The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a press release that they have arrested three men between the ages of 57 and 66 for alleged illegal gambling activities.

Police officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted an enforcement operation on Saturday (27 May) along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.

About $2,968 in cash and gambling paraphernalia were also seized during the raids, and police investigations into the three men are currently underway.

Singapore Police Force’s press release

THREE MEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR UNLAWFUL GAMBLING ACTIVITIES

The Police are investigating three men, aged between 57 and 66, for their suspected involvement in unlawful gambling activities.

On 27 May 2023, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted an enforcement operation along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 and arrested three men. Cash amounting to $2,968 and gambling-related paraphernalia were seized as case exhibits. Police investigations against the three men are ongoing.

Under the Gambling Control Act 2022, any person who gambles with an unlicensed gambling service provider shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.

The Police take a serious view of all forms of unlawful gambling activities and will continue to take enforcement actions against those who are involved in such activities.

Photos of Operation and Exhibits Seized ▼

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
29 May 2023 @ 10:00 AM

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Police officers from Woodlands Police Division conducted an enforcement operation at Yishun Street 61 back in April, with 11 people being arrested during the operation.

3 men were arrested for conducting illegal gaming operations, and another 7 men and 1 woman were arrested for gambling through an unlicensed gambling service provider, with the age of the arrested people being between 51 and 64.

Another 76-year-old man is assisting with police investigations for allegedly gambling at an unlawful gambling place.

About $10,700 in cash, 3 mobile phones and gaming paraphernalia were seized by the police officers during the raid as case exhibits.

A father of three took the difficult step of reporting his own teenage son to the authorities after discovering that he had attempted to rape his younger sister. The sister was only eight years old when the initial incident occurred in 2020, and it was later revealed that the boy, now 17, had attacked her again in 2022.

The teenager appeared before the court on Monday and admitted guilt to charges of attempted rape and attempted penetration. To protect the identity of the victim, a gag order has been imposed preventing the accused’s name from being published.

At the time of the assaults, the siblings, along with their brother, parents, and paternal grandmother, resided together in the same apartment.

Background

According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Adelle Tai, the teenager was playing a game in the victim’s bedroom in June 2020 while she watched videos on her mobile phone. It was during this time that he attempted to rape her. She was unsure of how to react and did not resist.

The perpetrator also took explicit photographs of her body, which he later deleted but shared with a friend two months after the incident. In addition, he later confessed to his friend his desire to engage in obscene acts with his younger sister.

Between February 5 and July 27, 2022, while the siblings were home alone with their older brother, the offender attacked his sister once more. He entered her room but was unsuccessful in his attempt to penetrate her.

At this point, their mother walked in and discovered them in a compromising position. She questioned the boy and, upon his explanation that he was merely assisting the victim with pain in her private area, believed his story and warned him against repeating such actions, unaware of the true nature of the incident.

The crimes came to light when the teenager’s friend finally informed the school teachers about the 2020 incident. Subsequently, the school principal arranged a meeting with the teen and his parents on July 27, 2022. In August, the father filed a police report.

During Monday’s court session, further assessments were requested to determine the offender’s suitability for probation and reformative training. If assigned to reformative training, the teenager would be detained in a center and subjected to a structured program involving activities like foot drills and counseling.

The case has been adjourned until June 19.

35-year-old Ng Wen Xun pleaded guilty to two charges under the Road Traffic Act and was sentenced on Monday (29 May) to 30 months imprisonment, as well as being banned from holding or obtaining any type of driving license for 10 years after her release.

She was driving up to 215 km/hr along the Central Expressway on a road with a speed limit of 80km/hr, causing an accident with 4 other vehicles that resulted in one motorcyclist dying.

What happened?

On the evening of July 23, 2021, at approximately 9:20 pm, Ng was speeding on the CTE towards Seletar Expressway. However, she lost control of her vehicle, causing it to collide with the center guard railing before swerving to the left.

