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MAN WAS TOLD HIS $6.8K CREDIT CARD BILL COVERED BY GIRO, “NO ACTION NEEDED”, THEN GETS LAWYER LETTER

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I signed up for a Citibank Credit Card last year. I spent $6800 on 4 November last year. Around that time, I called their hotline to enquire how to make payment. I was advised by them that no action was needed as I was on GIRO and there was more than enough funds too.

On 7 January 2023, a lady from the credit department called to ask me the settle the payment and I told her to call me back as I’m very busy serving a customer. I’m a florist and was very busy during those festive seasons.

On 19 January, the same lady called again and I requested to speak to a manager as I wanted to settle this amicably and for all the wrong informations given that caused the unnecessary delay but was told that they do not have any manager nor refused to put me through to a senior person. No one bother to call me back since then.

I kept receiving private number calls. By early February, I was harassed by more than 249 private calls that I have to block them. Up to 20-30 calls a day. Citibank are now saying that those calls may not be from them.

Even if these calls are not from them, my spending was on 4 November and payment should be due in December 2022.

Merely around a month on 26 January 2023, I was threatened with a lawyer letter from them demanding immediate payment by the next day and an extra of $671.95 for late and interest charges and this exclude legal cost. I felt very threatened and insulted!

This is worst than loan shark and dept collectors.

A manager wilfully called me on 14 February 23, Valentine’s Day, knowing well it’s a busiest day on earth for a florist, wanting to update me on this.

CITIBANK, you gave me the wrong information and now you threatened me!

This is highly unprofessional and unacceptable. This is how a big bank works?

S’PORE MAN FOUND COCKROACH LEGS IN HIS CRACKER BISCUITS BOUGHT FROM MINIMART @ SENGKANG

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A man in Singapore was horrified to find a cockroach “dried up and flat as paper” on his Hup Seng Cream Crackers biscuits.

He was having the biscuits for breakfast and was about to dip the next piece of biscuit into his tea when he saw something “abnormal”.

He had initially thought that it was ink or something, but when he took a closer look, realised that it was a cockroach dried up on the biscuit.

Pieces of the dead cockroach’s legs could be seen on the biscuit, and he said that what was supposed to be his everyday breakfast routine has become something he will never eat ever again.

The Singapore Food Agency is investigating the incident and advised members of the public who come across any potentially errant food operator to report it to them.

They said that food manufacturers must play their part by following good food hygiene and preparation practices.

Here is what he said

Beware of this famous biscuit!!!

Halfway eating dipping my biscuits into the tea and about to dip my next one when i saw something abnormal sticking on it.

First i thought it was ink or something, check closer and saw what looks like Mr Roach already dried up and flat as paper.

What i normally eat as breakfast everyday becomes something i will never eat forever. Bloody disgusting!!!

SCDF’S TURKEY RESCUE TEAM WELCOMED HOME LIKE HEROES, MINISTERS HANG THEM FLOWERS

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The SCDF’s Operation Lionheart contingent who were deployed to Turkey to assist with the rescue operations of earthquake victims, returned home on the morning of 18 February.

They were welcomed like heroes at Changi Airport Terminal 3, and were even greeted with flower garlands by the ministers.

SCDF’s statement

On 8 February 2023, SCDF deployed the Operation Lionheart (OLH) contingent to Türkiye to assist in disaster rescue efforts in the aftermath of the Türkiye-Syria earthquake.

The OLH contingent, comprising 68 members and four canines, had safely returned to Singapore early this morning (18 Feb).

The contingent members were received by Mr K Shanmugam Sc, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State (MOS) for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development, and His Excellency Mehmet Burçin Gönenli, Turkish Ambassador to Singapore at Changi Airport.

Families and loved ones were also present to warmly welcome them home.

In his welcome address, Minister Shanmugam commended the OLH contingent for their unwavering efforts in conducting extensive search and rescue operations across multiple rescue sites in Türkiye.

He also expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the families and loved ones for supporting the contingent members during their 10-day deployment.

On behalf of Türkiye, His Excellency Mehmet Burçin Gönenli thanked the OLH contingent for rendering assistance to the communities affected by the earthquake. He also acknowledged the contingent members for carrying out a safe and successful mission.

To our Lifesavers, thank you for your commitment and dedication to service. Welcome home!

SCDF would like to express our appreciation to Singapore Embassy in Ankara and the İstanbul Airport for the assistance rendered to the OLH contingent’s deployment in Türkiye.

