It was previously reported that a customer allegedly picked up $334.50 worth of seafood from a seafood restaurant The Morning Catch Seafood at New Industrial Road, without paying.
However, it has since been revealed that the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and the owner of the restaurant has since reached out to the customer to apologise, after damaging his reputation.
What happened?
Speaking to 8 World News, the boss of The Morning Catch Seafood, Serene Qin, said that a new staff member had apparently misheard the regular customer’s name; he heard “Jia” instead of the man’s actual name “Jiang”.
Jiang picked up $334.50 worth of seafood and said that he would pay the bill later, and added that he knows the owner.
Jiang actually knows the owner, and apparently recognised most of the staff at the restaurant, but was not familiar with the staff who had misheard his name.
That particular staff member had only started working at the eatery for less than a month, and the misunderstanding came about after the new staff noted Jiang’s name as Jia, which Qin didn’t recognise.
Her husband, Desmond Lim, then shared photos of the customer’s car and bill online, and lodged a police report.
Customer responds
Jiang posted about the incident on Facebook after it blew up on social media, and Qin then saw his response to the incident.
She felt bad and wanted to apologise for the misunderstanding, and she understood why Jiang was upset at having his reputation damaged.
Lim’s post on Facebook was then taken down and Jiang has also since made full payment for the seafood.
Recap
The boss of a seafood restaurant The Morning Catch Seafood at New Industrial Road, spoke to Shin Min Daily News about how a man ordered $334.50 worth of seafood and left without paying.
The incident happened on 19 September at about 7.50pm.
The boss of the restaurant, shared that she was not around on the day of the incident but heard about what happened from her workers.
The customer known only as Mr Jia, had ordered 3 lobsters, 9 mantis shrimp, 9 abalones and 1kg of red flower crab, with the final charges being $334.50.
Jia then told them that he knew their boss personally and would transfer the money to her, and the employee who was writing the bill tried to get his contact details but the man left in a hurry, saying that he was “in a rush”.
The worker only managed to get a photo of his car, as the man drove away.
A police report has since been lodged by the owner after 5 days and the police confirmed that they are investigating.
41-year-old Abe Hidenori, was sentenced to 6 weeks imprisonment on 30 September after pleading guilty to one count of voyeurism.
He had taken an upskirt video of a woman at a Clementi Mall supermarket earlier this year.
What happened?
The victim was at The Clementi Mall on 25 February earlier this year shopping for groceries, when she suddenly felt something touch her.
She then turned around and say Abe walking away with a shopping basket in hand, and she noticed that there was a phone in the corner of his basket.
She started suspecting that he had taken an upskirt video of her with the phone, and she told her husband about what happened.
The police were informed and Abe was later identified, before later admitting to the police about his misdeeds.
He said that he had spotted the victim wearing a skirt, and decided to record a video of her under her skirt by placing his phone camera in his shopping basket and facing it upwards.
He said that it was not his first time taking such videos, and that he had done it before because he was feeling stressed in his jib.
Formula 1 racer Lando Norris was in Singapore ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend, and he had apparently boarded a Singapore taxi and had something to say about our taxi driver’s driving skills.
Posting onto his Instagram stories, Norris shared a photo of his taxi driver and captioned it: “My taxi drivers need to learn what ‘control over his feet’ is.”
He added: “Got whiplash from his braking and extremely sudden throttle technique.”
However, Norris appeared to be enjoying his taxi ride with the uncle despite his “whiplash”, as he posted a video of the taxi’s decorative shot glasses on the dashboard, captioning it “got it all”.
Netizens’ comments
NO BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY BREAK ALL OF A SUDDEN
If an f1 driver can’t take it too… it’s not us it’s themmmm
I thought I’m the only one who getting nauseous all the time taking cab
It’s always the old uncles bruh! Especially those who drive Comfort or ex comfort drivers
Even driving behind them is scary. Dk their brake is real one or not. Every 2s brake 🫣
AND WHEN THEY JUST RANDOMLY break and throttle on a very smooth flowing highway i don’t get it……..
was on the highway when I nearly crashed because the taxi driver suddenly jam braked
Not but just taxi drivers but also many middle-aged private hire drivers. Can’t understand why they keep throttling every 5 seconds and brake so hard
A tree that measures about 6 storey tall, was uprooted during a heavy downpour and fell onto a Mercedes that was parked nearby, completely crushing the unfortunate vehicle.
The tree also narrowly missed an elderly woman who was passing by at the time, but no injuries were reported in the incident.
