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Scout leader cleared of charges but sacked This is a photo of Mr Ang Lian Kwee, with hand outstretched, earlier this year. By Esther Ng The New Paper Sunday, Jul 01, 2012 The Singapore Scout Association (SSA) has cleared a former volunteer scout leader at Bukit Panjang Government High...

Thai national jailed for pimping AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 A Thai national has been jailed four months for working here as a pimp and managing a brothel. The 30-year-old, who earned five times more than he used to as a waiter in Thailand, was charged with assisting a vice syndicate...

Thai national jailed for pimping AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 A Thai national has been jailed four months for working here as a pimp and managing a brothel. The 30-year-old, who earned five times more than he used to as a waiter in Thailand, was charged with assisting a vice syndicate...

Ex-Gurkha officer arrested after 2-hour manhunt AsiaOne Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 SINGAPORE - An ex-Gurkha officer was arrested by the police on Monday after a two-hour manhunt in a forested area in Pasir Ris. The Straits Times said the 35-year-old was arrested for desertion. He last held the...

Friends question probe into senior MFA official's alleged misdoings AsiaOne Friday, Jun 22, 2012 SINGAPORE - A source told reporters on the condition of anonymity that it doesn't make sense for ex-Chief of protocol for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Mr Lim Cheng Hoe to have made...

Thursday, Jun 21, 2012 The Business Times Top MFA official suspended over alleged improper claims By Kelly Tay SINGAPORE - A senior official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been suspended over allegations of improper claims for expenses incurred during overseas visits. Chief...

Senior MFA official Lim Cheng Hoe under CAD probe Posted: 21 June 2012 1138 hrs SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) says it has received information that former Chief of Protocol, Mr Lim Cheng Hoe, had made improper claims for reimbursements for expenses incurred by him during...

Three Malaysians charged over "scratch and win" scam By Claire Huang | Posted: 20 June 2012 1909 hrs SINGAPORE: Three Malaysians have been charged in court with conspiring to cheat two elderly women of S$10,000 to S$12,100 in a "scratch and win" scam. Tay Chee Boon and Lee Hao Yi, both aged...

Three Malaysians charged over "scratch and win" scam By Claire Huang | Posted: 20 June 2012 1909 hrs SINGAPORE: Three Malaysians have been charged in court with conspiring to cheat two elderly women of S$10,000 to S$12,100 in a "scratch and win" scam. Tay Chee Boon and Lee Hao Yi, both aged...

Man slashes neighbour with samurai sword, assaults pregnant wife AsiaOne Monday, Jun 18, 2012 A delivery man has pleaded guilty to slashing his neighbour with a samurai sword and admitted to hurting his pregnant wife who already had a protection order taken out against him. The Straits...

Five charged with rioting at Rochor Road By S. Ramesh/Alvina Soh | Posted: 18 June 2012 1640 hrs SINGAPORE: Four men and a woman have been charged with rioting in relation to an incident which happened along Rochor Road on June 16. The five allegedly assaulted fourth-year SIM University...

Two teens convicted of rioting By Claire Huang | Posted: 15 June 2012 1730 hrs SINGAPORE: Two teenagers have been convicted of rioting. Lim Ming Yi and Liong Hong Ting, now 18, were found guilty of stabbing Raffles Institution student Anand Ravindran with a knife. The incident happened in...

Two teens convicted of rioting By Claire Huang | Posted: 15 June 2012 1730 hrs SINGAPORE: Two teenagers have been convicted of rioting. Lim Ming Yi and Liong Hong Ting, now 18, were found guilty of stabbing Raffles Institution student Anand Ravindran with a knife. The incident happened in...

Woman helped syndicate make purchases with stolen credit cards AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 A woman who joined a syndicate stealing credit cards to make purchases has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail. Yee Kwee Lan, an unemployed woman, faced the court on 35 charges and was...

Woman helped syndicate make purchases with stolen credit cards AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 A woman who joined a syndicate stealing credit cards to make purchases has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail. Yee Kwee Lan, an unemployed woman, faced the court on 35 charges and was...

Beware the scratch-and-win scam in Johor by Lianhe Wanbao 13 June 2012 3:14 PM | Updated 5:29 PM <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">(File photo)</cite> An elderly Singaporean couple lost $7,400 after falling prey to a scratch-and-win scam in...

The ‘Wolf of Bukit Panjang’ charged in court by Shin Min Daily News 12 June 2012 3:56 PM | Updated 4:14 PM <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">(Photo / File)</cite> 18 year-old Lai Zhi Wei has been dubbed the ‘Wolf of Bukit Panjang.’ He is...

Teen accused of molest faces more charges of criminal force Published on Jun 11, 2012 By Elena Chong A teen accused of molesting a woman in a lift was charged on Monday with three counts of using criminal force on young women. Sebastian Lye Chee Weng, 18, was hauled to court a week ago for...

Cleaner fined $3,000 for stabbing husband Published on Jun 8, 2012 Letchimi Suppiah was fined $3,000 for stabbing her husband four times in the chest and abdomen after he assaulted her. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW An argument broke out between a couple when the wife did not go to work on...