6 men get jail over S$4.9 million armed gang robbery at King Albert Park house
Two of the men hatched a plan to rob the house after learning that a woman regularly held high-stakes poker games there.
Two of the men hatched a plan to rob the house after learning that a woman regularly held high-stakes poker games there.
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A man allegedly killed his landlord in 2024 by stabbing and cutting his chest and head with three knives and a chopper, resulting in more than 90 injuries. Affendi Bin Yusoff, 52, is facing a charge of culpable homicide of the victim, who was 35 at the time, at Block 803 Yishun R...
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The now-infamous food court that was a “haven of female companionship” has now emptied out. It was previously reported that a woman had visited the establishment at People's Park Complex for a meal, only to see several older men getting intimate with women. She was approached and...
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Two Singaporean men are facing charges in Thailand for allegedly recruiting Thai women for prostitution in Singapore. The Nation reported that the two men are part of a group of five individuals who are suspected of being involved in an online prostitution network. The five are f...
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The American man appearing on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way with his Singaporean fiancée has taken to social media after criticism from viewers about his "red flag" behaviour. Jonathan Pearce, 49, along with Singaporean Noor Alimna, 28, previously raised eyebrows when their love s...
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Tampines is Singapore's most populated planning area in 2026 with 296,060 residents. This is followed by Bedok (272,120), Sengkang (265,930), Woodlands (255,280), and Jurong West (250,890), as reported in the second issue of the Statistics Singapore Newsletter by the Department o...
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Bambang Sofyan, an Indonesian Gojek driver, received a ticket to Kanye West's (now just Ye) concert in Jakarta after completing the lyrics of his song " Praise God ". The incident took place on Saturday, Oct. 24, when Australian content creator @off_wyatt (Wyatt) was looking for ...
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Singapore and Malaysia simulated a fire on board a stranded Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link train on Oct. 27, to test how agencies from both countries would respond to a cross-border emergency. The scenario put jointly developed emergency response protocols ...
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A 28-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to eight months' jail on Oct. 27 after he illegally accessed 17 bank accounts in Singapore. The accused, Tan Kian Hoa, pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal conspiracy to commit unauthorised computer access under the Computer Misuse Ac...
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SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong posted a photo earlier this week that surprised many Singaporeans. On Tuesday (Oct 27), Mr Gan, a Member of Parliament for Punggol under the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), put up a photo of himself together with a team from Singa...
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The LTA is looking to review COE categorisation to better differentiate mass-market cars from non-mass-market ones.
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Warning: This article contains details of sexual abuse towards minors. Audience discretion is advised. A 34-year-old Singaporean man, who sexually abused six boys as a youth between 2010 and 2014, was sentenced on Oct. 28 to a jail term of 19 years, one month, two weeks and 14 da...
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INDONESIA: An Indonesian man has challenged Malaysians and Singaporeans to boycott Indonesian resources, prompting netizen pushback on Threads over trade, national pride and respect between neighbours. In a post dated Oct 25, the man urged both countries to prove they could thriv...
