A video of a man hanging from an HDB void deck ceiling went viral on April 25. The man was seen struggling at a vent of a block located at Pasir Ris HDB and the Police were seen trying to catch the man.

The man hanged at the ceiling and shouted which attracted the attention of passersby.

The incident was captured on video.

Arrest and Charged

According to 8World news, the man has been identified as 45-year-old Muhammed Nazir Bin Ahmad and he was arrested at Pasir Ris Drive 6, Block 469 on April 23.

He allegedly used a pair of scissors and knock on the windows of a unit along the block’s corridors.

If the man is guilty of public nuisance he can be jailed up to 3 months and/or fine up to S$2,000.

A Facebook user, Siti Mariam, shared an incident about how she was molested at Sheng Siong outlet last Friday.

The incident happened at a Sheng Siong outlet at Bukit Batok West, on 21 April at about 4.15pm.

Here is what she said

Fight or flight.

I WAS MOLESTED YESTERDAY.

Hilman and I went to Sheng Shiong near our place to get some ingredients for Krispy treats and lontong goreng. So we were walking down the aisle picking up items happily because there was no crowd. Then we went to dry goods area because I remembered I’m out of dried shrimps. Hilman went straight to the candy aisle, while I stood there contemplating between 2 packets with different prices.

Suddenly, I felt a hand cupped and brushed up my butt. Like an intentional caress that lasted for a good 2 seconds. At first I thought it was Hilman so I turned to warn him. Lo and behold, I turned to face an old apek, botak, slightly shorter than me, grinning back at me. He was wearing a mask but I could see his crow lines scrunched up distinctively.

I shouted “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” and instinctively brought up my hand to slap him. But my hand hit his phone on the way up and I managed to stop myself before I brutally murder him with my daun sop (chinese celery). I then bellowed at the top of my lungs “you better stay where you are, I’m calling the police!” He looked kinda shocked at my big reaction and move away from me quickly. He briskly walked along the aisles, trying to get away. I chased him, while again shouting to tell him to stop. At one point, I even said “Someone help me stop him PLEASE. He molested me!!!”

Now, the exit was still further away and I was still screaming like mad, following him and dialling 999 at the same time. At this point, everybody just looked at me, confused. The whole store went silent but nobody helped. In the midst of talking to the police (we were near the entrance), I grabbed the apek by his back collar, telling him to stop. Mind you, I was still holding my shopping items (without a basket), with the phone sandwiched between my ear and shoulder, while grabbing him. The urge to punch him there and then, was oh so intense. I was angry, at him and at the fact that nobody tried to help or even asked what’s going on. I didn’t even care that I was fasting (we cannot get angry you see?). In my mind, I just wanted to get him real good.

He managed to squirm free and I screamed at a lady staff at the entrance to stop him. She panicked and tried to stop him even though she didn’t know what was going on. The apek continued walking to the carpark at the side and I lost sight of him. I stopped at the entrance (because I was holding unpaid items) and continued talking to the police, providing details. Just then, 2 Sheng Shiong staff sprinted past me, disappeared around the corner and came back with that apek. They brought him back to the store, into their office.

I went to the cashier to pay for my items and only then I realised my hands were shaking, while trying to slot the note in. The machine spitted it out twice and the cashier had to help me. Then Hilman and I just waited there for the police to arrive. I hugged Hilman close and he whispered, “My legs are shaking, Mama”. I reassured him that it was over, my anger creeping back up and cursing that apek under my breath. You got the wrong person today, Apek.

SO, to cut this already long story shorter, Apek got arrested. He is 66 years old. No priors (more like didn’t get caught before ah!) He admitted that he felt like molesting today, and so he did. CCTV showed his actions very clearly. It also showed very clearly of me trying to strike him. Ooops. Natural instinct OK?

Now, why do I tell my story? Firstly, I wish to commend the 3 Sheng Shiong staff at 154A Bukit Batok West Ave 8 who finally realised what was going on and rushed to help at that last min. I caught the name of one of them, a Mr Ho Ann Onnn (hopefully I got the name right). Without their help, the Apek would have gotten away with just a literal slap on the wrist by me, and a slightly torn collar (also by me).

Most importantly, my experience serves a reminder that it can happen to anyone, any gender, any age. If this happens to you (I pray hard it doesn’t), please do not stay quiet and pass it off as “he accidentally touched me, and I’m not hurt”. You don’t have to get all violent and crazy like me lah, but just make sure that the culprit gets caught. You don’t have to confront him yourself if you’re not comfortable but just tell someone. Culprit will definitely do it to others too if gets away every time.

