29-year-old Sim Liang Xiu, was originally charged with causing grievous hurt to a baby by forcefully dropping the infant into a cot.

Sim’s charge has since been upgraded to murder earlier today and is now accused of causing the death of the baby, Zabelle Peh Yu Xuan.

A court order that forbids her identification was lifted, although the woman’s relation to the baby was not revealed in court documents.

She was originally charged with forcefully dropping the 2-month-old baby into a cot on 8 January knowing that her action would cause grievous hurt to the baby.

The baby suffered a fracture to her skull as a result of Sim’s actions.

The police prosecutor applied to lift the gag order on the identities of both Sim and the baby because the baby had died, which was granted by the court.

The prosecutor also requested for Sim to be remanded a further week, citing investigations and visitations of the crime scene.

Sim appeared in court via a video link from her remand and told the court that she didn’t understand what was going on, saying in Chinese “the police already said I’m guilty, what is there to investigate?”

She is set to return to court next week, after the judge replied that her offence was very serious and that the police need time to finish their investigations after gathering evidence.

According to The Star, Malaysia has issued a proposal to Singapore, for travellers to only clear the customs once at the Johor-Singapore Causeway.

Johor’s chairman for works, transportation and infrastructure committee and head of a multi-agency taskforce that is tasked with easing congestion at the Causeway and Second Link, Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh, said that the proposal includes stationing Singapore’s immigration officers at Malaysia’s checkpoint to clear those entering Singapore, and placing Malaysia’s immigration officers at Singapore’s checkpoint to clear those entering Malaysia.

He added that it will be similar to the system that will be put in place when the Rapid Transit System begins operations in 2026, although it is still in the initial stages.

Johor is also looking at increasing the number of motorcycle lanes at the Causeway, with Fazli adding that they were seeking additional funds to increase it to 75, from 50.

They are also proposing for the lorry lanes to be used for passenger traffic during the weekends.

Malaysia’s Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi previously appealed to prime minister Anwar Ibrahim about the Causeway congestion, highlighting that an average of 150,000 Malaysians wake up at 4am to queue up at the Causeway in order to make it in time for their work in Singapore.

He appealed for sympathy for the Malaysian workers in Singapore, saying that “by the time they return to Malaysia after going through the jam, it is already 10pm.”

Some Malaysian netizens have been quoted by The Star as saying that the congestion appeared to be worse on the Singapore side because of the lack of manpower.

One netizen said that they can clear the Malaysia side of the customs within 30 minutes, but get stuck in Woodlands for almost 2 hours because of many counters being closed.

A man who was unhappy that an elderly man was smoking at the void deck decided to confront the old man which ultimately caused the death of the elderly after the situation escalated.

36-year-old Allan Chua Kim Wee who works in a bank spotted the old man smoking and started to take photos of the old man. The old man who noticed what Chua was doing decided to chase after him. However, instead of backing off Chua charged towards the old man and cause the elderly to fall and hit his head.

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According to CNA, Chua pleaded guilty earlier today (Feb 3) for voluntarily causing hurt.

The incident took place at Block 328 Hougang Avenue 5 back in December 2021. Chua saw the 74-year-old victim smoking on a bench and began taking photos of the man so he can lodge a complaint against him.

He then confronted the old man about smoking and the old man started to chase Chua with his walking stick in the lift lobby area.

Chua decided to retaliate and charge at the old man’s stomach area which caused the elderly to fall and hit his head on impact.

Jail

After the old man fell down, Chua contacted the police and said that he was attacked by an old man. The victim who was later sent to hospital was severely injured and died later that day.

The prosecutor of the case is looking for a 4-year jail sentence for Chua, noting that Chua’s physical stats is double the size of the victim.

Chua who was obese at the time of the incident weight 100kg and the victim was not only old but also a featherweight at 54kg.

Chua will be back in court for his sentencing next week.

68-year-old Gary Alexander Tan, a father of three who worked as a school bus driver, was charged with molestation earlier today (3 February).

He is being accused of molesting a 4 to 6-year-old girl in church sometime between 1993 and 1995, among other alleged victims.

Tan admitted in earlier court proceedings to molesting other children, including an autistic boy and another young girl, with the prosecution calling Tan a “pedophilic school bus driver”.

He will be sentenced on 1 March, after pleading guilty back in December to 6 charges, including multiple counts of molestation.

Molestation spree

Sometime in 2006, Tan was spending the night at a friend’s home when he molested a girl between 3 and 5 years old while his friend was asleep.

He was later hired by a Kindergarten to ferry children with special needs, driving a 7-seater car in 2009 before his contract ended in 2012.

Despite his contract ending, some of the parents continued to hire him to fetch their children to and from school, including an autistic boy between 4 to 6 years old.

Tan molested the boy from 2013 to 2014.

Among Tan’s other victims include a young girl, whose age was not mentioned in court, of whom he took explicit photos – he had befriended the girl’s helper in order to get to the victim.

He took an upskirt photo of the girl after telling her maid that he would look after the girl.

Tan also asked two other helpers that he had befriended to send him explicit photos of young girls, one of whom declined; but the other maid agreed to send him after being told that he would be aroused by it.

Tan instigated that maid to send his explicit photos of her employer’s young daughter on at least 22 occasions, from 5 May to 1 November 2016.

The maid also sent tan 51 photos of another young girl, as well as 3 photos of her employer’s young son not wearing anything.

Tan drove a 9-seater van after he became a school bus driver in 2017, where he was tasked with ferrying children who had been ill-treated.

He was aware that the children were under care arrangements and signed a document to safeguard the sensitive information related to them.

One of the children was an 8-year-old girl who was physically ill-treated and was sent to live with her maternal grandparents and aunt under her care arrangements.

Tan molested her on 12 January 2019 after dropping off the other kids and filmed himself in the act.

He then molested her again on 16 January 2017 and filmed the acts, before showing the girl photos of himself in his underwear about 3 days later.

The victim told her aunt and grandparents about what happened later that month, and her mother was then alerted to it.

The police were then informed about the incident(s) on 26 January 2017 and Tan was arrested later that day, with the police seizing his phone and finding numerous upskirt videos of different victims.