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Updated: 08/13/2013 20:11 | By Channel NewsAsia Instant messaging app spam sparks alarm over privacy issues SINGAPORE: An SMS spam by instant messaging app MessageMe has sparked alarm among some mobile phone users who fear that their personal information had been used. Many were flooded...

08/13/2013 11:45 | By 938LIVE, with additional reporting from xinmsn Mobile phone users hit by SMS spam for messaging app Many users received a new SMS every few minutes saying that a friend wants to add them on MessageMe. SINGAPORE : Mobile phone users have been hit by SMS spam for a...

Updated: 08/12/2013 21:09 | By Channel NewsAsia CCTVs in HDB blocks, multi-storey carparks have helped solve crime: DPM Teo SINGAPORE: The government said the use of CCTVs in HDB blocks and multi-storey carparks (MSCPS) have proven effective so far. Since May 2012, police cameras have been...

Updated: 08/10/2013 13:57 | By Channel NewsAsia Foreign woman found dead in Stirling Road apartment SINGAPORE: A woman, who is believed to be an Irish national, was found dead in an apartment at Stirling Road on August 7. Police say they received a call on August 7 at 10.59pm, asking for...

Police looking for family of baby girl found in Serangoon AsiaOne Friday, Aug 09, 2013 A baby girl was found by a passer-by at the lift landing of Block 203 Serangoon Central on August 8 at about 2pm. Police are appealing for information on the next-of-kin of the baby found to assist with...

Updated: 08/07/2013 17:41 | By Channel NewsAsia NSF's murder charge likely to be reduced to culpable homicide SINGAPORE: A full-time national serviceman who was facing a murder charge for stabbing a mother-of-two is not likely to face the death penalty. The prosecution on Wednesday...

Former LTA engineer admits to taking upskirt videos of hundreds of women Published on Aug 06, 2013 Former Land Transport Authority engineer, Kew Guozhi, who faced 423 charges of insulting the modesty of women, pleaded guilty to 11 counts on Tuesday. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI By Elena...

Former LTA engineer jailed 15 months for using camera pen to take upskirt videos Published on Aug 06, 2013 Kew Guozhi (above), 31, who faced a total of 423 counts, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of intruding into the privacy of the women by using a camera pen to capture video recordings...

Updated: 08/05/2013 23:03 | By Channel NewsAsia Two arrested in connection with fight at Lavender St pub SINGAPORE: Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a fight that broke out at a pub in Lavender Street on July 28. The fight left a businessman with severe injuries...

Businessman suffers 8 stab wounds in fight at pub By Chitra Kumar POSTED: 03 Aug 2013 10:13 PM Mr Chua suffered eight wounds to his right shoulder, on his back and abdomen in an attack that took place on 27 July on Lavender Street (photo by Michael Neo, a friend of Mr Chua) SINGAPORE: A...

Updated: 08/02/2013 18:09 | By Channel NewsAsia Man found dead at Punggol construction site SINGAPORE: A man was found dead at a construction site near Punggol Central on Friday. According to the Manpower Ministry (MOM), the accident took place at Qingjian International (South Pacific)...

Police advise against using sparklers during festive season AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 SINGAPORE - As the festive season draws near, the police would like to remind the public that setting off improvised explosive devices constructed using sparklers is illegal. "Such improvised...

Life on the run August 1, 2013 - 1:04am By: Rennie Whang TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: Ariffin Jamar On the run from the law, Mr Tony Ong (not his real name), 53, couldn’t stop worrying about his wife and two daughters, aged 4 and 6. He had threatened a 20-year-old student with a knife and hit...

Updated: 07/30/2013 20:21 | By Channel NewsAsia Ex-director pleads guilty to cheating 28 people of S$6.6m SINGAPORE: A former director of a travel agency pleaded guilty on Tuesday to offences related to cheating and criminal breach of trust involving more than S$6.6 million. The court heard...

Updated: 07/29/2013 18:11 | By Channel NewsAsia Errant licensed moneylender fined S$50,000 for breaching moneylending laws SINGAPORE: An errant licensed moneylender has been fined S$50,000 by a district court. Thirty-five-year-old Phua Chin Meng, the sole proprietor of AA Credit, held a...

Student fined over sale of forged certs Elena Chong The Straits Times Monday, Jul 29, 2013 SINGAPORE - A student who tried to sell forged education certificates did so out of "blind love" for her then boyfriend, a court heard on Friday. He Lingting, 21, was fined $5,000 after she advertised...

China national fined over forged certificates offence Published on Jul 26, 2013 By Elena Chong A young China national was fined $5,000 for being party to a criminal conspiracy to sell forged education certificates to interested parties. He Lingting, 21, who came to Singapore about seven...

2 females arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Friday, Jul 26, 2013 SINGAPORE - Two females, aged 17 and 19, have been arrested for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. On Jul 24, 2013, the 19-year-old was arrested in the vicinity of Tampines Ave 8, while the...

Police arrest vehicle thief after public tip-off AsiaOne Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 40-year old man believed to be responsible for a case of theft from vehicle around Clementi Avenue 5 has been apprehended by the police after a tip-off by a member of the public. Mr Lee Kok Thiam...

After celebrating sister's birthday, Filipina is bashed and raped by stranger July 24, 2013 - 12:51am By: Rennie Whang The 39-year-old Filipina came to Singapore to visit her sister. She was returning to her sister's Outram flat on April 22, 2011, after celebrating the latter's birthday, when...