singapore

Published on Oct 3, 2011​

An Indonesian national was jailed for 18 months on Monday for stabbing his wife when they were here on a social visit. -- ST PHOTO: ONG CHIN KAI

By Elena Chong

An Indonesian national was jailed for 18 months on Monday for stabbing his wife when they were here on a social visit.

Soewarsono Aris, 61, admitted to stabbing Madam Kie Gek Bwee, 56, on her abdomen, thighs and chest at a flat in Eunos Crescent on Jun 5.

The court heard that the couple were sharing a bedroom with their two grandchildren when Soewarsono slammed the door, making a loud banging sound.

Madam Kie told him not to slam the door loudly as it would wake up the grandchildren.

Unhappy that she had made the remark in the presence of their son-in-law earlier, he accused her of showing him no respect. He slapped her during an argument.

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

 

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Nigerian man charged for murder
Shin Min Daily News - 1 hr 51 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 clad only in a pair of panties.

Her boyfriend at the time, a 27-year-old Nigerian man, was arrested and charged with her murder.

The prosecution has submitted its case to the high court for a trial scheduled to commence in November.

The trial is expected to last two weeks and may involve up to 54 witnesses, possibly including the suspect's current girlfriend.

The Nigerian man had allegedly murdered the deceased Liu between 7pm and 9.30pm on 22 December 2009 at a park near Blk 201, Petir Road at Bukit Panjang.

He appeared calm when he was facing his charges this morning.

Source: Shin Min Daily News, 4 October 2011.

 

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Man fined, banned from driving over fatal expressway accident
Published on Oct 6, 2011

By Elena Chong

A construction worker was fined $8,000 on Thursday and banned from driving for three years, for causing the death of a motorcyclist along an expressway earlier in 2011.

Malaysian Chai Boon Wu, 29, admitted to causing the death of Mr Sulong Yahya, 61, by doing a negligent act along Seletar Expressway on Feb 24.

He was driving a van when he failed to check a blind spot on the right while filtering to the lane on the right.

This resulted in Mr Sulong skidding and falling into the path of a car which ran over him and caused his death.

A district court heard that when Mr Sulong saw the van suddenly cutting into his path, he tried to take evasive action to avoid a collision.

He swerved to the right and applied emergency brakes, which resulted in him skidding and falling to the right into the car, which was unable to brake in time.

Chai could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for the offence.

 

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International school students among 5 charged with drug offences

Published on Oct 6, 2011​

Two other 17-year-olds, Morgan Brant Fletcher (left) and Kimberley Han Li (right) Greenaway allegedly had drugs in their possession at Kim Seng Road and St Thomas Walk apartments respectively on Sept 6. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Elena Chong & Tham Yuen-C

Five foreigners aged between 16 and 24 were charged in court on Thursday with drug offences.

The oldest among them is Indian national Karan Vijay Chetan, who is accused of taking cannabis mixture and having 0.21g of cannabis mixture in a flat at Jurong West Central 3 on Sept 7.

Mathieu Maxime Gautron, 17, a French national, faces two charges.

He allegedly had a packet of fragmented vegetable matter weighing 0.47g of cannabis mixture as well as a cigarette stick, a packet and one paper packet with 0.66g of the same substance at a flat in Mount Elizabeth the same day.

A 16-year-old South African, Abraham Carel Greyling, also faces two charges of drug possession and possession in a flat in Upper Serangoon View that day.

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

 

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Two Thais arrested for copper wire theft
Posted: 07 October 2011 2113 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested two Thai nationals, age 34 and 37, who are believed to have stolen copper wires from a construction site along West Coast Highway.

In a statement, police said that early Friday morning, officers from Clementi Police Division were on patrol when they spotted two male subjects with 3 bags behaving suspiciously at the side of the road.

Before the duo could leave in a taxi, the officers swiftly stopped them for an interview. Upon checking, the officers found that the bags contained copper wire.

The suspects could not give a satisfactory account of the items when questioned.

They were placed under arrest for theft and the 3 bags of copper wire were seized as case exhibits.

- CNA /ls

 

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Indonesian teenage girl charged with drugs possession
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 10 October 2011 1509 hrs

SINGAPORE: An Indonesian teenage girl is the latest to be charged with possessing cannabis following a raid last month by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).

