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PRC Pet groomer jailed for killing ah neh's dog

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Oct 24, 2009
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Mr Deva Rajan and his wife, Magesh, with a photo of Junior. A post-mortem showed the dog died after it was hit on the head. -- FILE PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
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A PET groomer - who had his hands full with a Maltese terrier taking nips at him while being shaved last month - hit the dog so hard with a pair of clippers that it died on the grooming table. A post-mortem by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) revealed that the three-year-old, 3.5kg pet named Junior had been hit on its head.

Sun Hu, a 24-year-old Chinese national, was on Friday jailed for two weeks for what he did. A district court heard that Junior's owner, Mr Deva Rajan Kamalasanan, 47, took the dog to the Strawberry Pet Shop in Corporation Road in Jurong on Sept 13. The pet shop's owner, Mr Tong Cheng Ooh, 59, suggested that the dog be completely shaved, as its fur was matted on its flank. Mr Deva Rajan, a general manager, agreed and left his pet at the shop. Half an hour later, he received a phone call telling him that Junior had died.

 

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Oct 29, 2009
Jailed for theft at NUS <!--10 min-->
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Pham Le Tuan Kiet, 24, was convicted after a trial of having a $150 cellphone and two laptops at National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Crescent, on Oct 21 last year. -- ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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A VIETNAMESE national was packed off to jail for four weeks on Thursday after he was found guilty of fraudulently having stolen property. Pham Le Tuan Kiet, 24, was convicted after a trial of having a $150 cellphone and two laptops at National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Crescent, on Oct 21 last year. When police arrested him at the university, he could not explain satisfactorily how he got the three items. Pham, then a final-year chemical engineering student, also pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing an undergraduate's polo shirt worth $15 from the corridor of Block 5, Raffles Hall, NUS, on Oct 10 last year. Pham, who has a theft conviction, had another theft charge considered during his sentencing by District Judge Liew Thiam Leng.

 

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Nov 6, 2009
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AN IT engineer hiding in a toilet cubicle secretly used a digital camera and filmed nine women in the toilet at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
His last victim was the 29-year-old wife of a police officer who caught him in the act. Susanrito, a 35-year-old Singapore permanent resident from Indonesia, was arrested. Yesterday, he was jailed for 13 weeks after he admitted to offences which included insulting the modesty of the women.
Susanrito was caught shortly after the policeman's wife went into a cubicle in the unisex toilet in the basement of KKH. She saw a hand holding a camera behind the air vent at the bottom right side of the wall near the toilet bowl. Susanrito was in the adjoining cubicle.

 

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Nov 16, 2009
Ex-RM jailed 74 months <!--10 min-->
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A FORMER relationship manager who committed a series of forgery and money laundering offences involving more than $756,000 was jailed for 74 months on Monday. Nelson Daniel Prajudo, 34, an Indonesian, pleaded guilty to 16 of 149 charges of forgery for the purpose of cheating, simple forgery and transferring benefits from criminal conduct. He was with Van Gogh Preferred Banking International, ABN AMRO Bank, when he made unauthorised remittance transfers from several clients' ABN bank accounts between December 2007 and February this year. These transfers were made to three PTBank Central Asia bank accounts in Indonesia belonging to three Indonesians, including his ex-wife, Dwi Indah Maya Dewi. Besides 114 forgery charges, he also faced another 35 charges of transferring the money he obtained from the offences out of Singapore. As a result, ABN suffered a loss totalling $756,000. Prajudo, who had the remaining 133 charges taken into consideration, could have been jailed for up to four years and/or fined for simple forgery; and up to 10 years and/or fined for forgery for the purpose of cheating. For money laundering, he could have been fined up to $500,000 and/or jailed or up to seven years.

 

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Ex-NParks manager charged

Nov 18, 2009

Ex-NParks manager charged

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A FORMER National Parks Board (NParks) manager was charged in court on Wednesday with corruption. Ma Woon Meng, 51, allegedly obtained bribes in the form of three loans of $500 each from Mr Ong Wee Chye, a director of Yi Fong Construction, between April and November 2006 to be lenient in supervising the works carried out by the company. The alleged offences occurred in Ang Mo Kio between April and November 2006. He is also accused of soliciting a loan of $15,000 and obtaining a loan of $1,000 from Mr Ong at a coffeeshop in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 in February this year. If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail term of up to five years on each charge. A pre-trial conference has been fixed for Dec 17.

