A 78-year-old former diplomat of Malaysia was arrested, along with his 53-year-old son, with the Royal Malaysian Police seizing 102 cannabis plants in his property.

The “ganja trees” were worth about RM61,200, with another 1.02kg of cannabis leaves, as well as a bottle of cannabis extract were also seized by the police.

The property in Pahang, Malaysia was raided by the RMP’s Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department at about 6pm on 21 May.

They found several rows that were believed to have been used to plant ganja, with the authorities believing that the elderly man was growing ganja on a large scale after discovering plastic nursery containers.

The police said that they found 60 cannabis trees that were planted along the boundaries behind the property and garage, with eight more tree in a tent.

The 78-year-old man tested negative for drugs, but his 53-year-old son tested positive.

The case is said to be one of the biggest seizures of ganja plants in Malaysia’s narcotics history.

The Singapore-Johor cross-border bus service, Causeway Link, will stop accepting cash payments from 1 June 2022 onwartds.

The bus service provider made the announcement via their Facebook page on 23 May, with the transition to cashless payments starting in phases, from all stations in Singapore to JB, and then Malaysian stations to Singapore.

Here is what they said on Facebook

Attention to cross-border commuters! We are transiting to Cashless effective from 1st June 2022 for service from Singapore to Malaysia. We will start by phases.

Phase 1: Start from all stations in Singapore to JB

Please prepare contactless payment mode with sufficient credits when boarding the bus.

• ManjaLink
• EZ-Link – available at stations only
• Nets – available at stations only

Learn More: https://bit.ly/3yROmza

You can purchase or top-up your ManjaLink card at any of the kiosks or ManjaLink counters now:

• Self-service Kiosk @ Kranji Mobile, Kranji MRT (7am-10pm)
• Self-service Queen Street Bus Terminal (5:30am-12:30am)
• Self-service Kiosk @ Jurong Point, JP1 Entrance next to Bossini (Opposite City Hot Pot) (6:30am-12:00am)
• JB CIQ (5am-10pm)
• JB Sentral (5am-10pm)
• Gelang Patah Terminal (9am-6pm)
• or other counters in Malaysia: https://bit.ly/3EHy6Sp

ManjaLink top-up channels:

• LUGO app: https://lugo.page.link/UrAr8
• ManjaLink website: https://bit.ly/3N04pin
• ManjaLink counters & merchants or self-service kiosk: : https://bit.ly/3N3TQL4

A Facebook user, Panacea Lim, shared how she had booked and paid for a hotel stay via Agoda for her vacation in Bali and she later found out that her booking had been cancelled, allegedly by Agoda, without informing her, after she had already booked the flight tickets and travel insurance.

Here is what she said

Hey Peeps, as school holidays are round the corner. Thought I better alert the community on Agoda’s doings, hope none of you would suffer the same stress and angst that we did. You can see further problems from them on their FB Page.

24th Feb 2022

Booked Hotel Samaya Ubud 5-Star LUXURY Hotel from 2nd to 9th May 2022. The rooms booked were TWO x 1 Bedroom Villas with Private Pool. The hotel was fully paid. Proceed on to book flight tickets and travel insurance.

22nd Apr 2022

Contacted hotel to inform that the 2nd check-in would be later in the night and to put my friends name on the hotel. Hotel revert to say that there was no booking.

24th Apr 2022

Hotel email evidence that Agoda has cancelled the booking.

24th to 25th Apr 2022

Various hotels were offered by Agoda. Agoda offered to return ONE room 4 to 5-stars hotels that are old looking.

25th Apr 2022

I emailed Agoda stating facts and that offers in compensation were not equivalent in quality and units to what we have booked.

26th Apr 2022

Found time to sit down and choose my own hotel that are of fair comparison. I was shocked to see that the hotel I booked for was at least available from the 3rd to 9th. I quickly called Agoda again to tell them to look into the system. Asked them if there is an error why they did not re-book me back since it is available.

Their reason was that they wanted customers to have a good experience so they try not to split into 2 different hotels. Told them I will give them permission to split. And they have to quickly book the 3rd to 9th at Samaya Ubud and 2nd to 3rdI gave them 3 alternative hotels.

27th Apr 2022 @ 0950am

Received email from Agoda to accept what they have offered as ‘unfortunately’ the hotels I want are fully booked.

