Caught on CCTV: Man using Singapore credit card pockets $460 spectacle frame at Melaka store, Malaysia News,[UPDATE, Dec 20]: In a Facebook post yesterday Thursday (Dec 19), the owner of the shop where a man pocketed a pair of expensive spectacle frames wrote that the perpetrator has paid for the fr
Man who offered to pay girls for their upskirt videos on Carousell pleads guilty, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A hairdresser set up an account on online marketplace platform Carousell in 2016 and offered to pay female students who were willing to record upskirt videos of themselves while wearing their
Veteran Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case, China News,HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorised assembly charges, including 82-year-old barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, the latest blow to the city’s bele
56-year-old man gets jail term extended after he bit off part of fellow inmate's ear in prison fight, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A recalcitrant offender who is currently serving a jail sentence for earlier offences has had his prison stint extended after he bit off part of a fellow inmate'
Teenagers abusing their parents not uncommon, experts say, Singapore News,Only 14, James (not his real name) once ordered his parents out of the master bedroom so that he could sleep there. He also physically assaulted his father multiple times. James would also smash objects at home, and these epis
Man admits to having sex with 14-year-old, sharing her obscene videos with her schoolmate, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A man who had sex with his then 14-year-old girlfriend broke up with her as he felt the minor was \”not independent\” and kept texting him when he played video games. Shortly after the
Woman who shot boyfriend dead in YouTube stunt jailed six months, World News,CHICAGO – A judge in the US state of Minnesota sentenced a YouTube prankster to six months in prison on Wednesday (Mar 14) for fatally shooting her boyfriend in a botched video stunt they hoped would go viral. Monalisa Pere
Jail for scam pair who tried to flee Singapore with $400k hidden in underpants, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – Two foreigners tried to leave Singapore with more than $400,000 hidden in their underpants after acting as agents in a scam business deal. Frenchman David Weidmann, 37, and Romanian Iosif Kiss,
'Scared' Muslims avoid Christchurch mosques a month after attacks, World News,CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Four weeks on from the New Zealand mosques massacre, the Christchurch Muslim community is struggling to get worshippers to overcome their fears and return to Friday prayers. \”They are
US model Gigi Hadid shows up for jury duty in Harvey Weinstein rape trial, Entertainment News,NEW YORK – Dozens of potential jurors showed up on Monday (Jan 13) in a Manhattan courtroom for the rape trial of former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, including model Gigi Hadid. The Weinstein trial ente
Myanmar maid's death: Full force of law needed to keep evil in check, says Shanmugam, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – Ordinary people are capable of extreme evil, but two pillars – education and the law – can help keep it in check, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on Thursday (Feb 25). Speaking to the
'How to spread Wuhan virus': Teens in viral supermarket juice-drinking stunt plead guilty, Singapore News,A teenager went to a supermarket amid the Covid-19 outbreak in early February and took two bottles of fruit juice from a refrigerated shelf. Nigel Pang, 18, then sampled both drinks be
