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Tuesday, Jul 17, 2012 AsiaOne Woman fined $1,200 for evading $43 worth of taxi fare A 29-year-old was fined $1,200 after being found guilty of two counts of fare evasion, reported The Straits Times. Unemployed Tanya Azzure Lee had skipped paying taxi drivers their fare for at least 34...

Police appeal for next-of-kin AsiaOne Monday, Jul 02, 2012 The police are appealing for the next-of-kin of Mr Lim Tiow Chin, 86, to come forward. Mr Lim, who was previously residing at Block 3, Telok Blangah Crescent, had passed away at home on June 14 this year. Anyone with information is...

Man jailed 3 1/2 years for sexually abusing girl on 1st date Published on Jun 28, 2012 By Elena Chong A young man who molested and sexually abused a 17-year-old girl on their first date was jailed for three years and six months on Thursday. Choo Cher Hou, 23, admitted to the two offences and...

Teen, 17, gets 24 months' probation for nude video scam AsiaOne Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 SINGAPORE - The teenager behind an online extortion scam was today sentenced to 24 months' supervised probation. Yap Siew Ting, 17, had pleaded guilty to extorting $150,000 from a 22-year-old man and...

Man investigated for making false police report Posted: 19 June 2012 1736 hrs SINGAPORE : An IT engineer is being investigated for making a false police report. The 29-year-old man claimed that he had been robbed along the footpath near Block 229 Jurong East Street 21 on June 16. The man...

Housewife uses fake gold jewellery to trap thief Published on Jun 14, 2012 File photo of fake gold earrings. A housewife used fake gold jewellery to flush out a thief and discovered it was her daughter's friend. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO By Khushwant Singh A housewife used fake gold...

In $8,000 debt over $300 loan By Chai Hung Yin The New Paper Thursday, Jun 07, 2012 Even going to licensed moneylenders can cost you if you don't do your sums. Short-term gain can come with long-term pain as this man, who wanted to be known only as Mr Dzul, 54, found out. After his...

Maid jailed 6 months for attempting to poison woman Published on Jun 5, 2012 By Elena Chong An Indonesian maid was jailed for six months on Tuesday for trying to cause a maid agency employee to drink water mixed with car polish liquid. Fitriani Atang Efendi, 25, admitted to attempting to...

Maid jailed 6 months for attempting to poison woman Published on Jun 5, 2012 By Elena Chong An Indonesian maid was jailed for six months on Tuesday for trying to cause a maid agency employee to drink water mixed with car polish liquid. Fitriani Atang Efendi, 25, admitted to attempting to...

Football: Charges amended for two M'sians accused of match-fixing By Alvina Soh | Posted: 31 May 2012 1842 hrs SINGAPORE: Two Malaysian men who have been charged with their involvement in fixing a match between Lions XII and Sarawak on May 22, had their charges amended on Thursday...

Police arrest man for mobile phone theft Published on May 23, 2012 By Amelia Tan Hui Fang Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Tuesday, for allegedly committing snatch theft at Clementi. On May 20, the police received a report where a mobile phone, valued at about $200, was snatched away by...

No mole, so they smell a rat By Rennie Whang The New Paper Saturday, May 19, 2012 The man standing before them claimed to have an annual income of more than $100,000, but was looking for a $5,000 loan. He also looked much older than the photo on his identity card, and unlike the IC photo...

3 arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Thursday, May 17, 2012 The police have arrested one man and two women aged between 25 and 42 for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. The three were arrested at Yishun, Boon Lay and New Bridge Road between May 14 and 16...

Man arrested for allegedly robbing taxi drivers in Marsiling estate Posted: 15 May 2012 2206 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 44-year-old man for alleged armed robbery of taxi drivers in Marsiling housing estate. Last November, two cases of armed robbery were reported by taxi drivers...

Snatch theft suspect caught Posted: 10 May 2012 1802 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 46-year-old man believed to be involved in a case of snatch theft at Tiong Bahru Road. The suspect is believed to have snatched the necklace of a 62-year-old woman on April 9. The necklace was...

3 organisations charged with employment offences By Claire Huang | Posted: 26 April 2012 2129 hrs SINGAPORE: Nightingale Nursing Home, Greenview Nursing Home and Civic Ambulance Services were charged on Thursday in court under two employment acts - the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA)...

Business owner fined $15,000 for molesting maid Published on Apr 19, 2012 By Elena Chong A self-employed man was fined a total of $15,000 on Thursday for molesting his Indonesian maid. Ahmad Basiron, 43, had originally claimed trial to molesting the 24-year-old domestic maid on two occasions...

Police arrest man suspected of theft at Bugis Village Published on Apr 18, 2012 By Peter Wong Police have arrested a 45-year-old man believed to be responsible for a spate of thefts at Bugis Village. On April 17, at about 3pm, officers from Central Police Division received information that a...

Prominent plastic surgeon Woffles Wu charged Woffles Wu accused of getting employee to take rap for him for speeding offences Published on Apr 12, 2012 If convicted, Wu could be fined up to $1,000, jailed for up to six months, or sentenced to both. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG By Khushwant Singh...

Retired CNB officer gets 6 weeks' jail for failure to arrest duo Published on Apr 4, 2012 Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer Lim Tian Siew who has since retired was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Wednesday for failing to arrest and hand over two men to the nearest police station for...