The incident happened on the morning of 29 September, at the open carpark near Block 256 Tampines Street 21, according to Shin Min Daily News.
The 6-storey tall tree, got uprooted during the rain and fell onto the carpark, taking up at least 4 of the parking lots.
A Mercedes that was parked near the tree, was completely crushed by it, with the thick branches of the tree almost flattening the roof of the car.
The rear windshield of the car also caved in, with the windows shattering and the doors of the car bent so badly that it became almost unrecognisable.
Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and the seven Police Land Divisions conducted a two-week operation between 16 and 29 September 2022. A total of 213 men and 99 women, aged between 16 and 78, 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 1,175 cases of scams, comprising mainly internet love scams, loan scams, bank phishing scams, business email compromise scams, Government and China Officials impersonation scams, where victims reportedly lost over $15.7 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 30 September 2022 @ 10:58 AM
The infamous busker at The Cathay, Jeff Ng, who had allegations of his self-entitled behaviour leveled against him by the public and industry insiders, is back.
He previously kept a low profile after the emergence of the numerous allegations against him, citing the rise of covid cases for his shows’ cancellations.
Ng made an announcement on his Instagram that he will be back singing outside The Cathay “with each and everyone of you”.
Jeff Ng’s announcement on Instagram
It’s been awhile since I have busk on the streets! 🥹 I really missed those days singing with each and everyone of you outside cathay! 🥰
I will be back at the cathay tomorrow (Friday 30/09) 7.30pm where I will be bringing 2.5 hours of your song dedications & also my new originals too! See you there!
Facebook user, Candy Mei Cui, who is apparently the admin of Cathay busker Jeff Ng’s fan club (FC), shared in a lengthy Facebook post about how she got “pulled down” because she supports other singers that he hates.
Ng allegedly told her that “if you really supporting me, then stop supporting other singers,” he added “your Instagram stories only can post my things”.
Confronted fan for unfollowing him on IG
A netizen shared a conversation he/she had with the maligned busker, with the latter confronting the netizen for unfollowing him.
Ng asked the netizen why did he unfollow him, and asked him to “tell me the truth”.
Ng then went to the netizen’s Instagram profile and cited his bio, saying that he “hates liars too” and asked the netizen “are you a liar?”.
The netizen then told him that he unfollowed him because he wants to, and added that ‘personally I don’t even know you?”
To which Ng then replied “then why you follow me at first?
Called out for being “entitled”
A Facebook post by a local musician, Khim Ng, emerged online, exposing Cathay busker Jeff Ng for allegedly being “entitled”, according to AsiaOne.
Here is what the musician said
Disclaimer alert : My post stands here as an opinion of mine. You can agree to disagree. Also, I did not post in any TIKTOK OR FORUM. Just in case , cos some tiktok fella linked me Imao.
This Jeff Ng thing is so perplexing . Especially for people in the industry.
I sincerely wanna feel happy for him for getting his ” Respected Moment” n quick fame from busking. ( Gotta credit him for his hardwork in his craft, not to the extend of self proclaimed 0 but good enough to survive and do well.)
But then again all of us that “knows him” also can’t stand his DIVA and entitled attitude in the music and live bar gigs industry. Talent is 1 thing, but work Ethics , self awareness and attitude to ANYONE AND EVERYONE is EVERYTHING to survive.
If he succeeds as an artiste, GOOD for him.
But 1 thing for sure, no major LIVE BAR outlets will dare to hire him. Because up till now, he still doesn’t understand that, people go the bars with livemusic to ENJOY and PARTY with your music and their company of friends, not to WATCH UR CONCERT QUIETLY. They paid to enjoy.
Apparently he still SCOLDS patrons for “making noise” during his sets. ( evidently) I mean, there’s no entitlement for any of us that’s been in the scene LONGER than him to behave this way. So why should he be?
Bar owners will understand, as entertainers, our customer’s fun and pleasure is our priority. Maybe the Busking scene does suits him cos its not a bar setting and no one is intoxicated with alcohol to “misbehave”. And he deserves that love received with the right setting he is comfortable in. Kudos to that.
Will he succeed? If he does, good for him. If he doesn’t, he brought it upon himself. No matter how he and his “fans” wanna help him delete n report negative comments(which are NOT UNTRUE), his bad behaviour be it in the past or now will come back and bite him again n again if he doesn’t change or apologise.
Well….. what a guy… And all the best.
Allegedly sabotaged friends’ flight tickets, left them stranded in Taiwan
Another local musican, Ariane Goh, shared about how she was with 2 of her friends in Taiwan verifying their check in details at the airport for their flight back to Singapore, when they were told that their return flight dates were changed, and authorised by another passenger under the same itinerary.
