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Notice of appeal filed over ex-STTA head's acquittal Choo Wee Khiang is also claiming trial against three corruption charges. Khushwant Singh The Straits Times Friday, Aug 02, 2013 SINGAPORE - The prosecution has filed a notice of appeal over the acquittal of former Singapore Table Tennis...

Police: Be vigilant while shopping during festive season AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 SINGAPORE - The police have advised the public to remain vigilant against crime as they go about shopping at the Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar, especially on the eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri on Aug 7...

Updated: 07/30/2013 16:54 | By Channel NewsAsia Ex-STTA chief's acquittal: prosecution files notice of appeal SINGAPORE: The prosecution in the criminal breach of trust (CBT) case against former Singapore Table Tennis Association President Choo Wee Khiang has filed a notice of appeal, asking...

More litterbugs nabbed after NEA increases anti-littering patrols By Sharon See POSTED: 29 Jul 2013 8:55 PM File photo of cigarettes littering the ground. (AFP/File - Joel Saget) SINGAPORE: Sixty per cent more litterbugs were caught in June compared to May, after the National Environment...

Ex-STTA chief cleared of 1 charge Ian Poh The Straits Times Monday, Jul 29, 2013 Former chief of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) Choo Wee Khiang was on Friday acquitted of misusing its money to pay a coach who moonlighted at a school. But the former Member of Parliament for...

Updated: 07/26/2013 23:22 | By Channel NewsAsia Two men arrested for theft onboard aircraft SINGAPORE: Two men, aged 42 and 50, were arrested by airport police on Friday for committing theft onboard an aircraft. The theft happened on board a SilkAir flight from Phnom Penh to Singapore...

Updated: 07/25/2013 16:05 | By Channel NewsAsia Engineer who caused blackout at MBS avoids jail SINGAPORE: A computer engineer who was convicted of hacking into the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) computer network last year and causing a partial blackout had his jail term set aside and fine reduced...

Updated: 07/25/2013 01:17 | By Channel NewsAsia Police arrest 43 in Geylang vice syndicate crackdown SINGAPORE: Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday arrested nine men and 34 women during a crackdown on a vice syndicate operating in Geylang. Police said in a...

Unemployment set to rise further in euro zone's hardest hit Reuters July 23, 2013, 1:54 am By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The queues of jobless people across Spain, Portugal and Greece will lengthen further but an end to recession is within sight, according to the latest Reuters poll on...

Bank executive jailed, banned from driving for causing death of motorcyclist Published on Jul 22, 2013 Gary Chan Chee Meng (above) was sentenced to two weeks' jail and banned from driving for four years on Monday, July 22, 2013, over a fatal traffic accident and for drink driving. --...

Yishun serial snatch thief nabbed AsiaOne Friday, Jul 19, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 48-year-old man who is believed to be responsible for at least three cases of snatch theft committed in Yishun. On July 17, 2013 at about 8.20am, the 30-year-old victim reported that a man had...

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Sabah worker is first murderer to be given life imprisonment under amended law Published on Jul 16, 2013 By Selina Lum A 23-year-old Malaysian man on Tuesday became the first convicted murderer in Singapore to be sentenced to life imprisonment. This follows changes made to the law last...

Another thing, because i have enemies here, others and your cronies will tell u that i have zapped u before whether by posting in the open forum or by PM. Not surprised they tell u and others that but u will find it unbelievable that it's NO. There is only once and with a powerless clone to put...

When up someone points in this forum, best is not to say it in the open. Just do it discreetly because the giver will get zaps if giver or recipient has enemies. Except for 2 persons in this forum excluding Leongsam (even the forum host is not spared and has received zaps), the two has hardly...

Baidu and Sina Weibo plan to boost payment service business Staff Reporter 2013-07-14 11:58 Baidu's logo. (Photo/CFP) The People's Bank of China issued third party payment licenses to 27 companies on July 6, including Baidu's Baifubao and Sina's SinaPay. Baifubao was launched on Sept 25...

‘North Korean Abductee Is A Concubine’, Claims Ishihara by Beth on Sunday, July 14, 2013 Ishihara Shintaro is well known for being one of Japan’s least PR-friendly politicians. Always ready with a quip that can offend, marginalise, and alienate potential voters, Ishihara’s volatile...

Bomb attack on African troops in Mogadishu AFP July 12, 2013, 10:42 pm MOGADISHU (AFP) - A suspected suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into an armoured convoy of African Union troops Friday in the Somali capital, witnesses said, the latest in a string of attacks. Initial...

Chinese police discover chicken feet for sale 46 years past sell-by date Chinese police have reportedly seized 20 tonnes of out-of-date meat from a Vietnamese smuggling gang including chicken feet that were 46 years past their sell-by-date. Photo: Alamy By Tom Phillips, Shanghai 9:18AM...

'In that second, I shot him': Navy Seal who killed bin Laden tells of pulling the trigger A US Navy Seal who claims to have fired the shots that actually killed Osama Bin Laden has described for the first time the moment he shot the al-Qaeda leader twice in the head. The Navy Seal who...