Law & Order

Members of the public are warned by the Police about calls targeting former investors of failed gold investment companies such as Genneva Pte. Ltd, Asia Pacific Bullion Pte. Ltd and The Gold Guarantee Pte. Ltd. The Police stated that it received reports regarding the matter, saying that the scammers claimed that they were from litigation or recovery companies and offered …

Tan Juay Pah, a 61-year-old Professional Engineer and an Authorised Examiner (AE) for Lifting Equipment (LE) registered with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) was fined $50,000 on 24 June 2019, for his failure to exercise due diligence in certifying 14 scissor lifts safe for use. Tay was convicted of five charges under the Workplace Safety and Health (“WSH”) Act, and …

Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) vice-chairman John Tan Liang Joo, who was convicted for the offence of contempt of court last Oct, is seeking a declaration of his eligibility to contest in the next General Election (GE) from the High Court via an originating summons filed in the High Court on Tue (16 Jul). In an affidavit dated 8 Jul, Tan …

29-year old Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam is an individual who has an IQ of 69, a finding by the prosecution’s psychiatrist which judges, including in the Court of Appeal, accepted and affirmed. This level of IQ meant that Nagaenthran is among those with “extremely low range of functioning”, according to the internationally recognised WAIS-IV test, which measures cognitive abilities. In …

Following recent statements made by Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) in relation to Lawyers For Liberty (LFL) founder N Surendran, the Malaysian human rights and law reform organisation’s director Melissa Sasidaran responded via Twitter on Tue (16 Jul), clarifying that she had stated earlier that “the letter was sent by AGC to High Court”, not to Surendran “personally”. The AGC on …

94 men and 35 women, aged between 17 and 82, were arrested for their suspected involvement in loansharking activities in an operation that was conducted from 8 to 10 July 2019. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and seven Police Land Divisions conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations island-wide during the three-day operation, resulting in the arrests. Singapore Police Force …

Back in 1986, odd-job worker Arumugam Vellasamy fatally struck his colleague with a hammer over a drunken argument about unpaid salaries. The then 28-year old Malaysian, after realising what he had done, managed to get across the border to Johor that same night. For more than three decades after that, Mr Arumugam had managed to evade justice, even crossing the …

The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has responded to online reports regarding the case of Suriia Das and his wife Sarojini Jayapal, both 47, the latter of whom was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in 2016. The Board stressed on Fri (12 Jul) that the National University Hospital (NUH) “had offered her an open appointment date should the family decide …

Cancer-stricken Sarojini Jayapal’s husband Suriia Das has responded to online criticisms regarding his Central Provident Fund (CPF) withdrawal application case following the CPF’s Board response to online reports on the couple’s predicament. Suriia, in response to a netizen’s comment on the CPF Board’s post on Sat (13 Jul), defended his decision to continue Sarojini’s treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital (MEH), …

A 49-year-old work permit holder, Wang Maozhou, was arrested for possessing 24 cartons and nine packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes following a raid at a poultry processing factory in Senoko Crescent on 5 July 2019. Singapore Customs stated in a Facebook post on Friday (12 July) that the Chinese national purchased the duty-unpaid cigarettes via the WeChat platform to sell to …