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Updated: 02/18/2014 16:54 | By Channel NewsAsia Bus driver, timekeeper to testify at Little India riot public inquiry SINGAPORE: The public hearing for the Committee of Inquiry (COI) on the Little India riot starts on February 19 and Channel NewsAsia understands that some key eyewitnesses...

Updated: 02/17/2014 16:22 | By Channel NewsAsia Second man jailed over involvement in Little India riot SINGAPORE: A 23-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to 15 weeks' jail for failing to disperse when the police ordered him to do so during the Little India riot on 8 December last...

Updated: 02/14/2014 13:56 | By Channel NewsAsia Little India riot: At least 70 witnesses to be called up for COI hearing <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fL6Ugq3gers?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> SINGAPORE: The public hearing for the...

Updated: 02/13/2014 19:09 | By Channel NewsAsia Drink driver gets 33-month jail, 12-year ban for fatal accident <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LKjEqdKH-kw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> SINGAPORE: A drink driver was on Thursday slapped with...

Updated: 02/11/2014 13:32 | By Channel NewsAsia "No offence was committed" by driver in accident that sparked off Little India riot SINGAPORE: The bus driver involved in the fatal accident that sparked off the December 8 riot at Little India last year will not be charged. The...

Updated: 02/10/2014 15:47 | By Channel NewsAsia Little India riot: 15 weeks' jail for first man to plead guilty SINGAPORE: A construction worker was sentenced to 15 weeks' jail on Monday for his involvement in the Little India riot last December. Chinnappa Vijayaragunatha Poopathi, a...

Updated: 02/07/2014 20:00 | By Channel NewsAsia Little India riot: Construction worker pleads guilty to amended charge SINGAPORE: A construction worker has become the first of 25 men accused of taking part in the Little India riot last December to plead guilty. Chinnappa Vijayaragunatha...

Ex-accountant jailed four months for forging cheque to pay father's medical bills Published on Feb 06, 2014 By Khushwant Singh <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/B23JF3Nv_dM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> After her company turned down her...

Updated: 02/03/2014 13:48 | By Channel NewsAsia Elderly man jailed, fined for criminal intimidation and rash act SINGAPORE: An elderly church caretaker was on Monday jailed a day and fined S$3,000 by a district court for criminal intimidation and committing a rash act. 79-year-old Lim Song...

Updated: 01/30/2014 22:17 | By Channel NewsAsia Police will not be given extra powers in Little India, says Shanmugam SINGAPORE: Police will not be given extra powers as the government moves to enact a temporary law aimed at maintaining public order in Little India. Law Minister K Shanmugam...

Updated: 01/29/2014 17:23 | By Channel NewsAsia Shop owner fined for selling alcohol after restricted hours <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Yl4ETw-TXos?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe> SINGAPORE: A man was fined S$4,000 on Wednesday for selling...

Updated: 01/28/2014 13:44 | By Channel NewsAsia Woman jailed for burying newborn to conceal birth Musliyati, 37, an Indonesian maid who buried the body of her new-born in the backyard of her employer's house in Serangoon Gardens was jailed for three months on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE...

Updated: 01/27/2014 12:48 | By Channel NewsAsia Man jailed for grievous hurt after 12 years on the run SINGAPORE: A man who had skipped town for 12 years after causing grievous hurt to his victim was on Monday sentenced to seven years' jail. Eng Bak Siong, 59, initially faced the murder...

Two men jailed for smuggling ivory Elena Chong The Straits Times Saturday, Jan 25, 2014 SINGAPORE - Two Vietnamese men were given jail terms of 16 months each on Wednesday for trying to smuggle ivory worth $65,000 from Angola to Laos through Singapore. The court said it took a tough stance...

Updated: 01/24/2014 16:39 | By Channel NewsAsia Alleged Little India rioter expected to plead guilty SINGAPORE: A 32-year-old Indian national is expected to be the first among 25 men allegedly involved in the Little India riot to plead guilty. Chinnappa Vijayaragunatha Poopathi will likely...

Updated: 01/23/2014 17:13 | By Channel NewsAsia More use luxury cars to smuggle contraband cigarettes SINGAPORE: More offenders have been caught for smuggling contraband cigarettes into Singapore using luxury cars. Singapore Customs said the offenders had assumed that luxury vehicles would...

Updated: 01/22/2014 23:13 | By Channel NewsAsia Alleged MFA trespasser charged, remanded for psychiatric assessment <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pVChkFtUxSc?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="420" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe> SINGAPORE: The 27-year-old Malaysian woman who was...

Updated: 01/21/2014 11:14 | By Channel NewsAsia Former part-time teacher charged with ill-treating boy SINGAPORE: A former part-time teacher with NTUC My First Skool childcare centre was on Tuesday charged with ill-treatment of a child. Siti Hadijah Mohamed Sin, 51, is alleged to have...

Cook kept $83,458 paid out by mistake Elena Chong The Straits Times Monday, Jan 20, 2014 SINGAPORE - When a cook received his monthly pay cheque in early January last year, he initially thought he had an unexpected windfall of more than $80,000. But Azan Ibrahim, 38, who was then earning...

Updated: 01/17/2014 10:03 | By Channel NewsAsia MDA assistant director charged with corruption and forgery A Media Development Authority (MDA) officer was charged in court on Friday on 27 counts of corruptly accepting gratification in the form of loans, in return for which he disbursed...