Karina Iskandarsjah, 17, was charged on Monday with possessing cannabis at a flat in Mount Elizabeth.

She was allegedly with French national Gautron Mathieu Maxime, also 17, at that time.

Maxime was one of five people - four foreigners and a Singaporean - charged last week with drugs possession.

With the latest case, six people have been charged so far with cannabis possession following the CNB raid on 7 September.

The raid led to the arrest of 15 people, mostly teens aged 16 and 17.

- CNA/wk

 

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Women jailed, fined for RWS moneylending business
Posted: 10 October 2011 1948 hrs

SINGAPORE: Two Malaysian women, who made almost daily trips from Johor Bahru to a casino in Singapore, were sentenced on Monday for carrying out unlicensed moneylending activities.

Forty-nine-year-old Lee Chai Thing, who is unemployed, was jailed six months and fined S$120,000 for being an unlicensed moneylender.

Her 'runner', 24-year-old Ban Pei Chin, who works at a coffeeshop, was jailed six weeks and fined S$60,000.

Their offences were committed at Resorts World Sentosa between January and August this year.

The court heard that both women visited the casino almost daily since early this year.

They then gave out loans of between S$500 and S$10,000 to debtors in the form of cash or cash chips.

In July, Lee also opened a deposit account with the casino to aid her illegal business.

The court heard that Ban received free meals and about S$20 on various occasions for her services.

The duo were arrested on August 3.

District Judge John Ng said Lee was not a "usual loanshark" as the offence was non-syndicated and involved a "minimal" level of sophistication.

He also noted that Ban's benefits in assisting the business were rather insubstantial.

Both women were emotionless during sentencing.

- CNA/cc

 

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Gang of 8 Vietnamese jailed for stealing from Singapore shops
Published on Oct 10, 2011

By Khushwant Singh

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.

All eight of them were jailed between six months and 18 months on Monday. Aged from 17 to 47 years, they had pleaded guilty to charges of theft of cash, cellphones and other items, amounting to more than $13,000. In July, they got away with nearly $3,000 in loot.

A district court heard that while the other accomplices would distract the sales staff of the shop with queries about the products, up to three members would sneak behind the counter and steal the possessions of the shop's employees.

One member of the gang would be stationed outside the shop to receive the stolen items.

Police studied the surveillance video from these shops, and seven of the gang were arrested inside an unspecified shop shortly.

The eighth accomplice, Nguyen Van Hai, 44, who was stationed outside, managed to escape. But not for long.

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

 

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Man jailed 3 weeks for threatening ex-girlfriend with knife
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 11 October 2011 1945 hrs

SINGAPORE: A Chinese national was jailed three weeks on Tuesday for using a knife to threaten his ex-girlfriend, whom he thought was having an affair.

Construction worker Shen Jian Hua pointed a knife at the neck of his girlfriend, a sales assistant also from China, on October 2 near Block 207 Boon Lay Place.

The 39-year-old man pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal intimidation while another charge of being armed with an offensive weapon was taken into consideration.

Court documents revealed that Shen met his ex-girlfriend to sort out their relationship around 10.00pm that day.

The court heard that Liu tried to pass him some cash and also end their relationship, but Shen was unwilling. He then took out a knife from his bag and pointed it at her. Shen was restrained by Liu's colleague and arrested later.

The man remained emotionless during sentencing.

For criminal intimidation, he could have been jailed two years and fined.

-CNA/ac

 

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Man jailed 12 months for causing death by dangerous driving
Published on Oct 18, 2011

By Elena Chong

An Indian national who beat the red lights and caused the death of a motorcyclist at a road junction was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for seven years on Tuesday.

Construction worker Kaliappan alias Kalaiappan Balu, 37, pleaded guilty to causing the death of bellhop Nordin Duriat, 59, by driving dangerously at the junction of River Valley Road and New Bridge Road at 6.13am on July 21, 2010.

He was driving a lorry at between 80 and 100kmh when he beat the lights at the cross-junction, resulting in a head-to-side collision with Mr Nordin's bike travelling from his right to left.

The court heard that the collision happened about seven seconds after the traffic light had turned green in favour of the rider.

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

 

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3 nabbed for trying to enter RWS casino using fake identity
By Ambiga Raju | Posted: 24 October 2011 1844 hrs

SINGAPORE : Three people were arrested between June and September this year for trying to enter the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino using another person's identification.

