Jail for Singaporean man over fake insurance claims that duped company into paying out more than S$1.88mil

SINGAPORE: An insurance agent allowed a friend, who was then working with a similar company, to make fraudulent claims, and the company was then duped into paying out more than S$1.88 million in total. Benjamin Song Junde, 40, who was working with Manulife (Singapore) at the time, was sentenced to a year, six months and two...

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng to be charged, say reports

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore-based Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is set to be charged on Friday (Oct 4), according to reports by Singaporean media. Channel News Asia reported that according to court records, Ong, who is also a hotelier and Singapore GP head, is likely to be charged with one count each of abetting under Section...

Chinese Blogger Says S’pore Food Delivery Riders Are Slow & Don’t Get Fined For Being Late Unlike In China

Faster doesn’t mean better or safer, right? We totally understand when one is hangry and still have to wait for our food delivery to arrive. But an irate Chinese blogger is taking that conversation further by ranting on the Internet to compare her experience in Singapore to China. In a video posted to Xiaohongshu, she started the video chastising food...

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng to be charged, say reports

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore-based Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is set to be charged on Friday (Oct 4), according to reports by Singaporean media. Channel News Asia reported that according to court records, Ong, who is also a hotelier and Singapore GP head, is likely to be charged with one count each of abetting under Section...

Chinese Blogger Says S’pore Food Delivery Riders Are Slow & Don’t Get Fined For Being Late Unlike In China

Faster doesn’t mean better or safer, right? We totally understand when one is hangry and still have to wait for our food delivery to arrive. But an irate Chinese blogger is taking that conversation further by ranting on the Internet to compare her experience in Singapore to China. In a video posted to Xiaohongshu, she started the video chastising food...

Tycoon O.K. Lim and 2 children agree to pay US$3.5bil to Hin Leong liquidators, but will file for bankruptcy

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): In a surprising twist, Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin and his two children, Evan Lim Chee Meng and Lim Huey Ching, have agreed to pay US$3.5 billion (S$4.5 billion) to the liquidators of the now-defunct oil trading firm. The High Court on Sept 30 also gave the green light to a...

Pill peddlers return to Geylang despite multiple raids in the area

SINGAPORE: Pill peddlers illegally hawking prescription medication, including the addictive codeine-laced mixtures, have returned to the streets in the Geylang area, pushing their wares closer to Housing Board estates. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had conducted multiple raids in the area, but residents say the peddlers return the moment there is a let-up. In a raid of...

Singaporean director of Malaysian factory pleads not guilty to sabotaging water supply in Johor

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Sept 26) in a Johor court to a charge of indirect sabotage linked to the damage of water supply in a Kota Tinggi village. Tan Eng Yong, 41, and Malaysian Lau Kam Wai, 53, were charged in a sessions court with conspiring with another individual, who remains...

AirAsia will continue seeking licence to operate in Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia will not give up on securing a license to operate in Singapore, despite having been rejected three times, said Capital A chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes. "Don’t block me in Singapore,” he said. "Three times we had applied for an airline license, three times we were rejected. We have airlines in Cambodia,...

Woman dropped her baby from block of flats before pair found dead: State Coroner

SINGAPORE: A woman who was worried about her one-year-old daughter’s development, dropped her from a high floor of their block of flats on Nov 5, 2023. The mother then jumped down from the same spot before landing on the ground floor near the baby. Delivering his findings on Sept 24 on the double tragedy, State Coroner Adam...