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Man who took upskirt videos jailed 8 weeks Elena Chong The Straits Times Thursday, Mar 26, 2015 Maha Vignesh Velippan, former bank executive, who took nearly 100 upskirt videos of women over 2½ years was jailed for eight weeks on March 24, 2015. A former bank executive who took nearly 100...

Former marketing manager fined $3,000 for punching jazz singer on nose Published on Mar 25, 2015 1:02 PM Australian Aaron Peter Jeremicjczyk, a 39-year-old Singapore permanent resident, was fined $3,000. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A former marketing manager who...

Drunken video editor jailed one month for attacking cop Published on Mar 19, 2015 12:07 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A Portuguese man who punched and kicked a police officer as he tried to find out where he lived was jailed for a month on Thursday. Video editor Carlos Eduardo Da-Cruz...

Study mama jailed 12 months for running vice ring Elizabeth Law The New Paper Wednesday, Mar 18, 2015 The women worked as bar hostesses around Joo Chiat but also performed sexual services for additional money. She was in Singapore on a long-term visit pass to accompany her daughter who was...

Trio get 10 months for cheating, another jailed four months for receiving stolen money Published on Mar 17, 2015 4:25 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - Three Chinese nationals who conned a woman of $10,000 by teaming up to sell her computer parts were jailed 10 months each on Tuesday. Another...

45 foreign nationals arrested for overstaying Published on Mar 13, 2015 3:24 PM Foreign nationals arrested during one of the operations. -- PHOTO: IMMIGRATION AND CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY By Miranda Yeo SINGAPORE - A total of 45 foreign nationals were arrested over the past three days for...

Construction worker jailed three weeks for taking upskirt videos at MRT station Published on Mar 11, 2015 8:01 PM By Lim Yi Han SINGAPORE -A construction worker was jailed for three weeks on Wednesday for taking an upskirt video of a woman on an MRT station escalator. Cheong Chap Mun, a...

Malaysian teen jailed three weeks for underage sex Published on Mar 11, 2015 6:34 PM By Lim Yi Han SINGAPORE - A Malaysian teen was sentenced to three weeks in jail for sex with a minor on Wednesday. The 19-year-old, who worked in Singapore, and the 15-year-old victim cannot be named because...

4 from China flew here to cheat elderly Lim Yi Han The Straits Times Wednesday, Mar 11, 2015 FOUR Chinese nationals hatched a plan to cheat elderly victims in Singapore by selling electronic components they claimed were valuable. On Jan 11, Li Qiangqing, Wei Shuihong, Zhu Zhaozong and Wei...

Chinese national gets 3 months' jail for attempting to bribe 4 police officers AsiaOne Wednesday, Mar 11, 2015 SINGAPORE - A female Chinese national, Yang Ming Juan, has been sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment for attempting to bribe police officers with $2,349, said the Corrupt Practices...

Man jailed for three weeks for taking video of co-tenant showering Published on Mar 9, 2015 7:04 PM By Lim Yi Han SINGAPORE - A 48-year-old man was jailed three weeks on Monday for taking a video of his co-tenant when she was showering. The incident took place on Dec 23 last year, around...

Employer charged with raping maid Published on Mar 6, 2015 12:07 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A 44-year-old man was charged on Friday with two counts of raping his Myanmar domestic worker in December 2013. The accused, who is a Singapore permanent resident, is alleged to have raped the...

German vandals ordered jailed, caned in Singapore AFP Thursday, Mar 05, 2015 Elton Hinz (L) and Andreas Von Knorre were sentenced after pleading guilty. SINGAPORE - A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced two young German men to nine months in prison and three strokes of the cane for...

Lorry driver jailed 12 years for killing girlfriend Mar 3, 2015 7:20pm Shin Min A lorry driver was sentenced to 12 years' jail and six strokes of the cane for killing his former girlfriend. Chinese national Xiao Guiliang, 32, yesterday pleaded guilty in the High Court to one count of...

Woman charged with murder at HDB flat in North Bridge Road Published on Mar 3, 2015 10:40 AM Sukanya Praphuttha (pictured) is alleged to have caused the death of Mr Lee Yang Boo at a flat in North Bridge Road on Sunday. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A Thai...

Indian national gets 16 years' jail and caning for bashing man to death with concrete slabs Published on Mar 2, 2015 1:43 PM Periyasamy Devarajan was jailed 16 years and ordered to be caned 12 strokes on Monday after he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. -- PHOTO: SPF By Selina Lum...

English language translator from China jailed for taking language test on behalf of other Published on Feb 26, 2015 6:12 PM By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - An English language translator from China who sat for a language proficiency test here on behalf of someone else was sentenced to five months in...

IT specialist got 15-year-old to have sex with 18-year-old in hotel room Published on Feb 26, 2015 1:55 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - In the first case of its kind, a former IT specialist has been taken to court for causing a minor to have sex with another person while he took photographs of...

Taxi passenger charged with punching and abusing teen driver Published on Feb 17, 2015 11:09 AM A man was charged in court on Tuesday with punching a teen driver who had crashed into an oncoming taxi in which he was a passenger. -- ST GRAPHIC By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A man was charged...

Expat poached clients from own employer K.c. Vijayan The Straits Times Monday, Feb 16, 2015 An expatriate executive who set up a rival company to siphon clients from his long-time employer could face a payout of millions of dollars after losing a High Court case. Mr Antonius Martinus Mattheus...