In a recent incident at Tampines, a National Parks Board (NParks) contractor faced consequences after a crane-related mishap, raising serious safety concerns among the public.

Heavy load being lifted over moving traffic below

The SG Road Vigilante Facebook group took to social media on 22 Nov, sharing images capturing the alarming scene. The pictures depicted a crane lifting a substantial load over passing cars, prompting immediate safety worries.

In response to the incident, NParks swiftly directed the contractor to cease lifting operations and mandated re-training for the work crew in work safety protocols.

The incident unfolded along Tampines Avenue 10, where a crane was seen maneuvering its load to a group of workers on an overhead bridge.

Concerns were expressed regarding the potential hazards posed to passing cars and even double-decker buses. The admin of the Facebook group emphasized the gravity of the situation, pointing out the imminent danger.

Fined

Mr. Oh Cheow Sheng, Group Director of Streetscape at NParks, confirmed the incident, citing the contractor’s involvement in planting works at the overhead bridge.

NParks, cognizant of the safety lapse, took immediate action by instructing the contractor to halt any further lifting works, prioritizing public safety.

Following thorough investigations, NParks imposed a safety infringement fine on the contractor on 24 Nov, underlining the severity of the situation.

In addition to the fine, the contractor is obligated to send its work crew for re-training on work safety, a crucial step in preventing future safety lapses.

Mr. Oh emphasized NParks’ unwavering commitment to safety, stating that the organization takes all safety-related cases and feedback seriously.

My husband’s crossdressing is the bane of my existence

It makes me sick. All of this started right after we got married. And I do mean RIGHT after. On our honeymoon, he wanted to wear the lingerie I had brought for myself. Then, he shaved his beard and his entire body. He started wearing my clothes. He would only use razors, shaving cream, body lotion, etc that smelled super girly. I was not into this at all, but I wanted to be a good wife so I tried to indulge him. I bought him lots of lingerie and pretended I liked it. I did this to avoid a fight. Now he had started watching adult videos. Pretty soon he no longer wanted to sleep with me. It was always the strap-on or some other weird kinky stuff. We were always kinky before but it never involved crossdressing.

He started tucking and even going out in public in bimbo mode. Our intimacy was extremely emotionally exhausting for me but I did it anyway because I didn’t want a fight. I even brought in an old fling of mine to spend a weekend with us. My husband was dressed up the whole time. I feel sick even remembering this experience, but at the time I just did it on autopilot so my husband would be satisfied. Soon after this, he convinced me to buy him a $600 chastity device. This was sort of fun for me at first. But then he decided he wanted to get it resized. He got one that was about 3 sizes too small. It would take him 40+ mins to get it on because he really had to jam himself in there. It was painful to look at. I was afraid this would cause permanent damage and I begged him to stop. He wouldn’t listen. He wanted to shrink his manhood. This made me incredibly angry, but I bottled it up.

His crossdressing just kept escalating from there. We had an agreement that he would not do anything permanent, and that he had only one hall pass per year. The hall pass thing I had agreed to before we got married, because I already knew he also liked guys and I accepted it. There is one thing a man has that I don’t, so I agreed to let him get that elsewhere once per year. For almost the whole first year of marriage, he was a walking kink. I then found emails between him and a hormone replacement clinic. He was asking them about doing a consultation to go on estrogen. That was the straw that broke the camels back. We had a really long discussion about it, and I told him that if he does this I am gone. The next day he went backpacking to find himself. I was creating an exit plan while he was gone, fully expecting him to come home and tell me that this fetish is more important to him than I am. But actually, he came back a changed man. He wanted to be normal again!

That was almost a year ago, and things have been amazing since then. We’ve even adopted the traditional lifestyle, he works and I stay home. I take care of all the cooking and cleaning. We even do domestic discipline. Things have been so wonderful. It’s been almost a year since he stopped with all that. I’ve never been this happy. I found out we’re having a baby! We were over the moon! And then…

He tells me he wants to start cross dressing again. He said he’ll only do it for “Locktober”. I told him then you must mean next year, not this year because I will be newly postpartum by then and I can’t deal with that in such a vulnerable state, nevermind that I also won’t be feeling up for any intimacy either. He considers this, then says he’ll do it in June this year (I’ll be 6 months then). I try to put it out of my mind, since at this time it was only February. But I’m already thinking of places I can go for that whole month of June so that I don’t have to participate in this crap again. This fetish is absolutely repulsive to me and I don’t think that I can slap on a brave face and suffer through it. Maybe I can for a month, I did it for a year! But I’m thinking it would probably just be easier if I am away somewhere while he’s at home doing that.

We’ve been here before. Either I put on an Oscar worthy performance, and enthusiastically participate in whatever depraved kinky crap he wants to do, or he withholds all love and affection from me until I do. I feel like he’s slipping away and I’m losing him again to this disgusting, life ruining fetish. When he stopped cross dressing last year, I told him that I will not go back to home doing this full time. I can’t. His entire life revolved around this kink. He assured me that he was over it, and no longer found it appealing. That it was a phase. I believed him. And now we’re here. What can I do. Grin and bear it I guess? I feel trapped. I felt trapped before, but now I’m pregnant so I’m REALLY trapped.

