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[h=1]76-year-old man found dead in bloody Yishun flat; woman tenant, aged 34, arrested[/h]
SINGAPORE - A 76-year-old retiree died in his Yishun flat on Saturday night after an alleged dispute with a 34-year-old woman believed to his tenant. Police, who received a call for assistance at about 10pm, arrested the woman.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were called to assist at 10.55pm. SCDF officers had to force their way into the flat.
The Straits Times understands that there was a fight outside the flat before the victim went in, and that he suffered cuts on his arm.


The victim, Mr William Wong, was pronounced dead by paramedics at 11.38pm.
"There was so much blood," his widow, Madam Winnie Teo, told The Straits Times.
At about 11pm, the 58-year-old part-time cleaner had been returning home from work when she saw that the staircase leading to her three-room unit on the second floor at Block 114 Yishun Ring Road had been cordoned off by police.
There were blood spatters in the common corridor, she said.
When Madam Teo arrived at block, she thought her husband had a fight with the tenant and was injured.
It was only while being questioned by the police that she realised Mr Wong had died. Unable to accept this, she made more than 10 calls to her husband's mobile phone, Lianhe Wanbao reported.
"I didn't know he died," she wailed, as the truth finally hit her, Wanbao said.
Neighbours told Wanbao that they heard an argument around 8pm on Saturday, and there was further commotion at around 11pm.
The tenant is believed to be a Malaysian woman.
The case has been classified as an "unnatural death'.
Investigations are ongoing.


 

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Lorry driver jailed over fatal crash and commercial sex with girl, 17


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Sun was found to have driven a truck at an unsafe speed towards a traffic light pedestrian crossing. PHOTO: ST FILE

Published 7 hours ago
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - A lorry driver was jailed for seven months and banned from driving for seven years on Tuesday (Nov 24) for dangerous driving which resulted in the death of a pedestrian and injuries to two others in a road traffic accident 2-1/2 years ago.

Chinese national Sun Xinjian, 38, was given another 12 weeks' jail after he had admitted to paying $60 for the sexual services of a 17-year-old girl from China at Lai Ming Hotel in Geylang Road on May 23, 2013.

He went on a 13-day trial for causing the death of Mr Sivaprakash Pathmanathan, 27, by dangerous driving along Clementi Avenue 6 at the signalised cross junction by Clementi Loop; causing grievous hurt to Mr Sivaprakash's cousin, Ms Cheryl Stephanie Elias Edward, 26, and causing hurt to Ms Peh Bee Ling, 45, on Nov 6, 2013.

He was cleared of driving the lorry with bald tyres.

He is appealing.

Sun, who works for a logistics company that delivers supplies to McDonald's, was found to have driven the refrigerated truck at an unsafe speed of about 50kmh towards a traffic light pedestrian crossing, resulting in his vehicle not being able to stop in time for the red light. He thus hit the three pedestrians who were crossing the road on a green man signal.

Mr Sivaprakash died on the spot while Ms Edward, then a pre-school teacher, was warded for four months for her leg injury. Ms Peh was warded for two days with head and elbow injuries.

Sun claimed the accident was beyond his control because the brakes failed on the spot.

Convicting Sun of the three charges on Nov 12, District Judge Kamala Ponnampalam accepted the prosecution's position that the brakes had been inefficient from the start of the journey, and not just before the accident as claimed by the defence.

Given the fact that Sun was unable to bring the lorry to a stop before the red light, the judge concluded that the speed at which Sun was travelling then was unsafe.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Yang Ziliang prosecuted the case while Sun was defended by Mr Ramesh Appoo.

The maximum penalty for paid sex with a person under 18 years old is seven years' jail and a fine. For causing death by dangerous driving, he could have been jailed up to five years.



 

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2 men arrested for trying to leave Singapore illegally by swimming to Malaysia with trash bags over heads


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Two men were attempting to depart Singapore by swimming to Malaysia while holding the trash bags over their heads to conceal themselves. PHOTO: IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY

Published Nov 25, 2015, 4:41 pm SGT
Shea Driscoll

SINGAPORE - Two men attempting to leave Singapore illegally by swimming to Malaysia with trash bags over their heads have been arrested.

At about 4.40am on Wednesday (Nov 25) morning, officers at the Woodlands Checkpoint noticed two black trash bags floating near the shoreline along the Causeway.

Suspecting something was amiss, they conducted checks and found two people swimming near the shoreline towards Malaysia. They had been holding the trash bags over their heads to conceal themselves.

The men, aged 37 and 39 and both Malaysian nationals, were placed under arrest and found to have overstayed in Singapore. Investigations are ongoing, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said in a statement on Wednesday.

Under the Immigration Act (Cap 133), overstaying or illegal entry can be punished with a jail term of up to six months and a minimum of three strokes of the cane. Illegal departure can be punished with a fine of up to $2,000, a jail term of up to six months, or both.


 

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Delivery driver jailed 14 years for killing colleague who bullied him


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Chinese national Li Yongxiang (in red) at the crime scene on June 24, 2013. PHOTO: ST FILE

Published Nov 30, 2015, 1:39 pm SGT
Selina Lum

SINGAPORE - A delivery driver, who quit his job in exasperation after being bullied repeatedly at work, decided to kill his colleague for causing him to lose his job.

Chinese national Li Yongxiang, 27, walked out of the company premises in Kranji Loop, bought a chopper from a provision shop and returned within minutes to slash fellow countryman Zhu Ai Hua, 35, at least 26 times.

Li was sentenced to 14 years' jail by the High Court on Monday (Nov 30) after he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Closed-circuit TV camera footage of the violent attack on June 17, 2013, was played in court, showing Li hacking Mr Zhu and kicking his limp body several times.