As a result of the collision, a motorcycle rider, aged 31, was ejected from the bike and sustained fatal injuries. Ng’s car then veered to the right, hitting a second motorcycle, a lorry, and another car.

The second motorcyclist, aged 28, was also thrown onto the road, while the lorry overturned, leading to two Bangladeshi passengers being ejected from the rear seats. Subsequently, Ng’s car crashed into the left-side guard railing of the CTE, came to a stop, and caught fire.

The older motorcyclist was unconscious when taken by ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Unfortunately, he succumbed to multiple injuries later that evening.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Chin Jincheng stated that several of the other drivers involved in the accident were also taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. One of the Bangladeshi passengers, aged 26, suffered injuries, including a fractured left wrist, and was discharged after receiving nine days of medical leave. The other Bangladeshi passenger, aged 50, was hospitalized for nine days due to spinal fractures.

The younger motorcyclist survived the crash with injuries to his hands. He was admitted to the hospital overnight and discharged with five days of medical leave.

The Deputy Public Prosecutor also mentioned that at the time of the accident, traffic volume was moderate, the road surface was dry, the weather was clear, visibility was good, and the streetlights were functioning properly.

According to a report from the Health Sciences Authority, Ng had been driving at speeds ranging from 118 km/hr to 215 km/hr just prior to the crash.

Ng was granted bail of $15,000 and is expected to surrender herself at the State Courts on June 12 to begin serving her prison sentence.

A netizen visited the Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre with a group of friends and decided to treat their elderly companion to a bowl of cheng tng.

As the elderly person could not consume much, they requested an additional bowl from the stall. To their surprise, they were informed that there would be a S$2.60 surcharge for the extra bowl, according to Shin Min Daily News.

This was the first time they had encountered such a fee and found it unreasonable to pay for an empty bowl.

The dessert stall in question, Four Seasons Cendol, is the sole vendor of cheng tng at Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre.

An employee named Ms Lin explained that the stall had stopped providing customers with extra bowls unless they were willing to pay the S$2.60 fee.

Ms Lin clarified that the surcharge was implemented for accounting purposes. The stall needed to keep track of the number of bowls used daily to match the number of desserts sold.

Previously, extra bowls were given to patrons free of charge, but many failed to return them directly to the stall, resulting in discrepancies in accounting and a shortfall in cash collected.

Four Seasons Cendol is not the only stall at the food centre that charges an “extra bowl fee.” Yew Kee Duck Rice and other stalls also levy a surcharge, although theirs is a smaller amount of S$0.10.

The reason cited by these stalls for the fee is the increased washing costs incurred due to the additional tableware.

A chicken rice stall owner mentioned that they charged S$0.10 per extra bowl but sometimes offered them for free, especially when customers ordered a large amount of food or had children.

The cost of cleaning and washing tableware is a significant expense for the stalls at Marine Parade Food Centre, amounting to over S$1,000 per month.

According to Mr Cheng Wenxing, chairman of the Marine Parade Merchants’ Association, washing a big bowl costs S$0.12, while a small bowl costs S$0.07.

Each stall has to bear the cost of additional washing fees when more bowls are given out to customers. In addition to that, there are general cleaning fees for table wiping, totalling S$480 per stall.

47-year-old Zhao Chuanfei, a cook at a mala hotpot stall in Whampoa, pleaded guilty on 25 May to one charge of criminal intimidation and another charge of voluntarily causing hurt and was sentenced to nine months in jail after physically assaulting his manager in a fit of rage, two other charges were considered during his sentencing.

According to Shin Min Daily News, the incident occurred when the manager repeatedly complained about the messy state of the kitchen.

The cook, Zhao Chuanfei, 47, was employed at a coffee shop located at Block 87 Whampoa Road. On March 3, 2023, around 3:50 pm, the 36-year-old manager entered the stall’s kitchen to check on Zhao’s progress. Upon observing the disorganized plates and ingredients, the manager requested Zhao to tidy up.

