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4 jailed for selling fake ZoukOut entry tickets

Published on Dec 19, 2011

By Elena Chong

Four Malaysian men were each given eight weeks' jail on Monday for duping a Filipino into buying six fake ZoukOut entry tickets for $420.

Mohd Adli Raman, Mohd Izzat Shafiq Ahmad Shberri, Mohd Sahmin Tajuddin - all 21 - and Muhammad Helmi Abdul Halim, 20, admitted to cheating bar manager Magbag Armando Sebastian Jr Amamio, 28. They had sold him the forged tickets at Siloso Beach Sentosa on Dec 11.

A district court heard that the group agreed to a plan by Izzat to make money by making and selling forged tickets to ZoukOut, a popular dance music festival. Izzat bought a genuine ticket which he took to a printing shop at Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, to print 40 copies. All four arrived in Singapore by car on Dec 9.

Two days later, Adli approached Mr Amamio and sold him six tickets at $70 each. The prices of this year's tickets were $78 to $98. When the victim and his friends presented the tickets at the entrance, they were refused entry as the tickets were found to be forged.

While walking towards Sentosa Luge to the monorail station, the victim saw Adli, who wanted to sell him four more tickets. The victim snatched them away and detained Adli. His accomplices were later arrested.

 

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Maid jailed for cheating & pawning elderly's jewellery
Posted: 20 December 2011 1247 hrs

SINGAPORE: A Filipino domestic helper was sentenced to three months' jail for duping her employer into handing over her jewellery and then pawning them.

Forty-year-old Glenda Dayrit Alabado pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one charge of cheating and another charge of theft.

The tanned and stocky woman had told her 92-year-old employer, Madam Tan Tou, that her gold bangle and necklace were dirty in October 2011 in her flat at Blk 85A, Lorong 4, Toa Payoh.

Mdm Tan believed her and handed over her jewellery.

Alabado pawned the items, worth S$1,650, and replaced them with fake ones.

Investigations revealed that she had made a similar attempt a few months earlier.

The court heard that she stole three gold bracelets, valued at S$4,600, from Mdm Tan's jewellery box while she was taking a bath.

Alabado again pawned the jewellery for cash.

She could have been jailed up to 10 years and fined for cheating, and jailed up to seven years and fined for theft.

- CNA/ck

 

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SIM student jailed for trying to take upskirt shot
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 20 December 2011 1506 hrs

SINGAPORE: A student from the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for trying to take an upskirt photo of a 14-year-old girl inside a lift with his mobile phone.

Even though 23-year-old Shahidan Buang did not manage to take the photo, he was found guilty of one count of intending to insult the modesty of a woman.

The thin and tanned man committed the offence on 2 November in a lift at Block 643, Hougang Avenue 8.

The court heard that Shahidan followed the girl into the lift and stood behind her.

As she was about to get out on the 9th floor, he used his handphone to try take an upskirt shot.

However, he did not succeed and "poked against her left rear thigh" instead.

Shahidan told the court that that he did not touch the girl and that nothing was captured.

In passing sentence, District Judge May Mesenas said he had committed a serious offence as it involved a "young victim in a confined space".

She said the offence warranted a custodial sentence, given the aggravating factors.

- CNA/ck

 

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Re: British banker dies in fall from rooftop bar at luxury Singapore hotel


Passenger accused of molesting SIA stewardess

Published on Dec 20, 2011

Sierkov Sergii, 35 yrs-old Ukrainian National accused for molest a SIA stewardess by using his hand to touch her buttock. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWIA CHOW

A Ukrainian national has been charged with molesting a Singapore Airlines flight attendant three times on board an aircraft last month.

Sales manager Sierkov Sergii, 35, allegedly touched the buttocks of the 34-year-old stewardess twice and her breast once on Nov 15.

The Moscow-Singapore flight was within Thai airspace when the alleged incidents took place between 4.15am and 4.18am.

Sergii, who works in Singapore, was represented by Mr Desmond Tan.

Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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NZ man jumps bail, warrant of arrest issued

News @ AsiaOne NZ man jumps bail, warrant of arrest issued Broker in assault case fails to return from overseas trip. -TNP Wed, Dec 21, 2011 The New Paper A New Zealander accused of being involved with two other Caucasian men in a fracas at Suntec City last year has jumped bail. A warrant of arrest was issued against Robert Stephen Dahlberg, 34, an options broker, on Sept 12 this year, after he failed to return to Singapore from an overseas trip. Dahlberg had been charged with committing a rash act and causing hurt to Mr Laurence Wong Seong, 38, a businessman, on April 11, 2010, at 12.17am, at Suntec City . RELATED STORIES 3 foreigners charged for beating 4 S'poreans He is also alleged to have pushed another man, Mr Paul Louis Liew Kai Ming, 26, causing him to hit his face against a pillar. Mr Liew is said to have fractured his nasal bone and suffered a 4cm cut on his forehead. Dahlberg and the other two men, Robert James Springall, 24, a Briton, and Nathan Robert Miller, 35, an Australian, were charged on July 7 this year. The Kiwi was granted bail of $25,000 and was given permission to leave Singapore for London and Hong Kong from July 11 to 29. Springall, an options broker like Dahlberg, was released on a bail of $6,000, while Miller's bail was $10,000. After his trip, Dahlberg was supposed to surrender his passport to the Singapore police on Aug 1. However, The New Paper understands that he has not returned from his trip. His current whereabouts are unknown. Dahlberg was represented by lawyer Sunil Sudheesan. TNP tried to contact his parents at his hometown in Nelson, New Zealand, but the calls were diverted to an answering machine. Indeed, his father, Bill, defended his son in a New Zealand Herald report on July 9. He stressed that Dahlberg was "in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the wrong country". Singapore has an extradition agreement with Commonwealth countries, including New Zealand, but it is not known if Dahlberg is now there. The authorities here have to track down his whereabouts first before the Attorney-General's Chambers puts in a request for extradition. Cases adjourned Meanwhile, the cases involving Springall and Miller have been adjourned to Jan 11 next year. They are now at the pre-trial conference stage. Springall allegedly shoved Mr Tan Boon Kin, 57, a taxi driver in the chest on April 11. He is accused of taking over the cab and driving it away without due regard for the safety of others. The cab crashed into a signage pole on the driveway near the Starbucks outlet in Temasek Boulevard. Miller, who is believed to be an executive, allegedly punched another cabby, Mr Tay Gek Heng, 45, in the face. He is also alleged to have behaved in a disorderly manner by jumping on the bonnet of the taxi. If convicted of hurting Mr Liew, Dahlberg can be jailed 10 years and caned. If found guilty of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, Springall can be jailed three months or fined a maximum of $1,000. And if convicted of behaving in a disorderly manner, Miller can be jailed a month or fined $1,000. This article was first published in The New Paper.

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Cisco officer found dead after gunshot heard in VivoCity
By Saifulbahri Ismail/Hoe Yeen Nie | Posted: 22 December 2011 2142 hrs

SINGAPORE: A gunshot was heard on Thursday evening in shopping mall VivoCity.

When police arrived at the scene, they found a man dead in a toilet cubicle on the first floor of the building. The cubicle was locked from inside.

Police say they got a call around 6pm.

The victim has been identified as an auxiliary police officer from Certis Cisco. He was found in his uniform.

But a spokesperson from the security firm told Channel NewsAsia that the man was already off-duty at the time.

The man, a 25-year-old Malaysian, had been working for the company for three years. He had been deployed as a security officer in a bank at VivoCity.

Deryl Ang, Commander of Certis CISCO Auxiliary Police Force, said: "We are very saddened by this unfortunate incident. The family members have already been informed and at this moment what we need to do is to offer whatever assistance that we can to the family members.

What actually happened, we do not know at this moment because the police are still investigating."

In a statement issued later, VivoCity Mall Management confirmed that an incident had occurred in the mall.

It said the matter has since been referred to the relevant authorities and since investigations are underway, it is unable to comment further on the matter.

- CNA/wk/de

 

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Re: He Never Said Sorry


Tourists jailed for stealing, using stolen credit cards

By Alvina Soh | Posted: 22 December 2011 1916 hrs

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SINGAPORE: Three Mongolian tourists have been jailed for stealing and using stolen credit cards.

The trio thought Singapore was an easy place to pick-pocket so they targeted victims in several crowded places.

They also ran up illegal purchases on the stolen credit cards.

Twenty-five-year-old Khurelkhuyag Khasbat, who chalked up more than S$81,000 in purchases of jewellery and electronic devices, was sentenced to six-and-a-half-years' jail for multiple counts of theft and cheating with abetment.

