MAN TO BE CHARGED WITH OUTRAGE OF MODESTY

A 26-year-old man will be charged in court on 9 December 2022 for his suspected involvement in a case of outrage of modesty.

On 5 August 2022, the Police received a report on a case where a 19-year-old woman reported that she was allegedly molested by the man who was her driving instructor. Between March and April 2022, the victim was molested on numerous occasions by the man at the vicinity of the driving school along Woodlands Industrial Park E4. Through follow-up investigations, officers from Woodlands Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on 8 December 2022. The Traffic Police also revoked his driving instructor’s licence.

The man will be charged in court with outrage of modesty under Section 354(1) of the Penal Code 1871. The offence carries an imprisonment term of up to three years, or fine, or caning, or any combination of such punishments.

The Police have zero tolerance towards sexual offenders who threaten the safety of those in the community. Offenders will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law. The Police would also like to urge members of the public to remain vigilant and to report the matter to the Police immediately, if they witnessed an incident of outrage of modesty, or are aware of someone being a victim of outrage of modesty.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
08 December 2022 @ 6:45 PM

POLICE INVESTIGATE 376 SCAMMERS AND MONEY MULES IN ISLAND-WIDE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION

Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and the seven Police Land Divisions conducted a two-week operation between 25 November 2022 and 8 December 2022. A total of 254 men and 122 women, aged between 13 and 71, are assisting in investigations for their suspected involvement in scams as scammers or money mules. The suspects are believed to be involved in more than 1,300 cases of scams, comprising mainly e-commerce scams, internet love scams, job scams, rental scams, Government and China Officials impersonation scams and fake friend call scams, where victims reportedly lost over $9.2 million.

The suspects are being investigated for the alleged offences of cheating, money laundering or providing payment services without a licence. The offence of cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871 carries an imprisonment term of up to 10 years and a fine. The offence of money laundering under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 carries an imprisonment term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to $500,000, or both. The offence of carrying on a business to provide any type of payment service in Singapore without a licence under Section 5 of the Payment Services Act 2019 carries a fine of up to $125,000, an imprisonment term of up to three years, or both.

The Police take a serious stance against any person who may be involved in scams, and perpetrators will be dealt with in accordance with the law. To avoid being an accomplice to crimes, members of the public should always reject requests by others to use your bank account or mobile lines as you will be held accountable if these are linked to crimes.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
09 December 2022 @ 10:35 AM

A 28-year-old Bangladeshi worker died after being hit by a tree trunk at Toa Payoh while carrying out lifting operations, according to The Straits Times.

He was hoisting a tree trunk onto a truck when it got dislodged and hit him, resulting in the worker hitting his head against the pavement.

He was conveyed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries and died.

The incident happened on 7 December at Toa Payoh East Road, near 1003 Toa Payoh Industrial park at about 3.30pm.

The landscaping worker, who was employed by Penta Landscape was loading tree trunks at the time onto a truck during pruning and was carrying out lifting operations using a lorry crane.

One of the tree trunks then got dislodged and slipped from the lifting sling while being hoisted and hit the worker.

Following the incident, Penta Landscape has been ordered to stop all tree pruning and lifting operations as the Ministry of Manpower investigate the incident.

The worker is the 43rd workplace fatality this year.

Netizen @cheekyjie shared a photos of a funeral tentage blocking the fire engine access area at an HDB estate in Henderson.

Snippets from his post

Seeing this image, I strongly believe that the funeral at my housing estate was blocking the FEA (Fire Engine Access) that was catered for a HDB that was on fire.

The HDB on fire is damn old, so I don’t think there was provision for FEA (both sides of the flat has no roads) that’s why in all the articles you only see small firefighting vehicles.

After studying Google maps it feels like the design of my hdb estate catered for the neighbouring hdb’s FEA (maybe someone from SJ who did this project can advise).

And basically this funeral tentage was blocking the whole FEA.