 

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Keling FT commited suicide with son

Keling FT commited suicide with son


Nov 18, 2009

Dad, son fell to death

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<!-- story content : start --> A 36-YEAR-OLD senior database administrator who fell to his death with his seven-year-old son left various suicide notes to family members and close friends. A coroner's court heard that Mohamed Farook Ali Akbar, an Indian national and permanent resident here, had told his sister in a letter that he did it because of his health problem. His body and that of his son, Faheem Mohamed Farook, were found at the foot of Block 287 Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 on April 24. Among the nine pieces of papers found in Farook's master bedroom in Bukit Batok was a letter to to his wife, Madam Aneez Fathima Mohamed Farook, 32, stating that he experienced chest pain and his concern about his health problem. He told her to be brave and encouraged her to remarry, Farook, whose last drawn salary was $7,300 a month, came to Singapore to seek employment shortly after his marriage in India in February 2001. His wife joined him a month later. After she had given birth in India in 2002, both mother and child came here in late 2002. They became permanent residents in 2003. Faheem, who had a problem of delay development, underwent therapies from the age of five, the court heard. Both Farook and his wife were troubled by Faheem's condition. Teachers found him inattentive during lessons and an attention-seeker. He also disturbed some of his classmates. Two days before the incident, the Primary 1 student of Bukit View Primary School had used a pair of scissors to snip his classmate's uniform while attending a Tamil language lesson. On Wednesday, State Coroner Eddy Tham recorded a verdict of murder on Faheem's death, and suicide in the case of Farook's demise.

 

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Nov 19, 2009

2 maids jailed for stealing

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TWO Filipino maids who stole from their employers were each jailed for six months on Thursday. Mary Joy Autor Quimay, 33, who pleaded guilty, was alone at her employer's home at Lorong Kismis in Jurong when she stole more than $20,000 worth of jewellery from her employer, Madam Maria Pilar Jimenez Enriquez, between Oct 1 and Nov 9. The court heard that after stealing each time, she would pawn the items at Toh Yi Drive before heading to Lucky Plaza to remit the money back home. In another case, the employer of Valendy Jabon Lombres, 26, Madam Leong Pui Mun, 54, found some pawn tickets in her maid's name and confronted her on Nov 17. Valendy initially kept quiet and cried when asked where she got the jewellery from. Subsequently she confessed that she had stolen the jewellery from Madam Leong's bedroom. She also pawned the jewellery and sent the money back to the Philippines. She had stolen money, a Rolex watch and assorted jewellery totalling about $6,000. Both could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined on each charge.

 

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Nov 23, 2009
PR Charged with slashing hubby
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A PART-TIME yoga instructress was charged on Monday with slashing her husband with a kitchen knife. Alexandra Chan, 27, a permanent resident, is alleged to have slashed Mr Tang Siu Tong, 38, on his right hand and right knee cap at their condominium at Upper Bukit Timah Road on Sunday. She was remanded for psychiatric assessment. Her next court appearance is on Dec 7. If convicted of causing hurt with a dangerous weapon, she can be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

 

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Maid jailed three years

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Nov 26, 2009

DETERGENT IN MILK POWDER
Maid jailed three years

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Titin added a pinch of detergent to the victims' milk powder as she wanted to make them sick. -- TNP FILE PHOTO

<!-- story content : start --> AN INDONESIAN maid who tried to harm her employer's twin babies by adding a pinch of detergent into their milk powder was jailed for three years on Thursday. Titin Agustiana, 24, had earlier pleaded guilty to trying to administer an 'unwholesome thing'' with intent to cause hurt to the 2 1/2-month-old twin sons of her employer on Aug 11. The court heard that she was unhappy with her employer for scolding her for shoddy work. She added a pinch of detergent to the victims' milk powder as she wanted to make them sick. She had hoped that her employer would pay more attention to the victims, and less attention to her and scold her less. Titin, who said she regretted what she had done and was very sorry, could have been jailed for up to five years.

 

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Singapore
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Nov 26, 2009
Vietnamese man arrested

<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> A 25-YEAR-OLD Vietnamese man was arrested for loanshark harassment early on Thursday morning. Police received a call from a resident in Henderson Crescent at about 2.30 am reporting that a man was splashing paint and writing graffiti on the wall outside his flat. Officers from Clementi Police Division arrived within minutes and immediately carried out a search of the HDB block and its vicinity. Based on the description given by the victim, the officers spotted the man at the void deck shortly and arrested him. Some paint marks were found on the suspect's body. The officers also seized a red marker and a bottle filled with paint near the void deck. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect is believed to have assisted in loansharking activities by carrying out harassment acts at debtors' units. The man will be charged in court on Thursday afternoon for loanshark harassment.

