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A 38-year-old's car hit the vehicle in front of him along Joo Chiat Road on Sep. 2. He was found unconscious in the driver's seat, and a passerby performed CPR on him before paramedics arrived, Shin Min Daily News reported. What happened The incident happened at about 11am along ...
A total of 52 Singaporeans have been arrested and detained in Guangxi, China, following a law enforcement operation against suspected pyramid scheme activities and related offences, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Sep. 4, 2026. MFA said it was informed of the arrest...
A 57-year-old man in China ended up stranded on a mountain after asking an AI for directions, and had to be rescued by firefighters. The man, surnamed Yang, got lost on the afternoon of Aug. 30 while hiking in Yinzhou district in Ningbo, Zhejiang, according to NetEase . He went o...
The warning comes after 52 Singaporeans were arrested and detained in China over suspected pyramid scheme activities and related offences.
The fire involved vegetation measuring about 150m by 50m.
A total of four people from the construction sector were arrested by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for suspected employment-related offences during a Sep. 2 enforcement operation. According to a Sep. 4 MOM press release, they include two company directors and two company staff. ...
A fire broke out at a grass field near the junction of Bukit Panjang Ring Road and Fajar Road on Sep. 3, sending smoke billowing into the air. In response to Mothership 's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the fire at about 4:30pm that da...
Following the arrest of 52 Singaporeans in Guangxi, CNA speaks to lawyers in China about the laws governing pyramid schemes and potential penalties for different levels of involvement....
Serian recorded an air pollutant index reading of 515 as of 5pm on Friday after haze there worsened overnight. Readings above 400 are classified as “very hazardous”....
This could be the largest foreign detention of Singapore citizens to date.
They are alleged to have made false declarations and collected employment-related kickbacks.
At least 52 reports have been made since August, with losses amounting to at least $134,000.
A 25-year-old British national, Arudchelvan Karnan, was sentenced to jail on Sep. 2 after he caused a ruckus while drunk at Changi Airport Terminal 1. Shouting loudly at boarding gate Karnan was previously arrested on Jul. 20, 2026, after shouting loudly and causing a nuisance to...
Eight people have been arrested in Taiwan on suspicion of assaulting a 26-year-old man, who was then dumped in the bushes. The case happened in Dalin Township, Chiayi County, and the man, Wang, survived after being taken to hospital, according to ETtoday . Photo by ETtoday What p...
Advanced blockchain analysis and timely information sharing helped identify scam victims.
The blaze involved vegetation measuring about 30m by 20m.
On Sep. 2, the USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier belonging to the United States, docked in the Thai resort town of Pattaya. There, it unleashed nearly 5,000 crewmen, almost all of whom had been cooped up on the ship for over 285 days without setting foot on ...
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is working to collect DNA samples of the Singaporeans who remain missing in the Nepal floods. The police have reached out to their next of kin to get the samples, which may help in identifying the victims, they said in response to Mothership 's qu...
A 59-year-old man was arrested on Sep. 1 after being suspected of loanshark harassment. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the incident around 8:55pm on Aug. 31, at a residential unit along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5. The man had scattered the resident's shoes on...
The Singapore Red Cross said that the money will go towards providing emergency food supplies and ensuring access to safe potable water in Nepal.
SINGAPORE: There is definitely no chance that an Australian man will re-enter Singapore when he was caught stealing two bottles of perfume at the Changi Airport when he was about to leave the country last year. The authorities successfully arrested the man as he tried to re-enter...
The fire involved an electrical distribution box in a unit on the ground floor.
ASIA: A regional air quality emergency is unfolding across Southeast Asia as wildfires burning in Indonesia’s Kalimantan provinces push pollution levels to hazardous extremes, with the haze spreading across borders to choke cities as far away as Metro Manila, according to reports...
SINGAPORE: What seemed to be harmless caused so much distress to others when two teenage girls were seen sitting on the edge of the seventh-floor parking lot wall, with their feet dangling in the air. Concerned for their safety, a member of the public called the police for help, ...