The itinerary had 4 passengers listed on it, with 3 of them being present at the airport, and the 4th being a man named “Jeff Ng” who cancelled his trip with them due to personal reasons.
The tickets under the group’s name were changed except for Jeff’s, and his ex-girlfriend then told them that he had changed all of their return flights by “accident” while making changes to his own return flight.
The netizen then questioned his motives, asking “Why would you change your return ticket when you did not even depart in the first place?” Seemingly insinuating an attempt at sabotage.
Some netizens have claimed that the Jeff Ng from this incident is the Cathay busker, who was earlier exposed by his ex-girlfriend for being the “worst person” she has ever met.
Here is the netizen’s post
To those who are concerned, I have touched down safely in Singapore at 1am after what is possibly the worst that can happen to anyone of us. Thank you to all who has raised your concerns and to friends who even came down to pick us up at the airport. I speak on behalf 2 of my friends who were on flight with me.
As we were verifying our check in details at the counter enroute for our flight back to Singapore on 29/8, we were told by the counter staff that our return flight dates were changed from 29/8 to 24/8, 2 days after our departure flight date, authorized by a passenger under the same itinerary.
The itinerary had 4 passengers listed, with 3 of us present at Taoyuan International Airport. The other passenger was Jeff Ng, who chose to cancel his trip with us due to personal reasons. We then found out through a phone conversation with the Jetstar customer reprentative from Singapore that a transaction of SGD200 was even made for the above change and changes were made on our day of departure, 22/8 while we were on the flight to Taipei, with no wifi access on board.
We were told that only tickets under our names, excluding Jeff Ng’s were changed. Mistake? Coincidence? I really doubt so.
We were left stranded and panicking for a good amount of time at the airport under tremendous emotional stress before deciding to purchase return flight tickets on the same flight at a hefty sum.
I was then told by his ex girlfriend who confronted Jeff Ng that he made changes to all of our return flights by accident while making changes to his own return flight. Question: Why would you change your return ticket when you did not even depart in the first place? Then again, you did not even make any changes to your flight, did you?
Thanks to this girl, our money was reimbursed by Jeff Ng almost immediately upon touch down. Then again, SGD1800 is nothing as compared to the pain and the emotional rollercoaster that we had to face in the last 6.5hours, rushing from counter to counter and from gate to gate.
As much as I am trying to keep this post as ‘a matter of fact’ post, I have to say that I am utterly ashamed that I was once kind and patient to someone like that. Getting back at me this way for helping your ex girlfriend move on from you is definitely creative.
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UPDATE (30/8, 7.50pm): We called Jetstar this afternoon to try to retrieve the transaction history. According to another Jetstar customer representative, it was certain that Jeff Ng made the change of all of our return flights, including his, on our departure flight date on 22/8 at 6am. Our departure flight was scheduled at 7am, where he had no intentions to fly that morning as his final decision was made known to his ex girlfriend through a phone conversation at 6.14am.
Though we have some clearing to do with Jetstar as to why their information provided from the same branch can be vastly different, we still question the motive behind the change of return flight dates to 2 days after the departure flight date made by Jeff Ng 15 minutes before check in closes, especially when he does not have the intention to fly.
I really would like to believe that it was an accident that 3 of our return flights were changed along with his, but logic tells me that it is not possible with all the supporting proof we have from reliable sources.
Unhappy with fans chatting in his stream, threatened to leave
Ng was apparently not happy with fans for chatting during his online performance, and threatened to leave the stream if they don’t leave.
Want to chat? Can, but wait until my broadcast ends.
He told the fans who were chatting, “it’s okay if you don’t want to leave, I’ll leave. After this song I will leave in one minute. I can rest also, very good.”
“I can forego my income from this, slowly, take your time (to chat), really, I’m okay with it.”
“But Niu Niu (one of the girls chatting) I’m not doing this on purpose, it’s just that just nice she (the other netizen chatting) is talking to you.”
“I know you usually come to listen to songs, listening to songs is okay but try not to chat during my songs.”
“If you want to chat? can. wait until my broadcast ends, then you can do whatever you want. It’s up to you, your choice.”
“I’m okay with it, I have no problem, I can just leave and forego the money from this stream. You can chat all you want but you are only sabo-ing others who want to listen to the songs.”
kthxbye
Ng then abruptly leaves the stream, saying that he won’t be taking money for the month, before telling his fans “bye bye”.
