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Man jailed for setting cellphone in video mode in female toilet Published on May 7, 2015 12:19 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A forklift driver who placed his mobile phone in a female toilet cubicle to record a woman using it was jailed for two months on Thursday. Shafie Mustafa, 39, had...

Accountant jailed four-and-a-half years for forgeries totalling $452K and falsifying documents Published on May 6, 2015 2:48 PM Loke Kar Fai, a 27-year-old Malaysian, was employed by Swee Chioh Fishery when he committed 364 offences. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Elena Chong...

Lawyer struck off the rolls for forging documents Published on May 5, 2015 8:29 AM Lawyer Gopinath Pillai, 44, the former chairman of the Law Society's Criminal Aid Legal Scheme who is known for his volunteer work, was struck off the rolls for forging court documents and lying about the...

Teen jailed and fined for unlicensed moneylending harassment Published on Apr 30, 2015 6:00 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - An unemployed teenager who came from Malaysia with two others to conduct moneylending harassment on behalf of a loanshark was jailed for 28 weeks and fined $90,000 on...

Student accused of human trafficking faces 16 new charges Published on Apr 29, 2015 1:41 PM Student Muhammad Khairulanwar Rohmat, the first person here to be charged under the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act, was slapped with 16 new charges on Wednesday. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By...

Truck driver gets eight weeks and five-year ban for causing death Published on Apr 27, 2015 3:46 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A prime mover truck driver was jailed for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years on Monday for causing the death of a taxi passenger and injuring the...

Eight men and women arrested for selling counterfeit goods Published on Apr 23, 2015 9:22 PM By Olivia Ho SINGAPORE - Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of selling counterfeit goods, following a series of police raids in Geylang, Tanjong Pagar, Simei and Bedok. Officers from the...

Full-time National Serviceman gets 18 months probation for assaulting taxi driver Published on Apr 22, 2015 6:02 PM Eugene Yap Siang, 21, assaulted a 52-year-old taxi driver in a row over his fare. The full-time National Serviceman was sentenced to 18 months probation for the act committed...

Property agent jailed four weeks for punching and kicking motorist in car park row Published on Apr 20, 2015 2:11 PM Raymond Ch'ng Leimeng, 33, was jailed for four weeks on Monday for punching and kicking another motorist in a road rage incident. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Amir...

Restaurant under probe for hiring illegal workers Melissa Kok The Straits Times Friday, Apr 17, 2015 Mr Loh Lik Peng’s new restaurant, Meat Smith, is alleged to have hired foreigners without valid work permits, following a raid by MOM. Prominent hotelier and restaurateur Loh Lik Peng's...

Ex-NUH surgeon wins appeal against suspension for professional misconduct Published on Apr 15, 2015 3:36 PM By Selina Lum SINGAPORE - A Court of Three Judges has cleared an Austrian heart and lung surgeon of professional misconduct, overturning his nine-month suspension for injecting a...

Man who faked accident jailed 10 months for conspiracy to cheat driver Published on Apr 13, 2015 2:00 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - An unemployed man who conspired with another to deceive a motorist into believing that his car had hit him was jailed for 10 months on Monday. Tan Lian Seng...

Police appealing for information on cases of cheating and misappropriation of property Published on Apr 9, 2015 10:57 PM By Amelia Teng SINGAPORE - Police are looking for a man and a woman to help with its investigations into two cases that happened on Dec 18 last year. The first is a case...

Singaporeans on the run: 18 on Interpol's wanted list Elizabeth Law The New Paper Wednesday, Apr 08, 2015 There are 18 Singaporeans on Interpol's wanted list, four more than last year. The New Paper looks at some of these Singaporeans on the run, and the crimes that led them there. Siak...

More jail time for former director Selina Lum The Straits Times Tuesday, Mar 31, 2015 The sentencing came after the High Court's decision last week to overturn a district court's acquittal of Mark Edward Tjong, 49, an American citizen who is a permanent resident here, on one count of...

IT manager jailed 2 weeks, banned from driving 5 years for causing pedestrian's death Published on Mar 26, 2015 2:47 PM Don Soh Seng Ho, 44, was sentenced to 2 weeks' jail for causing the death of pedestian Chai Kah Cheng, 78, at the junction of Clemenceau Avenue between Havlock Road and...

18 suspects arrested for loanshark activities Published on Mar 20, 2015 5:24 PM By Lim Yi Han http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWNWhowHF0 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 18 people for their suspected involvement in loanshark activities. Between Tuesday and Thursday, officers from Jurong...

Gang members slash and stab teen while he's sleeping Shaffiq Alkhatib The New Paper Friday, Mar 20, 2015 Their unsuspecting victim was sleeping at home when they went up to his bedroom and attacked him with a knife. The fact that the teenager's father was in the flat at that time did not...

Secret society member jailed two years and caned for knife attack on teenager Published on Mar 18, 2015 1:57 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A secret society member who stabbed a teenager while released on reformative training supervision was sentenced to two years' jail and 12 strokes of the...

Police investigating accident involving SMRT bus and three lorries that left four injured Published on Mar 12, 2015 5:25 PM Police are investigating into the accident that happened on Wednesday, which involved an SMRT bus and three lorries at the junction of Yishun Ave 7 and Sembawang...