A man was recently sentenced to four days jail and 4 months of driving ban after he committed road rage in Jurong.

According to Today News, 35-year-old Zou Xin not only tried to stop the taxi but also drove against traffic twice in an attempt to do so.

Local media reports that the man is a Singaporean.

After he successfully blocked the Taxi driver with his Audi, he got off from his car and tried to confront the taxi driver.

The taxi driver who tried to drive off was stopped once again after the man hurl himself in front of the vehicle.

The offence of committing a rash act, punishable under Section 336(a) of the Penal Code carries an imprisonment term of up to six months, or a fine of up to $2,500, or both.

The Police have zero tolerance against acts that endanger the lives or safety of others and will not hesitate to take action against those who blatantly disregard the law. The Police would like to seek the public’s assistance to step up vigilance in our neighbourhoods and alert the Police if persons are seen committing such reckless acts.

Here are what netizens think:

• This one confirm China kia new citizen lah
• So cheap. Should hv 5 stroke rotan to wake him up
• Sometimes vehicles illegally parked on single lane and I have driven against traffic. Quite common, no? If not expect me to fly over the illegally parked vehicle?
• sometimes quite funny when lawyers try so hard to come up with reasons for mitigation but end up is rubbish excuses.
• Seems he didn’t get charged for road rage, cause no fight?
• stated as ‘Singaporean’ but likely new citizen.

The Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman for her suspected involvement in using stolen credit card information to make unauthorised transactions amounting to more than $13,000.

On 30 July 2022, the Police received a report from a victim who discovered that several unauthorised online transactions had been made with her credit card information.

Through follow-up investigations, officers from the Commercial Affairs Department established the identity of the woman and arrested her on 20 October 2022. Preliminary investigations revealed that the woman had allegedly stolen the victim’s credit card information and used it to make more than 190 unauthorised transactions. A pair of shoes, and a box of eyeshadow, which are believed to have been purchased using the victim’s credit card information, were seized as case exhibits.

The woman will be charged in court on 22 October 2022 with unauthorised access to computer materials under Section 3(1) read with Section 14 of the Computer Misuse Act 1993. The offence carries a fine not exceeding $5,000, an imprisonment term of up to two years, or both.

The Police would like to remind members of the public that unauthorised use of another person’s credit/debit card is a serious offence and take a serious view against any person who commits fraud and the perpetrators will be dealt with in accordance with the law.

The Police would like to alert members of the public to a resurgence of a variant of Government Official Impersonation scams, where scammers would impersonate officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to convince victims to transfer their monies to third party bank accounts.

In October 2022, there were at least 24 victims with total losses amounting to at least $1.5 million.  The largest sum lost by a single victim was at least $199,000.

In this scam variant:

1. Members of the public would receive calls from purported bank officers seeking confirmation if they had purchased a high value branded bag from Changi Airport with their credit card. When victim denied possessing such a credit card or making the purchase, the scammer would inform the victim that the bank would investigate the unauthorised transactions and advise the victim to lodge a police report. The victim would then be transferred to another scammer to assist the victim to lodge the report.
   
2. A second scammer would impersonate an SPF officer and direct the victim to send a Whatsapp message to begin lodging a police report. After the victim initiates contact with the second scammer via Whatsapp, they would receive an image of a forged SPF warrant card with the purported officer’s name to gain the victim’s trust. The scammer would ask the victim to provide their personal and bank details, including bank account balances and the credit card number/s, to lodge the police report. Subsequently, the scammer would send the victim a forged police report via Whatsapp. The second scammer would also inform the victim that he was linked to a financial crime investigation and was required to contact the Investigation Officer at a given contact number.
   
3. Upon contacting the third scammer masquerading as the Investigation Officer, the victim would be advised to transfer their monies into a safe account to prove their innocence. The victim would be reassured that the monies would be returned to them after 48 hours.
   
4. Victims would only realised that they had been scammed when they have contacted their bank or the Police via the official avenues to check on their cases.

POLICE STATEMENT ON INCIDENT BETWEEN POLICE COAST GUARD OFFICERS AND MALAYSIAN FISHING VESSELS IN SINGAPORE TERRITORIAL WATERS ON 23 OCTOBER 2022

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is aware of allegations circulating online about Malaysian fishermen being chased away by Police Coast Guard (PCG) officers for fishing in Malaysian Territorial Waters.

The allegations are wholly untrue. The facts of the incident are as follows.

On 23 October 2022, at about 4.00pm, PCG officers were patrolling Singapore Territorial Waters, when they spotted a group of Malaysian fishing vessels entering and exiting the live firing area of Singapore’s Territorial Waters off Lim Chu Kang.

Unauthorised vessels are strictly prohibited from entering the live firing area, for their own safety. PCG officers thus approached the Malaysian fishing vessels and used the public address system on the PCG boat to advise them to leave the live firing area in Singapore Territorial Waters.

At about 5.28pm, a few Malaysian fishing vessels approached the PCG officers, and their crew expressed unhappiness at being asked to leave the area.

Our officers explained that unauthorised vessels were prohibited from entering the area, and asked them to leave for their own safety. After a verbal exchange, the Malaysian fishing vessels returned to Malaysian Territorial Waters at about 5.37pm.

This exchange also took place entirely in Singapore Territorial Waters.

26-year-old Rishi Kumar, visited a Taoist temples at Arumugam Road a few years ago to pray for love and marriage.

His wish finally came true on 21 October 2022, when he married his 30-year-old bride Jiang at the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple.

Speaking to Shin Min Daily News in fluent Mandarin, Kumar said that he first met Jiang at a Taoist temple a few years ago and had just finished praying for love and fortune.

He then planted his joss stick, before turning around and seeing Jiang, who was working at the temple – he said that it was love at first sight and he walked over to speak to her.

The couple first met when they were in their early 20s, Kumar was 20 while Jiang was 24.

But she was hesitant about the relationship because of their age difference and felt that Kumar might be too young for her.

But Kumar didn’t give up and continued visiting the temple where she works, to pray and spend time with her – and after 5 years of perseverance, they are finally together.

They started dating last January before deciding to solemnise their marriage at the temple.