30-year-old Benjamin Chua pleaded guilty to 2 counts of voyeurism and was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment on 4 November, according to The Straits Times.

Chua, who was a volunteer usher at a church service, has following a 26-year-old man into the toilet and used his mobile phone to film him.

His bail has been set at $5,000 and he is expected to begin his sentence on 1 December.

What happened?

On 5 December 2021, Chua followed the victim into the toilet at the church and used his phone to film the man inside.

The victim heard someone enter the cubicle next to him, and he then saw a black phone pointed at him from above, before confronting Chua.

Chua admitted to having voyeuristic tendencies, and the victim then asked for his phone and password, which Chua complied with before returning to his duties as a volunteer usher.

The victim access the phone and found a hidden folder, with multiple videos of men inside toilets, and he then confronted Chua who confessed to taking them.

The man then deleted the videos and told Chua to give himself up to the police, and Chua then did so 5 days later, surrendering himself to the police at Toa Payoh Neighbourhood Police Centre, telling them what he had done.

In a separate incident, Chua was at VivoCity on 29 November 2021, entering a cinema toilet and using his phone to film a 22-year-old man inside a cubicle.

A 25-year-old Singaporean woman, Huang Kaiting, was killed in a traffic accident in Malaysia on 4 November on the North-South Expressway, according to The Star,

The car that she was in had skidded and crashed into a guard rail, and she died at the scene of the accident.

The accident took place on 4 November at about 11.30pm, at KM 208 of the North-South Expressway in Malaysia.

The superintendent of Alor Gajah, Arshad Abu, said that Huang was travelling from Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur at the time.

The other passenger in the car, 27-year-old Singaporean Kenneth Fong Zeng Yip, came through the accident unscathed.

The driver of the car, 28-year-old Singaporean Muhammad Hilmi Abdul Rahim, suffered leg injuries.

Supt Arshad added that the accident is currently under investigations.

Images source: The Star

Some residents in Singapore reported hearing explosions and feeling tremors in their homes, with the police receiving multiple calls and reports about the blasts, according to The Straits Times.

Some netizens thought that it was caused by car accidents, while others thought it was the thunder but checked the weather and saw that there was no rain forecasted.

Some residents also reportedly felt shock waves from the explosions which caused their windows to rattle.

The Singapore Police Force have since released a statement on Facebook saying that the explosions were caused by the Singapore Armed Forces conducting planned destination activities on Pulau Senang.

They advised the public not to be alarmed.

S’pore Police Force’s statement

The Police received multiple calls on the tremors and explosions heard, especially in the Southern part of the island.

The Police have established that the Singapore Armed Forces were conducting planned detonation activities on Pulau Senang earlier in the evening.

Members of the public are advised not to be alarmed.

Netizens thought it was thunder/car accident

A homeless man was found dead at a covered walkway of a HDB estate in Ang Mo Kio in the early hours of 4 November, according to Shin Min Daily News.

His body was found lying motionless by a resident, who then called the police.

The deceased’s dead body had been lying at the spot for at least three hours before it was reported, as residents had thought the man was sleeping.

The man was found at the covered walkway between block 639 and 640, at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.

SMDN reported that the deceased was a regular sight in the vicinity, with an 84-year-old resident, Mr Huang, telling SMDN that his neighbour saw the man lying down on the walkway at 2am that morning.

Thinking the man was asleep, the neighbour didn’t do anything about it because he was also rushing to work.

Another female resident who was going for her morning exercise, later found the man motionless at about 5am, before reporting it to the police.

The Singapore Police Force confirmed the case of unnatural death, and said that the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Further investigations are ongoing and based on preliminary investigations, the police have ruled out homicide as the cause of death.

Slept at void deck but didn’t bother anyone

Huang told SMDN that the deceased, Adi, didn’t have a fixed residence and wandered around, sleeping at the void deck of Block 639, while he kept his personal belongings at a storeroom in block 640.

Huang added that the man didn’t bother anyone, and would fold his clothes neatly and covered himself with a few layers to keep warm when he went to sleep.

Adi used to do odd jobs and once washed dishes and cars for a living, and he would even take the initiative to clean up the vicinity of the void deck where he was sleeping during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Salwal Fadli Bin Jumawal fined $9,500 for possession of assorted processed meat products for the purpose of selling without a valid licence

Salwal Fadli Bin Jumawal, owner of Falah Delight Food, was fined $9,500 by the Court today for possession of assorted processed meat products for the purpose of selling without a valid licence.

2 In October 2021, officers from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) inspected a licensed cold store and discovered approximately 615kg of assorted processed meat products (chicken, lamb and beef) imported without a valid licence. Investigations revealed that the meat products belonged to Falah Delight Food, which leased a space in the cold store. Falah Delight Food does not have a valid import licence. The illegal consignments were seized.

3 In Singapore, food imports must meet SFA’s requirements. Food can only be imported by licensed importers, and every consignment must be declared and accompanied with a valid import permit. Illegally imported food products are of unknown sources and pose food safety risk. Meat and their products can only be imported from accredited sources in approved countries that comply with our food safety standards and requirements.

4 Offenders who import meat products illegally from unapproved sources are liable to a fine of $50,000 and/or imprisonment of up to two years and, in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 and/or to imprisonment of up to three years.

Issued by the Singapore Food Agency
2 Nov 2022

KWEK UNDER INVESTIGATION IN SINGAPORE SINCE APRIL 2021

In response to media queries about the United States (US) Department of State’s reward offer under the US Rewards for Justice (RFJ) programme for information on a Singaporean, Kwek Kee Seng (“Kwek”), the SPF would like to highlight that Kwek is presently in Singapore. He has been under investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) for offences under Singapore’s United Nations Act 2001, since 28 April 2021. Kwek’s passport has been impounded by the CAD since the same date.

On 23 April 2021, the US Department of Justice issued a press release announcing that a criminal complaint had been filed against Kwek for allegedly conspiring to evade economic sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as well as for money laundering, and that a tanker COURAGEOUS (previously known as SEA PRIMA) had been seized. COURAGEOUS was a vessel allegedly purchased by Kwek to make illicit deliveries of petroleum products through ship-to-ship transfers with DPRK vessels, and direct shipments to the DPRK port of Nampo.

Pursuant to this information, on 28 April 2021, the SPF commenced formal investigations against Kwek for possible offences under Section 5 of the United Nations Act 2001. On 29 April 2021, SPF issued a news release confirming that Kwek was being investigated for possible offences under the United Nations Act 2001. On 30 April 2021, the SPF shared information on the investigations against Kwek with the US law enforcement authorities via a letter. On 7 May 2021, this information was formally conveyed by Singapore to various US agencies through a Third-Party Note. Since then, there were several more exchanges. Due to the nature and complexity of the case, investigations are still ongoing.

On 4 November 2022, the SPF wrote to our US counterparts to seek clarification, given that we had been in active communication with our US counterparts on Kwek’s case. Singapore will continue to assist the US authorities within the ambit of our laws and international obligations.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
05 November 2022 @ 9:05 PM