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Bus runs over foot: Court throws out case AsiaOne Friday, Jun 29, 2012 SINGAPORE - The High Court yesterday threw out a suit by an elderly woman whose foot was run over by an SBS bus, who was claiming damages for an injury sustained. Mrs Susan Chan, 78, was suing SBS Transit and bus driver...

Bus runs over foot: Court to determine if SBS at fault AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 SINGAPORE - The High Court will decide if SBS Transit and its bus driver are liable to pay damages for an injury sustained by a woman whose foot was run over by an SBS bus in March 2010. Mrs Susan Chan is...

97 arrested in 48-hour drug bust By S Ramesh | Posted: 27 June 2012 1719 hrs Photos 1 of 1 Drugs seized by Central Narcotics Bureau officers at Outram. (Photo: CNB) SINGAPORE: Eight drug traffickers and 89 drug offenders were arrested in an intensive 48-hour Central Narcotics...

Doctor found guilty of illegally selling codeine-laced cough mixture Posted: 22 June 2012 1708 hrs SINGAPORE: The doctor who was charged with illegally selling cough mixture laced with codeine was found guilty on Friday. Forty-one-year-old Ho Thong Chew could be jailed up to two years and...

Man's case postponed for selling codeine-laced cough syrup Posted: 21 June 2012 1740 hrs SINGAPORE: A man charged with illegally selling codeine-laced cough syrup will be dealt with at a later date. Ng Jin Jie, 28, had pleaded guilty to four counts of contravening the Medicines Act in May this...

Man's case postponed for selling codeine-laced cough syrup Posted: 21 June 2012 1740 hrs SINGAPORE: A man charged with illegally selling codeine-laced cough syrup will be dealt with at a later date. Ng Jin Jie, 28, had pleaded guilty to four counts of contravening the Medicines Act in May this...

Doctor fined S$5,000 for professional misconduct Posted: 19 June 2012 1126 hrs SINGAPORE: A medical doctor has been fined S$5,000 and censured by the Singapore Medical Council's Disciplinary Committee (DC) for professional misconduct. Dr Lim Chong Hee, 46, was a Senior Consultant at the...

Company director hits taxi driver with metal rod by Shin Min Daily News 14 June 2012 5:43 PM | Updated 15 June 2012 9:29 PM <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">(File photo from Omy.com.sg)</cite> A director of a company has been jailed for one...

Sisters fined for fighting with neighbours over burning incense Published on Jun 13, 2012 Tan Phui Moi (left), 45, and Ong Siok Bee, 36, was fined for fighting over the burning incense bin with her neighbour and damaging the flower pots and item placed outside the location at Paya Lebar...

Elderly woman cheated of S$12,700 in "scratch and win" scam Posted: 08 June 2012 1826 hrs SINGAPORE: In the first five months of the year, 46 Singaporeans have fallen prey to "scratch and win" lottery scams in Johor. In all they lost S$175,000 to con men. The latest case happened last Friday...

Four youths arrested for housebreaking Posted: 07 June 2012 1741 hrs SINGAPORE: Four youths, aged 16 to 19, have been arrested for housebreaking. On June 1, a 17-year-old youth reported that two men claiming to be CID officers entered his Serangoon North Ave 4 home at about 8.30am. They...

Man jailed for car rental scam By Alvina Soh | Posted: 31 May 2012 2003 hrs SINGAPORE : A former coffee shop assistant was jailed four and a half years on Thursday for cheating more than a hundred people of a total of S$37,500 in a Hari Raya car rental scam. 39-year-old Ngiu Ah Peng, who is...

Jail for maid who poured menstrual discharge into employer's coffee AsiaOne Tuesday, May 29, 2012 An Indonesian maid has pleaded guilty for pouring menstrual discharge into her employer's coffee. She was jailed for one month on Tuesday for the mischief in her employer's home on Aug 31 this...

Man arrested for suspected involvement in loansharking activities By Gerard Lim | Posted: 28 May 2012 2126 hrs SINGAPORE: Police arrested a 41-year-old man for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. He was nabbed on 27 May around 11.55pm in the vicinity of Ang Mo Kio Ave 3...

Maid dies from 13-storey fall AsiaOne Tuesday, May 22, 2012 A maid was found dead at the foot of an HDB block in Sembawang yesterday morning. Her employer, known as Madam Goh, told The Straits Times that she suspects that this is due to an attempt by her Myanmar maid to run away. The maid...

Ringleader of largest copyright infringement case jailed 6 years Published on May 17, 2012 By Elena Chong A ringleader of a syndicate distributing pirated computer programs and films in the 1990s was jailed for six years on Thursday. Ch'ng Kean Seng, 59, had admitted to nine charges of...

Property agent jailed for stamp duty fraud He used eight bogus certificates to cheat taxman of $3,700 Published on May 16, 2012 Tan is the first property agent to be charged under the Stamp Duties Act for passing off counterfeit stamp certificates as genuine. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE...

3 youths arrested for stealing in Bugis Village Posted: 15 May 2012 1658 hrs SINGAPORE: Three youths have been arrested for stealing a headset from a stall in Bugis Village. Police suspect they committed the crime on April 26. A stall assistant reported that a headset, valued at S$199...

Former MBS video operator cheated casino of $150,000 AsiaOne Friday, May 11, 2012 A video surveillance operator and four accomplices worked together to cheat the Marina Bay Sands casino of nearly $150,000. Ho Boon Keat, 29, was jailed for three years on Friday. While Ho was on duty...

Three nabbed for assisting loansharks AsiaOne Tuesday, May 08, 2012 SINGAPORE - Three people aged between 17 and 55 years, have been arrested by police for suspected involvement with loansharking activities in three separate cases. The first case on May 7, a 55-year-old woman was arrested...