We would also like to thank Singapore Airlines, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Changi Airport, and Turkish Airlines for facilitating the contingent’s flight and logistical arrangements on short notice.

The help that has been provided to us has been pivotal in supporting the OLH contingent’s deployment to, and return from Türkiye.

EX-EMPLOYEES OF KEPPEL FELS ACCEPTED BRIBES & TOOK TRIPS TO JAPAN WITH THEIR WIVES

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Two former Keppel Fels employees, 64-year-old Tan Seng Cheh and 72-year-old Wong Kok Seng, were fined on 17 February for accepting bribes from a steel supplier in the form of overseas holidays to China, Japan and Italy.

Tan, a former senior sub-contract manager and assistant general manager was fined $85,000 and given a penalty of $3,672.35; while Wong, a former senior general manager of group procurement, was fined $15,000.

Tan pleaded guilty to one count of accepting a bribe, with 3 other charges being considered during his sentencing, while Wong pleaded guilty to 1 count of accepting a bribe.

CPIB’s previous statement

Two Former Employees Of Keppel Fels Ltd And Another Individual Charged For Corruption

On 6 January 2023, three individuals were charged in Court for allegedly committing offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act. They were:

a) Thong Chee Kong (“Thong”) (湯志光, 53-year-old male Singaporean), Regional General Manager of Corus South East Asia Pte Ltd (“Corus SEA”) at the material time.

b) Tan Seng Cheh (“Tan”) (陈新星, 64-year-old male Singaporean), Senior Sub-Contract Manager and Assistant General Manager of Keppel Fels Ltd (“Keppel Fels”) at the respective material time; and

c) Wong Kok Seng (“Wong”) (黄國誠, 72-year-old male Singaporean), Senior General Manager (Group Procurement) of Keppel Fels at the material time.

Allegedly misleading Keppel Fels

  1. On or around 4 March 2008, in Singapore, Thong was alleged to have knowingly given Tan a quotation from Blue Steel Pte Ltd made to Keppel Fels to purchase its scrap steel which was not intended to be a genuine offer. Sometime between 4 March 2008 and 9 April 2008, Tan was alleged to have knowingly used the said quotation in his bid analysis. These were allegedly done with the intent to mislead Keppel Fels into selling scrap steel to Corus SEA.

Allegedly giving and accepting gratifications

  1. In 2007, Thong allegedly paid for Tan’s trip expenses to Italy, amounting to S$20,636.50. Further, in or before 2008, Thong allegedly paid another S$17,360 and Japanese Yen 1,240,080 for Tan’s expenses for two other trips to Japan. These were allegedly gratification that were corruptly given to Tan as an inducement for advancing the business interest of Corus SEA with Keppel Fels.
  2. Earlier in 2006, Thong also allegedly paid for Wong’s and his wife’s expenses for a trip to China, amounting to S$5,850. This was allegedly gratification that was corruptly given to Wong as an inducement for advancing the business interest of Corus SEA with Keppel Fels. In 2008, Thong left Singapore. He returned only in 2022 and was arrested upon entry into Singapore.
  3. For their alleged offences, the three individuals face the following charges:

a) Thong Chee Kong

i. One charge for an offence punishable under Section 6(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act; and

ii. Four charges for offences punishable under Section 6(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

b) Tan Seng Cheh

i. One charge for an offence punishable under Section 6(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act; and

ii. Three charges for offences punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

c) Wong Kok Seng

i. One charge for an offence punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

  1. Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. Any person who is convicted of a corruption offence under Section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act can be fined up to S$100,000 or sentenced to imprisonment of up to five years or both.
  2. Companies are strongly advised to put in place robust procedures in areas such as procurement and internal audit to prevent falling victim to corrupt acts by their employees. Guidance for companies on measures to prevent corruption can be found in PACT: A Practical Anti-Corruption Guide for Businesses in Singapore, which is available on CPIB’s website. Companies are also strongly encouraged to obtain certification under the Singapore Standard (SS) ISO 37001 – Anti-Bribery Management Systems, which is designed to help companies implement or enhance an anti-bribery management system to reduce corporate risk and costs related to bribery.

27 Y.O MAN ARRESTED FOR CLONING ATM CARDS TO WITHDRAW MONEY FOR HIMSELF

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A 27-year-old man was arrested for suspected possession of cloned payment cards and the equipment to make the cloned cards.

The Singapore Police Force said on 17 February that they received a report on 7 February about a cloned metal card being used to make a cash withdrawal at an ATM machine.

