Massive 14-hour operation at Geylang : 170 people arrested

[Da Ji]

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Jan 23, 2010

170 nabbed in huge raid
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Some 170 people were arrested Saturday morning in a massive 14-hour operation at Geylang, led by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). -- PHOTO: SPF

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SOME 170 people were arrested Saturday morning in a massive 14-hour operation at Geylang, led by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The operation involved over 200 officers from the Home Team and kicked off Friday afternoon, said the Singapore Police Force in a statement. The people were caught for a host of criminal offences including illegal gambling activities, secret society involvement, possession of an offensive weapon, immigration offences, peddling contraband cigarettes, vice-related activities, trafficking, possession and consumption of controlled drugs. The operation also led to the capture of those who were wanted for other offences.

The arrests were made at various locations including hotels, at back lanes, lodging houses and also along the road, between Geylang Lorongs 4 to 24. SAC Ng Boon Gay, Director of CID, praised the officers involved for carrying out a well-coordinated and successful operation. He expressed his appreciation to all agencies for their strong support.He added, 'We will not tolerate such criminal activities. The agencies will continue to work together and conduct such regular enforcement actions. There is no safe haven for criminals on our streets. 'Investigations against those arrested are ongoing.

 

[Alamaking]

Saw at Wnabao, havent read yet, LOL

 

[Airlib]

Si bei fierce leh... What they trying to do??

 

[Muthukali]

last few months at immigration, now geylang............ BOUNS TIME:oIo:

 

[Lentor]

cham liao.
this time the rates are going to increase liao as there are lesser chickens.

 

[Kid278]

Si bei fierce leh... What they trying to do??

Looks like *operation eagle* of the seventies. And believe me it wont be just geylang alone. The poodles are getting desperate now.

 

[besotted]

one day earlier announced opening of new prison complex

so must fill up the space lah,

anyway it is about time they cleaned up geylang

the place is so teruk, openly gamble, solicit, sell illegal cigarette

hope they do this all the time not just when they open new prison complex

 

[longbow]

Bravo!!!!

The sex trade should be well regulated. MHA should regulate on who is working, health checks, standard of rooms (hygiene, how often clean, fresh sheets, etc). There should also be regulations on size of rooms, fire escapes. Those failing to meet these standards should be punished.

The rest of the activities like gambling, loan sharks, drug trafficking should be punished heavily. The thing about crime is that if it is left to fester it gets worse.

 

[singveld]

PAP is very strange, first they did not care.
then after all the complain, they activate their defence shield, i wonder what trigger them to act. It is strange, but i think it is for the better. We do not want the women to be exploit in singapore.

 

[Kid278]

one day earlier announced opening of new prison complex

so must fill up the space lah,

anyway it is about time they cleaned up geylang

the place is so teruk, openly gamble, solicit, sell illegal cigarette

hope they do this all the time not just when they open new prison complex

These places are where the fun and money is, it wont just go away just like that. They'll be back when the coast is clear, the poodles cant be there all the time.

 

[angie]

Habis la ini machiam.. ayam price will go up.

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[Kid278]

Bravo!!!!

The sex trade should be well regulated. MHA should regulate on who is working, health checks, standard of rooms (hygiene, how often clean, fresh sheets, etc). There should also be regulations on size of rooms, fire escapes. Those failing to meet these standards should be punished.

The rest of the activities like gambling, loan sharks, drug trafficking should be punished heavily. The thing about crime is that if it is left to fester it gets worse.

Commercial sex in those legal houses is not a problem, they're regulated with periodic checks.

It's those illegal activities that's a nut not easy to crack. And with FTs in the game, poodles are seriously in for a hard time.

If such social illness are left unchecked it's only a matter of time before the public feel the spilt over.

 

[Kid278]

PAP is very strange, first they did not care.
then after all the complain, they activate their defence shield, i wonder what trigger them to act. It is strange, but i think it is for the better. We do not want the women to be exploit in singapore.

PAP is not strange, they are arrogant. They did care but careless. Too many complaints made them look ugly so they decide to be the good going after the bad.

When a woman decides to spreads her legs, to be exploited or not it's a choice she had to make, in singapore or anywhere else.

 

[Cestbon]

PAP is very strange, first they did not care.
then after all the complain, they activate their defence shield, i wonder what trigger them to act. It is strange, but i think it is for the better. We do not want the women to be exploit in singapore.

Election coming. ALways like that when election coming geylang always hit by police if not resident in the area will not vote for PAP.
Now all the chick will scatter around whole island HDB .

 

[dysentry]

Well done police. Caught alot of Viet Cong during the operation. If left unregarded, they will continue to grow their triads. Already see them in larger numbers controlling the contraband cigarettes market and opening gambling tables and selling porn DVDs when nobody else dares to.

The way they run Lor 16 now is macham their own alley, with obstacles blocking the entrances and locals walking through will be stared at.

 

[Ramseth]

Prostitution is legalised and regulated in Singapore. There're licensed brothels and prostitutes in Geylang, Petain and Desker. However, both brothel owners and prostitutes are tempted to bypass law and regulation in various ways to cut expenses and inconvenience, and for more profits. Then of course, there're those pimps and prostitutes who're unable to get a license for various reasons.