A 68-year-old man died after a fire broke out at a flat in Lorong Lew Lian estate in Upper Serangoon on Sep. 1. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at Block 8 Lorong Lew Lian at about 2:45pm on Tuesday. When firefighters arrived, black smoke w...
A newborn baby boy was found alive in a sanitary bin at Penang International Airport on Aug. 31. According to the New Straits Times ( NST ), a Malaysian woman, 23, and a Myanmar man, 22, were detained shortly after to assist with investigations. Discovery Free Malaysia Today ( FM...
A 30-year-old man was found dead in the waters off Yishun Dam on the morning of Sep. 2. In response to Mothership 's queries, the police said they received a call for assistance along Yishun Avenue 1 at about 7:20am. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) also confirmed that SC...
The police will be charging two men, aged 20 and 35, in court on Sep. 3, 2026, for their suspected involvement in two separate cases of driving dangerously under the influence of drugs. 1st case: Jurong West On Oct. 28. 2025 at about 8:40pm, the police were alerted to an accident...
Another 14 officers are due to join them in the coming days, bringing the contingent to 33.
The police plans to deploy another team of 14 officers over the next few days.
Nine Singaporeans remain unaccounted for as rescue and recovery operations continue a week after the disaster, which has killed more than 1,000 people....
The body of a 25-year-old man was discovered in a residential hall at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on Aug. 31. The police confirmed with Mothership that they received a call for assistance at 32 Nanyang Crescent at 11pm that day. 32 Nanyang Crescent is the address of Ha...
Electricity supply was fully restored by 5.25pm on Sept 1.
The DNA profiles will be used to identify bodies recovered in the disaster.
Some residents were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old man has been arrested for his suspected involvement in several cases of loanshark harassment after Police were alerted to an incident at a residential unit along Jalan Bukit Merah in the early hours of August 29, 2026. Officers responding to the report at...
Flash floods near Nepal's border with Tibet has claimed at least 1,000 lives, with about 4,000 people still missing.
One person has reportedly died after a fire broke out at a flat at Lorong Lew Lian estate in Upper Serangoon on Sep. 1. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they had found an unconscious person in the living room during the firefighting operation. The occupant's death wa...
Authorities in Thailand's resort city of Pattaya have stepped up vice raids ahead of the arrival of nearly 5,000 U.S. sailors and marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln and two other naval vessels. The sailors have been deployed at sea in the Middle East for more than 270 days. It ...
A 31-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to six weeks’ jail and fined S$1,000 after he was drunk in a cinema and kicked a police officer. Daryl Tang Jun Wen faced five charges consisting of using criminal force, being drunk in public, trespassing, public nuisance, and possessi...
The Singapore government will be sending humanitarian supplies and personnel to support Nepal's ongoing relief efforts. This follows severe flash floods along the Nepal-China border on Aug. 26. In a press release on Aug. 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the Singapor...
A 41-year-old GetGo driver who was arrested following the fatal Geylang pasar malam crash in 2025 will be charged in court on Sep. 2, 2026, for driving under the influence of etomidate and dangerous driving causing death. A 66-year-old pasar malam stall attendant had died after t...
AUCKLAND: A Chinese man who was extradited from Singapore to New Zealand nearly a year ago has pleaded guilty to crimes he committed in 2024. Forty-one-year-old Xuesong Zhang, who worked as a construction worker in Auckland, admitted to having entered the home of a 27-year-old wo...
Thai officials said the move is part of an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals.
There has been a spate of fatal residential fires since late July.
About 30 people were evacuated as a precaution.
A 68-year-old male van driver is assisting with investigations.
A 66-year-old woman was killed after the man's car collided with the night market stall she had been manning.
He will be charged with driving under the influence of etomidate and dangerous driving causing death.
ST senior crime correspondent Zaihan Mohamed Yusof was sharing his experiences with students on Aug 28.
The accident took place at the junction of Pasir Ris Drive 3, Loyang Avenue and New Loyang Link on Aug 31.
Some customers expressed frustration over missing or unfired pottery pieces.