I broke my hand on purpose to avoid going to work but still get paid.

I worked as an agent in a call center. I hated that job. It was overwhelming, everyone would just call and complain.

It was a Sunday night. And after a soothing weekend. I did not want to go to back go work. The only way to avoid going to work and still get paid is to provide a sick-leave attested from the hospital.

I already had a tough week and I was going through a lot. I was mentally Exhausted! As time was passing rapidly, I desperately wanted to skip work on Monday.

I was so desperate that I was was trying to get myself sick However, getting sick only lands you a 1 approved day sick leave.

Then that’s when I got the IDEA to break my hand. I got a spray to kill bugs and a perfume and sprayed the PIFPAF on my hand so I couldn’t feel anything and took the perfume bottle and jacked my hand with it for 5 times constantly.

At first, I did not feel a thing, because the bug spray caused my hand to be numb, then I tried moving my hand but I couldn’t move my hand and it started to pain and my hand started to swell. Like really really bad.

I drove to the hospital and was xrayed. Nothing was broken, just dislocated. I ended up getting a 15 days paid sick leave. I missed 2 weeks of work !

Was it worth it? Yes. Would I do it again. Definitely. Recommend. No. Stay safe kids!

How to deal with family members who keep throwing away my stuff?

Dad retired a few years ago and is now staying home 24/7. I’m guessing due to the long hours at home, he is getting frustrated with the “mess” at home and it starting to clear things bit by bit.

Ok granted our house is not the neatest, but it’s very much liveable (3 of us are always out, we’re too tired to deal with any housework.)

I can’t understand: he could have just cleared his own stuff (yes a ton of it). Why tf does he keep throwing our stuff???

Once he threw away an old sewing machine (worth 100+, passed down from prev gen) and that really made mom REALLY mad.

She demanded him to pay her back but obv this strategy does not work.

Idk?? Isit coz we are living in a house under his name so he feels he can do anything to our space??? I thought of locking the door but I don’t want to create any hostility within the family?

And how tf do I lock the living room space???

Please share if any of yall have similar experiences.

I’m writing this as my blood boils, please be nice 🙂

Netizens’ comments

• Throw away the dad

• Posted about this in the past. I also had parents who just throw away my stuff without asking, sometimes things that are irreplaceable. For instance, boxes for some expensive figurines I bought, which had all the alternative heads, hands and weapons inside. Those accesories can’t be bought separately and the figures themselves cost well into the hundreds.

Unfortunately talking to them did not really work as they very much believe in “my house, my rules” philosophy. After that incident, I took to keeping away my important stuff in locked drawers and also labelling boxes “Do-Not-Throw”. I did consider locking my door but similarly, I think it will be too hostile.

The Police have arrested four persons, aged between 20 and 50, for their suspected involvement in perpetuating various scams such as Friend Impersonation Scam, Government Officials Impersonation Scam, Investment Scam, Lottery Scam, Job Scam and Loan Scam.

Charged

They will be charged in court on 24 November 2023 for their suspected involvement in various offences connected to money mule activities, which include conspiring to commit cheating, abetting to secure unauthorised access to computer material, unauthorised disclosure of access code and assisting with unlicensed moneylending business.

The four persons were alleged to have sold their bank accounts or Singpass credentials to criminal syndicates. Two men, aged 33 and 50, had purportedly cheated the banks into opening bank accounts before handing over the ATM cards and iBanking credentials to the criminal syndicates. Both also allegedly provided their Singpass credentials to the criminal syndicates to open new bank accounts. The 50-year-old man, another man and woman, both aged 20 allegedly sold their Singpass credentials for amounts between $600 and $3000 to criminal syndicates to create new bank accounts.

Penalties

For conspiring to cheat the banks into opening bank accounts, the offence under Section 417 read with Section 109 of the Penal Code 1871 carries an imprisonment term not exceeding three years, a fine, or both.

The offence of abetting to secure unauthorised access to the bank’s computer systemunder Section 3(1) read with Section 12 and Section 14 of the Computer Misuse Act 1993 carries a fine not exceeding $5,000, an imprisonment term not exceeding two years, or both, for a first-time offender.

The offence of disclosing Singpass credentials under Section 8(2)(a) of the Computer Misuse Act 1993 carries an imprisonment term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both, for a first-time offender.

The offence of assisting with unlicensed moneylending business under Section 19(1)(b) of the Moneylenders Act 2008 carries a fine of not less than $30,000 and not more than $300,000, and with an imprisonment term not exceeding four years, for a first-time offender.

Police view

The Police take a serious view of these offences and will not hesitate to take action against individuals who may be involved in scams or unlicensed moneylending activities and perpetrators will be dealt with in accordance with the law. To avoid being an accomplice in these crimes, members of the public should always reject seemingly attractive money-making opportunities promising fast and easy pay-outs for the use of their Singpass accounts, bank accounts, or allow their personal bank accounts to be used to receive and transfer money for others. The Police would like to remind members of the public that individuals will be held accountable if they are found to be linked to such crimes.

For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688. Anyone with information on such scams may call the Police Hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. All information will be kept strictly confidential.