 

[csi88]

I am very curious after i read from the papers,even Ah Neh (FT) knew there is a major operation going to happen.Where did they received the informations from? Which department leak the information? CPIB should move in and investigate

 

[Ramseth]

I am very curious after i read from the papers,even Ah Neh (FT) knew there is a major operation going to happen.Where did they received the informations from? Which department leak the information? CPIB should move in and investigate

Street raiding operations are probably told in advance to licensed brothels, and the news filter (or leak) down the lines. Spot checks on licensed brothels are different and probably not told in advance. Anyway, police maintains a network of informants; they have to be told in order to avoid unintended arrests. These informants would then naturally tell some of their good friends to avoid targetted areas during operation periods.

 

[Leongsam]

Where did they received the informations from?

Should be "Where did they receive the information from?".

"Information" is a non countable noun. You do not add an "s" to make it plural.

To improve your knowledge of non countable nouns, I suggest you do this test : http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ch-countnouns.html

<table style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="pagetitle"><td>American English Grammar</td> </tr> <tr class="pageheading"> <td> Non-countable noun</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4"><tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="topictable" style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4"> <tbody><tr> <td class="topicheading" valign="top">Learning objectives</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> In this lesson you will learn the definition of a non-countable noun and study examples of non-countable nouns.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="topictable" style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4"> <tbody><tr> <td class="topicheading" valign="top">Definition of a non-countable noun</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">

• A non-countable noun:
• is also called a non-count noun, uncountable noun, or a mass noun
• is a word used to describe a something that cannot be counted
• does not have a plural form
• is similar to a collective noun and the opposite of a countable noun

</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="topictable" style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4"> <tbody><tr> <td class="topicheading" valign="top">Examples of non-countable nouns</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">

• I know the importance of learning English.
• I would like the opportunity to study abroad.
• Please check your baggage at the counter.
• Coffee smells best in the morning.
• She usually eats a lot of ice cream during the summer.
• The fog became very thick.
• The following words are non-countable nouns (abstract nouns)
• advice, afterthought, anger, art, beauty, behavior, business, childhood, confidence, courage, crime, democracy, education, energy, enjoyment, entertainment, freedom, friendship, fun, grammar, hate, hatred, happiness, health, help, history, homework, honesty, importance, information, insurance, intelligence, interest, justice, knowledge, laughter, law, life, love, luck, music, news, noise, opportunity, patience, peace, permission, politics, practice, pride, progress, proof, responsibility, schizophrenia, secrecy, slang, sleep, time, traffic, travel, trouble, truth, unemployment, violence, vocabulary, wealth, work
• The following words are non-countable nouns (mass nouns)
• baggage, cash, change (money), clothing, equipment, food, fruit, furniture, garbage, homework, jewelry, junk, luggage, machinery, mail, make-up, money, postage, silverware, stuff, traffic, trash, vocabulary
• The following words are non-countable nouns (liquid substances)
• beer, coffee, cream, gasoline, honey, juice, ketchup, lotion, milk, oil, salad dressing, sauce, shampoo, soda, soup, syrup, tea, vinegar, water, wine
• Note: liquid substances are non-countable nouns but can be counted with an appropriate unit of measure
• ie: glasses of milk
• The following words are non-countable nouns (solid substances)
• bacon, beef, bread, broccoli, butter, cabbage, cake, candy, cereal, celery, chalk, cheese, chicken (meat), chocolate, corn, cotton, detergent, dirt, dust, film, fish, flour, food, garlic, glass, gold, grass, hair, hamburger (meat), ice, ice cream, lettuce, meat, paper, pasta, pepper, pizza, pork, rice, salt, sand, seafood, silver, spaghetti, spinach, soap, sugar, toothpaste, wheat, wood, yogurt
• Note: solid substances are non-countable nouns but can be counted with an appropriate unit of measure
• ie: spoonfuls of rice
• The following words are non-countable nouns (natural and physical environment)
• air, carbon dioxide, cold, darkness, electricity, fire, fog, heat, humidity, light, lightning, mist, oxygen, rain, scenery, smog, smoke, snow, sunshine, temperature, thunder, warmth, weather, wind
• The following words are non-countable nouns (activities)
• athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, billiards, bowling, boxing, camping, cards, chess, conversation, cooking, cycling, dancing, darts (game), driving, football, golf, gymnastics, hiking, jogging, poker, reading, running, sailing, singing, soccer, shopping, slating, skiing, studying swimming, surfing, tennis, traveling, volleyball, walking, wrestling
• The following words are non-countable nouns (school majors)
• accounting, art, astronomy, biology, business, chemistry, civics, economics, engineering, geography, geometry, history, journalism, linguistics, literature, mathematics, music, nutrition, physics, psychology, science, sociology, speech, writing

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[travelbug]

Big deal, China mei mei when back in China can simply change name thru deed poll then go to a plastic surgeon to have their fingerprints altered thru skin grafting. Yes, China now specializing in fingerprints skin crafting. A recent case was reported in Japan of a China mei mei who had her fingerprints surgically altered, took place 2 months ago. Very recent. So its now a trend.

So now what you lousy Spore mata?