Police said all three were trying to avoid paying the entry levy.

Two of them are women, aged 54 and 31, and Singapore permanent residents (PRs).

The third is a 38-year-old Singaporean man.

The suspects will be charged in court on Tuesday with Cheating by Personation.

If convicted, they can be jailed up to five years, fined or both.

The 31-year-old woman is also believed to have tried to gain entry using a stolen passport and identity card.

Police said this suspect is likely to face an additional charge of Theft in Dwelling.

If convicted, she can be jailed up to seven years.

Police also commended security officers at RWS for detaining those trying to gain illegal entry and handing them over to police.

Singaporeans and PRs have also been reminded that they are required under the Casino Control Act to pay the entry levy before entering the casinos.

- CNA/ms

 

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Freelance dancer fined $1,500 for theft, probation revoked
Published on Oct 24, 2011

By Elena Chong

A freelance dancer and dance instructor was fined a total of $1,500 on Monday after his probation was revoked.

Lim De Xian, 22, a Malaysian, was placed on 18 months' supervised probation last September on two counts of theft of $250 and $300 from dance instructors at Shawn & Gladys Dance World in 2009 and last year respectively.

Investigation showed that Lim had been stealing money from the dance studio since 2009 when he was taking lessons at the studio at Bain Street.

Lim, a permanent resident here, was in Secondary 2 when he was admitted into a new four-year integrated programme at National Junior College.

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

 

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Malaysian jailed for smuggling cigarettes in tyres

Posted: 25 October 2011 1218 hrs

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SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man has been jailed seven months for trying to smuggle cigarettes into Singapore in the tyres of his jeep.

Chin Kek Kiong attempted to smuggle the contraband cigarettes on October 22 by hiding it inside all tyres including the spare tyre of his rugged Malaysian-registered jeep.

The 48 year old pleaded guilty on October 24 to the charge of attempting to smuggle 926 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes.

Customs officers said they arrested him and seized the jeep following an inspection at Tuas Checkpoint.

They became suspicious after Chin became nervous and after some anomalies were detected in the scanned images of the vehicle.

Chin admitted to the court that he had agreed to smuggle the contraband for a man named "Ah Lee" in Malaysia for 400 ringgit.

He had picked up the jeep at Gelang Patah, Johor and was supposed to drive it into Singapore and leave it at "Farm Mart" for a while before returning it to Malaysia through the Woodlands Checkpoint.

The total potential customs duty and GST payable on the cigarettes are estimated to be about S$6,500 and S$600 respectively.

Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, having in possession or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the GST Act.

Repeat offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded and/or jailed for up to six years.

- CNA/ck [/TD]

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Police nab three for mobile phone scam
Posted: 26 October 2011 1551 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested three Vietnamese aged between 25 and 33 for their suspected involvement in at least six cases of cheating where genuine mobile phones were swapped with imitation China-made phones at mobile phone shops.

A statement by the police said that the suspects would patronise such shops on the pretext of selling genuine phones.

As part of the ruse, they would allow the shop owners to examine the condition of the phones before negotiating on the selling prices.

Once the deals were set, they would request to wrap the phones using pieces of paper and giving false promises that they would return within a week to buy back the phones.

The unsuspecting shop owners then left the suspects to do the wrapping while they attended to other customers in their shops.

It was only when the suspects left that the shop owners discovered that the wrapped mobile phones were different from the ones which were shown to them.

Police officers mounted an operation and arrested the suspect and his two accomplices along Lorong 12 Geylang Road.

Following their arrests, cash amounting to more than S$3300 and pieces of paper used to wrap the phones were seized.

- CNA/cc

 

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Ex-moneychanger courier jailed for $216K heist
Published on Oct 27, 2011

By Elena Chong

A Malaysian was given the minimum three years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Thursday for conspiracy to rob a moneychanger courier friend of $216,236 in April last year.

Abdul Jalil Nasar, 26, the sixth man to be convicted, admitted to conspiring with three people between April and May last year to rob Malaysian Zainun Sultan Baharuddin, 41, at a flat in Dorset Road on May 27 last year.

The victim was relieved of RM500,000 (about S$214,600),RM2,000 (about S$890), $400, and other personal belongings at about 2am on May 27 last year.