Li, who suffered a major depressive episode at the time of the killing, had been charged originally with murder. An Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist, however, found that his condition had substantially reduced his mental responsibility for his acts.

The court heard that Li came to Singapore in April 2013 to work as a driver for a woodcraft company. While waiting for his Singapore driving licence, he did odd jobs and was often paired up with Mr Zhu to do flooring works at the homes of customers.

The court heard that Li was often verbally and physically abused by Mr Zhu. Li asked his employer to assign someone else to work with Mr Zhu. But his request for a change was not successful as the manager had difficulties pairing Mr Zhu up with other workers.

On June 17, 2013, Li became frustrated when Mr Zhu scolded him for the way he had placed a trolley.

Feeling resentful towards Mr Zhu for treating him badly over the previous two months, Li told his boss that he had reached the limits of his tolerance and could no longer work with Mr Zhu.

Despite the employer's attempts to make him stay, Li insisted on resigning.

When he could not reach his agent for help, Li decided to buy a knife to kill Mr Zhu.

While attacking Mr Zhu, Li also swung the chopper at another co-worker who was trying to restrain him, slashing the man's fingers.

After killing Mr Zhu, Li threw the chopper into a pail and waited at the main gate for the police to arrive.

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Bus driver jailed one week for road rage


A school bus driver who slapped a motorist once on the face in a road rage case was jailed for one week on Tuesday (Dec 1).

Published Dec 1, 2015, 2:16 pm SGT
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - A school bus driver who slapped a motorist once on the face in a road rage case was jailed for one week on Tuesday (Dec 1).

Malaysian Mahendran Mohanakrishnan, 38, who is a Singapore permanent resident, pleaded guilty to causing hurt to his compatriot Yoong Hing Jie at the traffic light junction along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 on June 25 this year.

The court heard that Mr Yoong, 21, was driving his van along the third lane of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 when he tried to move into the left lane to enter Central Expressway (CTE) that day.

But he was unable to do so as Mahendran was driving his bus on the left lane.

Mr Yoong then proceeded straight and subsequently stopped at a traffic light junction below the CTE flyover as the traffic light signal was red.

After stopping his bus beside the van, Mahendran alighted, walked over to Mr Yoong and slapped him once on the left side of his face.

Mr Yoong lodged a police report that a bus driver had slapped him and punched the front windscreen of his van, causing it to crack.

A second charge of mischief was taken into consideration during sentencing.

Mahendran said he was remorseful for what he had done, and that his father is on dialysis.

He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined up to $5,000 for causing hurt.


 

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Marketing manager jailed 18 weeks for upskirt videos


Lau Sheung Hung, 50, pleaded guilty on Monday to 10 charges of insulting the modesty of a woman.

Published 10 hours ago
Elena Chong
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SINGAPORE - A marketing manager who spent his lunch hour at a supermarket taking upskirt videos of women has been jailed for 18 weeks.

Lau Sheung Hung, 50 - also known as Lau Sheung Hung Eumig - a Singapore permanent resident, pleaded guilty on Monday to 10 charges of insulting the modesty of a woman at NTUC FairPrice supermarket at Rochor Road between 1.15pm and 1.45pm on April 17, 2014.

Another 64 similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.

The court heard that a 24-year-old woman was browsing at the fruit section of the supermarket that day when she sensed that someone was behind her.

When she turned around, she saw Lau squatting on the floor with his back facing her.

He was holding his mobile phone with the in-built camera facing upwards in the direction underneath her skirt.

She called out to her two friends who were nearby and they confronted Lau.

The victim grabbed his shirt by the collar to prevent him from running away. Supermarket staff were alerted and Lau was later detained.

Police seized his Nokia mobile phone, a Blackberry phone and a cash card.

Forensic analysis on his Nokia phone revealed 22 video files featuring upskirt camera footage he had taken on various occasions from April 9 to 17 that year.

The footage pertaining to the victim was saved in a video file lasting about 30 minutes. It included footage of nine other unknown women at the supermarket.

In another court on Tuesday, jobless Tan Guo Hui, 26, was jailed for two weeks for taking an upskirt video of a 22-year-old woman on an escalator going up to the second floor of Clifford Centre, Raffles Place, on April 10 this year.

A man saw what he did and told the woman, and both detained Tan.

Two other similar charges were taken into consideration.

Tan's lawyer said his client, an Singapore Management University economics and finance graduate, was on the Dean's List. He said Tan, who was formerly working at SMRT as an executive, committed the offence impulsively due to "work stress related depression".

The maximum punishment for insulting a woman's modesty is one year's jail and a fine.



 

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Man jailed and fined for lying in blood donation questionnaire


The donor falsely declared that he had not engaged in sexual activity with another male in the Donor Health Assessment questionnaire.

Published 9 hours ago
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - A blood donor who supplied false information about not having had sex with another male was jailed for three months and fined $10,000 or one month's jail in default on Monday (Dec 7).

The 27-year-old Malaysian casino worker had admitted to making the false declaration when he donated blood at the Bloodbank@HSA, Outram Road, on Nov 7 last year.

He cannot be named due to a gag order.

The court heard that about 1-and-a-half months after he had donated blood, the Ministry of Health received a complaint stating that the Health Sciences Authority's Blood Services Group had informed Communicable Diseases Division that the blood donated by the defendant had been tested and confirmed to be infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes Aids.

Investigation showed that the defendant was in a sexual relationship with one of his male acquaintances from Secondary 2 to 4. After coming to Singapore to work in 2008, he met a man called Leon in 2009 and carried on a sexual relationship with him for about two to three weeks.