27th Apr 2022 @ 420pm

At that point, when I logged in to Agoda again. The hotels were available and asking me for payment. And even allowed me to transact as it had gone into the payment page. As per pics here with date and time stamp.

5th May 2022

They deny tilled the end and blamed it on hotel, not knowing that I had the evidence of their cancellation on hand. Got accommodation back for Jul, had a lot of stress and mess to clear up on our end. Work, re-scheduling, insurance, unpacking and such. So never again with Agoda group of companies.

More Than $130,000 Worth of Electronic Vaporisers and Components Seized at Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoints

            On 9 and 13 May 2022, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoints detected a total of 3,200 electronic vaporisers (e-vaporisers) and more than 17,000 e-vaporiser related components concealed in various compartments of three arriving Malaysia-registered lorries.  The estimated street value of the seized e-vaporisers and components is estimated to be more than $130,000. Please refer to the Annex for photos of the items seized.

Details of the cases

2.          On 9 May, ICA officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 8,520 pieces of e-vaporiser refill pods into Singapore via a Malaysia-registered lorry transporting precast concrete. Officers at Tuas Checkpoint directed the lorry for further checks and uncovered the e-vaporisers refill pods underneath a make-shift bed in the vehicle’s cabin.

3.          On 13 May, ICA officers foiled another two attempts to smuggle disposable e-vaporisers and e-vaporiser refill pods into Singapore via two Malaysia-registered lorries. In the first case, officers at Tuas Checkpoint found black bags disguised as a make-shift bed in the vehicle’s cabin and uncovered a total of 3,200 pieces of disposable e-vaporisers and 6,000 e-vaporiser refill pods. In the second case, officers at Woodlands Checkpoint uncovered several bundles of black trash bags concealed underneath the driver’s seat and on top of the vehicle’s cabin and found a total of 2,700 pieces of e-vaporiser refill pods.

4.          All three cases were referred to HSA for further investigation. Four Malaysian male subjects between the age of 27 and 52 years old are currently assisting HSA in the investigation.

Seven such cases detected since April

5.          From 1 April 2022 to date, seven cases involving the smuggling of e-vaporisers and related components in Malaysia-registered lorries have been detected by ICA at the checkpoints. Two of the Malaysian males involved in one of the cases were convicted in Court on 12 April 2022 and sentenced to one week of imprisonment and a fine of $1,500. The remaining six cases are pending investigations or court actions.

Penalties for such offences in Singapore

6.          HSA would like to remind the public that the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act prohibits the import, distribution, sale or offer for sale of harmful or imitation tobacco products. These include shisha tobacco, smokeless tobacco, chewing tobacco such as Gutkha, Khaini, Zarda, e-vaporisers and their accessories. HSA takes a serious view of such cases and will take prosecution actions against such offenders. Any person convicted of an offence is liable to a fine of up to $10,000, or imprisonment of up to six months or both for the first offence, and a fine of up to $20,000, or imprisonment of up to 12 months or both for the second or subsequent offence. All prohibited tobacco items will be seized and confiscated.

Consumer advisory

7.          The purchase, use and possession of e-vaporisers is prohibited. Information pertaining to prohibited tobacco products in Singapore is available on the HSA website and more details about the harms of e-vaporisers can be found in this HealthHub article.

8.          Members of the public who have information on the illegal import, distribution, sale or offer for sale of e-vaporisers can submit a report conveniently using the online form at www.go.gov.sg/reporttobaccooffences.  Alternatively, they can contact HSA’s Tobacco Regulation Branch at Tel: 6684 2036 or 6684 2037 during office hours (9:00am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday).

9.          Safeguarding Singapore’s borders is the top priority for ICA. Similar concealment methods may also be used by terrorists to smuggle security items into Singapore. ICA will continue to conduct security checks to detect and deter smuggling attempts, to keep Singapore safe.

IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY
HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY
25 MAY 2022

At Yishun North point, a woman was seen shouting and “promoting” her complaints to passersby over a pot.

She was seen being unhappy and continuously screaming till someone from the higher floors took notice of her and took a video (Yes that’s the volume).

This triggered the return of “Yishun again” on Instagram with a few netizens saying:

• It’s okay normal day in Yishun

• Is there dishes in the pot😂 tat she brought from her she?

• Typical Yishun resident

• Normal lah, Yishun all the siao lang stay there one
• Yishun again

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