Highway workers face probe after cooking pet dog and consuming it
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2 Singaporeans, 1 Indian among 12 foreigners arrested by Thai police in Bangkok gambling den raid
The Facebook post on the raid is accompanied by images of those arrested — faces blurred digitally to protect their identity. One image shows Thai police personnel standing around a table laden with gambling paraphernalia, including stacks of casino-style chips.
Indian in Singapore fined SGD 4K for taking bereavement leave backed by forged death certificate of grandfather
According to Singapore media reports, Gopal could not focus on his analyst job at a financial services company, after he came to know that his girlfriend had cheated on him.
Feeling downcast, Gopal did not want to go to work, so he decided to misuse the company’s bereavement leave policy to get some paid time off.
Indian toddler video-calls grandma to show that father hanged mother; call leads to father’s arrest
Four-year-old child video-calls her grandmother to show her mother’s lifeless body hanging from the ceiling of their residence in Uttar Pradesh. This leads to the arrest of the child’s techie father.
Singapore HSA seizes 970K units of illegal health products; removes 7K illegal product listings
As per the HSA press release: “Codeine cough syrup made up the majority (54 per cent) of illegal products seized, followed by sexual enhancement medicines (19 per cent), sedatives (18 per cent), and other prescription medicines (9 per cent). Sixty-four persons were investigated for illegal supply of health products. These cases are undergoing investigation.”
Singapore Police warn public on PayNow phishing website and scam SMS ‘alert’ on certificate expiry
A Singapore Police media release said: “In this scam [PayNow] campaign, victims would receive a text message stating – ‘Pay Now: Your certificate expires in 3 days. Renew it now at
Indian national jailed in Singapore for smuggling 58 Indian star tortoises via Changi Airport
The Indian smuggler Abdul Jaffar had wrapped the tiny tortoises in cloth and bundled them in his suitcase. After he was caught at Singapore Changi Airport, a veterinarian in Singapore, assessing the health of the smuggled tortoises, said that this manner of transportation had caused the little creatures “unnecessary suffering”.
Singapore tycoon and wife arrested in Malaysia after 19-year manhunt in SGD 72 million embezzlement case
The arrests of Ng and Thor were made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), whose agents then handed over the two fugitives immediately to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Further investigations are currently on-going.
Singapore and India part of global Interpol operation busting human trafficking rackets; 3,200+ rescued, 2,500+ arrested
Authorities around the world conducted police raids, reinforced strategic border points, monitored nearly 24,000 flights and deployed officers to known trafficking and smuggling hotspots. Globally, nearly 8 million checks were carried out against Interpol’s databases.
Singapore Police, banks work together to prevent 1,338 scams and avert SGD 53 million losses during Sept-Oct
The participating financial institutions are DBS Bank, HSBC Bank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and UOB Bank. They worked with law enforcement, utilising Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology to identify victims of job, investment, fake friend call, and e-commerce scams.
