JOHOR BARU: A local family is living in fear after being targeted by illegal moneylenders over a loan application submitted by their son in Singapore. Hoo Chong Kang, 58, said his 35-year-old son, who has been working as a lorry driver in Singapore for the past five years, came across a money-lending offer on social media...
British actress-singer Cynthia Erivo did not mince her words when asked about some of the challenges she and her Wicked: For Good castmates had experienced during the international promotional tour for the fantasy musical movie sequel. “We have come through some s***,” she said during a Screen Actors Guild screening on Nov 15. “I mean, f*** even this...
SINGAPORE: A 51-year-old Australian woman has been arrested for her suspected involvement in a case of shop theft in Changi Airport, said the police on Nov 11. The police were alerted on May 7 at about 2.45pm to a case of shop theft after a box of supplements, valued at S$507.30, was found to be missing...
SINGAPORE: While he was taking a lift at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) with his wife and friends, a man glanced at another woman’s buttocks and molested her as he exited. Chinese national Hu Guisheng, 39, was jailed for six days after pleading guilty to one charge for outrage of modesty on Wednesday (Oct 22). He was on...
SINGAPORE: A doctor with over 40 years of experience and several past convictions inappropriately prescribed hormone replacement therapies (HRT) to 18 patients, despite them having normal hormone levels and not showing symptoms that warranted the therapies. The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) brought Dr Wong Yoke Meng before a disciplinary tribunal, which found him guilty of professional...
IPOH: Behind prison walls, death row inmate Pannir Selvam Pranthaman found a light that changed not only his life but the lives of many around him. Through tears, his sister P. Sangkari, 41, said Pannir – who was executed in Singapore on Wednesday (Oct 8) – spent his years in confinement turning repentance into purpose, guiding...
SINGAPORE: From Dec 1, Singapore permanent residents (PRs) who leave the country without a valid re-entry permit will get about six months to apply for one before losing their PR status. Currently, PRs who are outside Singapore without a valid re-entry permit lose their residency status. They have a one-month grace period after their re-entry permits...
SINGAPORE: A woman was in a house near MacPherson Road when she allegedly lifted her sleeping gown and exposed herself to her son, who was then 16 years old. On Friday (Sept 26), the 57-year-old Singaporean was charged with one count each of sexual exposure and harassment. She cannot be named due to a gag order to...
SINGAPORE: A 67-year-old grandfather has been sentenced to 36 months’ jail for molesting his granddaughter, who was 13 years old at the time, on two separate occasions. The man had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of using of criminal force on a person with intent to outrage modesty. Both the man and the teenager cannot be...
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s police are working with the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to probe a cross-border baby trafficking ring uncovered in West Java, officials said. The joint investigation, coordinated through Interpol’s National Central Bureau in Jakarta, was launched after authorities discovered a smuggling route linking Bandung, Pontianak and Jakarta to Singapore. In a statement, Bureau Secretary Brigadier General...