On Nov 7 last year, he went to Bloodbank at Outram Road with his sister and a colleague to donate blood.

While filling up the Donor Health Assessment questionnaire, he answered "No'' to the question if he ever engaged in sexual activity with another male. This was false as he had previously engaged in sexual activity with other men.

His lawyer, Mr C.S. Lee, said his client had no ulterior motive when he answered the question which, unfortunately, he did not pay much attention to.

Five years had lapsed since his last act of sexual intercourse with another male, he said.

"He is truly regretful and remorseful. He has and continues to be punished that he has this incurable disease and embarked on treatment to control it,'' he said.

He also said his client went into depression on learning that he has HIV.

Health Ministry prosecutor Andre Moses Tan said this was a serious offence. He said if people acted in an irresponsible manner like the defendant, Singapore's national blood bank resources would be at risk.

He also said there is a 24-hour call-back hotline where a donor can tell the HSA not to use the blood donated. The HSA will then dispose of the blood sample with no questions asked.

District Judge Ng Peng Hong said he sympathised the defendant's personal circumstances, but as pointed out by the prosecutor, he said public interest must override someone's circumstances. A strong signal has to be sent to people donating blood to make sure they are fit and answer the questions truthfully.

The maximum punishment is two years' jail and a $20,000 fine.


 

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Maid gets 10 years' jail term for killing boss' mother-in-law


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Yati shared a room with the 76-year-old victim, whom she smothered to death with a pillow.

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Indonesian with depressive disorder guilty of killing boss' mother-in-law

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A maid, who almost got away with killing her employer's mother-in-law, whom she smothered with a pillow while she was sleeping, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years' jail.

Indonesian Yati, 24, who goes by one name, pleaded guilty in the High Court to culpable homicide not amounting to murder for killing 76-year-old Aandi Abdul Rahman Rasheeda Begam between midnight and 2am on Jan 14 last year . The crime came to light only because Madam Aandi's daughter-in-law kept questioning Yati about it.

After her arrest, Yati had various versions about why she did it, telling a psychiatrist she had heard voices telling her to kill Madam Aandi, or that she had killed the elderly woman so she would be treated better. She said her employer, Madam Mohietheen Fathima Kuny Maidin, disliked her mother-in-law, so by killing her, she would "win ma'am's heart".

Senior Judge Kan Ting Chiu noted that "by deliberate action and intention and sustained effort", Yati took the life of an aged victim "for no reason that we can really understand".

Yati, married with a daughter, came to Singapore in 2013 when she was 22. Her first job lasted five months; her employer sought a replacement as Yati was "odd".

In October 2013, Yati started working for Madam Fathima's family at their five-room Serangoon North flat. She shared a room with Madam Aandi, who used a wheelchair and had medical conditions such as heart disease.

Yati said she felt stressed as she was scolded for her mistakes and was given leftover food.

On the morning of Jan 13 the following year, she decided to kill Madam Aandi. That night, when the elderly woman was asleep, Yati grabbed the pillow she was sleeping on and smothered her with it. After checking that she was dead, Yati went to the living room, greeted her employer, and went back to sleep, waking up at 5am to do her daily chores. When Madam Fathima could not rouse her mother-in-law, Yati feigned ignorance.

A doctor certified the cause of death as heart disease as he could not find any visible injuries. Madam Aandi was buried that afternoon at a Muslim cemetery. But Madam Fathima continued to press Yati about what had happened, and she finally confessed on Jan 16.

An autopsy on Madam Aandi's body, exhumed on Jan 18, could not determine how she died. The forensic pathologist said smothering often leaves no signs.

Yati was found to be suffering from major depressive disorder, which impaired her mental responsibility for her acts.

Dr Stephen Phang from the Institute of Mental Health said she was likely mentally unwell before she came to Singapore. He recommended at least two years of robust psychiatric treatment. "In short, she is a dangerous individual, especially if left untreated."

Yati's lawyer, Mr Mohamed Muzammil Mohamed, said she was overworked and underfed.

But Deputy Public Prosecutor Chee Min Ping said Madam Fathima refuted Yati's allegations of ill-treatment.


 

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Robbery victim convicted of operating unlicensed remittance business


Kamarulzaman Abuasanar, 31, an Indian national, pleaded guilty to committing the offence in Dunlop Street.

Published 6 hours ago
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - A man who was among three victims of a $1.2-million gang robbery in Little India three years ago was convicted of carrying on a remittance business without a valid licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore

Kamarulzaman Abuasanar, 31, an Indian national, pleaded guilty to committing the offence in Dunlop Street between March 2010 and July this year.

Another Indian national, Anthony Savarimuthu, 39, is expected to plead guilty next month while a third, Jalaludeen Gulam Hussain, 35, is claiming trial.

The court heard that Abuasanar had been collecting money from Indian nationals working in Singapore to remit to various payees in India.

He and Savarimuthu operated two separate remittance businesses known as Hawala to the Indian nationals.

The Hawala system is an informal channel for transferring funds from one country to another through service providers known as Hawala agents.

The agreement to transfer money across borders is based primarily on phone communications between these Hawala agents. The business is also based on trust.

As Hawala agents, Abuasanar and Savarimuthu would collect remittance funds in Singapore dollars from Indian nationals who came from the same town or village in India and subsequently transmit the money to India by arranging for their representatives there to disburse the equivalent amount in rupees to intended recipients, based on pre-agreed exchange rates.

They would then convert the Singapore dollars they had collected into goods by buying gold and/or electronic items in Singapore. These items would then be sent to India through Indian couriers who travel frequently between India and Singapore.