The identity of the culprit was then established through follow-up investigations by the officers from the Commercial Affairs Department, and he was arrested on 16 February.

The man is believed to have copied payment card details from the magnetic stripes of more than 60 original payment cards, then encoded the information into blank metal cards that he bought online.

He also removed and transferred the Visa, Mastercard, and Europay chips onto the blank metal cards.

The police seized a laptop, 2 notebooks, an assortment of blank metal cards, an engraving machine, a card encoder, a point-of-sale reader machine and some cloned metal cards from him.

If convicted of possessing a machine and equipment that has been made to create false instruments, he faces a jail term of up to 5 years and/or a fine.

If found guilty of possessing forged valuable security, he faces a jail term of up to 15 years and a fine.

WOMAN ALMOST RECRUITED INTO A FEMINIST CULT, WARNING OTHERS TO BE CAREFUL

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A friend of mine is trying to recruit me into the feminism cult, and I’m put off by her till the point where every time she speaks, I want to shove her mouth with a curry puff.

I come from a single parent family. I never knew my dad. My mom used to tell me how men were unreliable and that I had only myself to rely on. I wished I knew sooner that men were unreliable because my mom’s eye got stamp.

I got every scholarship you could think of and never dated till I’m 23 because of my mom’s brainwashing. I even started work immediately after my final exam, I did not attend my NUS graduation either. I sincerely believed that achieving financial freedom and being independent is all there is. I became one of the youngest manager at 25. One could say at this point, I’m a perfect version of what feminism aspire all women to be, except I wasn’t indoctrinated by feminism but by my mom. Yet my life was empty, coming back to an empty bed, living with a gaslighting mom.

I began swiping on Tinder. It wasn’t hard to get matches, but the problem is, things never gone anywhere because my bmi was 25, it has been like that since primary school. I spent a year exercising and starving myself, only to have stubborn fat remain on my belly and thigh. 5 years ago when i was 26, I made the decision to do lipo-grafting against my mom wishes. I did lipo-grafting twice in Korea to have a D cup and achieved the chiobu Status. My new found confidence with a capital T helped me secure the love of my life.

At 28, I changed to a 5k job, got married after just dating my husband for 15months and has been living a really fulfilling life.

Girls please don’t believe in the whole feminisms ideology that you don’t need a man in your life, you absolutely need a partner. A career is not all you need, and higher paying jobs comes with an abundance of stress. Classic beauty standard is absolutely important.

To my friend if you’re reading this, stop texting me. Get slim and go do plastic if need be, find love and stop tormenting yourself with feminism. Perhaps then we can still be friends.

WIFE CAUGHT HUSBAND SNEAKING TO JB, BECAUSE SHE FOUND A M’SIAN SIM CARD

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As I was doing the laundry, I stumbled upon something suspicious in my husband’s pocket – a Malaysian SIM card.

I was surprised as my husband and I had been living in Singapore for more than 8 years and if any of us are overseas we will always inform each other.

After questioning him about it, he finally admitted that he had been sneaking into neighbouring Johor Bahru (JB) for the past two months.

At first, I was worried about why my husband was travelling to JB, but he assured me that he was only going there for some errands. I was relieved and thought that his explanation was reasonable.

Until one day, I found out the truth.

He had been going to JB to meet up with a woman. It was a shocking discovery that left me feeling betrayed. I asked him why he had done such a thing and he said that he was looking for an escape from our marriage. I was hurt and angry at the same time.

All of a sudden, my mind was filled with questions. How long had this been going on? Did he really care about our marriage? Did he love me? I had so many questions but he refused to answer any of them.

After that, I refused to talk to him and spent most of my time alone. I was hurt and confused at the same time. I thought about all the times he had lied to me and all the times he had gone out without telling me. I felt like my trust in him was broken.

One day, I decided to confront him about the issue. I asked him why he had been sneaking to JB. He said that he was looking for an escape from our marriage and he thought that he could find someone else who would understand him better.

At that point, I felt like I was living in a nightmare. I was hurt and angry at the same time. I told him that I wanted to end the marriage, but he begged me to stay. He said that he was sorry and that he would try to make it up to me.

After a few days, I decided to forgive him. I had realised that we could still save our marriage and that it was worth fighting for. I asked him to stop going to JB and he agreed. We agreed to work on our marriage and to make it stronger than ever.

Now, after several months, our marriage is stronger than ever. We have learned to forgive each other and to trust one another. We both know that we can rely on each other for support and understanding.

