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SINGAPORE: A Taiwanese man was arrested on Wednesday (Feb 26) after he made a suspicious credit card transaction at a store in Far East Plaza. The police said in a news release on Thursday that they were alerted to the incident at a mobile phone store in the mall. The 26-year-old was arrested at the scene with…
SINGAPORE: An Indonesian man will be charged in court on Thursday (Feb 27) with money laundering and failing to report movements of cash into Singapore. The 35-year-old is also suspected of links to an illegal online gambling advertisement operation, the police said in a news release on Wednesday. On Feb 17, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers…
SINGAPORE: An 85-year-old man will be charged in court on Wednesday (Feb 26) over Facebook posts that contained offensive remarks about Islam, the police said on Tuesday. On Apr 21, 2021, the man reposted screenshots of the offensive Facebook posts from five years earlier. The police received reports about the posts on Jun 29 and Jun 30, 2021….
In 2024, the SPF received about 50,000 reports of found property, an increase from 42,000 in 2022. More than half of these items were successfully traced back to their owners. Unclaimed items that cannot be traced to an owner are either auctioned, forfeited or disposed of, in accordance with the Police Force Act 2004. Valuables…
SINGAPORE: The High Court on Wednesday (Feb 19) extended the jail term of the former CEO of a timber flooring firm who cheated banks into disbursing over S$2 million (US$1.5 million) in loans. Jason Sim Chon Ang, the founder of the now-defunct Jason Parquet Specialist, was convicted in 2023 on five charges of cheating, but acquitted of a…
The increase in shop theft cases may be a result of more widespread use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) technology by retailers, the police said. This has improved retailers’ ability to detect shop theft, including those that might have gone unnoticed at the time of the incident. SPF added that it has also been using the…
SINGAPORE: You’re tucking into a plate of fresh chee cheong fun at a hawker centre when shouts and loud popping noises ring through the air. Chaos ensues as masked men armed with guns invade what was a peaceful lunch spot just minutes ago. Fleeing, you see a man slumped against a pillar, blood gushing from…
SINGAPORE: About 23 tonnes of oil leaked from a damaged fuel hose at the Police Coast Guard’s Brani base, Singapore authorities said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 6). No oil slicks have been observed, said the Singapore Police Force, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) and National Environment Agency (NEA) in a joint statement. The diesel oil leak was…
SINGAPORE: Two men have been arrested after a 43-year-old man was attacked with a brick, leaving him with multiple fractures on his face. The police said they were alerted to the incident along Lorong 21 Geylang at around 9am on Tuesday (Feb 4). The victim was found with multiple fractures on his face and abrasions on…
Institute of Policy Studies research fellow Teo Kay Key also highlighted crowd size as a major consideration. “It would cause chaos for nearby residents if the party underestimates the crowd and there is no effective crowd control, and it would look like a waste of resources if the venue is too large for the crowd…
