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Re: Romanian High Court rejects Ionescu appeal Updated: 01/16/2014 23:43 | By Channel NewsAsia Ex-Romanian diplomat Ionescu gets second postponement to jail appeal BUCHAREST: Former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu appeared in a Bucharest court on Thursday to request a second adjournment...

01/16/2014 09:30 | By TODAY via Channelnewsasia.com Man who stabbed mother to death acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yvLuuyTBo7k?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="360"></iframe> SINGAPORE: He loved his mother, who...

S’porean man charged with murder Ng Jun Sen The New Paper Monday, Jan 13, 2014 SINGAPORE- A Singaporean man was charged yesterday with the murder of Mr Dexmon Chua Yizhi, whose body was found in tall foliage at Lim Chu Kang on New Year's Day. Chua Leong Aik, 64, was arrested by the police...

Updated: 01/11/2014 22:19 | By Channel NewsAsia Police report lodged over racist remarks on Twitter SINGAPORE: Police on Saturday confirmed that a report has been lodged against a Twitter user. It is believed the person - who goes by the Twitter handle “iamclarena” - posted racist remarks...

Updated: 01/10/2014 12:14 | By Channel NewsAsia 2nd man charged in Lim Chu Kang murder SINGAPORE: A second man was on Friday charged with the murder of production technician Dexmon Chua Yizhi. Chua Leong Aik, 64, allegedly caused the death of Mr Chua at a multi-storey carpark at Block 429A...

Updated: 01/09/2014 13:32 | By Channel NewsAsia Former ICA officers charged with corruption <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OesIoJDNV0k?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="420" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe> SINGAPORE: Four former officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints...

Appeal for information on loanshark harassment case AsiaOne Tuesday, Jan 07, 2014 SINGAPORE - The police are looking for the man in the photos above to assist with investigations of a loanshark harassment case reported in the vicinity of Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 on Dec 27 last year. The man is...

Updated: 01/06/2014 12:49 | By Channel NewsAsia Dentist censured and fined for professional misconduct SINGAPORE: The Singapore Dental Council (SDC) has fined a dentist S$15,000 and censured him for professional misconduct. Dr Sng Wee Hock, who operates WH Dental Surgeons at Punggol Field...

Updated: 01/02/2014 12:57 | By Channel NewsAsia Man charged with murder after body found off Lim Chu Kang Rd SINGAPORE: A 53-year-old man was on Thursday charged with the murder of a production technician. Chia Kee Chen allegedly caused the death of 37-year-old Dexmon Chua Yizhi at a...

Fined for taking $1m cash out of Singapore Khushwant Singh The Straits Times Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 SINGAPORE - You could say that Chinese businessman Zhang Jie was on a roll when he stepped into the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino in October. After three days, he emerged with a...

Updated: 12/23/2013 22:47 | By Channel NewsAsia Two establishments caught breaching licensing restrictions on sale of alcohol SINGAPORE: Singapore police have said that two establishments in Little India have been found to have breached the licensing restrictions on the sale of alcohol on...

Ex-MD jailed for giving $563K to Apple exec Published on Dec 20, 2013 Chua Kim Guan, managing director of Jin Li Mould Manufacturing, is accused of giving bribes to Apple’s global supply manager, Paul Shin Devine, to gain an unfair advantage when bidding for business contracts. Mr Chua...

Poly student placed on probation for molesting three girls Published on Dec 19, 2013 By Khushwant Singh <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Okgz1mXVsf8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="360"></iframe> A third-year student of the Singapore Polytechnic was...

Man arrested for murder of woman in Yishun <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5wvKpXs3Gk8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe> AsiaOne Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the death of a 62-year-old...

Unemployed man jailed 17 months for molesting 16-year-old teen Published on Dec 13, 2013 By Elena Chong <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yBrhjU5t6Gg?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="480"></iframe> An unemployed man was jailed for 17 months on Friday for...

Family of mother who was BURIED ALIVE by overturned sand sand truck win $80MILLION in compensation Laura Miera, 48, of Albuquerque had just dropped off her 14-year-old daughter off at school and was waiting at a traffic light when a tractor-trailer struck her car and buried it in sand She...

British tourist forced to have her leg amputated after New York City cab jumped the curb and hit her is suing the city for $27million Sian Green, 23, had to have her left leg amputated after the crash outside Rockefeller Center on August 20 Prosecutor told Green's attorney last month that...

Cockpit automation under scrutiny in Asiana crash probe AFP December 11, 2013, 3:28 pm Washington (AFP) - US air accident investigators hold a hearing Wednesday into the role that sophisticated cockpit automation might have played in the fiery crash of a South Korean airliner in San...

Brothers initially held for hacking PMO site face 16 charges Charges include the unauthorised modification of content on the PMO site and illegally accessing a neighbour's wireless Internet service. By Lim Yan Liang, Audrey Tan, The Straits Times | 09-12-13 SINGAPORE - Two brothers...

Updated: 12/06/2013 10:59 | By Channel NewsAsia Two brothers charged with alleged hacking of PMO website SINGAPORE: Two brothers have been charged with hacking offences. They were initially arrested last month in connection with the alleged hacking of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)...