The items would be sold for profit in India and the money used to replenish the stock of rupees for the Hawala agents based in India to disburse.

The Commercial Affairs Department raided the duo's lodging at Dunlop Street on July 30 this year and seized mobile phones, laptop computers and remittance documents used to operate the illegal remittance business.

Abuasanar will be sentenced on Jan 21. The maximum punishment is a $100,000 fine and two years' jail.

The gang of five robbers have been convicted and are serving between eight and 10-1/2 years' jail each plus caning.




 

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Four foreigners jailed for stealing more than $120,000 from Mustafa Centre money changer


Published Dec 18, 2015, 3:25 pm SGT
Amir Hussain

SINGAPORE - Three Mexicans and a Chilean, who stole over $120,000 in foreign currencies from a money changer at Mustafa Centre earlier in 2015, were on Friday (Dec 18) jailed between 20 and 22 months.

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(Clockwise) Salgado Sida Jesus Alfonso, Chavez Gomez Joel, Petrovich Petrovich Yobano and Olvera Ochoa Laura Daniela. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

Mexicans Chavez Gomez Joel, 35, Salgado Sida Jesus Alfonso, 59, Olvera Ochoa Laura Daniela, 30, and Chilean Petrovich Petrovich Yobano, 46, all pleaded guilty to a charge of theft.

Joel, a construction worker; Alfonso, a food vendor; and Yobano, a scaffolding agent, also admitted to a count of taking the stolen money out of Singapore.

A district court heard that on Aug 12, 2015, the four took a flight from Laos to Singapore. Also on the flight with them was an accomplice, Martinez Moreno Jesus Manuel, 38.

Upon arrival, they went to Mustafa Centre, each having an assigned role to play in an elaborate plan to steal from the money changer there.

Manuel had briefed them separately on the plan, as well as their respective roles.

At about 7.15pm, Joel, who was tasked with keeping watch over the money changer's counters as well as observing the staff, saw that a money changer was packing her daily takings of foreign currencies, amounting to $122,424.05, into a plastic bag.

She passed it to a colleague, who then placed the package on a shelf at his counter, near the entrance of the money changer's premises.

At about 7.50pm, just as the staff left to use the toilet, Manuel went to the metal grille door of the money changer's premises, and placed something on the door to prevent it from shutting completely. The door uses a magnetic locking system.

He then went to distract a money changer nearby, by directing him to proceed to a counter further away. Manuel held a $2 note with his fingers pointing down as he spoke to the staff.

Alfonso and Yobano took the cue and distracted two other money changers at other counters, engaging them in conversation. Daniela, meanwhile, stood near the metal grille door and, through hand gestures, told Joel to walk over.

He opened the door, stretched out his hand, and took the plastic bag containing the money from the shelf.

The five foreign thieves then made their way to an unknown hotel to split their loot.

Manuel gave a part of the sum to Joel, Alfonso and Yobano. Joel received about $17,000 in foreign currencies, while Alfonso got about $21,000. Yobano's cut was about $15,500.

At about 8pm, the Mustafa Centre staff returned from the toilet to find the money missing, and the police were alerted to the theft at about 8.50pm.

The five thieves boarded a flight to Kuala Lumpur at about 12.20pm the next day.

On Aug 21, Joel, Alfonso, Daniela and Yobano were arrested by Malaysian police while trying to board a flight to Hong Kong. They were taken to Singapore, escorted by Singapore police, the next day.

In arguing for at least 30 months' jail for the four, Deputy Public Prosecutor Sean Lee said the offences committed "involved a high level of premeditation".

"The accused persons were part of a syndicate which had targeted the Mustafa money changer in a highly coordinated fashion."

It was also clear from their short stay here that they had "planned to strike hard and fast and then make a swift getaway", he said.

In mitigation, defence lawyer S.K. Kumar, who was jointly appointed by the families of the four, asked for four months' jail for Daniela and six months' jail for the rest.

He told the court that full restitution had also been made by his clients' families.

Passing sentence, District Judge Adam Nakhoda agreed with the prosecution that foreigners who come to Singapore for the sole purpose of committing crimes have to be severely dealt with.

"A strong message has to be sent. We cannot tolerate foreigners who come to Singapore solely for committing crimes," he said.

Daniela was jailed for 20 months, while Joel, Alfonso and Yobano were sentenced to 22 months' imprisonment. Manuel remains at large.



 

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Three men jailed in separate cases of insulting the modesty of a woman


Three men were jailed today for separate charges of insulting the modesty of a woman.

Published 10 hours ago
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

SINGAPORE - Two men who took upskirt videos of women on MRT escalators and another who filmed a co-tenant showering have been sentenced to jail time.

Malaysian Thuraikumeren Subramaniam, 31, was jailed for eight weeks after admitting to filming a 25-year-old woman in the shower at a flat in Pasir Ris on March 4 this year.

After he showered, Thuraikumeren placed his Samsung Note 4 cellphone behind some toiletries at the back of the shower rack. He then set the phone to video recording mode before leaving the bathroom.

A few minutes later, the woman entered to shower. She was unaware that his cellphone was hidden in the bathroom .

Thuraikumeren later retrieved his cellphone, went back to his room and viewed the recording of the victim showering.

The woman's 22-year-old room-mate reported to the police that evening that Thuraikumeren had peeped at her while she was showering. The 25-year-old victim also made a police report that he had tried to peep at her while she was showering .

Police visited the flat the next day and interviewed Thuraikumeren, His cellphone had a video recording showing the victim showering inside the bathroom.

