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First prosecution witness testifies in City Harvest Church leaders' trial By Claire Huang POSTED: 15 May 2013 3:02 PM Kong Hee (in white) arriving in court with his wife Sun Ho. (Photo: Claire Huang) SINGAPORE: Prosecution's first witness in the trial of the six City Harvest Church leaders...

Prosecution lays out case against City Harvest Church leaders By Imelda Saad and Claire Huang POSTED: 15 May 2013 11:49 AM UPDATED: 15 May 2013 4:42 PM About 100 people were queuing to enter the Subordinate Courts to attend the trial involving six of City Harvest Church's leaders...

Ho Yeow Sun to resume executive role in City Harvest Church POSTED: 14 May 2013 7:52 AM File photo: Kong Hee (R in white) with his wife Sun Ho as they leave the subordinate courts in Singapore. (AFP Photo/Roslan Rahman) SINGAPORE: Ms Ho Yeow Sun, the wife of City Harvest Church founder Kong...

970 heavy vehicle drivers caught speeding over last 3 years POSTED: 13 May 2013 9:43 PM The speed limit for heavy vehicles ranges from 40 to 60 kilometres per hour. SINGAPORE: Over the last three years, some 970 heavy vehicle drivers have been caught speeding. The Traffic Police has also...

169 people nabbed, drugs seized in joint Home Team operations By Monica Kotwani POSTED: 11 May 2013 12:04 AM SINGAPORE: A series of Home Team operations in the first 10 days of May saw the arrest of 169 people, and the seizure of drugs worth more than S$57,000. The anti-crime blitz was...

Merlion Park illegal gathering: 9 get police warning POSTED: 10 May 2013 6:09 PM SINGAPORE: Police have issued conditional warnings to nine persons who actively participated in the illegal gathering at Merlion Park on Wednesday night. Police said their work passes and visit passes in...

Five people assisting police investigations after illegal protest at Merlion Park POSTED: 09 May 2013 11:57 AM SINGAPORE: Five Malaysians are now assisting police in their investigations following an illegal outdoor protest on Wednesday night at Merlion Park. Police said the individuals are...

Ex-UBS Executive Director Buergin Gets Jail for Underage Sex By Andrea Tan - May 8, 2013 11:00 AM GMT+0800 Juerg Buergin, a former UBS AG (UBSN) executive director of operations, was sentenced to four months and three weeks in prison for having sex with an underage prostitute in Singapore...

Swiss national jailed for having paid sex with underage girl By Alvina Soh POSTED: 08 May 2013 11:33 AM UPDATED: 08 May 2013 6:03 PM The Swiss national accused of having commercial sex with a minor has been sentenced to jail for four months and three weeks. 41-year-old Juerg Buergin was...

Verdict of business consultant in online vice ring trial to be delivered on 5 July By Alvina Soh POSTED: 07 May 2013 6:44 PM The trial of business consultant Edward Whistler Goh, who faced two counts of having paid sex with a minor, ended on Tuesday. The verdict will be out on 5 July...

Mr Murugaiyan Selvam's body being taken away. Puwaneswary Tharmalingam, a married Sri Lankan maid, was on Monday, May 6, 2013, jailed for 10 years for killing Mr Murugaiyan, her lover, in 2009 following a fight in his room. -- FILE PHOTO: SHIN MIN

10 years’ jail for maid who caused lover’s death Tharmalingam Punwaneswary. Photo: Singapore Police Force BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN -3 HOURS 55 MIN AGO SINGAPORE — A former domestic helper was jailed today for 10 years by the High Court for causing the death of her lover. 34-year-old...

Conman cheats electronic shops of laptops and other items worth $135,000 Published on May 03, 2013 By Elena Chong A polytechnic student, who committed a series of cheating and forgery offences, while on probation was sentenced to 22 months' jail on Friday. Suraj Kumar Sarabajeet, 22...

Adulterated liquor syndicate smashed POSTED: 02 May 2013 12:03 PM Police have rounded up 14 people for their suspected involvement in the making and distribution of adulterated liquor. Adulterated liquor (photo: Singapore Police Force) SINGAPORE: Police have rounded up 14 people for their...

Man sentenced 6 weeks' jail for attempted theft on plane By Claire Huang POSTED: 29 Apr 2013 8:42 PM A Chinese national was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Monday for attempting to steal from a fellow passenger while they were in on board a plane. Travellers at Singapore Changi Airport...

Jobless man hurts neighbour with kukri and a knife Published on Apr 26, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A jobless man used the broad side of the Gurkha knife called a kukri to hit his neighbour's face. Aw Goh Bah, 52, then pulled out another knife and thrust it forward several times.His victim...

Family ordered to go for mediation to settle housing dispute By Alvina Soh POSTED: 24 Apr 2013 9:14 PM A High Court judge has ordered the family of late scouting pioneer Dennis Goh Chin Chye to go for mediation, to settle the row over a five-room HDB flat valued at S$800,000. SINGAPORE : A...

Coroner's inquiry into NSF's death: Combat medic did not have enough training Published on Apr 22, 2013 By Jermyn Chow On the first day of a coroner's inquiry into the death of Private Dominique Sarron Lee, 21, the combat medic who attended to him told the court that he did not have...

Coroner's inquiry into death of NSF starts POSTED: 22 Apr 2013 6:11 PM UPDATED: 22 Apr 2013 9:01 PM The coroner's inquiry into the death of SAF Private Dominique Sarron Lee started on Monday with his family present in court. Private Dominique Sarron Lee SINGAPORE: The coroner's inquiry...

AGC demands apology from websites over verdict backlash POSTED: 18 Apr 2013 6:15 PM Singapore's Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) has issued a take-down letter and demanded an apology from several websites over posts which it said cast doubt on the judiciary's integrity. Supreme Court...