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Updated: 07/29/2013 14:23 | By Channel NewsAsia Pub owner jailed 12 months for vice-related offences SINGAPORE: A pub owner was on Monday jailed 12 months by a district court for a string of vice-related offences that included procuring prostitutes and knowingly living off part of their...

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1 in 5 of CPIB cases involves public officers Bryna Singh Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 SINGAPORE - The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) conducts an average of 39 graft probes involving public officers each year. These make up about one in five of all CPIB cases, said Deputy Prime...

Another passenger jailed for theft onboard flight Published on Jul 25, 2013 Tigerair passenger Li Xiangyang (above), who stole a laptop bag from another passenger onboard a flight, was jailed for nine months on Thursday, July 25, 2013. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Elena Chong...

Coroner's inquiry into prisoner's death stopped July 24, 2013 - 12:56am By: Shaffiq Alkhatib TNP FILE PICTURE No coroner’s inquiry will be held to look into the death of Changi Prison inmate Dinesh Raman Chinnaiah (above). This, after his family’s lawyer and officers from the...

Updated: 07/24/2013 22:47 | By Channel NewsAsia Man allegedly involved in series of rental scams arrested SINGAPORE: A 31-year-old man who is believed to be involved in a series of rental scams has been arrested. The man is alleged to be involved in at least nine cases of cheating which...

Updated: 07/25/2013 01:00 Serial housebreaker arrested Police have arrested a 20-year-old woman who is believed to have committed three cases of housebreaking in Jurong East. They managed to trace and arrest her with the help of CCTV footage. The suspect will be charged in Court...

Police, MSF probe alleged child abuse by nanny By Lim Wee Leng and Khoo Fang Xuan POSTED: 23 Jul 2013 10:09 PM SINGAPORE: The police and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) are investigating a possible case of long-term child abuse on two brothers by their nanny and her...

30 million girls risk genital mutilation: UNICEF AFP July 23, 2013, 1:44 am WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (AFP) - More than 125 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation, and 30 million more girls are at risk in the next decade, UNICEF said Monday...

Snowden hopes to be able to leave airport by Wednesday - lawyer Reuters July 23, 2013, 1:47 am MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes to be granted papers by Wednesday allowing him to end his month-long stay in the transit area of a Moscow airport and move...

Man to be charged for entering casino with false identity AsiaOne Monday, Jul 22, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 36-year-old man was arrested for attempting to enter the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino with another person's identification document. On 16 February 2013, he was detained by the RWS...

Published: Sunday July 21, 2013 MYT 3:45:00 PM Updated: Sunday July 21, 2013 MYT 3:46:25 PM Robbers drill through bank, safe walls BY TEH ENG HOCK KLANG: Robbers got away with some RM110,000 in cash after drilling a hole through the wall of a bank here. After drilling through the wall at...

Published: Monday July 22, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Monday July 22, 2013 MYT 6:47:59 AM Loan sharks show technician no mercy BY M. KUMAR [email protected] KUALA LUMPUR: An electrical technician’s desperate bid to finance his ailing mother’s medical bills has landed him in hot water...

Lessons to be learnt from prison death: Iswaran By Tan Qiuyi POSTED: 20 Jul 2013 10:37 PM Second Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran (Photo: Siti Bazilah/MediaCorp) SINGAPORE: Second Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran says Singapore Prison Service officers will emerge stronger from the...

Inmate's death: Prison officer pleads guilty Published on Jul 19, 2013 By Jalelah Abu Baker Lim Kwo Yin (left), 36, who was found guilty of causing the death of an inmate by negligence, had failed to adequately supervise his men when they were restraining the deceased, Dinesh Raman...

By Channel NewsAsia, Updated: 19/07/2013 Prison officer fined S$10,000 for negligence which caused inmate’s death SINGAPORE: A senior prison officer has been fined $10,000 for causing the death of an inmate through negligence. 36-year-old Lim Kwo Yin was charged and pleaded guilty to one...

Singapore Office Rents Set to Surge in Late 2014: Southeast Asia By Jasmine Ng - Jul 19, 2013 5:18 PM GMT+0800 Singapore’s office rents are expected to surge at the end of 2014 after extending a “modest” rebound that started in the second quarter, according to the biggest office trust in...

Cabby jailed for allowing cab to be involved in staged accident for insurance scam Published on Jul 18, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A cabby, who received $2,000 to allow his taxi to be used in a staged accident, was jailed for six months on Thursday. Loh Siaw Kum, 55, pleaded guilty to...

Man jailed for giving bribes to scapegoats to take rap for running illegal gambling cafes Published on Jul 16, 2013 A self-employed man was sentenced to four weeks in jail on Tuesday for corruptly giving bribes to two scapegoats to assume criminal liability on behalf of his accomplice...

Accounting student turns burglar at night By Cheryl Hew The Star/Asia News Network Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 PERAK - A first-year Accounting student of a private university was caught for breaking into a house here at about 5am on July 15. Police believe the arrest of the 20-year-old suspect...