His accomplices, Viktor Bayarsaikhan and Togtokh Erkhembaatar, both aged 31, were each jailed four-and-a-half-years for helping him with illegal transactions worth S$29,205.

The three men committed the offences over three days in October this year.

The court heard Viktor conspired with Togtokh to pick-pocket at crowded places, and passed the stolen credit cards to Khurelkhuyag.

Khurelkhuyag then bought bracelets, rings and iPads from Mustafa Shopping Centre, with the intention of bringing them back to Mongolia for re-sale or for their own consumption.

He spent between S$3,663 and S$7,919 each time on three different credit cards.

The trio, who also worked together to steal a mobile phone from a woman's handbag at Clarke Quay, were arrested on 16 October.

Full restitution has since been made and the items were recovered.

Investigations revealed Khurelkhuyag had also engaged in similar conspiracies with two other accomplices, who are still at large, in June and September this year.

Back then, Khurelkhuyag had used various stolen credit cards from his accomplices to make payments for electronic devices and jewellery worth about S$52,534 in total.

But the court heard some items were not recovered and he has not made full restitution in those cases.

- CNA/wk

 

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Re: Woman charged with assaulting SMRT staff


Chinese national caught for trying to sneak into S'pore

Posted: 31 December 2011 1636 hrs

SINGAPORE: A 50-year-old Chinese national was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint for trying to sneak into Singapore.

The driver of the Malaysian-registered car she was hiding in was also arrested.

The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said at about 7.30am on December 31, its officers stopped the car for a routine check.

When the male driver pulled over, the ICA officers noticed that the driver kept fidgeting nervously.

They decided to check the black multi-purpose vehicle.

When the officers opened the car boot compartment, they found a woman hiding in it.

Early investigations revealed that the 40-year-old male driver was promised S$2,000 if he managed to help her get into Singapore illegally.

ICA officers also found two other foreign passports and a Singapore work permit bearing the identities of other people.

The driver had with him cash of about S$4,000.

As he failed to give an accurate report of the assorted currencies, ICA notified Singapore Police of the alleged offence.

- CNA/fa

 

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Re: Bedok murder-suicide: Man suspected wife of having affair


Man bribes police with S$2,000
Posted: 06 January 2012 2031 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 30-year-old Bangladeshi man for overstaying, possession of another person's work permit and attempting to bribe officers.

The incident happened on Thursday at about 7pm at an internet cafe at Desker Road.

Upon checking the suspect, Staff Sergeant Kwek Kok Khuan and his partner Sergeant Muhd Sharul noted that the man's work permit did not match his descriptions.

The suspect also ignored the officers' attempts to further verify his identity.

In fact, he offered the officers S$2,000 in return for his release.

The man will be charged in court on Saturday.

- CNA/ck

 

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Man charged with cheating 4 women of $55,000

Published on Jan 6, 2012

By Elena Chong

A Malaysian man was charged on Friday with six counts of deceiving four women into parting with a total of $55,000 in an Internet scam.

Peter Aw Boo Cheong , 40, a horse racing manager, allegedly cheated the women of between $5,000 and $25,000 each by making them believe that he would help them place their money on a horse race which he knew was false.

He is said to have cheated Ms Tina Kong Kim Choo, 45, an executive, of a total of $25,000; manager Ms Yap Soo Fang, 37, of $10,000; housing agent Ms Lee Le Choo, 44, of $15,000; and nurse Ms Sally Tan, 46, of $5,000.

The alleged offences happened between April 2010 and February 2011.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Chinese national jailed, caned for hitting foreman with metal rod

Published on Jan 11, 2012

By Elena Chong

A construction worker was sentenced to nine months' jail and three strokes of the cane for assaulting a foreman with a metal rod.

Chinese national Wang Fei, 34, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to hurting Mr Liu Xijun, 42, with a 43cm-long pole at Seletar Aerospace Drive on Dec 5 last year.

The court heard that Wang was at the construction site when he approached Mr Liu to sign his time card.

After signing the time card, Mr Liu commented that Wang was not performing well in his work.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Chinese national jailed for overstaying and bribery
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 12 January 2012 1200 hrs

SINGAPORE: A Chinese national who was caught for overstaying tried to get out of it by bribing a police officer with sex.

