By Teo Soh Lung These days I cannot help thinking and comparing the investigative skill and responsibility of the police in Singapore and that of Germany. Remember the “Little India Riot” on 8 Dec 2013 which was sparked by a fatal accident? An estimated 300 “rioters” necessitated the deployment of about 300 police personnel. More than 20 police officers were …

Singapore Police Force (SPF) will close Little India’s Hasting Road from 10.00am on Tuesday (3 January) to 5.00pm on Tuesday (17 January) in light of Pongal Heritage Carnival 2017. SPF said that during the road closure, access will only be granted to police and emergency vehicles. Parking restrictions along the peripheral roads will be strictly enforced. Therefore, vehicles found parking and causing obstruction …

Three bus captain of SBS Transit were physically assaulted in separate incidents by a Chinese commuter male who had boarded their buses along Bartley Road on 31 December 2016 at around 1pm. SBS Transit said in a Facebook post that the assailant slapped and hit the bus captains, one driving Service 93 and two others driving Service 129, which were …

Concerning the New Year’s Day night club attack in Istanbul, Turkey, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed that so far there has been no reports of any Singaporeans directly affected or injured. “Singapore condemns the attack at the Reina Club in the Ortakoy district in Istanbul on 1 January 2017 which has resulted in the loss of many lives …