Crime

In a twist of event after months of trial, an ex-general manager of Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC) pleaded guilty on Monday (25 March) for accepting S$86,141 pay-off from the director of two building and repair companies, who also pleaded guilty on the same day. Wong Chee Meng, 59, or also known as Victor, admitted for taking inducements from …

The former domestic worker of Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong was sentenced to 26 months of jail on Mon (25 Mar) after being found guilty on four counts of theft last week. Citing Umaroh v PP [2002] SGDC 265 in her written sentencing remarks, District Judge Olivia Low stressed that the principle of deterrence against the theft of …

Singapore’s extensive probe into illegal financial activities surrounding Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was not politically influenced, but rather motivated by an obligation to safeguard “public interest”. The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Enforcement Department executive director Gillian Tan told The Straits Times on Wed (20 Mar) that “We do it simply to look at whether a breach has …

The director of a wholesale trade company and a sales executive of a department store at Dunlop Street were fined for giving and receiving gratification under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Mohamed Malik Seeni Syed, a director of wholesale trade company Via Star (S) Pte Ltd, and Arunachalam Arunraj, both Indian nationals, a sales executive of department store Appollo Sellappas …

A total of 6,000 of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized in Tuas on Monday (11 March) at about 1.30 pm. According to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), its officers conducted checks on a 40-footer container at a warehouse in Tuas which was earlier presented for clearance at the Pasir Panjang Scanning Station. The consignment was declared to contain ten “Game …

Can a person who returns drugs to its original owner be considered to have trafficked in those drugs by ‘delivering’ to its owner? The Court of Appeal answered the above question in the negative, as it reduced the drug trafficking charge for 40-year-old Ramesh a/l Perumal, to a drug possession charge simpliciter on Friday (15 March). In so doing, the …

A total of 136 suspected drug offenders were arrested in the latest island-wide operation carried out by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) from the morning of 25 February to the morning of 8 March 2019, which saw the seizure of about 3.8kg of heroin, 96g of ‘Ice’, 88g of cannabis, 83g of new psychoactive substance (NPS), a gramme of cocaine, …

A 47-year-old lorry driver, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, will have a second chance to escape the gallows; after the Court of Appeal allowed his appeal and remitted his case for a re-trial before another High Court judge on last Friday (1 March). This was because Murugan Subrawmanian, who had initially remained silent when called to put …

A woman was found hiding in the car boot during checks at Woodlands Checkpoint on Thursday (28 February) at around 7.45 pm. In a press release on Monday (4 March), the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) stated that its  officers stopped a departing Malaysia-registered car for checks, which was driven by a 42-year-old Malaysian woman and carried another female Malaysian …

For robbing and killing 62-year-old Madam Kanne Lactmy, 51-year-old P Mageswaran was convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and given a jail term of 18 years by the High Court. Both the Prosecution and the Defence, however, were not satisfied with the sentence and continued to push for their respective positions on the appropriate jail term for Mageswaran …