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Property agent jailed and fined for operating an illegal moneylending business Published 9 hours ago Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A rogue property agent was jailed for 40 months and fined $240,000 on Friday for doling out unlicensed loans to flat sellers and charging them...

Man who sexually abused stepdaughter, six, gets 8 years and 12 strokes Published Jun 30, 2015, 6:46 pm SGT Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A former security officer who sexually abused his six-year-old stepdaughter was jailed for eight years and ordered to be given 12 strokes of...

Man accused of molesting 2 teens in bus AsiaOne Friday, Jun 26, 2015 SINGAPORE - A man who allegedly molested two teen girls in a public bus will be charged on Saturday. The 39-year-old man is believed to have molested two girls, aged 14 and 15, in a bus at Bukit Batok Central last month...

Man charged with robbing 72-year-old man with a knife at Bedok carpark Published on Apr 24, 2015 11:40 AM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A man was charged in court on Friday with robbing a 72-year-old man at a carpark while armed with a knife. Jureimie Ahmad, 25, is accused of robbing Mr Cheong...

Police appeal for information on loanshark harrassment case in Punggol Published on Apr 23, 2015 2:49 PM Police are appealing for information on this man, believed to be in his twenties, in relation to a case of loanshark harrassment in Punggol. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Andrea Ng...

Employer fined $34,500 for not paying maid Published on Apr 22, 2015 11:32 AM By Pearl Lee SINGAPORE - A woman was fined $34,500 for withholding her maid's salaries, and getting the maid to work in a location she was not allowed to. Singaporean Tang Lee Sung, 39, had employed an Indonesian...

Maid was punched, slapped for eating wrong fish, court told Elena Chong The Straits Times Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015 Ms Jonna Memeje Muegue was allegedly assaulted by Chua Siew Peng (above) and two family members. Ms Muegue broke her legs in trying to escape. In 2012, a Filipino maid jumped from...

2 handbag retailers fined for evading GST AsiaOne Monday, Apr 20, 2015 The background shows branded handbags and accessories seized from Ong’s company premises. Both inset images show some of the branded handbags imported by Tang for which GST had been under-declared. Two handbag retailers...

Thief with fetish for women's wallets back in jail Selina Lum The Straits Times Saturday, Apr 18, 2015 A serial thief with a fetish for women's leather wallets, who has spent 17 years of his life behind bars, is back in jail for another three years for his latest stealing spree. Low Ji...

2 lawyers disbarred for refusing to return client's $1.8m They had asked her to hand money to their wives for 'safekeeping' Published on Apr 14, 2015 7:30 AM By Selina Lum TWO lawyers who refused to return $1.8 million to a client were struck off the rolls yesterday. The client had...

Trainee cook jailed 30 weeks for "upskirt'' videos Published on Apr 10, 2015 12:21 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A trainee cook who took 25 upskirt video recordings of women was jailed for 30 weeks on Friday. Alex Lee Hao Min, 26, admitted to nine of 34 charges of of insulting the modesty...

12 1/2 years' jail for raping granddaughter Selina Lum The Straits Times Wednesday, Mar 25, 2015 A 59-year-old man who raped his intellectually disabled granddaughter when she was nine was yesterday jailed for 12½ years. The machine operator pleaded guilty in the High Court to two charges...

Illegal bookmaker jailed for 11 months and fined $250K Published on Mar 20, 2015 5:16 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A former sales promoter was sentenced to 11 months' jail and a $250,000 fine on Friday for illegal soccer betting and other offences. Sim Kian Soon, 33, who faced 75 charges...

Computer programmer jailed eight weeks for filming women in fitting rooms Published on Mar 10, 2015 5:24 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A computer programmer was jailed for eight weeks on Tuesday for secretly filming women in fitting rooms and on shopping mall escalators. Jack Ng Kok Foong...

Police arrest 42-year-old streaker flashing at Punggol AsiaOne Tuesday, Mar 03, 2015 A lady who was walking home after sending her son to school was shocked to see a man at the foot of a HDB block with his pants down, fondling with his private parts. SINGAPORE - A lady who was walking home...

Police arrest man for taking upskirt photos at Commonwealth MRT AsiaOne Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 SINGAPORE - The police have arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of taking an upskirt photo of a woman. The victim, 31, was ascending an escalator leading to Commonwealth MRT station when she...

Teen intruder strips naked in girls' school Shaffiq Alkhatib The New Paper Monday, Feb 16, 2015 Daryl Wee Yi Yang gets 18 months’ probation for trespassing and performing an obscene act. He was given a 12-month conditional warning in October 2013 after he was caught trespassing and exposing...

Suspected drug syndicate leader arrested after two-year investigation Published on Feb 6, 2015 1:33 PM Drugs and cash seized from one of the operations CNB launched to take down the syndicate on Oct 30, 2014. -- PHOTO: CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU Drugs and cash seized from one of the...

Police appealing for information on man involved in rash act AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for the man shown in the image above to assist with investigations into a case of rash act at Punggol Field on Nov 22, 2014. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt...

Trio jailed and caned for conspiring to rape drunk pub waitress Published on Jan 9, 2015 4:00 PM By Selina Lum <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/t17LVVuVLmU?rel=0&showinfo=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> SINGAPORE - Three young men - two brothers...