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Three directors charged with conspiring to cheat investors By Alvina Soh | Posted: 27 March 2012 2009 hrs SINGAPORE : Three directors of investment firm Profitable Plots were charged on Tuesday with conspiring to cheat investors of US$2.4 million. They are Britons 58-year-old Timothy Nicholas...

Three directors charged with conspiring to cheat investors By Alvina Soh | Posted: 27 March 2012 2009 hrs SINGAPORE : Three directors of investment firm Profitable Plots were charged on Tuesday with conspiring to cheat investors of US$2.4 million. They are Britons 58-year-old Timothy Nicholas...

Maid may get longer sentence for killing employer Prosecution appeals against 10-year term for killing employer Published on Mar 23, 2012 Vitria had pleaded guilty to culpable homicide for strangling her 87-year-old employer to death. Prosecutors had argued for at least a 20-year jail term...

Welcome to jungle sex in S’pore? Satish Cheney <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Clearly, it’s more than just a concrete jungle out in Singapore.(Pics / Omy / Google Maps)</cite> Men...

Welcome to jungle sex in S’pore? Satish Cheney <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Clearly, it’s more than just a concrete jungle out in Singapore.(Pics / Omy / Google Maps)</cite> Men...

22-year-old woman arrested for online cheating Published on Mar 22, 2012 By Peter Wong Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman who is believed to be involved in at least 2 cases of online cheating. On March 3, the victim made a police report that she had been cheated during an online...

33 people arrested for vice-related activities, trespassing Posted: 21 March 2012 2136 hrs SINGAPORE: 33 people have been arrested for vice-related activities and trespassing state land. Police arrested 26 men and seven women, aged between 18 and 49 years old on Tuesday night. A raid was...

Man admits violating Private Education Act in landmark case Published on Mar 19, 2012 By Khushwant Singh The manager of Asia Learning Group (ALG) Education Centre became the first person to be brought to court for violating the Private Education Act of 2009. Ken Yong, 40, pleaded guilty on...

Manager pleads guilty to violating Private Education Act Published on Mar 20, 2012 When a private school was asked to hand over records such as student particulars and receipts issued, its manager submitted only the course schedules. On Monday, Ken Yong, 40, pleaded guilty to failing to...

Cop jailed 4 months for misappropriating wallet, cash Published on Mar 19, 2012 Anthony Wu Zhihao, 25, pleaded guilty to committing criminal breach of trust of cash and items with a total value of $435. He was jailed four months on Monday for taking home a wallet that had been misplaced by...

Man molests underaged niece Zenzen <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pic for illustration purposes only. (File Photo) </cite>A man has been jailed for molesting his underaged niece...

Man jailed and caned for abusing 11-year-old niece Published on Mar 16, 2012 By Elena Chong A man who had repeatedly abused his 11-year-old niece seven years ago was sentenced to 11 years three months jail and 18 strokes of the cane on Friday. The 46-year-old former coach driver, who faced...

Harassed by 30 loansharks day and night Shin Min Daily News <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">A door vandalised by loansharks (left, File Photo), an SMS that Mr Yan received from...

Serial offender, 86, pleads guilty to cheating housewife of $250 Man has at least 65 prior convictions Published on Mar 14, 2012 A serial criminal accused of cheating a housewife of $250 was brought before the court on Tuesday. It would have been just another case - except for the fact that...

'Robbery' in broad daylight in Chinatown Lianhe Wanbao The supposed 'robbery' resulted in 10 policemen arriving at the scene. A commotion took place in Chinatown on Thursday afternoon (8 Mar) when a woman screamed that a man had robbed her. The incident took place at about 12.50pm at a...

Four more generals defect from Syrian army: rebels By Erika Solomon and John Irish BEIRUT/PARIS | Thu Mar 8, 2012 6:11pm EST (Reuters) - Four more high-ranking officers have defected from the Syrian armed forces and joined the year-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, two...

60 suspected drug offenders nabbed in Geylang area By Julia Ng | Posted: 07 March 2012 2329 hrs SINGAPORE: Sixty suspected drug offenders were arrested in a 14-hour joint operation by the Central Narcotics Bureau and police officers from the Bedok Police Division. The operation targeted...

CCTV cameras to be installed to catch killer litter offenders Published on Mar 7, 2012 Surveillance cameras will be installed in areas plagued by high-rise littering problems, in a move announced by Grace Fu, Senior Minister of State for Environment and Water Resources. -- ST PHOTO: TED CHEN...

Police looking for 2 men to help with loanshark investigations Posted: 07 March 2012 1124 hrs SINGAPORE: Police are looking for two men to assist with investigations into two separate cases of loanshark harassment. They have provided photos from CCTV footage. The first case (photo 1) was...

Man jailed, caned for molesting flatmate By Alvina Soh | Posted: 06 March 2012 1719 hrs SINGAPORE: A Filipino man was sentenced to 30 months' jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting his flatmate when she was taking a shower. District Judge Mr Mathew Joseph said on Tuesday that the...