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Two chefs fined and ordered to pay penalties for accepting bribes from bakery owner Patrick Yeo Teck Gin (left) and Chow Pak Chow (right) were both fined and ordered to pay a penalty on Friday for corruption.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW Published 18 September 2015 Elena Chong Court Correspondent...

2 arrested for suspected loansharking activities in Bedok, Bukit Panjang Wednesday, Sep 16, 2015 SINGAPORE - Two men aged 23 and 28 have been arrested for their suspected involvement in loansharking activities, the police said in a statement today. They were acting on a report that...

Jailed for fatal attack outside lounge in 2002 Published Sep 15, 2015, 5:00 am SGT Selina Lum Seven men, armed with knives and wooden poles, attacked a man outside a karaoke lounge in Joo Chiat in 2002 and killed him. Yesterday, 13 years after the brawl, the one who started it all, Mohamed...

Teacher guilty of ill-treating children Muhammad Abdul Gani admitted to four charges under the Children and Young Persons Act.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW Published 11 September 2015 He faced 10 charges involving five boys, two girls, aged between four and 11, under his care Elena Chong Court...

More than 4,000 boxes of illegal cigarettes seized at Tuas Checkpoint 4,050 boxes of contraband cigarettes and 150 bundles of unmanufactured tobacco were seized, with a total duty and Goods and Services Tax due on the contraband items of $419,000.PHOTO: ICA Published 7 September 2015...

Dead teens found at foot of flat Kok Yufeng Thursday, Sep 3, 2015 A teenage boy and girl were found dead early yesterday morning at the foot of a HDB block in Yishun. Police said they received a call for assistance at midnight and found a boy, 16, and a girl, 15, lying motionless at the...

Jail, caning for abusing daughter Published 1 September 2015 From age of 10 to 14, girl was sexually violated by her divorced father during weekend visits Selina Lum A divorced 46-year-old man who sexually abused his biological daughter when she went over to his place on weekends was...

Father who lied about address during Pri 1 registration gets fine instead of jail The man had indicated his address as being within 1km to 2km of a brand-name school when he registered his daughter. Published Aug 28, 2015, 4:11 pm SGT Selina Lum SINGAPORE - A father initially sentenced to...

Jail for filming two women in shower Published 27 August 2015 Elena Chong Court Correspondent A business consultant planted his Blackberry smartphone in his flat's toilet, and secretly filmed two female guests showering. Low Tian Sheng, 33, was jailed nine weeks yesterday for intruding into...

Maid-basher diagnosed as 'unstable' Ng Bee Lan, 43, was ordered to undergo treatment for nine months for her mental state. ST FILE PHOTO Published 26 August 2015 She had punched the Filipina, hit her head with a water bottle and beat her with a ruler Elena Chong Court Correspondent The...

Woman suffering from depression gets MTO for maid abuse Ng Bee Lan, 43, admitted to three counts of hurting Ms Jinky Berondo Cueva. PHOTO: ST GRAPHICS Published Aug 25, 2015, 3:57 pm SGT Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A businesswoman who abused her Filipino domestic worker over...

Ex-chauffeur jailed 32 months for role in car scam Elena Chong Friday, Aug 21, 2015 A former chauffeur who drove two rental cars to Malaysia that were then sold has become the second man to be jailed over the 2004 scam. Koh Choon Siong, 40, was sentenced to two years and eight months...

2 men fined $31,000 for illegal online sale of e-cigs Thursday, Aug 20, 2015 SINGAPORE - Two men have been found guilty for the illegal online sale of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and fined a total of $31,000. Chue Kar Fatt Francis, 34, and his friend, Zhang Zhaoming, 32, were fined...

Man fined $5,000 for head-butting 10-year-old boy Published 19 August 2015 Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A man who head-butted a 10-year-old boy at a bookstore was given the maximum fine of $5,000 on Wednesday. Phillip Ong Kuan Ming, 32, who works in human resource, admitted...

Contraband cigarettes, chewing tobacco worth more than $177,000 seized in 3 separate cases Photo: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority Tuesday, Aug 18, 2015 SINGAPORE - Three separate attempts to smuggle contraband cigarettes and chewing tobacco were thwarted at the Woodlands checkpoint...

Man caught for allegedly entering S'pore illegally via Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Photo: The Straits Times Saturday, Aug 15, 2015 SINGAPORE - The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve had been closed for a period on Saturday morning due to police operations. According to local reports, a...

Gadgets for car thefts available online for $280 While the shock of losing his car in Johor Baru earlier this week is fading, Mr Nolan Khoo (above) still has no news of its whereabouts. The car could have been driven away after being broken into with one of the devices available...

Man lies about being robbed and assaulted at Orchard Road Thursday, Aug 13, 2015 SINGAPORE - He made a police report about being assaulted and robbed along Orchard Road. In his report, the 40-year-old told police that he was assaulted by men who then took his cash and mobile phone before...

Two hit-and-run drivers nabbed Above: The pile-up in Simei. PHOTOS: MATTHIAS HO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES, YOUTUBE Published 13 August 2015 One caused an eight-car pile-up in Simei, while the other knocked down a motorcyclist Amir Hussain and Carolyn Khew A 30-year-old man was arrested...

Woman's body found in Kallang River Photo: The Straits Times Zaihan Mohamed Yusof Monday, Aug 10, 2015 Police retrieved the body of a 48-year-old woman from the Kallang River yesterday. Her body was found floating in the river, said the police who had answered a call for assistance at...