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Updated: 11/01/2013 16:21 | By Channel NewsAsia Linesmen in match-fixing case believed to give contradictory statements SINGAPORE: Defence lawyers for alleged football match-fixer Eric Ding Si Yang on Friday produced statements from two deported Lebanese linesmen that are believed to...

Updated: 10/31/2013 23:11 | By Channel NewsAsia Alcohol ban in NUS, NTU SINGAPORE: Preliminary findings from the Los Angeles County Coroner suggest that the death of a student from Singapore in the US was the result of alcohol poisoning. The student from University of Southern California...

Updated: 10/31/2013 17:40 | By Channel NewsAsia Man jailed 3 months for fighting in public <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mRnaglOPPCg?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> SINGAPORE: A man has been jailed three months for fighting in public...

Ex-SCDF chief granted early release Former civil defence chief Peter Lim Sin Pang Joanna Seow The Straits Times Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 Former civil defence chief Peter Lim Sin Pang has been granted early release from his six-month jail term. The Singapore Prison Service, responding to...

Police nab snatch theft suspect <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bSrRmE1yoyk?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> The New Paper Monday, Oct 28, 2013 The police have arrested a suspect who allegedly snatched a woman's handbag. A woman, 30, had been...

Two Chinese nationals jailed for stealing from mosque donation boxes Published on Oct 25, 2013 By Elena Chong <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bSrRmE1yoyk?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> Two Chinese nationals who travelled here...

Have you seen them? AsiaOne Sunday, Oct 20, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for a couple to assist with investigations into a case of dishonest misappropriation of a laptop at a coffee shop in the vicinity of Blk 846 Yishun Ring Road on Oct 9. The man, believed to be in his 50s, is...

Updated: 10/16/2013 17:38 | By Channel NewsAsia Man jailed for paid sex with underage escort SINGAPORE: The 18th man to be sentenced in a vice ring case involving the Chinese pimp who forced a minor to serve some 100 clients, has been given a 12-week jail term. The vice ring case is the...

Motorist jailed two weeks for beating red light and killing motorcyclist at Victoria Street Published on Oct 14, 2013 Iskandar Abdollah (above) was sentenced to two weeks' jail and banned from driving for five years on Monday, Oct 14, 2013, for causing death through negligence. -- ST...

Duo arrested for island-wide break-ins at private estates Police seized various items including four mobile phones, five iPads and seven laptops from two men believed to be responsible for a recent spate of break-ins at private residential estates. AsiaOne Friday, Oct 11, 2013 SINGAPORE -...

Chinese man jailed for pimping teen in Singapore AFP, The New Paper Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 SINGAPORE - A Singapore court Thursday sentenced a Chinese pimp to six years in prison for forcing an underage compatriot to work as a prostitute under abusive conditions in the city-state. Tang...

Updated: 10/10/2013 16:16 | By Channel NewsAsia Man jailed for taking upskirt photos of woman at MRT station SINGAPORE: A steersman has been sentenced to one week's jail for taking upskirt photos of a 29-year-old woman. 64-year-old Lim Khng Seng pleaded guilty to one count of intruding the...

Updated: 10/09/2013 16:08 | By Channel NewsAsia More reformative training for young offender who used expletives on judge <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lV4sdjkKbG0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe> SINGAPORE: A young offender who used...

Updated: 10/07/2013 20:00 | By Channel NewsAsia Pimp denies forcing minor into prostitution SINGAPORE: More drama ensued on Monday in the case of the pimp convicted of forcing a minor into prostitution. During the second part of a special hearing, 37-year-old Tang Huisheng denied all...

Updated: 10/04/2013 17:34 | By Channel NewsAsia Two jailed for having commercial sex with underage prostitute Ng Keng Siong (left), 56, and Ong Boon Hock, 61, were on Friday jailed 10 weeks each for engaging in commercial sex with a 17-year-old Chinese national who was forced by her pimp to...

Updated: 10/03/2013 19:01 | By Channel NewsAsia Pimp retracts claims, pleads guilty SINGAPORE: In a surprising turn of events, the pimp who forced a minor into having sex with 100 clients has maintained his plea of guilt. 37-year-old Tang Huisheng from China had pleaded guilty to four...

Businessman cleared of copyright infringement 18 months after dying Published on Sep 27, 2013 By Ian Poh <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CHxwTs4Fm3U?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> A pest control firm director succeeded in having his...

2 loanshark runners arrested with the help of CCTV <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jeihr-uvjOc?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> AsiaOne Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a man, 20, and a woman, 16, for suspected...

Police appeal for information on missing 12-year-old boy and 48-year-old woman Published on Sep 25, 2013 The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 12-year-old Muhammad Suhaizal Suhaimi, who was last seen at Block 102, Woodlands St 13 on Sept 6 at about 6.30am. --...

Woman jailed, fined 30k for opening bank account for loan shark The Straits Times Monday, Sep 23, 2013 She helped open a bank account for a loan shark and on Friday she paid the price for it. Junaidah Mohd Sidek, 57, was jailed for a month and fined $30,000. She pleaded guilty to assisting...