 

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Sri Lankan FT Fined for shoplifting, bribery

Sri Lankan FT Fined for shoplifting, bribery

Singapore
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Nov 30, 2009

Fined for shoplifting, bribery
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A SHOPLIFTER made matters worse for herself by trying to bribe store security officers to let her off. For stealing about $37 of food items, De Livera Shanela Ruwanthi, 21, was fined $1,000 on Monday. The Sri Lankan, who is studying interior design at the Lasalle College of Arts, also pleaded guilty to the corruption chrage for which she was fined $5,000. A district court heard that she was caught leaving the Cold Storage store in Parkway Parade shopping centre without paying for the Haagen Dazs ice-cream and cookies, pasta and fish fingers found in her sling bag at 8pm on March 31. In the office, she pleaded with the two security officers to let her go and offered them the $150 she had on her. She could have been sentenced to up to five years in jail and fined up to $100,000 on the corruption charge and up to three years and up to $10,000 for theft.

 

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Jailed 4 years for card fraud

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Nov 30, 2009

Jailed 4 years for card fraud
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The Malaysian, 29, was jailed for four years by a district court on Monday. He pleaded guilty to possessing fake credit cards and conspiring to cheat at Changi Airport in October. Asking for a stiff sentence, Deputy Public Prosecutor David Chew pointed out that the syndicate was 'highly sophisticated considering that the counterfeit cards were made from scratch and embossed with the accused's name'. The court heard that as Ang was unable to repay a loan to an illegal moneylender in Malaysia, the loan shark gave him five fake credit cards and instructed him to buy as many high-valued watches as possible from shops in the transit area of Changi Airport. The commissions he earned would go to offset his debt.[/FONT]

 

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Malaysian waiter jailed for theft, trespass

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Dec 1, 2009

Waiter jailed for theft, trespass
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A HOTEL waiter was jailed a total of seven months on Tuesday for stealing a guest's electronic keycard and criminal trespass. Vijayanthiran Rajamanikam Rajagi, 23, a Malaysian, pleaded guilty to stealing the keycard from a 30-year-old French flight stewardess at Swissotel The Stamford and trespassing into her room with intent to insult her modesty on June 29. The court heard that the victim was in her room when she fell asleep after ordering room service. Vijayanthiran's colleague who went to deliver food opened the door with a master keycard after getting no response from the victim who was found sleeping. The colleague reported this to his supervisor in the presence of Vijayanthiran who then entered the victim's room with another set of master electronic keycard. There he stole the stewardess's keycard and used it to enter the room several times. The victim was awakened at around 4.30am when she felt someone touching her. On seeing Vijayanthiran lying beside him, she shouted and immediately rang her colleague to report the incident. Vijayanthiran was later identified by the victim as the one who was in her room. Six other charges including one of outrage of modesty were taken into consideration during his sentencing.

 

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Angmo jailed for punching cabby

Singapore
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Dec 1, 2009

Man jailed for punching cabby
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> AN AMERICAN teacher who punched a taxi driver in his left eye and chest was jailed for four weeks on Tuesday. Richard Bryan Redd Jr, 33, admitted hurting Mr Boey Kin Keong infront of Hotel 81 in Bencoolen Street on April 20. The court heard that on arrival at the hotel from Orchard Towers, Redd wanted to pay the $6.90 fare using his ez-link card. But on being told that the taxi was not equipped with the facility, he wanted to pay by credit card. Again, the 53-year-old cabby told him it was not possible and waived the fare but Redd insisted on paying. After both had alighted, Redd punched Mr Boey on his left eye and chest area. Another cabby saw the incident and called the police, who came and observed Redd to be drunk.
A second charge of pushing the victim's head with his hands was taken into consideration. He could have been jailed for up to two years or fined up to $5,000 or both.