For that, 25-year-old Guo Cheng Cheng was jailed eight months and fined S$3,000.

The unemployed woman first caught the attention of Police when she was allegedly involved in an assault on November 22 last year at New Bridge Road.

Guo was asked for her identification documents when police arrived on the scene.

Her social visit pass was found to have expired by more than a year.

She was informed by Sergeant Tong Ee Phor that she would be arrested and taken back to the police station.

Frightened, Guo pleaded for her release by telling Sergeant Tong she would "do anything for him, including offering her body."

She continued with her pleas all the way to the police station, where she was later told she would be arrested for bribery as well.

In her mitigation plea, the court heard that Guo "had no idea what kind of punishment awaited and at the moment of folly succumbed to such a foolish act."

Guo, whose father is retired and her mother a housewife, will return to China after completing her sentence here.

- CNA/fa

 

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Finnish man settles molestation case with $5,000 and apology

Published on Jan 12, 2012

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Mr Joni Mikael Kiuru, 35, had been accused of pinching a 24-year-old freelance model's buttocks. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A Finnish man charged with pinching the buttocks of a woman at a bar near Orchard Road was on Wednesday acquitted after compounding the offence.

Mr Joni Mikael Kiuru, 35, has paid $5,000 to settle the matter. He also apologised to the woman in open court.

District Judge Francis Remedios heard in court that the matter had been compounded with the Public Prosecutor's consent.

Addressing the 24-year-old freelance model from the dock, Mr Kiuru said he wanted to apologise for any distress he had caused.

The woman, who was accompanied by her boyfriend, remained silent as he made his apology.

Mr Kiuru, who works in a bank and is a permanent resident here, was charged after he allegedly molested the woman at KPO Cafe Bar in Killiney Road last May.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Man jailed for trespassing in suicide scare
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 13 January 2012 1618 hrs

SINGAPORE: A Chinese national, who had threatened suicide at a construction site he had trespassed, was on Friday sentenced to 10 weeks' jail.

Ai Yong Li, 35, had committed the rash act to scare his supervisor into paying him S$15,000.

The former construction worker was found guilty of one charge of criminal trespass for entering the site at Taman Warna on 19 October 2011.

He had climbed the external scaffolding onto the seventh and highest floor without any safety equipment.

An on-site security supervisor spotted him but Ai refused to heed his instructions to come down. Instead, Ai demanded that his former employer, senior project manager Mu Yafei, meet him at the rooftop with S$15,000, or he would jump.

The court heard the money was compensation for work-related injuries Ai had supposedly suffered.

Ai came down only after being handed S$12,000 by Mu, nearly four hours after he first went up the scaffolding.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhong Zewei said Ai "had no intention of killing himself but was merely threatening to do so" in order to get his former employer to comply with his demands.

For criminal trespass, Ai could have been jailed three months, fined S$1,500 or both.

-CNA/ac

 

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Overstayer caught trying to leave S'pore in car

By Vimita Mohandas | Posted: 13 January 2012 1706 hrs​

SINGAPORE: A Bangladeshi suspected of overstaying in Singapore and a man who tried to smuggle him out of the country were arrested at 2.30am Friday.

Preliminary investigations showed the 28-year-old Malaysian driver was promised S$1,500 to bring the immigration offender out of the country.

The 33-year-old Bangladeshi, who attempted to depart Singapore illegally, revealed he had come to work in Singapore sometime in May 2002 and had overstayed to seek illegal employment.

According to him, the driver had driven to a deserted area in Woodlands and instructed him to crouch on the rear floorboard of the vehicle before proceeding to the checkpoint.

At the checkpoint, immigration officers noticed the Malaysian was uneasy and ordered checks, which revealed the hidden passenger.

Both the driver and immigration offender are currently under investigation.

-CNA/ac

 

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Maid jumps to death after caught stealing from employers
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 13 January 2012 1844 hrs

SINGAPORE: A foreign domestic worker took her own life after she was caught for theft by her employers on May 27, 2011.

A coroner's inquiry into the death of 25-year-old Shaik Razzia revealed she jumped to her death from the eighth floor corridor of her flat at Bukit Batok West Avenue 6.

The night before, Madam Chalamalasetti Jyothi and Mr Kotha Lakshmana Rao discovered their missing cash and valuables in the maid's room, including a pouch containing S$95 hidden within a cushion.

