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Chinese national jailed 1 1/2 years for gold scam Published on Apr 02, 2013 Items confiscated by the police from two Chinese nationals are displayed after they were arrested on Jan 6, 2013. One of whom, Xiong Jianyuan, who came here equipped to cheat Singaporeans, was jailed for a...

Acupuncturist on trial for molesting his boss during treatment Published on Jan 17, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A traditional Chinese medical practitioner, 61, is on trial for outraging the modesty of his boss, 54, while treating her in a Chinatown clinic on Dec 24, 2009. In the confession...

4 arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 3 men and a woman, aged between 30 and 62, for suspected involvement in loansharking activities in four separate cases. In the first case, on January 13 at about 7pm, police officers...

Man with paranoid schizophrenia gets 12 years' jail for fatal stabbing Published on Jan 14, 2013 By Selina Lum A 53-year-old jobless man was on Monday jailed 12 years after pleading guilty to culpable homicide for fatally stabbing another man in the neck at a carpark three years ago. The...

Singaporean held over fake printer cartridges By Rashita A.Hamid The Star/Asia News Network Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR - Police have crushed a racket that produced fake printer refill cartridges carrying a popular market brand with the arrest of a Singaporean businessman and his...

Have you seen this missing woman? AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 09, 2013 Police are appealing for the whereabouts of 35-year-old Aw Hui Teng who was last seen in the vicinity of Jurong West St 41 on Jan 7 at about 3.25pm. Ms Aw is a Chinese female with a slim build and about 1.68 metres tall. Her...

Police bust shophouse used as illegal gambling den Posted: 28 December 2012 1706 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested four people for allegedly operating and gaming in an illegal gambling den operating out of a shophouse. The four are aged between 22 and 64. In a five-hour operation which...

18-year-old teenager arrested for housebreaking AsiaOne Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 SINGAPORE - Police arrested an 18-year-old male teenager for breaking into a house located at Holland Grove View. On Dec 27, at around 6am, officers received a report of the said break-in. Cash, a mobile phone...

Drop in crimes against the elderly By Joyce Lim The Straits Times Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 SINGAPORE - Madam Nee Chat Seng lives in a one-room HDB flat in Jalan Bukit Merah, and does not own a mobile phone or have a telephone at home. Her hearing, eyesight and mobility have deteriorated...

Transvestite jailed 2 weeks for cheating American Published on Oct 23, 2012 Yim took an American man's credit card after he failed to hand over $800 for sexual services in 2010. He then cheated a Mustafa Centre cashier by using the card to buy $2,572 worth of items. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI...

Man jailed for commercial sex with minor Published on Oct 08, 2012 By Elena Chong A self-employed mas was jailed for three months on Monday for paying $100 for the sexual services of an underage Vietnamese girl. Joseph Koh Hong Thye, 51, pleaded guilty to getting the services of the...

Snatch theft causes ruckus October 5, 2012 - 1:34am By: Aida Johan TNP PHOTO: Benjamin Seetor She was sitting at the bus-stop along Sixth Avenue when two men suddenly grabbed a laptop from a teenage girl and ran. Madam May Quek, 65, told The New Paper: “I was waiting for the bus and there...

Man charged with living off earnings of underage prostitute By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 03 October 2012 1436 hrs SINGAPORE: A man has been charged with living off the earnings of an underage prostitute. The accused cannot be named to protect the identity of the 17-year-old girl. He was...

Man gets 22 years' jail for sexual assault of young nieces Uncle also sentenced to 24 strokes of the cane for violating the two sisters Published on Oct 02, 2012 By Selina Lum Two young sisters, left without caregivers after suffering one misfortune after another, were taken in by an aunt and...

$100,000 bail forfeited in football match-fixing case Published on Sep 28, 2012 Shokri Nor (left) and Thanasegar S. Sinnaiah were accused of trying to get bribes to fix the result of a match between Singapore’s LionsXII and Sarawak FA. A man who offered bail for them had the entire bail...

19 arrested for loansharking activities Posted: 29 May 2012 1302 hrs SINGAPORE: Officers from the Clementi Police Division have arrested 19 people for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. Police said during an eight-hour islandwide operation which started Monday, the officers...

Facebook co-founder Saverin to stay in Singapore Posted: 16 May 2012 1636 hrs SINGAPORE: Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin intends to stay in Singapore but has no plans to take up citizenship after giving up his US passport, a move that could save him millions in taxes, his spokesman said...

Thief fined $1,400 for stealing 6 pairs of shoes Published on May 11, 2012 By Elena Chong A man who stole six pairs of shoes from a block of flats in Woodlands was fined a total of $1,400 on Friday. Sreeprasad Raghunathan, 42, pleaded guilty to three charges of theft involving a total of $395...

Part-timer nabbed for office burglary AsiaOne Friday, Apr 27, 2012 SINGAPORE - A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly breaking into a company that he was working with and stealing $350. It is believed that the suspect broke into the premises at Blk 1017, Upper Serangoon Road, on April...

Police arrest man for suspected criminal breach of trust Published on Apr 26, 2012 Photographic equipment seized by the police. A man was arrested on Wednesday for suspected criminal breach of trust. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Fiona Low A man who is believed to have made off with...