JOHOR BARU: A man who had lent his younger sister RM30,000 ended up experiencing financial trouble himself after he turned to an illegal money lender for help. This led to months of daily harassment from loan sharks for the 41-year-old Ku, who lost his job in Singapore and saw his house in his hometown set on...
SINGAPORE: Over a period of about four years, a voyeur targeted at least 27 victims, including three close female friends, who felt betrayed after finding out he had secretly recorded intimate videos of them. One of them, identified in court documents as the first victim, was so shaken by her ordeal that she had to undergo...
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man accused of being the leader of an international insider trading and money laundering scheme has been arrested here, following a request in June from the US. Ge Zhi (pic), 33, was apprehended on July 3 and taken to the State Courts the next day, where he was ordered to be held under...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has approved 16 species of insects for human consumption, including specific types of cricket, locust, grasshopper, mealworm, silkworm and honey bee. "With immediate effect, the SFA will allow the import of insects and insect products belonging to species that have been assessed to be of low regulatory concern. "These insects...
VIDEOS of a vehicle in flames have gone viral on social media, with comments claiming that the incident happened at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) at Johor Baru's Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI). It was also said that the car's occupants, a Singaporean couple, managed to escape unharmed in the incident. Is it true that a...
MELAKA: Singapore Airlines' low-cost carrier Scoot is set to make its maiden flight to Melaka International Airport by the end of September, said Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman. The state tourism, heritage, art and culture committee chairman said the airline is expected to make six daily flights from the airport within the next few months. "We anticipate...
PHNOM PENH: A recent parliamentary exchange in Singapore has sparked debate over the deportation of seven convicted money-launderers to Cambodia. The discussions centred on the decision to send the criminals to the Kingdom, in spite of the fact that some of them do not hold Khmer citizenship. In August last year, Singaporean police concluded a years-long...
Singapore: Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Candy Ko, 32, overcame multiple challenges, such as building up her fitness after piling on 27kg during her second pregnancy and raising a child who had kidney cancer, to become the first and only woman to join the Police Tactical Unit (PTU). The PTU responds to public order and public...
SINGAPORE: About 1.5 million eligible adult Singaporeans will receive S$450 or $850 in cash in August to help with their daily living expenses, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday (July 4). Those living in homes with annual values of up to $21,000 will get $850. Those with homes with annual values of more than $21,000,...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two people were taken to hospital following an accident involving four vehicles along Lim Chu Kang Road on June 27 evening. The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted at about 6.10pm to the accident involving a van and three lorries along Lim Chu Kang Road towards Neo...
