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Shots fired after repeated warnings A police cordon after the incident outside the Shangri-La on May 31 last year. Two Gurkha officers standing guard outside had opened fire at a car that was accelerating towards the final line of concrete barriers after repeated warnings for the driver to...

Shangri-La shooting: Gurkha officers fired five shots at driver who crashed through barriers Police officers inspecting the red sedan car which illegally bypassed a police vehicular checkpoint on May 31, 2015.PHOTO: ST FILE Published 11 hours ago Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - Despite repeated...

Suspected underwear thief nabbed A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing women's underwear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8YR0vBUNpiI Published 4 hours ago SINGAPORE - A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing women's...

22-year-old man arrested for City Hall bomb hoax Thursday, Jan 21, 2016 SINGAPORE - A 22-year-old man has been arrested for posting a bomb threat message on a social networking website, police said in a press statement on Thursday morning (Jan 21). Police added that a report was filed at...

Man jailed for slapping, pinching stepson, 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNS9eK_VmKM Published Jan 19, 2016, 5:00 am SGT Elena Chong Court Correspondent A man who pinched and slapped his seven-year-old stepson for playing instead of sleeping was jailed for six months yesterday. The...

Badminton coach sentenced to five years in jail for grooming boy for sex A freelance badminton coach, who sexually abused a male student for over a year, was sentenced to five years' jail on Wednesday (Jan 13). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrNPVQxi41Y Published Jan 13, 2016, 1:16 pm SGT...

Man used tryst with male teacher to extort $197k Vincent Ng had threatened to disclose his homosexual encounter with the teacher to the MOE and the teacher's school. Published 1 hour ago He also extorted about $52,000 in valuables from victim who feared he would lose his job Elena Chong...

Ex-senior bank exec jailed 12 weeks for taking upskirt videos Ng Yap Tiong was jailed for 12 weeks for taking upskirt videos of 21 women.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW Published Jan 8, 2016, 2:07 pm SGT Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A former senior bank officer was jailed for 12...

$89,000 drugs seized, 2 arrested in CNB operation Photo: Central Narcotics Bureau Wednesday, Jan 6, 2016 SINGAPORE - Drugs worth an estimated $89,000 have been seized in anti-drug operations conducted in the past two days. The first operation on Monday resulted in the arrest of a...

Suspected boss of fake casino chip syndicate nabbed Toh Hock Thiam was charged in court, under the Casino Control Act, with using counterfeit chips at the MBS casino.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW Published Jan 3, 2016, 5:00 am SGT Lim Yi Han A 54-year-old Singaporean was charged in court under...

Man believed to be leader of counterfeit casino chips syndicate arrested Photo: Singapore Police Force Friday, Jan 1, 2016 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 54-year-old Singaporean man who is believed to be the leader of a syndicate responsible for counterfeit casino chips in Singapore...

Alleged underwear thief, 55, arrested in Woodlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEVAx5geqOg Preliminary checks found that the suspect possessed several pieces of underwear.PHOTO: ST FILE Published Dec 28, 2015, 10:15 pm SGT Chew Hui Min SINGAPORE - An alleged underwear thief was nabbed on...

6 arrested for allegedly stealing from Orchard Road shoppers Photo: Berita Harian Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015 SINGAPORE - Six people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in several theft cases along Orchard Road, the police said in a statement today (Dec 23). At about 4pm...

Singapore men target of latest sex scam There have been rising numbers of Singapore men targeted by sex-for-credit scams this year.PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER Published 11 hours ago SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - Singapore appears to be popular with online scammers. In the past year, more than...

Former River Valley High principal admits affair with school vendor Photo: Lianhe Wanbao Friday, Dec 18, 2015 SINGAPORE - The former principal of River Valley High has admitted to lying to a civil servant about his extramarital affair with a school vendor. According to local media reports...

Woman jailed five years for stabbing man she thought had bad-mouthed her Linda Leong Sok Koon, 43, was sentenced to five years' jail on Wednesday (Dec 16) for stabbing Mr Goh Tee Kuan, 43, on July 25.PHOTO: ST GRAPHICS Published Dec 16, 2015, 1:56 pm SGT Elena Chong Court Correspondent...

11 arrested for not scanning items at supermarket self-checkout counters All the thefts were at self-checkout counters.PHOTO: ST FILE Published 54 min ago Chew Hui Min SINGAPORE - Eleven people were arrested for shop theft in one week at a supermarket in Tampines, police said. All the...

Pair arrested for suspected involvement in loansharking activities Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015 SINGAPORE - A 35-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman have been arrested for their suspected involvement in loansharking activities. The police received a report on Dec 5 that a unit at Sembawang Drive...

Ex-remisier jailed 18 weeks for unauthorised trades on clients' accounts A former DBS Vickers remisier was jailed for 18 weeks on Monday (Dec 7). Published Dec 7, 2015, 1:42 pm SGT Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A former DBS Vickers remisier, who made unauthorised trades on two...

Tough to catch serial cat killer red-handed Cat feeders in Yishun have been patrolling the streets till 4am to make sure the strays are not harmed. Photo: The New Paper Judith Tan Friday, Dec 4, 2015 News that a familiar stray cat in Yishun had gone missing on Wednesday evening threw cat...