296 people nabbed for alleged involvement in over 1,000 scams, victims lost over $6.4m
SINGAPORE – The police have arrested 296 people for suspected involvement in more than 1,000 scams, where victims lost over $6.4 million. The suspects, aged between 16 and 80, were involved as scammers or money mules, said the police on Friday (Nov 5) night. The scams comprise mainly Internet love, e-commerce, government-official impersonation, job and... » read more
SMU student sentenced to 10 months’ jail and given 3 strokes of the cane for molesting woman on campus
SINGAPORE – A Singapore Management University (SMU) student was on Monday (Oct 25) sentenced to 10 months’ jail and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane for molesting a woman on campus in 2019. The incident occurred when the two met for a study session in a classroom around 1am on Jan 8... » read more
3 years’ jail for mum who abused her 2 daughters
SINGAPORE – A housewife who abused her two daughters, aged six and 10, breaking the older child’s front teeth, was on Wednesday (Sept 29) sentenced to three years’ jail. The woman’s offences came to light when her 37-year-old husband returned home and found his daughter’s teeth broken. He took the child to KK Women’s and... » read more
SMU molestation case: Man, 25, convicted of outraging woman’s modesty
SINGAPORE – A Singapore Management University (SMU) student has been convicted of molesting a woman on campus in 2019. On Tuesday (Aug 31), District Judge Sharmila Sripathy found Lee Yan Ru, now 25, guilty of one count of molestation. In delivering her verdict, the judge noted that Lee did not deny committing the sexual act... » read more
Auditor-General finds wastage of $5.39m of public funds at HPB over excess fitness trackers, overpayment at PSD
SINGAPORE – The roll-out of a national fitness challenge by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) was found to have wasted $5.39 million of public funds, due to fitness trackers that were not put to use, the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) has said. In its annual audit of government accounts, the AGO also flagged that erroneous claims... » read more
MTI’s chief information officer fined $2,000 for drink driving
SINGAPORE – The chief information officer at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) was fined $2,000 on Thursday (July 15) after he pleaded guilty to a drink driving charge. Bernard Donald Miranda, 59, who is also the director of the corporate operations division at the ministry, was disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles... » read more
ILgamos going ILGON. New project, same goal.
DUBAI, Jun 23, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – ILGON is a new Ethereum-based blockchain platform with its own cryptocurrency, positioning itself as an ecosystem with endless possibilities. At first blush, the project seems perfectly legitimate. It has a team, an exchange listing, and even a few videos, though in Hungarian, which is no... » read more
Psychiatric observation for trio accused of assaulting teen who was later found dead in Clementi flat
SINGAPORE – The trio accused of assaulting a teenager who was later found dead in a Clementi flat will be remanded for psychiatric observation at the Changi Prison Complex Medical Centre. A district court heard on Tuesday (May 25) that one of the alleged offenders, Chee Mei Wan, 41, is represented by lawyer Azri Imran... » read more
Brother charged after his teenage sister found dead in Clementi flat
SINGAPORE – A man has appeared in a district court after his 19-year-old sister was found dead in a Clementi flat on Wednesday. Huang Bocan, 29, was charged on Thursday (May 6) with one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Ms Huang Baoying at around 11pm on Tuesday. The Singaporean man allegedly used a... » read more
Cab driver in S’pore found guilty of molesting female passenger
SINGAPORE – A cab driver was found guilty on Thursday (April 29) of molesting a female passenger after a trial. Haji Mohamed Yusoof, 56, had contested a charge of outraging the modesty of the woman, in an incident which happened on Jan 5, 2019 in Lorong Ah Soo near Upper Paya Lebar Road. The 30-year-old... » read more
Who killed my father? 47 years on, son of labourer murdered in 1974 in S’pore hopes for answers
SINGAPORE – When Mr Rajoo Mani read an article in January this year that described the unsolved case of a girl who was found murdered in Singapore in 1995, it brought back a flood of memories. He was nine years old when police officers found his father’s body in Clementi Road on Oct 6, 1974.... » read more
Man sentenced to 56 weeks’ jail for abusing mother, hitting her groin with metal padlock
SINGAPORE – A former National University of Singapore (NUS) graduate student who punched his mother in the face and used a metal padlock to hit her groin was sentenced on Tuesday (March 23) to 56 weeks’ jail. Andy Koh Ju Hua, who was a master’s student at the time of the offences, pleaded guilty on... » read more
Jail for woman who forced maid to hit her own mouth 50 times with meat pounder
SINGAPORE- A housewife, unhappy at seeing fingerprints on her kitchen windows, forced her domestic helper to hit her own mouth with a meat pounder about 50 times. Mun Sau Yeng, 41, was sentenced on Tuesday (March 16) to 15 months’ jail. The court heard that Mun ordered her Indonesian helper Yuni Dwi Lestari, now 26,... » read more
Plants, natural fibre ionisers effective in reducing Covid-19 droplets transmission: Study
SINGAPORE – Researchers looking at ways to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission have found that plants, natural fibre ionisers and air filters are effective in reducing aerosol concentrations in the air. However, they must be combined with safe management measures such as mask wearing. In a release on Thursday (Feb 25), Temasek Foundation said... » read more
Employer pleads guilty to 28 charges; life sentence sought
Chilling footage of an emaciated domestic worker being grabbed by the hair and shaken like a rag doll was played in court yesterday. Her Singaporean employer, the wife of a police officer, admitted yesterday that she had starved, tortured and ultimately killed her 24-year-old Myanmar helper. Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for Gaiyathiri Murugayan, 40,... » read more
On the Sulawesi warty pig
SINGAPORE – The Sulawesi warty pig is a star feature of the cave painting found recently in the Leang Tedongnge cave in Sulawesi. The pig, known as the Sus celebensis, is a small wild boar endemic to Sulawesi. The pigs can still be found in relative abundance in certain parts of the island, said Dr... » read more