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Man charged with helping to steal S$4.3m worth of gold By Alvina Soh | Posted: 05 July 2012 1428 hrs SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old man was charged on Friday with helping an employee of a security escort and transport service company steal S$4.3 million worth of gold. Teo Wen Wei was accused of...

Pilot’s SingPass hacked for visa applications 28 June 2012 3:45 PM | Updated 4:48 PM (Screen capture from www.singpass.gov.sg) A pilot has posted a complaint on Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean’s Facebook page saying that his SingPass was hacked and used to...

Further checks revealed cash of various currencies, assortments of jewellery and gold bars amounting to a total value of about $300,000. Officers spotted three men who were behaving suspiciously and approached them. Though one of the men ran away the other two were detained. The arrest...

4 Colombian men arrested for residential break-ins AsiaOne Friday, Jun 15, 2012 SINGAPORE - Four Colombian men were arrested by the police between June 13 and 14 in connection with a spate of break-ins in Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang. The arrest of the men aged between 33 and 43 started with...

4 Colombian men arrested for residential break-ins AsiaOne Friday, Jun 15, 2012 SINGAPORE - Four Colombian men were arrested by the police between June 13 and 14 in connection with a spate of break-ins in Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang. The arrest of the men aged between 33 and 43 started with...

Re: Ionescu drops lawyer suddenly Bucharest court sees final pieces of video evidence for Ionescu case By Claudia Craiu | Posted: 06 June 2012 1937 hrs Silviu Ionescu (in red scarf) and his lawyer BUCHAREST: The trial of former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu continued on...

Re: Ex-Romanian diplomat Ionescu asks to be released on judicial supervision S'pore envoy to Romania to attend Ionescu's trial AsiaOne Tuesday, Jun 05, 2012 Singapore's Special Envoy to Romania, Ambassador Ong Eng Chuan, will attend the next hearing in the trial of Dr Silviu Ionescu, the...

Special envoy to Romania will attend next Ionescu hearing AsiaOne Friday, May 18, 2012 BUCHAREST - The next hearing in the trial of Silviu Ionescu, the former Romanian Charge d'Affaires in Singapore, will take place later today. Singapore's Special Envoy to Romania, Ambassador Ong Eng Chuan...

Re: Ionescu trial in Romania Ambassador to attend Ionescu trial hearing Posted: 17 May 2012 1928 hrs SINGAPORE: Singapore's Special Envoy to Romania, Ambassador Ong Eng Chuan, will attend the next hearing in the trial of Dr Silviu Ionescu on Friday in Bucharest. Ionescu, the former...

Re: Fact-finding duo go back to Romania on Tuesday Accident victim awarded $360,000 in damages Published on May 16, 2012 Mr Bong Hwee Haw (left) suffered severe injuries to the head and fractures to his lower limbs from the 2009 accident. Former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu (right)...

Pregnant woman issued with police warning for assisting loanshark Published on Apr 30, 2012 Syafinah Hasnah Rathi, 25-years-old, accused for assisting an unlicensed moneylender. Syafinah, who is nine months pregnant, was on Monday granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. -- ST...

20 motorists arrested for drink-driving Posted: 27 April 2012 1157 hrs SINGAPORE: Traffic Police arrested 20 motorists for drink-driving in an island-wide anti-drink-driving operation on Thursday. During the operation from midnight to 4.30am, road blocks were set up along Buangkok East Drive...

Chilean couple jailed for stealing $27,118 from 3 people Published on Apr 25, 2012 A Chilean couple were jailed for two years each on Wednesday for stealing a total of $27,118 from three people. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG By Elena Chong A Chilean couple were jailed for two years each on...

Two men arrested for robbery Posted: 25 April 2012 2015 hrs SINGAPORE: The police have arrested two men, both aged 24, suspected of robbery. Police suspect the two men robbed a 22-year-old man of his mobile phone around McNair Road at about 10.30pm on April 17. The victim gave chase but lost...

GP suspended, fined for professional misconduct Posted: 23 April 2012 0936 hrs SINGAPORE: A general practitioner has been suspended from practice for four months and fined S$5,000 for professional misconduct. Dr Kwan Wai Chee, 43, was also censured and ordered to give a written undertaking to...

Vietnamese jailed two years for selling fake iPhones AsiaOne Friday, Apr 20, 2012 Nguyen Van Huu, 33, admitted to three counts of cheating by inducing the victims at the mobile phone shops to hand over between $800 and $1,250 to him on the pretext that he wanted to sell each of them an...

Vietnamese jailed two years for selling fake iPhones AsiaOne Friday, Apr 20, 2012 Nguyen Van Huu, 33, admitted to three counts of cheating by inducing the victims at the mobile phone shops to hand over between $800 and $1,250 to him on the pretext that he wanted to sell each of them an...

78 arrested, over S$360k worth of drugs seized by CNB over five days Posted: 13 April 2012 1750 hrs SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has arrested 78 suspected drug offenders and seized more than S$360,000 worth of drugs, including 2.16 kg of heroin and 230 grammes of 'ice'. The...

Re: Trip of Romania reps delayed Ionescu trial continues in Bucharest By Claudia Craiu | Posted: 11 April 2012 2113 hrs SINGAPORE: The trial of former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu continued on Wednesday in Bucharest, with two Romanian witnesses called to stand. The former charge...

New scam: Borrowing phones to buy game credits Police raise alert after nabbing six teens on Tuesday Published on Apr 11, 2012 By Lim Yan Liang The police have raised a red flag over a recent scam that involves teenagers borrowing strangers' mobile phones to purchase game credits. This is how...