His lawyer Louis Joseph said that his client, an airport worker who is married with no children, deeply regretted his offence.

In the same court, trainee manager Fabian Lee Yang Minn, 29, was sentenced to five weeks' jail for taking an upskirt video of a 26-year-old bank officer on the escalator at Hougang MRT station on March 7.

He had stood directly behind her and placed his cellphone on recording mode between her legs.

The woman felt uneasy as Lee was standing too close to her. She then turned around and saw the mobile phone directly under her skirt. She detained him and called the police.

Three other similar charges were considered in sentencing.

Lee, who is out on $15,000 bail, will start his sentence on Jan 4.

In yet another case, Turkish assistant project manager Ekame Ferhat, 34, admitted to taking an upskirt video of a 19-year-old woman on the escalator between Raffles Place MRT station and UOB Plaza on June 22.

Ferhat, who was jailed for two weeks, had placed his Samsung cellphone on his knee with the camera facing upwards and pointing in the direction of the victim's skirt.

He was caught doing so by a member of the public who alerted the girl. She checked his phone and found that he had taken an upskirt video of her, which she promptly deleted.

Another charge was taken into consideration.

The maximum penalty for insulting modesty of a woman is one year's jail and a fine.



 

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Three who took indecent videos of women sentenced to jail

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One of the three culprits was Fabian Lee Yang Minn, 29, who was sentenced to five weeks' jail for taking an upskirt video.

Published Dec 22, 2015, 5:00 am SGT
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent

Two men who took upskirt videos of women and another who filmed a co-tenant showering have been put behind bars.

Malaysian Thuraikumeren Subramaniam, 31, was jailed for eight weeks yesterday after admitting to filming a 25-year-old woman in the bathroom of a flat in Pasir Ris on March 4 this year.

Thuraikumeren had placed his cellphone behind some toiletries at the back of the shower rack and set it to video-recording mode before leaving the bathroom.

A few minutes later, his female co-tenant entered to shower, unaware that his cellphone was hidden in there.

Thuraikumeren later retrieved his cellphone and viewed the recording of the victim bathing.

The woman's 22-year-old roommate reported to the police that evening that Thuraikumeren had peeped at her while she was showering. The 25-year-old victim also made a police report that he had tried to peep at her while she was in the shower.

Police interviewed him the next day, checked his cellphone and found had a video recording of the victim showering.

His lawyer, Mr Louis Joseph, said that his client, an airport worker who is married with no children, deeply regretted his offence.

In the same court yesterday, trainee manager Fabian Lee Yang Minn, 29, was sentenced to five weeks' jail for taking an upskirt video of a 26-year-old bank officer on the escalator at Hougang MRT station on March 7.

He had stood directly behind her and placed his cellphone on recording mode between her legs.

The woman felt uneasy as Lee was standing very close to her. She then turned around and saw the mobile phone directly under her skirt. She detained him and called the police.

Lee, who had three other similar charges taken into consideration, was allowed to defer sentence until Jan 4. He is out on $15,000 bail.

In another case, Turkish assistant project manager Ekame Ferhat, 34, was jailed for two weeks after admitting to one of two charges of taking an upskirt video of a 19-year-old woman on the escalator between Raffles Place MRT station and UOB Plaza on June 22.

He had placed his cellphone on his knee with the camera facing upwards and pointing at the victim's skirt.

He was caught by a member of the public who alerted the girl. She checked Ferhat's phone and found he had taken an upskirt video of her, which she promptly deleted.

Another upskirt video of an unidentified woman on board a train was found in his phone. The court heard that he had been recording upskirt videos of women on trains or near train stations for two to three months before his arrest.

The maximum penalty for insult of modesty is one year's jail and a fine.



 

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Passenger jailed six weeks for attacking taxi driver


Zheng Weimin was jailed for six weeks for punching a cabby and grabbing him by the neck.

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Elena Chong
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SINGAPORE - A taxi passenger who punched his driver in the face and then grabbed him by the neck when asked to pay his fare was jailed for six weeks on Wednesday.

Cabby Lim Siang Yu, 58, said Zheng Weimin, 53, was "reeking of alcohol" when he picked him up and was not certain where he wanted to go.

After visiting three different locations, the passenger still had no end in mind. So Mr Lim stopped the taxi and asked Zheng for the fare.

Zheng then attacked him, leaving him with a small cut over his lip and abrasions.

Zheng, a supervisor with a construction company, was convicted after a three-day trial by District Judge Lim Tse Haw.

He denied hurting the cabby near the junction between Kallang Pudding Road and Tannery Road just before 1.30am on Oct 26 last year.

Mr Lim had testified in July that he picked up Zheng in Joo Chiat Road and drove him to Sims Drive, Upper Aljunied Road and Kallang Pudding Road - all at Zheng's request.

When Zheng remained undecided about where he was going, Mr Lim stopped his taxi after Tannery Road and asked Zheng for the fare.

"He started shouting and said I did not take him to the place he wanted to go," he said.

" Suddenly, I felt pain in my head. I felt a punch on my mouth."

Zheng left without paying but Mr Lim got out, stopped him on the roadside and asked him for the money.

Zheng then grabbed the cabby by his neck and both fell on the pavement. Another taxi driver pulled over to stop Zheng from attacking Mr Lim further.

Urging the court to impose a six- to nine-week jail sentence, Deputy Public Prosecutor Shen Wanqin argued that Zheng had perpetuated an unprovoked and unwarranted assault against a public transport worker.

When asked to mitigate, Zheng still maintained his innocence but the court reminded him that he had been found guilty. He then said he was facing financial difficulties.

Judge Lim agreed with the prosecution that the attack was totally unprovoked.