 

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PR fined $25k for bribe offer

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Dec 2, 2009

Man fined $25k for bribe offer
By Elena Chong
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A MAN who offered a bribe to a technical manager of Esplanade Company for having recommended the company to buy stage backdrop equipment was fined $25,000 on Wednesday. Tan Yen Kit, 40, admitted to corruptly offering 5 per cent of a purchase price of $638,860 equivalent to $31,843 to Mr Peter Bretherton as a reward for having recommended to Esplanade to buy theatre equipment from Desisti Asia on Aug 17, 2006. A permanent resident, Tan was a system sales engineer with DeSisti for about three years before he left in July 2006. But he continued to be DeSisti's direct sales representative on a project basis. The court heard that he was grateful to Mr Bretherton for recommending the project and offered him a token of appreciation. He sent Mr Bretherton a short message service, asking if he was comfortable with the token of 5 per cent he thought of getting him. The technical manager did not respond and referred the matter to the management. Tan could have been fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years for corruption.

 

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M'sian security guard on graft charges

Singapore
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Dec 4, 2009

Guard on graft charges
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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A security guard was charged on Friday with trying to get a bribe of $1,500 from each of two brothers in return for not reporting them for working without valid work permits. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A SECURITY guard was charged on Friday with trying to get a bribe of $1,500 from each of two brothers in return for not reporting them for working without valid work permits. Gogilen Tolasi, 23, a Malaysian and employed by Legend Security Services, allegedly tried separately to get the bribe from Mr Kerk Cheng Hong and Mr Kerk Cheng Siong at a unit in The Hillside Condominium in Upper Bukit Timah Road where he was deployed. The brothers were believed to be doing renovation work at the time. He will appear in court again on Dec 11. If found guilty, he can be fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years on each charge.

 

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Singapore
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Dec 4, 2009

Jailed for torching fish farm
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A CHINESE national was jailed for nine weeks on Friday for throwing two lighted match sticks at her lover's fish farm and caused damage of more than $200,000. Cleaner Liu Gui Ling, 37, a Singapore permanent resident, admitted to mischief at the fish farm at sea off Pasir Ris at about 2am on April 9. A Community Court heard that the night before, Liu and her lover, Mr Goh Khoon Heng, 53, the fish farm owner, had a dispute over some financial and personal matters. At about 2am, she lighted two match sticks and threw them into the trash bags at the fish farm. Some structures of the fish farm caught fire, causing damage of between $220,000 and $230,000. Liu, who surrendered herself to the police, told Judge Soh Tze Bian in between sobs that she had a two-year-old child with her lover, and that they planned to wed next year. She could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined.

 

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Dec 4, 2009

Trader accused of GST fraud

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A BUSINESSMAN was charged in court on Friday with 62 counts of evading Goods and Services Tax of about $2 million.
This GST fraud case is the biggest to be brought to court to date.
Mahesh Kumar Goenka, 53, a director of two companies and also owner of another business dealing with electrical and electronic goods, allegedly made false entries in the GST returns which resulted in the undercharging of taxes between 2004 and 2007.
The companies are Lalasis Trading and Lachem Trading, and the sole proprietorship, Zirco International.
Nine of the 62 charges accused him of omitting output taxes in Lalasis's GST returns with intent to assist the company to evade tax. If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $10,000 and/or a jail term of up to seven years plus a penalty of three times the amount of tax undercharged on each charge.
He is out on $200,000 bail. His passport was impounded. The case will be mentioned on Jan 8.

 

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Dec 9, 2009

Fine, ban for fatal accident
By Elena Chong
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A TRUCK driver who caused the death of an elderly pedestrian was fined $6,000 and banned from driving for four years on Wednesday. Bian Ruxin, 31, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Madam Tan Ah Peck, 82, along Pandan Gardens on May 25. A district court heard that he was driving a trailer and making a right turn into Pandan Gardens when he failed to keep a proper lookout while changing lanes from left to right. The trailer hit and ran over Madam Tan who was crossing the road. She was pronounced dead on the spot. Bian could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death by doing a negligent act.

 

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Singapore
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Dec 11, 2009
Charged with offering bribe
By Elena Chong
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A CHINESE national was hauled to court on Friday for corruptly offering an unspecified bribe to induce a resident engineer to show leniency in his inspection. Ma Bao Yu, 42, a construction company employee deployed to a Choa Chu Kang housing project, allegedly made the offer to Mr Chia Chun Sian in August last year. Mr Chia is the project consultant for the HDB building project. Ma, who intends to engage a lawyer, will be back in court on Friday. If found guilty, he can be fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years.