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SMRT bus driver jailed 12 months for hit-and-run accident A SMRT bus driver has been jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for 10 years after causing the death of an elderly woman in a hit-and-run accident. SINGAPORE: A SMRT bus driver has been sentenced to 12 months' jail and banned...

Russian tourist's body found in Swissotel on Wednesday Published on Mar 28, 2013 The body of a 33-year-old Russian tourist was found in Swissotel The Stamford (pictured) in the morning of Wednesday, March 27, 2013. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA By Jalelah Abu Baker The body of a...

SIA employee charged with drug trafficking in Australia By Maryam Mokhtar, The Straits Times | Tue, Mar 26 2013 SYDNEY - A 50-year-old Singapore Airlines cabin crew member arrested in Sydney for drug trafficking was charged in an Australian court last week. That was confirmed by the...

SIA steward arrested in Sydney for alleged drug offence By Ng Jing Yng | Posted: 23 March 2013 0645 hrs SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew member was arrested last Sunday at Sydney International Airport after he allegedly tried to bring in 1.6kg of heroin. Nicholas Tan Ngat...

Local DJ loses $5,000 to bogus rep March 23, 2013 - 1:34am By: Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman In an unusual move, music company Universal Music placed a full-page advertisement in The New Paper and a quarter-page ad in The Straits Times yesterday warning people that it is not linked to Universal...

Supermarket boss fined for engaging unlicensed employment agent AsiaOne Friday, Mar 22, 2013 An Indian national has been fined $2,000 for engaging the services of an unlicensed employment agent, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said today. Sadh Aakash Raman (Sadh), 23, is the first employer...

Indian national convicted for using unlicensed employment agent Posted: 22 March 2013 1326 hrs SINGAPORE: A 23-year-old Indian national has become the first employer to be convicted for using an unlicensed employment agent to hire a foreigner. In February 2011, Sadh Aakash Raman engaged...

Sex offender gets 6 1/2 years and caning for abusing five girls Published on Mar 14, 2013 Simon Wong Choy Chuan, 25, was sentenced to 78 months' and 6 strokes' of the cane for molesting five girls between 12 to 15 yrs-old. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena Chong A man who was...

Soldier jailed for sex with two minors; Told one minor he was a "Satanist" Published on Mar 12, 2013 A 21-year-old army regular was jailed for 20 months on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, for having sex with two minors. Neither the accused nor the two girls, then aged 15 and 11, can be named...

Tipper driver jailed 7 weeks for causing cyclist's death Published on Jan 21, 2013 By Elena Chong A tipper truck driver was sentenced to seven weeks' jail and banned from driving for five years on Monday over a hit-and-run accident last November. Sun Xiangjian, 37, was driving along...

2 nabbed by off-duty officer for attempted break-in AsiaOne Friday, Jan 18, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 2 suspects, aged 17 and 29, for attempting to commit a break-in at a commercial premises located along Hougang Street 21. A vigilant off-duty police officer spotted the suspects...

Ex-casino staff used disguise to trespass into MBS and steal betting chips Published on Jan 15, 2013 A former casino employee wore make-up and disguised himself as an elderly man to get into his former workplace with the intention of stealing chips. -- ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK...

City Harvest case: Trial expected end of April for Kong Hee and 5 others Published on Jan 10, 2013 The first discovery conference for the City Harvest Church case is scheduled for Jan 31. This was decided during a pre-trial conference for the case on Thursday morning at the Subordinate...

Ex-HP vice president fined $80,000, jailed 2 weeks for graft Published on Jan 11, 2013 Susilo Gani Tandjung was sentenced on Friday to two weeks' jail, fined $80,000 and ordered to pay a penalty of $192,481, which is the total amount of bribes he accepted from Hengky Oeni in May 2004...

Cleaner jailed for pocketing Rolex watches worth $12,000 Published on Jan 09, 2013 Cleaner Selvapackiam S. Anthonysamy, 32, who pocketed two Rolex watches she found in a handicapped toilet was sentenced to one week's jail on Wednesday. -- ST PHOTO : WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena Chong A...

Woman charged with multiple counts of maid abuse Published on Dec 13, 2012 By Elena Chong A woman claimed trial on Thursday to multiple charges of abusing her maid over a three-month period. Part-time tutor Low Gek Hong, 35, faces a total of 18 charges - 15 for maid abuse and one each of...

Man nabbed for armed robbery of two women Published on Dec 12, 2012 By Lim Yi Han Police have arrested a 36-year-old man for suspected involvement in two cases of armed robbery involving lone female victims. Last Saturday night, the man confronted his first victim, a 26-year-old woman...

Van driver jailed 5 months for running over fallen motorcyclist Published on Dec 07, 2012 By Khushwant Singh THE driver of a van took his foot off the brake pedal, hoping that the space under the van would be enough for it to pass safely over an injured motorcyclist lying on the road...

IDA fines M1, SingTel & StarHub for poor 3G mobile coverage Posted: 06 December 2012 1613 hrs SingTel (TODAY file photo) SINGAPORE: The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has fined the three mobile operators S$10,000 each for not meeting Quality of Service (QoS) Standard. M1...

Trial dates fixed for former SCDF chief Peter Lim By Alvina Soh | Posted: 02 November 2012 1913 hrs SINGAPORE: Trial dates for former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim Sin Pang have been fixed. The eight-day trial will take place in January and February. The...