30-year-old Koh Liang Cai pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to 44-year-old taxi driver Bernard Chan and was sentenced to 4 weeks imprisonment on 10 October, according to The Straits Times.

He had attacked a ComfortDelGro taxi driver on 1 January 2020 after a drinking session at Zouk with 31-year-old Taleb Kishen and the latter’s wife.

Taleb was sentenced to 17 weeks imprisonment for his part in the assault and other offences.

What happened?

Koh was with his friend, 31-year-old Taleb Kishen, and the latter’s wife at Zouk; where they finished drinking at about 2.30am.

Koh saw Chan’s taxi nearby, where the taxi driver was hoping to get a phone booking for his taxi because it meant he would earn more money.

Koh and Taleb approached Chan and asked him if he could taxi his wife home, and Chan rejected them and told them to try getting a taxi from the taxi stand at Clarke Quay.

Koh then reached through the front passenger seat window and punched Chan in his left eye. Taleb then went over to the driver’s seat window and held Chan down as Koh punched him in the head.

Talen also joined in and punched Chan repeatedly near his right eye and his nose before choking the victim.

At about 3.50am, police officers who were nearby at the time witnessed the assault and went over to the fracas, before Taleb then stopped choking the victim – Koh had already left the scene by the time the police went over.

An employer posted on the FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum) on Facebook saying that her maid was found taking her clothes to wear and posting pictures of it on social media.

Here is what she said

Hi I would like to ask fellow employers/foreign helpers what to do and your views if helper is found to take your clothes and wear to take pictures and post online.

It is clothes that are in my personal wardrobe. Thanks in advance.

Netizens’ comments

• Have a good conversation with her madam.. although you might be feeling angry now but try to speak to her setting aside your emotion so you can both really talk properly.. letting her know you are aware of what she is doing and that you doesn’t want it… She might have a reason in doing so either acceptable or not but just try to listen to her 1st and decided afterwards if you still want to give her a chance or not…
  Not saying anything she might misunderstood that what she was doing was ok.
  I am a helper myself but I cannot just say here and scold her because everyone have a different upbringings maybe in how she grow up trying she doesn’t owned was normal to her that’s why you need to set the rule if that is so. I don’t believe that labeling her as bad or evil because of that mistake is the right thing to do either without even knowing who she really was that is why an open conversation is the best way here madam not confrontation (because confrontation is talking with all the emotions you have and it doesn’t really end the best way and we might become someone that we really are not if we let our emotion rule over us)…
  Hoping all the best for you madam and to your family
• She know but she want to show off in social media. Meaning she lost her boundaries, this is not right thing to do. Should talk to her and ask why and how she did that to you as her employer.
• For me it’s a big no. I’m a helper and I won’t do that unless my employer give me that clothes then I wear.
• Oh no thats too bad.Change helper right away maam.Thats not a good helper she doesnt know her limitations and dont know how to respect.I been in Singapore for 9 years long but never did that to any of my employer.For personal hygiene as well.Unless you give it to me quite new.If some employers are fussy some helpers are fussy too

A chain collision took place on 28 October along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) involving 5 vehicles, with 7 people sent to the hospital.

The impact of the chain collision was so great that two workers were reportedly flung out of one of the vehicles (a lorry).

A taxi driver was also sent to the hospital, along with the 6 workers inside the lorry.

Shin Min Daily News reported that the accident took place on 28 October at about 8am along the PIE, after the Changi South Avenue 3 exit.

A video emerged online showing the aftermath of the chain collision, with the bonnet of the taxi being destroyed.

A black car and a lorry were stopped by the road shoulder, with the roof of the lorry being wrecked after the accident.

The affected vehicles included a taxi, 2 lorries and 2 BMWs.

A spokesperson for ComfortDelGro said that their taxi driver had slowed to a stop after seeing the vehicles in front slowing down, but the lorry behind couldn’t stop in time and crashed into the taxi.

The SCDF confirmed the accident and said that 7 people were sent to Changi General Hospital, 6 of the victims were workers in one of the lorries, aged between 25 to 35.

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Facebook user Tariq Tariq shared how he bought tickets for the “Avatar Experience” at the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest.

He went to the flower dome first because they didn’t know where to go, before heading to the cloud forest but it was closed because of a private event, and his tickets was then voided because he entered the flower dome first.

Here is what he said

Horrible experience on the first day of opening of Avatar Experience. We had a tickets for flower dome and the cloud forest. Since we didn’t really know where to enter we went to the flower dome first but then realized this is not the Avatar part. We spent there 10min and went to cloud forest but on our surprise it was closed for public due to private event.

Hello?? It was 5.30PM and there was no prior warning from the staff at flower dome. The management could tell to the staff at the entrance to inform the visitors about this event! Also doing private event of the first opening days is a horrible idea tbh. Do it day before gosh!

What makes things worse, since we entered the flower dome, our tickets are automatically void and can’t be used on the other days.

The booking was through the Klook and we need to go through a long process to get the new ticket or a refund, if any!!

Staff at the entrance was swarmed with other guests with the same issues and the staff just didn’t have a proper answer.

Totally disappointed in such a poor management decisions!

Facebook user Alvin Wong shared how he was roped into an investment with his friend, where he ended up losing money in.

His friend borrowed $3,000 from him after the investment crashed, then stalled on payment after repaying $800, before going MIA.

Here is what he said

In January, me and a few friends are into investments and we are doing good. Hence, this friend named *name redacted* ask me for loan to help him when the investment is crashing. (TOTAL 3k).

Me myself have lost a huge sum in the investment itself, i still lend him the money.

After the loss, he claim that he doesnt have money to pay me back so i told him to take his time to return me after he transferred $800 to me.

But 5 months later, i did not receive anything from him. So i messaged him and told him to pay me intermittently at least pay me back. He agreed and started ghosting me etc.

Telling me he doesnt have money but from his IG story he have been clubbing very frequently. So i went to ask him for a deadline to return me the sum he owe me total of $2150 and see what he says.

I am seriously regretful to have helped u previously, i hope someone will be able to get back the money for me because i really need it