MAN SAYS HIS THREE DAUGHTERS IS HIS KARMA BECAUSE HE WAS A ‘F-BOY’

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I used to think I was invincible. I thought I could do whatever I wanted and get away with it.

I had a wild streak in my twenties and thirties, going to parties and clubs and flirting with anything and everything that caught my eye.

I thought I was living my best life and that nothing bad could ever come of it. Little did I know, it would come back to haunt me.

My wild days came to an end when I got married. I was so happy to find someone who loved me for who I was and accepted me for my flaws.

We decided to start a family and I was over the moon. I had always wanted a son, someone I could teach the things I had learnt in life, someone I could pass my knowledge onto.

But fate had other plans.

I had three daughters, it felt like my karma

We had three girls in a row, which I was still overjoyed by. I was so proud of my daughters and loved them dearly, but deep down, I felt like I was being punished for my past mistakes.

I couldn’t help but feel like I was being denied the son I had always wanted because of my irresponsible behaviour in my youth.

It was like my karma.

I tried to make the best of it and accepted my fate. I gave my daughters all the love and attention they deserved, and I tried to make sure they never felt like they weren’t enough.

We had a wonderful life together and I couldn’t have been happier.

However, deep down I still feel in my heart that because I was too much of a f-boy in my younger days, heaven gave me three girls to teach me a lesson.

Now that my three girls are growing up in their teens, i cannot help but worry that they would get ‘eaten’ by other guys, just like how I ‘ate’ other people’s daughters when I was younger.

I should have thought of that when I was screwing around when I was young.

MAN WATCHED ‘LIVE’ AH MA ADULT FILMS ONLINE, KENA EXPENSIVE BILL FOR HIS EXPERIENCE

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I’m sitting in my room pretty ‘feeling it’ and bored so I wanna go watch some adult films and I always get these ads about those adult films live in action and I’ve never checked it out.

So I’m like, alright I’m gonna check it out, see what it’s all about

Created an account to chat with them

I open it and I see all these hot girls. I go into a couple and on the right side, they have a chat where you can type. but in order to chat with the girls, I have to make an account.

I entered my email, password, and they have something weird that is that you have to enter a username and I obviously didn’t wanna use my real name so I write the first name that comes to mind.

and then on the next page, it says. Enter your credit card,. I’m already skeptical but it says.. it’s 100% free, it’s only for if things get hot and you wanna donate

and I’m like.. eeeeehhh… but I’m already so far in the process that I’m like ok lets jus do it.. let’s go

Started watching the promised ‘live’ films

So now I’m in and I watch a few and they’re like just sitting there, they’re not really doing anything. nobody was showing any body parts, they did a little bottom shaking, but pretty underwhelming overall.

So to find the best one I just hold control on my keyboard and open a ton of tabs so I can find one that actually does something that can turn me on.

I flip through these tabs at the top and it would popup this annoying thing that said. You can only watch one live stream at the time. 

this popup would come a few times where I had to click like an orange button to refresh.

and then I land on this really old like 60-year-old grandmother, and she’s just sitting there, there’s like 8 people watching live.

then there was a popup with an orange button and instinctively my mouse just goes to it and right as I’m about to click the button I see it says, enter private room $5 dollars.

I click it, and I’m like.. “No! o fuck!” I’m not sad loosing $5 dollars but eh, couldn’t it be somebody that’s a little bit sexier?

Now she’s like smiling and she say’s “heeey (my username)”.. Immediately she’s pulling her ‘mountains’ out and she grabs a toy laying next to her. she has this underwear on that has like a velcro flap, and she snaps it open and I can see this really old, slightly hairy ‘oyster’. 

I’m like.. alright man, I paid for this, so better give it a go, kinda like shamefully beating my ‘aeroplane’ off.

Now she keeps saying (my username) over and over again while making high noises, and I mean.. she puts on a pretty good show, she was pretty hot, but I mean she’s 60…

Started chatting with her

I start writing in the chat that she should talk dirty to me.  I’m gonna spare you all the details, but after a few minutes I shot my load.

and I’m like, thank you, bye! 

I Close the window and go back to watching youtube and chilling out.

Received the bill for my experience

Later that night, I go to check my email, and I see this receipt from the adult film website and it turns out… it didn’t cost just $5… It cost $5 dollars per minute!!

So that’s how I spent $72 dollars on a 60-year-old woman calling me not even by my real name.

