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Jail and cane for outrage of modesty Ian Poh The Straits Times Thursday, Feb 12, 2015 TAKING advantage of the festive mood, a construction worker molested a stranger on New Year's Day. Parthiban Pandu hugged the 44-year-old victim from behind, and she thought it was just a friend. He...

Six women fined over catfight in karaoke outlet Published on Feb 11, 2015 6:53 PM Six women, (from left) Wang Xi, Wu Huamin, Wu Huachun, Liu Jiabao, Ding Jiao and Qiu Zhulin (not in picture), were each fined between $1,000 and $2,000 for hurting another woman in a karaoke lounge on May...

Teen gets jail for pouring hot water on housemate Ian Poh My Paper Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015 Chinese national Long Yan, 17, was sentenced to three months and a week in jail for poured a kettle of hot water over her flatmate for not doing household chores to her satisfaction, leaving the victim...

Jail for teenager who poured hot water on flatmate, made her strip Published on Feb 10, 2015 11:15 AM By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - A teenager poured a kettle of hot water over her flatmate for not doing household chores to her satisfaction, leaving the victim with first-degree burns on her shoulders...

Firecrackers seized at Tuas checkpoint AsiaOne Monday, Feb 09, 2015 SINGAPORE - 24 strips of firecrackers and two small boxes of 18 "Boom" firecrackers were seized during a routine check at Tuas Checkpoint on Feb 6. A Malaysian-registered car driven by a 33-year-old Malaysian man was...

Factory worker jailed nine months for molesting colleague Published on Feb 6, 2015 5:00 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A factory worker who grabbed a colleague and groped her breast after she asked him to open a door with his security card was jailed for nine months on Friday. The 27-year-old...

Dutch retiree jailed a day and fined for punching Tigerair cabin crew member Published on Jan 30, 2015 5:03 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A retiree who punched a cabin crew member in the shoulder while in transit at Changi Airport was jailed for a day on Friday. Dutch national Gerrit...

Matchmaking agency wrecker flip-flops on plea My Paper Friday, Jan 23, 2015 What started out as an attempt to spice up her love life became a tale full of action of a far different sort. When Zhang Xiu Chun signed up with a matchmaking agency in February 2012, she expected success, but that...

Delivery driver faked robbery to siphon $506K from employer Published on Jan 22, 2015 1:16 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A Malaysian delivery driver who faked a robbery to get his hands on more than $500,000 from his employer was jailed for four years on Thursday for criminal breach of trust...

Maid jailed 12 months for hurting employer's 87-year-old mum more than 20 times Published on Jan 21, 2015 4:47 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A domestic worker who vented her frustration on her employer's elderly mother by hurting the 87-year-old more than 20 times was jailed for 12 months on...

Lorry driver fined $8,500 and banned from driving for causing rider's death Published on Jan 20, 2015 5:31 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A lorry driver who caused the death of a motorcyclist through his negligence was fined $8,500 and banned from driving for five years on Tuesday. Paramasivam...

Jail, caning for man who vandalised SMRT pillar with pro-Falungong messages Published on Jan 20, 2015 5:26 PM By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - A Chinese national who vandalised the pillar of an MRT viaduct with pro-Falungong messages was sentenced to two months in jail and six strokes of the cane on...

Ex-footballer admits to abetting in conspiracy to fix match and cheat S'pore Pools Published on Jan 19, 2015 12:14 PM Thanasegar S. Sinnaiah, 40, (above) schemed with Singaporean Selvarajan Letchuman to give a bribe of not more than RM15,000 (S$5,590) to Football Association of Malaysia...

Malaysian paedophile caught in Singapore The Straits Times Monday, Jan 19, 2015 PETALING JAYA - A 31 year-old Ma**laysian engineer pleaded guilty in a Singapore court to sexually preying on 31 boys aged between 11 and 15 in a case the prosecution described as the worst of its kind in the...

Convicted murderer fails to escape gallows a second time Published on Jan 14, 2015 12:01 PM Prosecutors had argued for Kho to be given the death penalty, in the first appeal against a High Court judge's decision to re-sentence a murderer to life in jail. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By...

Cyclist charged with throwing bike at car after honking incident Published on Jan 14, 2015 12:13 PM Canadian Jason Blair Unger, 39, allegedly threw the bicycle on the bonnet of Mr Woo Wing Onn's car on Selegie Road on the morning of Oct 17 last year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena...

Dutchman jailed 50 months for having and using fake euros Published on Jan 14, 2015 4:54 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - The long arm of the law caught up with a Dutch national, who was given 50 months' jail on Wednesday for having and using fake euro notes in Singapore more than a decade ago...

15 years' jail, 24 strokes for raping jogger Selina Lum The Straits Times Monday, Jan 12, 2015 A 47-year-old manager who went for her regular jog along the running track in Bukit Batok Neighbourhood Park was dragged into the bushes and raped one night in 2013. Yesterday, her assailant...

Lorry driver jailed and banned for dangerous driving Published on Jan 9, 2015 1:45 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A lorry driver was jailed for one week and banned from driving for a year on Friday for dangerous driving. Malaysian Rahim Rahman, 39, admitted to dangerous driving by making an...

Three get 20 months' jail for trying to sell fake gold to Singapore businessman Published on Jan 9, 2015 2:10 PM By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - Three Chinese nationals who tried to sell a businessman pieces of bogus gold for $120,000 were on Friday jailed for 20 months each. Hu Wanli, 37, Liu Aimin...