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Road rage driver's jail sentence reduced from 8 months to 2 weeks By Claire Huang POSTED: 01 Jul 2013 5:11 PM SINGAPORE: A man who hurt a taxi driver will serve a reduced sentence of two weeks' jail, down from the original eight months. He will also have to make a compensation of S$120 to...

60 volunteers to start catching litterbugs within next few weeks By Saifulbahri Ismail POSTED: 29 Jun 2013 4:54 PM (File photo / Channel NewsAsia) SINGAPORE: Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu said volunteers from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will be...

Drunk driver who caused cyclist's death gets jail Published on Jun 28, 2013 A salesman who was originally fined a total of $12,500 and banned from driving for causing death and drink driving will now have to go to jail. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN By Elena Chong A salesman who...

Updated: 06/28/2013 19:55 | By Channel NewsAsia Two arrested for suspected trespassing into female toilet SINGAPORE: Two teenagers have been arrested for suspected trespassing into a female toilet in Commonwealth Avenue. At about 8.25pm on Wednesday, police were alerted to a group of...

Odd-job worker jailed for sex with intellectually disabled minor Published on Jun 27, 2013 By Elena Chong An odd-job worker was jailed for 32 months on Thursday for having sex with an intellectually disabled girl. Yahya Abdul Kadir, 49, admitted to having sex with the 14-year-old girl...

Updated: 06/28/2013 01:55 Director of French wine investment company jailed and fined for forgery and CBT A company director has been sentenced to 11 months' jail and fined $7,000 for forgery and criminal breach of trust offences. 55-year-old Mohan Nainan Nainan admitted to committing...

Teen, 16, and man, 24, arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 SINGAPORE - A teen, 16, and a man, 24, were arrested for alleged involvement with loansharking activities. The male teen was arrested on June 24, at about 9.55 pm, in Yishun Central; a handphone...

A bag thrown by Ms Rasini is circled. Two women were fined for high-rise littering this week and last week, after they were caught on surveillance cameras. The two offenders, 28-year-old Ms Rasini and 20-year-old Ms Umah, who live at Block 53 Pipit Road and Block 655 Hougang Avenue 8, are the...

Two women fined after being caught on camera for high-rise littering Published on Jun 26, 2013 Ms Rasini holding a bag of rubbish at the window. Two women were fined for high-rise littering this week and last week, after they were caught on surveillance cameras. The two offenders...

Property agent jailed 3 weeks for pocketing $2,900, committing forgery Published on Jun 25, 2013 A property agent, who pocketed $2,900 of his client's money and then resorted to forgery to cover up his crime, was jailed for three weeks on Tuesday. -- ST POSED PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN By...

Unemployed man jailed 2 months for threatening to post naked videos of ex-wife Published on Jun 25, 2013 An unemployed man, who threatened to post nude photographs of his former wife and videos showing them having sex on the Internet, was jailed for two months on Tuesday. The...

Police seeking 3 teens involved in theft case AsiaOne Monday, Jun 24, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for three men aged between 17 and 20 to assist with investigations into a case of Theft in Dwelling. The incident took place along Punggol Drive on January 12. One of them is slim...

Man, 22, arrested for alleged loansharking AsiaOne Friday, Jun 21, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police officers arrested a 22-year-old man in the vicinity of Choa Chu Kang Street 53 for suspected involvement in loanshark harassment activities on June 20 at about 4 pm. Preliminary investigations...

2 women arrested for alleged loansharking AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 SINGAPORE - The police have arrested two women, aged 43 and 66 years old, for suspected involvement in loansharking activities in two separate cases. In the first case, police officers acting on video footage obtained...

Orchard slashing: Victim's 'arrogant' walk riled gang of youths By Melody Zaccheus The Straits Times Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 SINGAPORE - It was the 20-year-old's "cocky" walking style that purportedly riled a group of 10 tattooed youths who set upon their victim with parangs outside Cathay...

2 youths arrested for stealing a motorcycle part AsiaOne Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 SINGAPORE - Two youths aged 14 and 16 years old who are believed to have stolen a motorcycle part were arrested by the police today. A 47-year-old man reported to the police yesterday that the carburettor of his...

Illegal gambling den at Geylang condominium raided AsiaOne Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - The police have arrested two men and a woman, aged between 33 and 39, on Wednesday for managing and gaming in an illegal gambling den at a condominium. In a five-hour operation which started on...

Twin-brother pimps from India jailed for 3 1/2 months Published on Jun 12, 2013 Raman (left) and Lakashmanan Selvaraj were managing six prostitutes for a vice syndicate before they were arrested in December last year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Khushwant Singh TWIN brothers who...

Man jailed for helping others to get visit passes for their "wives'' Published on Jun 11, 2013 By Elena Chong A man was jailed for six months on Tuesday for abetting Singapore citizens to obtain visit passes for foreign nationals by lying in the application forms for a visit pass. Boon...