Update on his post

Just want to be clear, my intentions for this post is to create awareness on the importance of following the laws of keeping FEA clear because you never know when there will be a fire.

Any opinions on whether or not it is related to the NSF has been removed from the screenshot. Please try not to speculate or relate this post with the death of the NSF.

Facebook user Amritpal Singh shared an experience he had with a Grabfood delivery woman who made racist remarks towards him and allegedly throwing his food at his shoe rack.

Here is what he said

Racist Remark

So it was my birthday yesterday and a friend got me delivered cupcakes to my place. It was a surprise for me but i indeed got a surprise.

This lady from Grab delivery came outside my house and threw the whole box of cupcakes onto my shoe rack table outside my house and started saying “Stupid indian, Rude k*ling people, dont know how to answer phone call”.

I was stunned as this cupcake was a surprise to me so i asked her, whats the issue? She went on hurling vulgarities and racist remarks as she walked pass my corridor.

Walking pass 3 of my neighbour house and even they were like whats going on as she was shouting away. I was angered and thus called my friend awhile later and told her about this.

She told me she was working from home and received 2 missed call from the delivery lady and answered the 3rd call.

She didnt realise the phone call as she was in a meeting online via laptop. The delivery lady shouted at my friend and asked “eh whats the unit number or u come down collect, i got other deliveries to do” .

My friend calmy told my unit number and said that the unit number has already been given in the notes and who to deliver to. To which the delivery lady came and threw the cupcakes on my shoe rack table.

(While the delivery lady called after the 1st or 2nd time, she also purposely used the work “Yanade” – which is a slang for (what is it). That was still fine. She went overboard with this remark “dah keling… keling jugak nak suruh kita call”

K*ling is a racial slur that is derogatory, insulting and downright racist. Its like using the N word.

I am angered by this and this is her rice bowl (i believe) . So i hope Grab would do something about this like teaching her how to deliver a service.

Even if my friend had not answered the call, the unit number was already mentioned in the notes. And even then no matter what, the delivery lady could always complain to grab about this instead of surprising me with such a service delivery and being all so racist about it.

I have received delivery from my friend this same way, a number of times before and had no issues with it.

If i do not get an apology from her or any updates from Grab. A police report will be made. I am resorting to this here because Grab helpline nor chatting with them online helped me as they say they cant help with this issue.

Singapore Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam addressed the news of the NSF firefighter who died while fighting a fire that broke out at Henderson Road.

He conveyed his condolences to the family, and described the incident as being “very unfortunate” and “very sad.”

Here is what he said

[SCDF firefighter dies while fire fighting]

Very unfortunate that a full-time SCDF NSF firefighter passed away today while fighting a fire at Henderson Road. Young man. Very sad.

Home Team officers work tirelessly and bravely every day to keep our homes and Singaporeans safe.

We do our best to protect our officers, but the nature of the work means that there will always be risks.

My deepest condolences to his family. MHA will assist them during this difficult time.

SCDF’s statement

SCDF was alerted to a fire at 91 Henderson Road at about 11.10 am today (8 Dec 2022).

Upon arrival, the fire was raging inside a unit on the 4th floor and the corridor was heavily smoke-logged. SCDF firefighters, donning breathing apparatus, entered and pushed through the smoke-logged unit with two water jets to engage the fire.

Sometime into the firefighting operation, a Full-time National Serviceman (NSF) firefighter fell unconscious in the kitchen area. His crew immediately brought him out of the unit and administered cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on him. An SCDF ambulance crew at the scene also used the automated external defibrillator on him and conveyed him to Singapore General Hospital. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

SCDF and his teammates are very saddened by his death, and extend our deepest condolences to his family. The NSF firefighter was part of the first response crew for this fire incident, and was bravely carrying out his mission of protecting and saving lives and property.

SCDF is providing assistance and support to the family during this difficult time.

Investigations are ongoing.