"After punching the victim, you had also grabbed his neck and wrestled him to the floor,'' he said.

Zheng, who had two convictions for disorderly behaviour, could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined up to $5,000 for voluntarily causing hurt.



 

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Six Chinese nationals charged with cheating at RWS and MBS casinos


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(From left) Zhou Li, Tao Xuanhui, Gong Liangyong and Cai Anqiu.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

Published Dec 24, 2015, 2:29 pm SGT
Amir Hussain

SINGAPORE - Four men and two women from China have been charged with cheating at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) and Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casinos earlier this week.

Zhou Li, 31 , Tao Xuanhui, 32, Gong Lianghua, 36, Gong Liangyong, 25, Cai Anqiu, 56, and Cai Huahua, 33, are believed to have been part of a syndicate which cheated, or attempted to cheat, patrons by pretending to help them place bets.

Their case will be mentioned in court again on Dec 30.

On Tuesday, Zhou and Tao allegedly conspired with each other at MBS to persuade a victim to falsely believe that his $100 wager was a losing bet in a bid to get $200 cash chips from playing baccarat.

Later that day at RWS, Gong Lianghua and Gong Liangyong purportedly colluded with each other and another person, Tan Xiaohong, to induce a victim to falsely believe that his wager of $50 was also a losing bet. They got $100 cash chips from playing the same game as Zhou and Tao.

Cai Anqiu and Cai Huahua, meanwhile, allegedly schemed with each other at MBS on Wednesday to persuade a victim to falsely believe that his wager of $200 was also a losing bet. Both alleged cheats got $400 cash chips from playing the same game as their counterparts.

The police, in a statement on Wednesday, advised members of the public to exercise caution in the casinos, and to refrain from allowing others to place bets on their behalf at gaming tables.

If convicted, the six accused face up to seven years' jail and/or a fine of up to $150,000.




 

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Three who took indecent videos of women sentenced to jail

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One of the three culprits was Fabian Lee Yang Minn, 29, who was sentenced to five weeks' jail for taking an upskirt video.

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Former lounge singer 'disappears with $10m in remittance money'


A former lounge singer who offered to remit money for Chinese nationals has allegedly absconded with more than $10 million of their savings.

Published 4 hours ago
Joanna Seow

SINGAPORE - A former lounge singer who offered to help fellow Chinese nationals and performers remit money back home at cut-price rates has allegedly disappeared with more than $10 million of their savings.

Ms Li Xia, 38, a permanent resident here who runs a boutique and beauty salon in North Bridge Road with her Singaporean husband, offered to convert $1 to RMB5.1, compared with market rates of $1 to RMB 4.6, according to Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao.

Alleged victims told the newspaper that this attracted a rush from people to send money to their families in China before the Lunar New Year.

The Chinese Embassy in Singapore told The Straits Times that it has contacted relevant departments here, including the police. "We have noticed this case and attach great importance to it," said spokesman Mr Yuan Yuan.

Police would not comment on the case or confirm how many police reports have been made.

Some of Ms Li's clients discovered they could not contact her four or five days ago, and she has not been home for at least three days, Zaobao reported on Saturday.

She has lived in Singapore for at least 10 years, and is originally from Chongqing, China.

Dancer Liu Si Qi, 24, told Zaobao that she has ordered costumes from Ms Li over the past three years and sent money back to Shaanxi through Ms Li around 10 times. Recently she sent back $140,000 to renovate her family home, but that sum now appears to be missing.

Ms Liu told Zaobao that when a group of victims visited the boutique on Wednesday, Ms Li's husband was there but was unsure where his wife was and he claimed they lead separate lives.

But according to the couple's domestic helper in Hougang, they are a loving couple, evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported. The helper said that before Ms Li disappeared, she was carrying a suitcase and heading to the boutique.

Mr Seah Seng Choon, executive director of the Consumers Association of Singapore, advised consumers to use remittance companies that are licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.


 

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Norwegian man who was jailed 10 weeks for assaulting cabby back in court for retrial

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Arne Corneliussen has served more than half of his 10-week jail term after admitting to choking Chan Chuan Heng, a taxi driver.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

Published Dec 28, 2015, 2:05 pm SGT
Updated Dec 28, 2015, 9:48 pm
Amir Hussain

SINGAPORE - The retrial of a Norwegian man - who has served more than half the 10-week jail term meted out to him in April after he admitted to choking a taxi driver - began on Monday (Dec 28).

Arne Corneliussen had earlier pleaded guilty to hurting Chan Chuan Heng at about 1 am on Sept 22 last year, at the junction of Circular and North Canal roads, by grabbing Chan's neck from behind and choking him after the cabby fell down.

A charge of slapping the cabby's cheek was taken into consideration during sentencing.

Corneliussen, 51, a Singapore permanent resident, also paid the victim $30,000 in compensation, and lost his job as a programme management director with multinational logistics company DHL.

After he was convicted and sentenced, however, two Singaporean men who read a newspaper report on the case and had witnessed the altercation between Chan and Corneliussen came forward to say that Chan, 47, was actually the aggressor.

Mr Mohamed Ayub Shaik Dawood and his friend Mr Roslan Zainal sought out Corneliussen's lawyer and filed affidavits on their account of what happened. They were not at the scene when police arrived, and did not come forward during investigations.

In May, the High court quashed Corneliussen's conviction and sentence, and sent the case back to the State Courts for a retrial.

Corneliussen, who had served six weeks of his jail term, was released on $5,000 bail.

His lawyer Terence Seah had said that Corneliussen had pleaded guilty because he was too drunk to remember the details of the fight, and the police had eyewitness accounts that he had attacked Chan.

