SINGAPORE: The chief editor of socio-political website The Online Citizen (TOC), Terry Xu, is waging a public campaign to gain sympathy and support from Singaporeans, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng have alleged in a lawsuit against Xu. Documents obtained by CNA onContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A woman who pointed a knife at a victim in a cafe and demanded S$200 (US$149) was jailed for 10 months on Thursday (Mar 27). Lam Hoe Lian, 51, had picked up a knife and pointed it at the face of the diner, who had just finished her mealContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: An office-bearer of the Law Society of Singapore has sparked an online backlash on LinkedIn following a post on the criminal case of a former Wah!Banana actor convicted of sexual assault. Lawyer Chia Boon Teck, the vice-president of the Law Society, commented on the high-profile case involving Lev PanfilovContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A director of a company was charged on Thursday (Mar 20) with cheating the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) into disbursing funds under the Jobs Support Scheme at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eng Kar Keng, 44, was also accused of attempted cheating, falsifying accounts and providingContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Angry after a car nearly hit him, a food delivery rider followed the driver into his private property and damaged the car’s side mirror. Koh Wen Hao, 26, was fined S$5,000 on Tuesday (Mar 18) upon pleading guilty to one count each of trespass and mischief. On Nov 16Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man was charged in court on Tuesday (Mar 18) with stealing cash and a credit card while on board a Scoot flight heading to Singapore. Zhang Kun, a 51-year-old Chinese national, was purportedly observed by a male passenger taking a bag from the overhead compartment of the planeContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: The suspect in the stabbing of a priest at St Joseph’s Church was on Monday (Mar 17) given three fresh charges of carrying weapons in public without a lawful purpose. Basnayake Keith Spencer, 37, now faces a total of four charges. He was previously charged with voluntarily causing grievousContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man who used threatening behaviour toward an airport shuttle bus driver at Changi Airport in January was charged in court on Friday (Mar 14). Xu Yixuan was at the departure bus bay of Changi Airport Terminal 1 on Jan 31 when he allegedly blocked the shuttle bus andContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Investigations have revealed that the total amount involved in the offences for three men accused of fraud over the movement of Nvidia chips is in the region of US$390 million (S$519 million). The prosecution on Thursday (Mar 13) revealed the sum related to the cases of Aaron Woon Guo Jie, 41,Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man who deceived the former SPRING Singapore into disbursing S$85,000 (S$63,700) through its Innovation and Capability Voucher (ICV) scheme was sentenced to 22 months’ jail on Wednesday (Mar 12). Donovan Goh Shen Shu, 36, pleaded guilty to five counts of cheating and five of falsifying accounts for offencesContinue Reading
