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Condominium serial thief arrested AsiaOne Thursday, May 02, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 48-year-old man suspected to be a serial thief was arrested on May 1. In a statement to the media, the police said that the man is believed to be responsible for a series of thefts at a condominium along Cashew...

HSA mulls tougher penalty for sales of illegal health products By Ng Lian Cheong POSTED: 17 Apr 2013 8:59 PM HSA is considering increasing the penalty for the supply of adulterated or counterfeit health products from a maximum fine of S$10,000 to S$100,000. To act as a further deterrent, the...

Two charged for misusing another's identity at casino AsiaOne Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 53-year-old woman for entering the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino with another person's identity card. On Jul 21, 2012, the suspect who had a self Exclusion Order was...

Suspected loanshark runner nabbed AsiaOne Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 41-year-old man for suspected involvement in loansharking activities on April 10. He was arrested in the vicinity of Ang Mo Kio Ave 9 for suspected involvement in loansharking activities...

50 summonses issued to drivers of heavy vehicles POSTED: 11 Apr 2013 8:40 PM The Traffic Police conducted an operation on Thursday, targeting drivers of heavy vehicles who flout the rules. Heavy vehicles refer to prime movers, tipper trucks, tankers and trailers. A traffic police officer on...

Man arrested for theft of forklift batteries in Geylang Bahru Posted: 28 December 2012 2057 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 64-year-old man after forklift batteries were reported stolen in Geylang Bahru area. It is believed that the crimes happened between December 26 and 27...

Man jailed 10 years for molesting lover's child By Elena Chong The Straits Times Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 The 55-year-old former security guard had pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated molestation by fondling and touching the victim's private parts in November and December 2006. Get...

More drivers caught speeding November 14, 2012 - 1:06am By: Rennie Whang PICTURE: ST File The number caught speeding is higher for the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year. There were 181,000 speeding violations, up from about 178,000. And the need to...

Man charged with sexual abuse of three young girls Posted: 08 November 2012 1830 hrs SINGAPORE: A man has been charged in court with sexual abuse of three young girls. Emmanuel Lim Chin Pin, 21, is accused of committing indecent acts, sexually abusing and attempted sexual penetration of three...

More motorists caught with illegal, fanciful car number plates By Hu Jielan | Posted: 08 November 2012 2058 hrs Vehicles plying along an expressway in Singapore. (AFP photo/Roslan Rahman) SINGAPORE: The number of drivers caught for having illegal and fanciful car licence plates...

Former security guard jailed for committing mischief By Claire Huang | Posted: 07 November 2012 1701 hrs SINGAPORE: A former security guard who wanted to teach his ex-colleague a lesson after an argument, was sentenced to eight weeks' jail, disqualified from driving for three years and fined...

Father jailed for filming his teenage daughter showering By Alvina Soh | Posted: 05 November 2012 1820 hrs SINGAPORE: An unemployed man was jailed five months on Monday for filming his 15-year-old daughter while she was showering. The man, who attributed it to a "lapse of judgment", was...

Man gets five months’ jail for filming teenage daughter in shower November 6, 2012 - 1:08am By: Chai Hung Yin He filmed his daughter showering in the bathroom on an occasion between January 2009 and March 2010. And when he was found out and pleaded guilty to his offence in June, he pushed...

Deaf and mute man jailed for sexual offences, theft By Alvina Soh | Posted: 02 November 2012 2146 hrs SINGAPORE: A deaf and mute man, who sodomised a 12-year-old boy at a staircase landing, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. But 47-year-old Juma'at Tahir was spared the cane...

Man threatens workers at two construction sites, throws zinc panel November 2, 2012 - 12:12am By: Judith Tan Annoyed with the noise coming from the two construction sites along the street where he lived, he went berserk. The expatriate, believed to be working as a banker here, barged into...

Gambling den in shophouse raided AsiaOne Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 SINGAPORE - A shophouse located along East Coast Road, which was being used as an illegal gambling den, was raided by the police on Oct 31 at 8.30pm. The raid resulted in the arrest of two men and one woman between the ages of...

Man who filmed daughter showering pleads guilty By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 31 October 2012 1624 hrs SINGAPORE: A man who filmed his daughter while she was showering pleaded guilty on Wednesday. The man cannot be named to protect the identity of the girl. The 50-year-old committed the...

Church pastor's jail term reduced to fine in fuel tank tampering case By Claire Huang | Posted: 30 October 2012 1629 hrs SINGAPORE: A church pastor, who was sentenced to two weeks' jail for giving false information to authorities, has been let off with a fine following an appeal...

Debt collectors: We face risks too Staff members of JMS Rogers Associates, a debt collecting agency, talking to a debtor (in red T-shirt) who owes her former business partner $530,000, at the foot of her block in Commonwealth. By Esther Ng The New Paper Monday, Oct 29, 2012 SINGAPORE - With...

CNB seize 800 grammes of heroin in Tampines Posted: 24 October 2012 1735 hrs The various drugs seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau officers during an operation in Tampines on October 23, 2012. (Photo: Central Narcotics Bureau) SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)...