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Other allegations emerged
Ng also purportedly wrote a lengthy Facebook post, blasting the sound crew following a performance at the Esplanade Concourse.
He described the sound crew as the “worst” and said that it will be his last time performing there “even if I make it big one day”, before adding “unless they can guarantee they tour me around and give me the best sound”.
Facebook user Yu Jing shared how she ordered an iPhone 13 Pro Max from Lazada for $1,624.49, and when she received her parcel, found that it was an empty box with no iPhone inside.
The couple then contacted Lazada and Speedpost, as well as lodging a police report about the incident, before retrieving CCTV footage of the delivery person via their neighbour’s CCTV.
The netizen also added that the wrapper of her parcel was allegedly torn internally before it was rewrapped again.
Here is what she said
**URGENT**
On 27th September 2022 around 3:15pm I received my expected parcel that ordered from lazada, item is an iPhone 13 Pro Max which amounted S$1624.49.
The moment I received and open the package/wrapper I received an empty box with no iPhone inside.
My husband and I have contacted Lazada and Speedpost about this matter, at the same time we also called for Singapore Police Force police assistance and made a police report.
We also retrieve a cctv footage from our neighbor, we able to a capture the delivery person face.
Anyone able to ID the delivery woman and ask her to please contact my husband ASAP
*The wrapper was torn internally before it rewrapped again
She said that she was charged for “achar”, “peanuts” and paper “towels” when she didn’t order them, as well as a service charge of 10%.
She then asked if the restaurant took them for gullible customers just because they are not locals, and netizens were quick to respond and inform her that this is a common practice in Singapore and if she didn’t want the condimets or towels, she is free to refuse them and they will be taken off the bill.
Here is what she said
Hi! I just move to SG two months ago and I went to this restaurant *restaurant name redacted* at Chinatown Point with my hubby on mid-autumn festival.
As the photo attached. This place charged you food you didn’t order and even towel!! They put these on the table without saying they’re chargeable.
They added all these in the total price and then charge you10% of service charge!!
Is it because we are not local or regular so they think we are gullible customers?
Netizens’ comments
Actually, this is normal practice and usually stated in the menu. If you dont want the condiments and wet towel, you are free to refuse
This is normal practice, you can take it or refuse it.
It is a common practice here in Singapore.
Is normal here la, if u dnt want tell them take away if not will be charge.
Everywhere mostly practice the same like Malaysia … if u go to a restaurant…u need to tell the cashier if u need not use the hand towel or face towel ..they will offset it.
A worker was stranded on a gondola that was stuck between the 8th and 9th storey of a HDB building at Block 104 Teck Whye Lane on 30 September at about 5.30pm.
The SCDF was activated for a height rescue, with officers from the Disaster Assitance and Rescue Team (DART) being activated to rescue the stranded worker.
SCDF’s statement on Facebook
[Height Rescue Operation @ 104 Teck Whye Lane]
At about 5:30 p.m. today (30 Sep), SCDF was activated for a height rescue incident involving a worker who was stranded on a gondola between the 8th and 9th floor at the abovementioned location.
SCDF firefighters from Bukit Batok Fire Station were the first to arrive and proceeded to the rooftop to assess the gondola’s stability and the condition of the worker on the gondola.
Specialists from the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) also responded and set up a lowering system from the rooftop to allow two DART specialists to descend to the gondola. The worker was then secured to a DART specialist with a body harness and safely lowered to the ground.
The worker was assessed by an SCDF paramedic at the site. There were no visible injuries and the worker refused conveyance to the hospital.
A video emerged online showing an errant cyclist cycling on the road and blatantly going against the flow of traffic.
He was almost hit by a car but the alert camcar driver managed to stop the car just in time to avoid a collision, as the errant cyclist then got upset and berated the driver.
The incident happened on 23 September at about 7.30am, along West Coast Vale.
Here is what the netizen said
cyclist tried to ride onto the road against the flow of traffic and raged at motorist despite having stopped a safe distance away from the crossing.
Cyclist refused to move aside and continued to block the road for an extended period of time while shouting.
Netizens’ comments
if i am his son or granddaughter, i will feel ashamed that he did this.. Go against traffic and fail to push the bike when crossing the road, no helmet even…
Ah Pek rushing to hand in nric, can just fulfill his wish for him mah. Now he gg to bother someone else
this kind of people always think they are right.. then just let them be.. until they really get into accident then they will know they are in the wrong when they cant claim anything.. so drivers on the road just be careful..
just because your on a bicycle and no traffic does not mean you can break the law same rules same rights and you must follow them