Two passers-by, who had pulled Corneliussen away from Chan, had told police that they had seen the Norwegian chasing the taxi driver and choking him.

But Mr Ayub said that he saw Chan punch Corneliussen on the left side of his head during an argument about fares, causing the latter to squat down in a daze.

When Corneliussen asked the driver why he had hit him, Chan purportedly tried to run away. Corneliussen allegedly caught up with him and pinned him down, before being pulled away.

According to his affidavit, Mr Roslan did not see the punch but heard a loud smacking sound, after which he saw the cabby, arms akimbo, standing over Corneliussen, who was squatting with his hands covering his face.

Both Mr Ayub and Mr Roslan are expected to testify in the afternoon.

The two passers-by who had pulled Corneliussen away from Chan - senior operations supervisor Muhd Fairuz Jumahat, 29, and cabby Choithramani Chandru Bhaqwandas, 46 - testified in the morning.

Chan has since also been charged with causing hurt, and with providing false information to the police. His case is before the courts.

The penalty for causing hurt is a jail term of up to two years and/or a fine of up to $5,000.

The penalty for giving false information to the police is a jail term of up to one year and/or a fine of up to $5,000.



 

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Five years' jail, cane for robbery and molestation


Published Jan 1, 2016, 5:00 am SGT

Technician robbed prostitute after sex; he also slapped and molested her flatmate

Amir Hussain

A technician who spent the night with a prostitute, then robbed her at knifepoint and molested her flatmate has been jailed for more than five years and sentenced to 16 strokes of the cane.

Cao Lichun, a Chinese national who turns 33 today, took $6,400 in cash, a $2,000 designer watch and a mobile phone from the two women at their rented apartment in Dalvey Road.

A district court heard that Cao went to see the prostitute in the early hours of Dec 1, 2013, after exchanging messages.

Her flatmate was present when he arrived.

Both women - also Chinese nationals - cannot be named to protect their identities.

Cao had sex and paid the prostitute $200, then fell asleep in her bedroom.

At about 8.30am, he woke her and demanded money. She ignored him as she thought he was joking.

Cao then used a piece of wire to throttle her from behind. He also tied her wrists and ankles with cable ties.

He pocketed her $2,000 Titoni watch and mobile phone.

Cao also pointed a knife at her, threatened harm and asked where she kept her bag. She told him it was in the living room and he took $400 in cash from it.

Cao then went to the flatmate's bedroom. When she answered the door, he grabbed her neck and pushed her onto the bed.

He used one hand to cover her mouth and the other to molest her.

He then pulled her into the other bedroom, telling her to be "cooperative" and "honest" if she did not want to be tied up like her friend.

He told both women he wanted to borrow money and threatened to harm them if they did not comply.

When the flatmate did not tell him where she kept her money, Cao dragged her back to her room, threatened to cut her face and slapped her twice.

She then handed him her bag and he took $6,000 from her wallet.

Before leaving the apartment, Cao cut the cable ties off the prostitute's hands and molested her friend again. He then returned $100 to the prostitute and $1,000 to her flatmate.

The next day, both women lodged police reports. Both were treated in hospital - the prostitute for ligature marks on her wrists and ankles, and her friend for bruises on her face.

Although Cao admitted to the robbery and molestation in his police statements, he claimed in court that he did not understand their contents, as the statements were not explained to him "line by line".

During the 13-day trial, he claimed he was in a relationship with the prostitute in 2013 and that they had met four times.

He also told the court that he tied the prostitute's wrists and ankles with her consent, but removed the cable ties after they had sex.

Cao claimed their relationship ended the day of the robbery and assault.

On Dec 11, 2013, when Cao's employer drove him to the police, Cao left his pouch behind. The employer found the stolen watch and mobile phone inside, and handed them over to the police.

Police later found a cable tie, a blade and a knife in Cao's locker at Rotary Switchgear & Testing in Kian Teck Avenue.

Cao was jailed for a total of five years and two months on Wednesday. He could have been jailed for up to 10 years for each count of robbery and outrage of modesty.



 

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Khaerun Nisa Selfitriya was sentenced to four months' jail for kicking her employer's 23-month-old daughter. PHOTO: SHINMIN

Published Jan 4, 2016, 2:03 pm SGT
Updated Jan 4, 2016, 3:51 pm
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SINGAPORE - An Indonesian maid kicked her employer's 23-month-old daughter when the toddler refused to finish her food.

For this, Khaerun Nisa Selfitriya, 28, was sentenced to four months' jail on Monday (Jan 4). She pleaded guilty to ill-treating her employer's daughter as well as slapping the girl's eight-month-old brother on his back multiple times at a flat in Woodlands on Oct 14 last year.

The court heard that her 28-year-old employer started noticing scratch marks on his daughter's arms in May last year. This was when he employed Khaerun Nisa to work.

He decided to instal a closed-circuit TV camera at his home that was linked to his mobile phone to keep an eye on the household.

On Oct 14, Khaerun Nisa was feeding the children when the girl refused to finish her food.

When she told the girl to finish her food, the toddler started to vomit and cry. Khaerun Nisa then kicked her on the left thigh forcefully, causing the girl to fall and hit her head.

Further investigation showed that about 10 minutes earlier, she was feeding the baby when he started crying. She shouted "No!'' and slapped his back multiple times.

Both incidents were captured on CCTV. The father lodged a police report the next day.

When questioned about her relationship with her employers, Khaerun told police that she had been treated well, and was even taken to China for a holiday.

But her lawyer Nasser Ismail said the maid, who has four daughters aged three to 11, was derided by her employers for no reason, and became paranoid and depressed.

