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Doctor fails in bid to have conviction relooked but is allowed to defer jail term Published 9 hours ago Selina Lum SINGAPORE - Medical doctor Winston Lee Siew Boon, 71, was allowed to start serving his 10-month jail term for molesting a patient on Jan 4 next year by the Court of Appeal on...

Teens get reformative training for assault which left man bedridden and brain damaged Mohammad Zaidi Zahad, 17, and Muhammad Syazwandi Abdullah, 16, were sentenced to reformative training. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eWTQL9Nvk4 Published 10 hours ago Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - Two...

2 investigated for lodging false police reports Wednesday, Nov 25, 2015 SINGAPORE- A 22-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman are under investigation by the police for lodging false reports of robbery in two separate incidents. In the first case, the man lodged a report claiming that he was...

Convicted molester gets another jail term Published Nov 24, 2015, 5:00 am SGT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJ6CPCvSYU Man serving time for abusing niece is given additional 14 months for molesting sis-in-law Amir Hussain A 67-year-old man, who is serving a 24-month jail term for...

Woman arrested for cheating victims out of $138,000 A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Friday for cheating victims out of $138,000. Published 4 hours ago Kok Xing Hui SINGAPORE - A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Friday for cheating victims out of $138,000 by promising attractive...

He slashed friend over $8,000 debt Photo: WANBAO Elizabeth Law Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 Unhappy with a friend who owed him money, a jobless man took a large knife to their meeting to discuss the debt. And when the negotiations turned sour, he attacked the other man with the knife. For his...

Consultant jailed for lying that cop put gun to his head Satwant Singh was jailed 20 weeks on Tuesday for giving false information to a public servant. Published 17 Nov 2015 Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - Annoyed at the way police had handled his matter, an overseas consultant...

Thefts of sunglasses up in Orchard Road Latest police statistics show that there were 28 cases of sunglasses theft at retail outlets in Orchard Road in the first half of this year. Published Nov 16, 2015, 5:00 am SGT 28 cases of the crime reported in first half of the year, up from 3 over...

Harry's former director charged with 20 counts of false declaration of employees' salary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZVBTDhV1E Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 The former director and officer-in-charge of human resources at Harry's International Pte Ltd has been charged by the state court with 20...

Accused, victim's hubby were 'childhood friends' Govindasamy Nallaiah (centre) was taken back to the scene of the murder on Aug 17, 2011. Photo: Shin Min Amir Hussain Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 SINGAPORE - When Govindasamy Nallaiah, 70, was facing a corruption charge in 2002, he turned to...

Accused, victim's hubby were 'childhood friends' Govindasamy Nallaiah (centre) was taken back to the scene of the murder on Aug 17, 2011. Photo: Shin Min Amir Hussain Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 SINGAPORE - When Govindasamy Nallaiah, 70, was facing a corruption charge in 2002, he turned to...

7 weeks' jail for punching priest Lim, who had spent time in a juvenile home for violence-related offences, could have been jailed for up to two years and fined for causing hurt. Published 30. October 2015 Road rage victim, who was also kicked, suffered nasal tip fracture, multiple bruises...

National silat athlete under investigation for drug consumption died from cocktail of 8 drugs The death of silat athlete Muhammad Nurshahrin Shahrudin on March 14 has been called a "tragic misadventure". PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN Published Oct 28, 2015, 1:55 pm SGT Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - When...

Qingfeng promises to improve safety checks at its restaurants Staff Reporter 2015-10-24 09:41 A Qingfeng stall at a food festival in Chengdu, Oct. 1. (Photo/CNS) After internet users divulged recently that they spotted bug and cockroach residue in buns offered at two outlets of the...

90 nabbed for loansharking activities Friday, Oct 23, 2015 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 90 suspects, aged between 18 and 67, in an islandwide anti-loansharking operation that took place from Oct 19 to Oct 22. These 71 men and 19 women are suspected to be involved in loansharking...

2 drug offenders dumped friend's body at staircase landing, robbed his belongings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnovhtY8FW0 Shaffiq Alkhatib Thursday, Oct 22, 2015 He died suddenly while in the company of two friends. But the friends did not alert the authorities about his death as they...

Afro Asia Building fire: Man, 70, on trial for alleged murder of his ex-lawyer's wife Published Oct 20, 2015, 1:46 pm SGT Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - The trial of Govindasamy Nallaiah for the alleged murder of his former lawyer's wife, Madam Low Foong Meng, four years ago began in the High...

Drugs worth over $179,000 seized; 6 Singaporeans arrested in CNB operation Photo: Central Narcotics Bureau Sunday, Oct 18, 2015 The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Sunday that they seized about 1.7kg of heroin, 214g of 'Ice', 250g of ketamine and other drugs worth over $179,000, and...

Police arrest man who uploaded video of motorbike speeding on BKE Thursday, Oct 15, 2015 SINGAPORE - A motorcyclist who uploaded a video of himself speeding on an expressway has been arrested, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said via its Facebook page on Thursday. In the video uploaded...

Errant maid employer sues agent Indonesian maid Astrilia Agustin was hired to work in Madam Tang Lee Sung's home in Jalan Rengas (above), but was instead asked to go to Johor Baru to take care of cats in a rented house. Madam Tang was fined in April for not paying the maid for over a year and...