In response, Zhao dismissed the manager’s request, claiming he had his own way of working. The situation escalated as the manager insisted that each workplace had different standards and suggested that Zhao could resign if he disagreed with his instructions.

Picked up a chopper

Enraged by the manager’s remarks, Zhao grabbed a chopping tool and brandished it while advancing towards him. However, he decided against using it and resorted to physically assaulting his manager instead. Zhao repeatedly struck the manager’s face and body with his fists, causing a chipped tooth and contusions.

Subsequently, Zhao dragged the manager to a secluded area while still holding the chopper. He resumed his physical assault, delivering punches to the manager’s head and body. At one point, he held the chopper against the manager’s bicep, issuing a threat to kill him if the manager persisted in pressuring him.

The manager managed to escape and promptly notified the police. He was then diagnosed by doctors to have suffered facial and bodily contusions, as well as a chipped tooth.

Told the court he earned $40 a day

During his mitigation, Zhao stated that he had come to Singapore to earn money to support his cancer-stricken 70-year-old mother and his children. He claimed that the manager frequently scolded him due to the poor business at the stall and alleged that the manager aimed to earn a referral fee by hiring a replacement cook.

He also said that he was paid $40 a day and that the manager allegedly wanted to introduce a new cook to take over his job so as to earn a $400 referral fee.

Expressing his desire for a lenient sentence, Zhao emphasized his responsibilities as a single parent caring for his children and expressed his eagerness to return home as soon as possible.

The manager spoke to SMDN and refuted Zhao’s accusations. He described Zhao as consistently problematic and prone to anger. The manager expressed regret for not terminating Zhao’s employment earlier and promised to exercise more caution when hiring future staff.

A 26-year-old woman was arrested by the police after attempting to flee from the staff at Tampines U Stars supermarket when she was caught not paying for bottles of alcohol. In addition, she was found in possession of other food items, which she allegedly shoplifted from a nearby Giant supermarket.

According to Shin Min Daily News, the woman is accused of committing these crimes on the morning of May 27 along Tampines Street 81.

Behaving suspiciously

The incident unfolded when a staff member at U Stars supermarket, identified as Wu, noticed the woman behaving suspiciously as soon as she entered the store. He observed her inquiring about the location of eggs and subsequently picking up multiple food items and two bottles of Korean plum wine.

When the woman approached the cashier to pay for some of the food items, Wu noticed that she did not present the two bottles of Korean plum wine from her tote bag for payment. After she left the supermarket, Wu consulted his colleague and confirmed that she had not paid for the wine.

Chased after her

Upon realizing this, the supermarket staff gave chase to the woman, repeatedly instructing her to stop. However, she continued to flee despite their warnings. Eventually, Wu and his colleagues managed to apprehend her, and they promptly contacted the police. While waiting for the authorities to arrive, the woman resisted and attempted to escape but was eventually handcuffed and taken into custody by two police officers.

Meanwhile, an employee from the nearby Giant supermarket, Wang, stated that the police had informed them of their suspicions that the woman had also stolen items from their store. The alleged stolen items included two packets of frozen chicken, two packets of minced pork, and two cans of sausages, with a total estimated value of around S$28.

The police have confirmed the arrest of the 26-year-old woman, and investigations are currently underway.

Not the first time

Wang further claimed that this was not the woman’s first instance of theft from the same Giant outlet. He revealed that the supermarket had captured her on CCTV shoplifting before. On two separate occasions, she was seen stealing two packets of frozen fish and two canned food items.

Wu recalled an incident from two years ago when the woman caused a disturbance after breaking some glass. She claimed to have sustained injuries from the shattered glass and threatened to take legal action against the supermarket.

Wu mentioned that his suspicions were initially raised when he noticed missing bottles of alcohol during stocktaking.

Subsequently, the staff began to notice missing items whenever the woman visited, but they never had the opportunity to catch her in the act as she always chose times when there were fewer staff members around at the time.