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Surveyor's jail term for corruption tripled Selina Lum The Straits Times Saturday, Mar 28, 2015 A MARINE surveyor whose job was to inspect ships before they berthed, but asked for bribes to omit safety breaches in his report, yesterday had his jail term for corruption tripled from two months...

Man gets three years and six strokes for rioting Published on Mar 25, 2015 5:33 PM Ahmad Ridhwan Wee Ahmad Jafni was sentenced to three years' jail and six strokes of the cane on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, for taking part in a violent group attack on two victims last October, which left one...

Teen may face probation for beating up foreign workers Published on Mar 13, 2015 2:19 PM Daryl Lim Jun Liang, 18, pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt, and another charge will be taken into consideration for sentencing. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Lim Yi Han...

Ex-technical officer charged with corruption and deceiving CAAS Published on Mar 11, 2015 11:24 AM Henry Goh Keng Hwee, 44, a former technical officer with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group, was charged with corruption and deceiving the authority with...

Police looking for man in loanshark harassment case AsiaOne Tuesday, Mar 10, 2015 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for a man in connection with a case of loanshark harassment in Compassvale Street on Monday (March 9). In a statement on today, the police released an image of a man crouched...

Hong Lim Park protest: First of six people charged pleads guilty in court Published on Mar 9, 2015 12:59 PM Chua Siew Leng, 43, who does not hold a regular job, was fined $300 by District Judge John Ng, on account of her "very early" guilty plea, her minor role in the protest, and that she...

Woman fined $12,000 for failing to pay fares to 10 taxi drivers Published on Mar 6, 2015 2:45 PM Liu Meiqi, 33, was fined $1,200 or five days' jail on each charge after admitting to 10 counts of failing to pay taxi fares between Oct 5, 2013, and March 8 last year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI...

Blogger Alex Au fined $8,000 for contempt of court AFP Thursday, Mar 05, 2015 Alex Au (C) apologised to the court and paid the fine. He would have been jailed for one day if he failed or refused to pay the fine. SINGAPORE - Singapore's High Court on Thursday fined a prominent dissident...

Hit-and-run motorist drove car to workshop for repairs to cover up accident Published on Mar 3, 2015 1:20 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A man who had taken drugs before driving ended up beating a red light, crashing into a motorcyclist and fleeing the scene. Toh Hong Leng was driving in a...

Ex-CPIB assistant charged for cheating and theft AsiaOne Friday, Feb 27, 2015 SINGAPORE - A former officer at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) was charged in court today for cheating and theft. Christopher Gan Boon Khong, 25, an Investigation Assistant, is accused of 15...

Serial thief jailed for stealing valuables from six churches Published on Feb 24, 2015 5:11 PM By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - A jobless man walked into six different churches and stole valuables that had been left unattended worth almost $10,000. On Tuesday, Michael Neo Eng Keong was sentenced to...

Odd-job worker who stabbed stranger gets shorter jail term after brain haemorrhage Published on Feb 12, 2015 2:05 PM By Ian Poh SINGAPORE - Three days before he was to receive punishment for stabbing a stranger in a coffeeshop, an odd-job worker suffered a brain haemorrhage that needed...

Jobless man jailed five months for abducting girlfriend's eight-month-old baby Published on Feb 11, 2015 4:56 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A jobless man who abducted his girlfriend's eight-month old baby after making a sinister threat was jailed for five months on Wednesday. Shamsol Arifin...

Man, 54, nabbed for allegedly stealing abalone from VivoCity supermarket Published on Jan 27, 2015 10:24 PM By Amir Hussain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSYPzJJkvc SINGAPORE - A man has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing six cans of abalone worth $416.80 in total from a...

He agreed to be slashed for violent robbery plan Roland Loh The New Paper Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsUv-ka48E0 It was an elaborate and violent plan to pocket almost $500,000 from his employers, a money-changing company. Delivery driver Suleiman Latiff even...

Woman, 25, arrested for vandalising police camera AsiaOne Thursday, Jan 22, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enzpWyIE56g SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old woman has been arrested for suspected involvement in vandalising a police camera at Block 105 Jalan Bukit Merah. A member of public notified...

No drinking of alcohol from 10.30pm to 7am in public places, under proposed laws Little India and Geylang will also be designated Liquor Control Zones and come under stricter restrictions under liquor control laws proposed in Parliament Published: 3:07 PM, January 19, 2015 SINGAPORE — The...

Peeping Tom jailed two months and two weeks Published on Jan 16, 2015 2:31 PM By Elena Chong SINGAPORE - A man who was originally given a mandatory treatment order (MTO) for trespassing into female toilets and peeping at women was jailed for two months and two weeks on Friday. Lim Keng...

Man jailed for stealing from ex-girlfriend and drug offences Published on Jan 8, 2015 1:45 PM By Elena Chong <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YQm2rbH-Hqk?rel=0&showinfo=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> SINGAPORE - A man who stole his former...

Police arrest snatch thief at Bukit Batok Central Asia OneTuesday, Dec 30, 2014 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_tiyYs-AkBU?rel=0&showinfo=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 37-year-old man suspected to be involved...