AND please do not ask me what I was wearing at the time of incident if you do not wish a death by dried shrimps down your throat. AND if you happen to witness or be around a similar incident, please for the love of God, render some kind of help. Or ask if I’m ok? Was I hurt? Why was I screaming like mad? Nobody screams for no reason you know, unless I have a loose screw somewhere. Just ask. But don’t ask me which aisle I got that daun sop from ah.

P/s: I’m ok. Really. Hilman too. I talked to him about bad touch safe touch. I had fever last night for awhile maybe out of shock. Felt a little better after talking to the IO. She reassured me that wanting to hit him immediately was a normal reaction but not many can do that. Sadly most victims will just walk away.

So fight or flight? Fight. Definitely fight.

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A cafe situated at Orchard Central has come under scrutiny by netizens for their no-holds barred responses to negative reviews left by unhappy patrons on Google Reviews.

The netizen who shared about the cafe, said:

“Making plans for brunch when I came across this establishment.

4.7 Star rating on Google maps, one of the highest in the entire Orchard Road stretch. Sounds good. Right? Wrong. Apparently the business owner is incentivizing 5 star reviews by offering free gifts on the next visit for showing proof of having written a 5-star review.

You might be thinking that’s quite ‘normal’ and I say to that, fair point. However, the abhorrent nature of the business owner appears when looking at the bad reviews (1-star and 2-stars).

Whenever a negative review is received, the reviewer is pelted with insults, name-calling, name-and-shame tactics and even doxxing in the case of one customer where the business owner thinks that it is in good nature to write a scathing complaint to her employer. Another customer has their marriage called out just because of a 1-star review. Wow!

You never know when you’ll be at their mercy as a customer, look at them the wrong way and the CEO or HR of the company you work at could be receiving a nasty slandering email, or maybe they’re even keeping footage and payment/reservation/contact information not-in-line with PDPA practices just ready to blackmail and extort their customers.

Obviously not going to dine at a place where ethics do not exist and underhanded and disgusting tactics are employed by the business owners to inflate their review score.

Here are some of their responses

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam is a name which is often seen in recent news of his mother and various groups trying to halt his execution after he was caught in drug trafficking.

Despite concerted efforts at appealing the decision, his death sentence is has been carried out earlier today (April 27).

Execution confirmed

Earlier today, Reuters reported that Nagaenthran’s brother has confirmed that the execution has been done.

His wake is currently held at 38 Sin Min Drive.

The funeral will then be completed by 4 PM today and repatriated back to his home town at Ipoh, Malaysia.

Background:

He was convicted back in November 2010 after he was caught with a number of drugs strapped to his body.

An appeal for his sentencing was made in 2011 and 2017 but both appeals were dismissed by the court.

In 2019, an appeal was made again and even a letter was written to the president but it was not successful.

The news hit international media outlets such as BBC as the man was had intellectual disability.

The man who was seen stuck and hanging upside down inside a vent on the ceiling of a HDB void deck in Pasir Ris, has since been charged with public nuisance.

According to 8world, the man is 45-year-old Muhammad Nazir Bin Ahmad, and he was arrested at Block 469 Pasir Ris Drive 6 on 23 April, at about 11.26pm.

He was arrested for allegedly using a pair of scissors to knock on a window along the corridor, causing a nuisance to the public.

In the video that was shared online on 25 April, the man was seen writhing while stuck halfway inside the vent and dangling upside down.

It is unclear how he managed to get himself into the vent or where he crawled from, and he was heard shouting as a group of police officers gathered around the bootleg Spider-Man.

For public nuisance, Nazir faces a fine of up to $2,000 and/or a jail term of up to 3 months if he is found guilty.

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With Hari Raya coming people are prepared to have a feast, A woman witnessed a scene at FairPrice after a elderly couple were confused if the products were Halal as they wanted to give to their Neighbours for Hari Raya.

Here is the story:

Today at NTUC FairPrice I overheard an elderly Chinese couple discussing whether certain chocolates were halal. The discussion turned mildly heated and finally the wife turned to a young Malay man and asked really nicely… “Boy, are these halal?” The young man was a little startled and the lady continued, “Hari Raya is coming and I want to buy for my Malay neighbour but we don’t know how to see if these are ok.

Says it’s made in Malaysia but means it’s halal or not?”

I smiled, hearing that. It warms my heart not just because they wanted to gift their neighbour something but they were sincere enough to want to get it right. Though it seems like common knowledge that most people would know but it’s really nice that they bothered to ask when they didn’t because they respected their neighbour’s beliefs.

It was clear the young man felt the same because he smiled (can tell from his eyes) and he helped them go through a few options and pick out the chocolate. The elderly couple thanked him profusely and praised him for being a nice man. So nice to witness such a lovely scene today