MOTHER-IN-LAW SAYS SON’S WIFE IS STEALING HER SON AWAY CALLS IT ‘KIDNAP’

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MIL thinks I’m her child’s kidnapper. He often said that from the beginning of our marriage. My husband is the only son in the family.

Some of MIL’s words that shocked me:

  1. My husband is nice in front of me, but behind my husband he curses me.

He once called me without saying hello & kept swearing at me.

“Wei, female. Do you really want to wait for me to pass before you want to invite my son to my house?”

Only because he called my husband did not answer because my husband was in a meeting. However, it was only 2 nights ago that we went to his house.

  1. I gave birth to my first child. The first day at the hospital, my husband came to visit & take care of me & the child. Change the pampers, wash the cups & plates, clean the cupboards. Visiting time is 2 hours in the afternoon & 2 hours in the afternoon. Husband will come early & return at the latest.

The 3rd day, the father-in-law came along. My husband is just like any other visitor. Come 30 minutes before the end of visiting time.

MIL Just sat for 5 minutes because she wanted to go to the bank & buy a new handbag, I was busy looking at the clock because my husband was late because he was busy taking care of me like always. MIL has made faces & slammed things.

I know my husband is late because of his in-laws. But, I still feel sad because my husband is late & x byj who can help. Emotions after giving birth are not stable.

I just gave birth & I can hardly move. It’s easy to be mentally broken until I feel like my husband doesn’t care because he doesn’t help. Make a child together, but please take care of your naughty wife. All kinds of reasons.

  1. When the abstinence period is over, the husband takes the in-laws home to sleep because the in-laws are having a feast. Husband went out to buy food. There are guests coming. My son is crying hungry for milk.

I entered the nursing room. MIL sneered at the guest who came saying that I stole her son. Lazy daughter-in-law. Pretend to be busy with children.

The mother-in-law came to pick up my child who had not had enough to breastfeed. My son was frantically surprised because it was like being hit. After that, MIL told me to scoop the side dishes into the big pot at the back of the house (where my husband cooks). It is said that he wants to take care of my son.

When I just took a small pot to fill the side dishes, I heard my son crying loudly. My MIL babbles, behaves like a mother’s child, just keeps crying, spoiled out of place. Although the baby is hungry, it’s only 2 months old.

I can’t stand hearing my child cry. I went to the living room apparently MIL just let my son lie on the couch. Just don’t fall and roll. I quickly took my son. My father-in-law is angry because I still haven’t scooped up the dishes outside.

I took my son & a pot of side dishes, went to scoop side dishes outside in the heat. The side dish is hot, you know. My son is crying non-stop.

Once I cried because I was hurt by MIL.

My husband happened to be back. MIL said I was stubborn to scoop the side dishes even though I could wait for my husband to come back. After that, when a child cries, one is stressed and cries a lot. My heart hurts. My husband kept telling me to go to my room & rest. Maybe remember that I’m stressed when my child is angry.

  1. MIL called my mother when you were at the hospital and said you don’t need to bring lunch. MIL has cooked & will go to the hospital with my husband to deliver. Mom, I agree.

As usual, until late. 15 more minutes to end visiting time.

Know what to bring? Bring rice and one fried egg

I didn’t eat. I said I can’t eat this dish. MIL made a face & said I made it up. My husband is speechless.

MIL went out first and waited outside while my husband changed the child’s diapers. I asked my husband, why does MIL say she wants to help cook & call my mom to bring food and then finally buy it?

The husband answered, MIL said that it was my mother who called to tell MIL to buy food because my mother did not have time to send it.

I can’t stand my emotions. Indeed, I cried & told my husband to throw away the side dish. He wants to say that I don’t appreciate anything. Visiting hours are over. My husband didn’t have time to persuade me, he had to go out. My husband called, I hung up. Heartbroken.

I called my mother crying. I said, I don’t even have a husband. Because even my husband doesn’t want to take care of me, his mother also says a lot.

If her mother gives me poison, she will follow. My mom is really good at persuading me to calm down. I asked the security guard to please buy porridge at the canteen because the hospital’s food had already been collected on time.

  1. MIL once came to sleep at my house. When I was about to open the door to the room to invite MIL to eat, I heard MIL yelling, “This illegitimate child is not legitimate if it is not brutal. That’s right.”

I quickly turned the door knob & saw him pushing my son’s head as he rummaged through his bag. Yes, it’s my son’s fault.

But, he is still young & MIL is also the one who invited him into the room. At that time he was 2 years old.

I don’t know why I pretend not to see & just ask my son to leave the room. At that time, my husband was at home