Shortly after, they confronted Shaik Razzia, who eventually confessed to stealing the items over the past several months. She was later observed by Madam Jyothi to have trouble sleeping that night.

By next morning, Shaik Razzia was missing. Mr Rao learnt of her death when he ran into the police at the void deck.

An autopsy report revealed Shaik Razzia died of multiple injuries sustained from her fall.

State Coroner Imran Abdul Hamid, who agreed with the report, said there was no evidence of foul play.

-CNA/ac

 

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Two suspects caught in DBS/POSB ATM fraud

By Vimita Mohandas/Sharon See | Posted: 13 January 2012 2102 hrs​

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested two Malaysians for possessing ATM skimming equipment.

The two men, aged 27 and 39, were arrested during an island-wide operation by officers from the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) to arrest members of a transnational ATM skimming syndicate on Thursday.

The two men, who are on social visit passes, were arrested at a hotel in Geylang.

Among the equipment seized are a customised panel with a pin-hole camera and what's known as a simulated Foreign Device Inhibitor, which is believed to have been fitted with a card skimming device.

Police are investigating whether the two men were involved in the recent spate of card skimming cases involving DBS ATMs in Bugis Street.

Meanwhile, DBS Bank said in a statement on Friday that it has paid about S$1 million in compensation to nearly 700 customers who had fallen victim to the recent ATM card skimming scam.

This is twice the initial amount it reported last week when it said it was expecting to pay S$500,000 to compensate 400 affected customers.

In the statement, the bank said it believes that almost all the affected customers have now been identified.

The bank said the unauthorised ATM withdrawals were contained to transactions in Malaysia on 4 and 5 January, and the number of reports of unauthorised withdrawals made in Malaysia has "tapered off significantly".

DBS said it has intensified checks on all its ATMs and has also started sending SMS alerts to customers who have made overseas ATM transactions above a certain amount.

It added that it will start sending SMS alerts for selective local ATM transactions next week.

DBS said its fraud prevention measures at ATMs include closed circuit TVs, flashing entry points, sculpted translucent card-slots, dynamic lock indicators and mechanisms within the card reader.

It added that the type of security measures it deploys at each ATM depends on factors such as machine type, location and response time.

The bank said it uses a different combination of security measures at different ATM locations at different times.

- CNA/ir

 

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Man arrested in illegal gambling den bust
Posted: 19 January 2012 1952 hrs

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 29-year-old Malaysian man after busting an illegal gambling operation in a Geylang back lane on Wednesday.

The suspect, along with others who fled the scene, posed as players to attract passers-by to place bets on the game.

In Wednesday night's anti-crime operations, police came across a group of men crowding around a table in a make-shift stall.

The group was playing a game of chance in which a dice holder is used to toss a dice painted in blue and red. Players would place bets on either colour.

Police said in most instances, the dice is modified to allow the illegal gaming operator to determine the outcome of the game at his will to maximise winnings.

The suspect will be charged on Friday for promoting gaming in a public place.

If found guilty, he can be fined a maximum of S$200,000 and jailed up to five years.

-CNA/ac

 

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Man fined $5,000 for threatening ex-girlfriend with knife

Published on Jan 26, 2012
By Elena Chong

A Chinese national who pointed a knife at his former girlfriend was fined $5,000 on Thursday.

Shi Liping, 26, a Singapore permanent resident, admitted to pointing a 10cm-long knife at Ms Yang Meiqi with intent to cause her alarm at his flat in Guillemard Road on Sept 9 last year.

The court heard that Ms Yang, a 19-year-old polytechnic student, had gone to Shi's flat to move her things as their relationship had turned sour.

When she was about to leave, he asked her to remove the engagement ring he had given to her.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Jobless man accused of receiving stolen cash worth $183,000

Published on Jan 27, 2012
By Elena Chong

An unemployed man was charged in a district court on Friday with three counts of receiving stolen money totalling $182,723.

Li Huabo, 50, a Chinese national and a permanent resident here, allegedly received three sums - $73,939, $35,009 and $73,775 - in his United Overseas Bank account which he knew were stolen property.

The alleged offences occurred between Dec 6, 2010, and Jan 15, 2011.

The prosecution sought a high bail of $100,000 and informed the court that the Commercial Affairs Department had frozen $1.8 million of Li's assets, suspected to be proceeds of crime.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.