He said she was "depressed, scared and confused'' at the time of the offence and missed her children as she had not had any news from home since she started work.

"The accused admitted that she had reached a breaking point when she lost her mind on that fateful day,'' he said.

Mr Nasser further told the court his client had never intended to or harmed the children.

Khaerun Nisa, whose sentence was backdated to Oct 16, could have been fined up to $4,000 and jailed for up to four years on each charge.




 

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PM Lee: Singaporeans Commit More Crime than Foreign Workers


PM Lee finally spoke about the Little India Riot. For the benefit of the non Chinese, I'll transcribe the interview aired by the news yesterday as accurately as I can. I'm not proficient in my Mandarin so correct me if I was wrong.
"We should not generalise a group because of some individuals. I don't think that is fair or justifiable because their (foreign workers) crime rates are, in fact, lower than Singaporeans in general."
Word for word, it seems pretty clear cut for me the point our Prime Minister was trying to put across. The published statistics on crime rates in Singapore do not provide any breakdown of the data by demographics, so there is no way to verify PM Lee's claims. We wouldn't know if PM Lee was referring to the total crime counts, crimes committed per 1000 people, types of crimes etc. That is the problem when we do not have free information rightful available to the public. So those who have access to it can say anything they want and for those without, sued for doing so.




No, I am not being defensive because I am a Singaporean and my Prime Minister just told the world that my people commits more crimes than foreign workers. While we are on the topic of generalising and being fair, let's add in rationality and common sense as well. In Singapore, we have a wide array of activities defined as crimes, such as littering, chewing a gum or peeing in the lift. These crimes would be regarded as anti-social acts in most countries. Let's just call these petty crimes for illustration purposes.




I worked in the LTA HQ premises at Hampshire Road a few years back. Every evening, I would use the MRT underpass at Little India Station to get to the other side of Bukit Timah Road where I would take Bus 67 back to Choa Chu Kang. Along the way to the station, I would walk pass a few small plots of green spaces abutting Race Course Road and found the entire field littered with bottle caps. That reminded me of Singapore in the 1980s, where kids collected bottle caps to play, widely available on the street as most soft drinks were bottled in glass those days. These days you could hardly find any in most heartland neighbourhoods around Singapore. So how do we have a field of bottle caps these days? Take a walk around Race Course Road to see the extent of it yourself, observe and make a fair best guess who were the 'criminals' in this case. I wouldn't elaborate on uncivilise acts committed by foreign workers. One has to do a simple search in local forums or STOMP to see how often foreigners are snapped for taking a dump or peeing in unauthorised area. Look, I am not implying Singaporeans do not commit petty crimes. If we were to talk about dirtying public places, we just need to head to the pubs and watch how our youth Merlion the streets with their dinner/alcohol concoction. Now, imagine if NEA officers did their job better and enforced every single such crimes, where would the statistics balance tilt towards?




Moderate crimes. Crimes that cause inconvenience, moderate grief and loss of properties such as shop lifting, vandalising and theft etc. The hardcore crimes that really hurt, murder, riots, arson etc. Without free information, there is nothing to talk about here but I know the who committed the latest riot in Singapore. I would seem like a defensive Singaporean parent who refuses to believe the atrocities their kids committed in school if I were to say Singaporeans are unlikely to commit crimes. I am not arguing that PM Lee's statement was wrong without proper figures but I believe crime rates should be even between Singaporeans and foreigner workers at worse, not even taking into consideration that some terms that Singaporeans are commonly associated with are "kiasi, kiasu, kia cheng hu", "law by law" and are often labelled "stupid" by foreigners for our "go by book" nature. As foreigners overseas, Singaporeans generally do not have problems finding employment because of our reputation as being efficient, honest and reliable. Does reputation counts? Ask the PAP government, who has a reputation to be corrupt-free.




Indians, on the other hand.




They are known to be difficult, all over the world. In Australia for instance, the India community have had bouts of pubic unrest in the Eastern states. While the Australian is known to be "racist", just ask any of their respective opinion towards an Indian and a Singaporean and hear what they say. Same "racist", both Asian nationalities, different sentiments. Why? Just yesterday, my Indonesian worker who spent his last 25 years in Australia, told me employers are generally reluctant to hire Indian workers because they were involved in many cases of insurance frauds in the past where they got themselves injured at work, claim Worker's Compensation and got their companies into trouble. I apologize for citing a loose story which is not sufficient to substantiate any claims but my question is why? What is the reason behind so the unsavory sentiments towards them that it seems that the whole world is racist towards them?




Like our PM said, let's not generalise them. Let's just talk about the foreign Indian workers we knew and worked with in Singapore.




I worked at constructions sites during my days in Singapore and I am confident to say I rubbed shoulders with more Indian workers than PM Lee would in his entire lifetime. Fights in the work place among foreign workers were very common, any in the industry would attest to that. I can put my head down and tell you fights that involved Singaporeans were extremely rare and would be a big topic around if any. While this does not prove that Singaporeans are less likely to be criminals (let's not pretend Singaporeans are angels) than other nationalities, it was as clear as a sky to me who would be the ones who tend to use violent to settle their animosity. Since we are in the topic of the riot, we do not expect our Prime Minister to bring up other non-related crimes that Singaporeans committed. If only the reporter asked the PM since he claimed that Singaporeans have a higher crime rate, who did he think would be the people likely to be involved in the next riot in Singapore? I would love to hear his reply.




If Singaporeans are guilty for any crime worse than a riot in almost half a century, that would be voting in a xenophilia government who does not or attempt to know or love their people well.

 
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