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Woman arrested for attempting to leave S'pore illegally AsiaOne Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012 SINGAPORE - A Chinese national who allegedly overstayed in Singapore was arrested for attempting to leave the country illegally. On Oct 2, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers inspected a...

Woman arrested for attempting to leave S'pore illegally AsiaOne Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012 SINGAPORE - A Chinese national who allegedly overstayed in Singapore was arrested for attempting to leave the country illegally. On Oct 2, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers inspected a...

Blacklisted Myanmar tycoon seeks salvation in Singapore Reuters Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 YANGON - As Myanmar implements reforms and foreign investors jet in, most find precious few ways to make money. There is no stock market. A new foreign investment law is delayed. And the biggest local...

Blacklisted Myanmar tycoon seeks salvation in Singapore Reuters Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 YANGON - As Myanmar implements reforms and foreign investors jet in, most find precious few ways to make money. There is no stock market. A new foreign investment law is delayed. And the biggest local...

CNB nabs 83 suspected drug offenders Posted: 12 September 2012 1838 hrs Drugs seized in the Telok Blangah case. (Picture: CNB) SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 83 suspected drug offenders and seized drugs worth about S$68,500 during an islandwide operation. The...

Man jailed for having paid sex with underage girl By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 07 September 2012 1817 hrs SINGAPORE: A man was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on Friday for having paid sex with an underage girl last year. Loy Hee Cheng, 69, who works as a driver and...

Bank officer jailed 12 weeks for sex with underage Vietnamese girl AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 SINGAPORE - Seah Seng Kok, a former bank officer, was sentenced to 12 weeks' jail on Thursday for having sex with an underage Vietnamese prostitute. The 60-year-old pleaded guilty to one charge...

Jail sentence and fine for football bookie AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 SINGAPORE - An assistant engineer was sentenced to two months' jail and a $167,000 fine for betting on football matches with an illegal bookmaker. Shen Yaoping, 28, also accepted bets amounting to $36,500 from...

Briton acquited of molest but fined for swearing at police officer By Alvina Soh | Posted: 27 August 2012 1703 hrs SINGAPORE: A Briton who molested a woman in Clarke Quay, was acquitted of the charge after he apologised to her in open court and was ordered by the court to pay her...

Re: Bedok murder-suicide: Man suspected wife of having affair French woman charged with stealing S$32,800 handbag By Alvina Soh | Posted: 22 August 2012 1149 hrs SINGAPORE: A French woman was charged on Wednesday with stealing a Ralph Lauren bag worth S$32,800. 42-year-old Olivia...

Man on the run for murder surrenders after 20 years AsiaOne Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 SINGAPORE - A man who was on the run for almost two decades for being an accomplice in a robbery-turned-murder case has turned himself in. Ong Seng Chuen was 25 years old when he was involved in a robbery...

HSBC Banker Sues Yahoo Singapore For Impostor’s Identity By Andrea Tan - Aug 14, 2012 11:18 AM GMT+0800 Yahoo said it couldn’t reveal data related to its users unless there was a court or police order, the operator of the biggest U.S. Web portal said in a July 10 e-mail to HSBC and cited in...

2 arrested for planning to commit series of goldsmith robberies Posted: 07 August 2012 2308 hrs Duo arrested for planning to commit series of goldsmith robberies. They fled during a road check and abandoned their car with a bag containing balaclavas, hammers and baseball caps. (Credit...

Two men jailed for sex with underage prostitutes Posted: 03 August 2012 1349 hrs Storeman Yee Yew Seng (left) and sub-contractor Wee Lian Kee were sentenced to jail on Friday for commercial sex with a minor. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW SINGAPORE: Two men were jailed on Friday for having...

Psychiatrist suspended for 10-year sexual relationship with patient AsiaOne Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 SINGAPORE - A psychiatrist practising at the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre was suspended and fined for having an improper sexual relationship with his patient for over 10 years. Dr Kong Sim...

S'porean arrested at Manila airport for drug possession Posted: 21 July 2012 1126 hrs SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man was arrested at Manila airport on Friday night after authorities found more than eight kilogrammes of the illegal drug methamphetamine hydrochloride in his possession. Philippine...

Upskirt pervert may face jail time 19 July 2012 5:19 PM | Updated 5:33 PM <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">(Photo / Wikimedia)</cite> A private school teacher, who was charged with taking upskirt pictures may now face jail time after...

Two ferry operators fined for anti-competitive behaviour Posted: 18 July 2012 1216 hrs SINGAPORE: Two ferry operators have been fined a total of S$286,766 for anti-competitive behaviour. Batam Fast Ferry was fined about S$173,000 while Penguin Ferry Services was made to pay nearly S$114,000...