A Grabfood delivery rider received a prank order allegedly from a loan shark, who ordered bak kut teh to a Malay family, according to 8World news.

The delivery rider, Wang, told 8World that she received a Cash-On Delivery order on 16 December in the afternoon for the pork ribs soup.

She then delivered the order to a unit at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5, and a teenage boy opened and door and told her that he didn’t order the food, refusing to pay for it.

He said that it was impossible for his family to order bak kut teh as they are Malay.

Wang then left the unit and called the customer who placed the order, who told her that there was someone home and urged her to faster deliver the food.

Attacked by mother and son

So Wang went back to the unit again, and this time she saw two people attacking an uncle outside the unit.

The duo who were attacking the man consisted of the teenage boy who had earlier opened the door to the delivery rider, and a woman who appeared to be his mother.

They turned their focus to Wang and cornered her, before attacking her – the mum hit her on the head and mouth several times as they kicked her, thinking that she had taken a photo of them and trying to grab her phone.

The teenage boy also told the neighbours who were passing by to mind their own business as he chased them away.

Another innocent man attacked

After the attack, Wang tried to call the customer who had ordered the bak kut teh but couldn’t get through.

She said that she heard the father of the family had owed loansharks about $400, and the loansharks then placed a fake food delivery order as a form of warning for him to return the money.

Wang added that the uncle who was attacked by the teenage boy and his mother was actually a real estate agent who was tricked by the loansharks to check on the debtors.

Wang’s son then filed a police report about the incident.

The Singapore Police Force confirmed that they received a call for help at about 3.15pm, and a 62-year-old man was sent to the hospital conscious.

They also added that a 45-year-old woman had suffered minor injuries and refused to be sent to the hospital, and that aa 32-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy are assisting with police investigations.

A 27-year-old male driver of a car was killed in a traffic accident involving a van at Woodlands Road yesterday afternoon.

The accident happened along Woodlands Road heading towards Kranji Road on 16 December.

The Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said that there were alerted to the accident on Friday at about 4.30pm.

Both the car and van drivers were conveyed to Ng Teng Fong Hospital – the male car driver was unconscious while the female van driver was conscious.

The 27-year-old car driver later succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital.

The deceased’s silver car also had its windshield smashed and its bonnet crumpled, with airbags at the front seats being deployed.

The van also sustained damage on its right side.

The police are investigating the accident.

Following the virality of a video showing a 10-year-old boy killing a community cat by throwing the animal down from the 22nd storey of a HDB unit at Boon Lay, the boy’s motives for doing so have since been revealed.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, a resident living in the same block named Cai Meimei (Chinese transliteration), said that the cat was named Panther.

Cai, a 47-year-old bus driver, told the Chinese daily that she was very sad about the cat’s death, and added that there had been at least 5 cats dying after falling from height in the neighbourhood.

But she couldn’t confirm if the other cats had fallen from the block themselves or were thrown down by people.

Confronted the boy

Cai said she had confronted the boy who threw Panther down from the block the next day, asking if he was the one who threw the cat down the block.

The boy had initially denied doing so but eventually admitted to his actions after Cai showed him the CCTV footage.

The boy then said that he had killed the cat because he felt a lack of love and attention at home, from his family members.

A 10-year-old boy who plays hide and seek with the now-infamous cat killer, described him as being a quiet boy who usually smiles.

Wet and slightly cooler weather expected for rest of December 2022

16 Dec 2022

Singapore, 16 December 2022 – Northeast Monsoon conditions are currently prevailing over Singapore and the surrounding region. The wet phase of the monsoon is expected to continue into January 2023, followed by the dry phase from February to mid-March 2023. For the rest of December 2022, the low-level winds are forecast to blow from the northwest or northeast. Generally wet and cool conditions can be expected during this time.

2          In the second half of December 2022, moderate to heavy thundery showers are expected over parts of the island in the afternoon on most days. The showers may extend into the evening on a few days. A brief strengthening of northerly winds over the Singapore and the surrounding region can also be expected in the coming fortnight. This could bring windy conditions with occasional showers on two or three days. Overall, the total rainfall for December 2022 is forecast to be near average over most parts of Singapore.

3          For the next two weeks, the daily temperature is forecast to range between 24 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius on most days. On two or three days, the daily maximum temperature may reach a high of around 33 degrees Celsius. Daily lows of around 23 degrees Celsius can be expected on a few rainy days.

4          For updates of the daily weather forecast, please visit the MSS website (www.weather.gov.sg), NEA website (www.nea.gov.sg), or download the myENV app.

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5          In the first half of December 2022, Northeast Monsoon conditions prevailed over Singapore and the surrounding region, and the low-level winds blew mainly from the northwest or northeast.

6          Singapore experienced short-duration moderate to heavy afternoon thundery showers on most days in the first fortnight of December 2022. The showers extended into the evening on a few occasions. On 11 December 2022, large-scale convergences of winds over Singapore and the surrounding vicinity led to the development of a Sumatra squall that brought widespread moderate to heavy thundery showers in the morning and early afternoon. The daily total rainfall of 127.4mm, recorded around West Coast Road area, was the highest daily total rainfall for the first fortnight of December 2022.

7          In the first half of December 2022, the daily maximum temperature was below 32 degrees Celsius on most days due to the rainy weather. There were two days when the daily maximum temperature was higher than 33 degrees Celsius. Cooler temperatures were experienced in the first fortnight of December 2022. All days in the first fortnight of December 2022 registered daily minimum temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius or less with the lowest of 22.2 degrees Celsius recorded at Jurong West on 3 December 2022.

8          During the fortnight, rainfall was above average for the south-western part of the island, while the rainfall for north-western part of Singapore was below average. The highest rainfall anomaly of 49 per cent above average was recorded at Kent Ridge. The anomaly was lowest at Jurong West at 55 per cent below average.

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