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Foul smelling tap water at Yishun HDB block By Ng Lian Cheong, Tan Qiuyi | Posted: 19 February 2013 2134 hrs Residents at an HDB block in Yishun Avenue 11 reported that their tap water has been giving off a foul smell. SINGAPORE: Residents at an HDB block in Yishun Avenue 11 reported that...

2 chefs fined for receiving bribes from seafood supplier By Claire Huang | Posted: 15 February 2013 1456 hrs SINGAPORE: Two chefs from two Chinese restaurants have been fined for receiving bribes from a seafood supplier. Chung Yiu Ming, 54, was fined S$17,000 and made to pay a penalty...

Police looking for missing woman AsiaOne Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 50-year-old Zubaida Bte Abd Jalil. Mdm Zubaida was last seen on February 8 at about 10pm at Blk 4 Beach Road. Mdm Zubaida is described to be about 1.52m...

Police appeal for the next-of-kin of Mr Tan Kim Yam AsiaOne Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 50-year-old Tan Kim Yam to come forward. He was living at Blk 121 Bukit Merah View and had passed away on Feb 7, 2013. The next-of-kin or anyone with...

5 credit card crooks arrested for targeting mailboxes February 8, 2013 - 1:06am By: Elizabeth Law TNP PHOTO: Gary Goh The police arrested five men last year for stealing credit cards through the mail. Four of them have been dealt with by the courts while the fifth is still under...

Loanshark harasser arrested AsiaOne Friday, Feb 08, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 34-year-old man for his suspected involvement in loansharking activities. On Feb 7, 2013 at about 4.30pm, officers from Jurong Police Division were on anti-crime patrol in the vicinity of Fajar Road...

Hit-and-run driver arrested within half an hour of incident AsiaOne | Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 34-year-old man was swiftly arrested by Traffic Police after two accidents involving nine vehicles and a pedestrian at Bedok Reservoir Road and Tampines Avenue 10. Police received a...

Man arrested for a alcohol shop theft AsiaOne Tuesday, Feb 05, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 32-year-old male Singaporean who is believed to be involved in a series of cases whereby alcoholic beverages valued at over S$800 were stolen from a number of different locations. Several...

Man arrested for using company funds to pay loanshark debts AsiaOne Friday, Feb 01, 2013 The police have arrested a 43-year-old male for misappropriating his company's funds to pay off his debts with loansharks. He had also lodged a false police report of robbery to cover up for the stolen...

Police appeal for next-of-kin of Chin Kong Tok AsiaOne Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 78-year-old Chin Kong Tok to come forward. Mr Chin, resident of Block 508 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 passed away at home on 23 January 2013. The next-of-kin or anyone with...

Certis Cisco guard steals funds from Singapore American School safe Published on Jan 30, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A Certis Cisco security guard stole $2,900 from a safe in the Singapore American School in Woodlands while on duty there. Loh Ming Wan, 19 and now unemployed, was fined...

Wheelchair-bound 80-year-old fined for burning maid with heated ladle Published on Jan 29, 2013 Maimunah Ahmad, 80, was fined $15,000 in court for maid abuse by using a heated ladle to cause a burn mark over her maid's upper right arm. -- ST PHOTO : WONG KWAI CHOW By Khushwant Singh...

Two arrested for theft onboard AsiaOne | Thu, Jan 24 2013 SINGAPORE - Two men, ages 33 and 35, were apprehended on Monday for suspected involvement in theft onboard a flight from Medan to Singapore. A cabin crew member first noticed one of the suspects retrieving a bag from the overhead...

Man jailed for negligently causing wife's death while drink driving Published on Jan 22, 2013 Posed photo of a man in handcuffs. A former safety officer, who side-swiped a lorry and hit the back of a stationary bus trapping his wife in the front passenger seat, was jailed for six weeks...

Sales executive jailed 2 weeks for hurting wife with knife Published on Jan 21, 2013 Tan Kok Long, 29, was on Monday jailed for two weeks for hurting Ms Tan Chai Nee, 39, a beauty consultant. A district court was told that the assault with the knife left a 10cm-long scratch on her leg...

2 men arrested for suspected loanshark activities AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 2 men, aged 46 and 48 years, for suspected involvement in loansharking activities in 2 separate cases. In the first case, on January 15, 2013 at about 5.50pm - acting on a...

2 arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - Two men aged 22 and 24 were arrested for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. On Jan 12 at about 6.40 am, through follow-up investigations, officers arrested the 22-year-old suspect near Lorong 1...

Four suspects nabbed for loanshark harassment Published on Jan 10, 2013 Police on Wednesday arrested four male subjects for suspected involvement in a series of loanshark harassment cases. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING By Jalelah Abu Baker Police on Wednesday arrested four male subjects...

2 conmen offering phony jobs arrested AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 09, 2013 SINGAPORE: Police have arrested two 40-year-old Chinese men who are believed to be involved in at least four cases of cheating island-wide. Since June, police have been receiving several reports where victims were...