The court heard that Jalil, who is from Penang, was approached by Nurhaisimah Abdullah, 49, a Singaporean living in Kuala Lumpur, to rob Mr Zainun as she had outstanding debts to settle.

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

 

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Man jailed 6 weeks for Swissotel bomb hoax
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 31 October 2011 1818 hrs

SINGAPORE : A Swedish former chef of Swissotel the Stamford was jailed six weeks on Monday for making a bomb hoax call.

42-year-old Erik Halvard Halvardsson called police on September 20 last year, claiming there was a bomb at the Swissotel.

Halvardsson, who worked as a sous chef at Equinox Restaurant at the hotel, made the call from Raffles City Shopping Centre at 11.47am.

After viewing CCTV footage, police confirmed he made the call.

The father of two was later arrested.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhong Zewei said the bomb hoax call was a concern since it concerned 'high value' targets and involved a public place with high human traffic.

He also highlighted that the call was made just a few days before the 2010 Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, when hotel occupancy rates were near their peak.

In his mitigation, Defence Counsel Suresh Damodara said that Halvardsson suffered from depression and partial brain damage from alcohol abuse.

Mr Damodara added that the combination of antibiotics and alcohol caused Halvardsson to suffer from mental confusion and impairment.

The court also heard that Halvardsson had only a 'vague recollection of calling police'.

Halvardsson could have been jailed up to seven years and fined S$50,000.

- CNA/ms


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Cement mixer driver charged with causing worker's death
Published on Nov 2, 2011

By Elena Chong

A cement mixer driver was charged on Wednesday with causing the death of a worker at a reclaimed land in Tuas.

Mok Nyeong Lock, 60, a Malaysian, is accused of failing to keep a proper lookout while driving the truck on the reclaimed land near Tuas South Avenue 16 and hitting construction worker Rahman Kadar Sarder at 12.36am on Apr 15.

Mok, who intends to plead guilty, was offered bail of $10,000.

He will return to court on Nov 10. The maximum penalty is two years' jail and a fine.

 

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Manager compounds molest case with $74k donation to charity
Published on Nov 3, 2011

By Elena Chong

A manager in an oil company was cleared on Thursday of molesting a waitress after making a donation to the Singapore Red Cross Society.

Japanese national Tange Tomio made the $74,000 donation to charity in the name of the 28-year-old victim to have the case compounded.

The 39-year-old man had been charged with lifting the woman's skirt and stroking her thigh at a Havelock Road premises on Nov 23 last year.

The prosecution had no objection to the case being compounded.

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

 

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Girlfriend threatens French businessman with dog attack
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 04 November 2011 1922 hrs

SINGAPORE: A French businessman, who is accused of smothering his Vietnamese girlfriend, claimed in court on Friday that she had tried to get her friends, and even her dog to attack him.

Sylvain Christian Emile Pilhion, 38, is accused of using criminal force on Ms Jocelyn Quynh-Anh Pohl, a recruitment consultant, by grabbing her and tossing her on a bed.

He also allegedly bit her left hand and tried to smother her with a pillow on March 29.

However, Pilhion denied the alleged incidents in court Friday, claiming that Pohl instructed her black labrador to attack him and when that ruse failed, threatened to send her friends to kill him.

Pilhion, who has a two-year-old daughter, said that Pohl and him had a falling out earlier that day when he mentioned that he was going to meet his wife to discuss their divorce.

He also told the court that Pohl was depressed and had mood swings in the days prior to the incident.

He said their relationship deteriorated throughout the day, and eventually ended up in a minor scuffle, which led to Ms Pohl shutting herself in the toilet.

Pilhion said he followed her into the toilet, where he comforted her, before carrying her off to bed.

He rebutted claims that he had instead, wrongfully restrained her by grabbing her and tossing her onto the bed.

The tall and well-built man said that when he tried to hug her later, she pushed him and went 'crazy' by throwing things at him and hitting him in the chest and face.

Pilhion said that he pushed her away by "pressing a cushion to the side of her face", and denied smothering her face with a pillow.

Pilhion also responded to allegations that he had bit her hand, claiming that Pohl had unexpectedly placed a fist in his mouth during the skirmish, causing him to unintentionally bite it.

The court heard that Pohl eventually called the police, and Pilhion was later remanded.

The trial will continue once new hearing dates have been arranged.

- CNA /ls