As of 25 September 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 1,443 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore, with 1,053 in the community, 371 in the migrant worker dormitories and 19 imported cases.
Case 71506
A 62 year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 25 September 2021. He tested positive for COVID-19 infection on 6 September. He had been partially vaccinated against COVID-19, and had a history of diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipaemia.
Case 72277
A 71 year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 24 September 2021. He tested positive for COVID-19 infection on 8 September. He had been vaccinated against COVID-19, and had a history of atrial fibrillation, thyrotoxicosis and hyperlipaemia which, together with his advanced age, made him more susceptible to severe illness.
Case 76462
A 71 year-old female Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 25 September 2021. She tested positive for COVID-19 infection on 14 September. She had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, and had a history of diabetes, end stage renal failure, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.
According to the Singapore Police Force, a man ang two women were arrested earlier today for using a fake SGD$10,000 banknote.
The man presented the note to a bank located at Block 449 Clementi Avenue 3 and asked the teller to change it to smaller denomination notes.
However, the bank staff was able to recognize that the note is not real and called the Police.
Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) arrested a 58-year-old man along with two women aged 37 and 33 who are believed to be an accomplice of the crime.
The Police seized the fake bank note, red packet and a fake document that supposedly issued by the Singapore Monetary Authority..
Forgers or counterfeiters of cash or bank notes, as well as those who use counterfeit currency notes as real, risk up to 20 years in prison and a fine.
Having forged or counterfeit cash or bank notes is punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine.
A netizen was frustrated after seeing a bunch of elderly men gathering and drinking the public at night.
None of the men was wearing a mask. In one of the photos there were at least 7 men.
Here is what the netizen said:
Singapore Covid cases hit new high with elderly most at risk. Elderly men often gather here especially late night to drink beer bought from coffee shop or minimart and chat, sometimes play loud music.
Some never wear mask or wear mask properly for long time. New potential cluster.
Ang Mo Kio Block 347.
The law
For non-compliance with safe management measures under the COVID-19 offenders may be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$10,000, or both.
If they are caught by the Police for not wearing a mask or not wearing a mask properly they can be charged under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
Penalties include a fine of up to SGD$10,000 and jailed for up to six months.
A case of vandalism was reported to the police at Blk 141 Yishun Ring Road at 1.55pm on September 23, 2021.
According to preliminary investigations, the 50-year-old man reportedly spray paint on the walls of Chong Pang Neighbourhood Police Station (NPP). The NPP is one of the revamped NPPs that offers people 24-hour access to police services through self-help kiosks.
The individual was detained for vandalism as well as alleged possession and use of prohibited substances. The police inquiry is still underway. The guy will be held in custody until further investigation, and police will seek a court order to transfer him for psychiatric evaluation.
The man will be prosecuted with vandalism under Section 3 of the Vandalism Act. Vandalism entails a sentence of up to three years in jail, as well as a fine and caning with no fewer than three and no more than eight strokes.
In the course of 3 years, 23-year-old Colin Chua Yi Jin was convicted of insulting a woman’s modesty by filming 12 women.
In court, Chua pleaded guilty and admitted after facing 7 counts of insulting a woman’s modesty and one of possessing obscene videos. Initially, there was a gag order which was used to protect the identity of the victims.
But 11 of the victims all wanted the gag order removed and the perpetrator behind the films was exposed.
A string of offences 2015 – 2019
Filmed 18-year-old JC student showering in a hotel room at a hotel party, so footage later got viral and the woman was informed by the principal about it. The footage lasted 14 minutes.
In 2016, Filmed a 19-year-old woman who was using Chua’s toilet during a Christmas gathering.
In 2018 filmed two other woman urinating in his home at another party.
Filmed a student at a university in UK, offered the victim a tour of the school and when she was using the toilet, Chua filmed her urinating.
His home was eventually raided by the Police and they found over 16 videos and another 124 upskirt footage in his possession.
A four-day anti-scam enforcement operation was conducted from September 20 to 23, 2021, which lead to the arrest of 71 people, ranging in age from 16 to 62.
Victims of job scams usually reply to job ads for quick cash on social media platforms and chat applications. Scammers would then urge victims to place orders for products on online platforms in order to increase sales on those platforms, ranging from low-cost to higher-cost items.
The job scam will mislead victims telling them to transfer money to various bank accounts promising returns with a bonus cash.
Selling bank account and Singpass
Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and seven SPF Land Divisions conducted simultaneous island-wide operations over the course of four days, arresting 59 males and 12 women. 62 of them are being investigated for allegedly selling their bank accounts and SingPass passwords to criminal syndicates in order to open new bank accounts, in some cases for as much as $1,500 per bank account sold.
Some of them are also suspected of renting out their bank accounts to con artists or assisting them with bank transfers and withdrawals.
29 charged in court so far
Separately, 22 men and seven women were prosecuted in court on September 24, 2021, for various offenses related to money mule activities. Cheating, money laundering, enabling unauthorised access to computer data, and operating an unregistered payment service firm are among the offenses.
These 29 people are accused of giving criminal gangs access to their own bank accounts, as well as other people’s bank accounts in certain circumstances. Some of them are suspected of defrauding banks into opening bank accounts so that they may give over bank ATM cards and iBanking PINs to criminal syndicates.
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Punishments
The offence of cheating under section 417 of the Penal Code carries an imprisonment term of up to three years and a fine.
The offence of money laundering under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act carries imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, a fine not exceeding $500,000, or both.
The offence of facilitating unauthorised access to computer material carries an imprisonment term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
The offence of carrying on an unlicensed business of providing payment service under Section 5 of the Payment Services Act 2019 carries a fine not exceeding $125,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both.
A woman shared how she had been dating a Malaysian guy for almost 2 years, and that she “truly loves him”.
But he is currently stuck in Malaysia due to the pandemic and they can’t meet, and she is thinking about meeting someone else physically.
Here is the story:
“hi there,
I’ve been dating my bf since covid started (almost 2 yrs) but he’s from msia.
at first it was all lovey dovey – honeymoon phase but recent months i’m feeling just worn out and sad that we are still unable to meet in person due to obvious reasons.
i’ve been thinking of looking for someone else that i’m able to physically meet instead.
i truely love him and i know he genuinely cares for me too.
should i keep waiting, playing the long game and never knowing when we’ll ever meet?”
Two men armed with a knife threatened 4 masseuses with the weapon and asked for money. They managed to robbed SGD$1,000 and later escaped to Toa Payoh.
The Police were alerted and they were arrested within 5 hours.
37-year-old Gih Soon Kim was charged earlier today(Sep 25) for armed robbery. The charge stated that he was involved in a robbery with his accomplice 42-year-old Angelo Huang Ze Jiang at a commercial unit on the third floor of Temple Street in Chinatown at around 3 AM on September 24.
The two were accused of robbing a total of SGD$1,000 yuan in cash from 4 victims.
Pretended to be customers
It is understood that the unit involved in the incident was a massage parlour and the 4 men enter the establishments as customers but the moment they came in they robbed the place.
After the two suspects robbed the place, they fled immediately. At around 3.15 AM. the police arrived on site. Officers from the Central Police Station and Tanglin Police Station managed to track the defendant and arrested him at Toa Payoh within 5 hours.
A knife was also seized as evidence during the arrest.
They can be punished to 3 to 14 years in jail and at least 12 strokes of the rotan if convicted of armed robbery.
