Gang robbed courier but lost the $216k loot - Straits Times


Straits Times
Gang robbed courier but lost the $216k loot
Straits Times
Nurhasimah Abdullah, a 49-year-old Singaporean cleaner, was on Tuesday jailed 3 1/2 years. She escaped caning because of her gender. Her son Nur Iskandar Shah Mohamed Nasar, 22, is awaiting trial, while the third person, Abdul Jalil Nasar, 26, ...

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Chemical vandalism damages $100k in autos - Topeka Capital Journal

Chemical vandalism damages $100k in autos
Topeka Capital Journal
The Government of Singapore has defended the punishment as a traditional part of the country's legal system. The caning strained Singapore's relations with the United States and has been seen as largely responsible for the United States' voting against ...

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Crime Control in Singapore - LP Portal

Crime Control in Singapore
LP Portal
Littering, spitting on the sidewalk, and even chewing gum are all considered illegal activities in Singapore. You may recall that this is the place that gave an American teenager a painful "caning" as his punishment for vandalizing a car in 1994.

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Three suspects nabbed for loansharking activities - Channel News Asia

Three suspects nabbed for loansharking activities
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE : Police have arrested three men for suspected involvement in loanshark harassment and loansharking activities in different parts of Singapore in the last two days. Police officers were on their rounds in the Tiong Bahru estate on Monday ...

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Man gets jail, caning for trying to have sex with woman met online - Straits Times


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Man gets jail, caning for trying to have sex with woman met online
Straits Times
PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Fiona Low They met on the internet and had only been chatting online with each other for about two months. But the second time they met up in as many days, IT analyst Ng Han Tong, 37, tried to have sex with the ...

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Chinese national charged for kicking policeman in groin - Channel News Asia

Chinese national charged for kicking policeman in groin
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: A Chinese national has been charged in court for allegedly attacking three police officers. Liao Zhong Mi, 32, is accused of voluntarily causing hurt to two sergeants and a corporal on 7 February. The incident happened at Albert Street just ...

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Overstayer found in back seat of Malaysian-registered MPV - AsiaOne


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Overstayer found in back seat of Malaysian-registered MPV
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - An overstayer was found in the back seat of a Malaysian-registered car at about noon yesterday at Woodlands Checkpoint. The offender, a 37-year-old Bangladeshi, was found pressed up against the back seat of a black multi-purpose vehicle ...

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