The Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 79-year-old Mr Sam See Yam to come forward.

Mr Sam, a former resident of St Andrew’s Nursing Home, had passed away on 17 August 2021.

Anyone with information is requested to call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. All information will be kept strictly confidential.

According to the Police media release, a 19-year-old man was arrested after the police investigated a series of cases that involved “overseas investment”

The Police received several reports between 3rd May and 30 May this year and within one month, the perpetrator managed to scammed victims a total amount of over SGD$50,000

The Police said that the scammer will first befriend unknowing victim’s on social media and dating apps before introducing the victims to a “lobang” which claims to yield high returns by investing with him.

Details of the investment revealed that he would introduce victims with cryptocurrency investment and promise high returns. The victims then transferred the man via bank transfer. Only to realise that they are unable to withdraw their investments later.

Through investigations, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the man who had allegedly received the monies. He is believed to be involved in at least 12 cases of overseas investment scams amounting to $53,173.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had relinquished the control of his newly opened account to an unknown overseas scammer after being paid $1,000.

The man will be charged in court on 25 August 2021 with assisting another to retain benefits from criminal conduct under the Section 44(5)(a) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act.

The offence carries a jail term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to S$500,000, or both.

Sadasivam Kannan, 61-years-old, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt to a vulnerable person.

He was sentenced to 3 weeks imprisonment on 23 August.

2 other staff nurses were also charged for assaulting the patient, Muhammad Ihsan Mahmud, 32, and Iylia Muhammad Afiq Nor Effendi, 25.

What happened?

Sadasivam had assaulted an IMH patient because he was stressed and angered by his aggressive behavior.

The victim is a 59-year-old man who is suffering from chronic schizophrenia and had been a patient at IMH since 2005.

The victim was incapable of protecting himself because of his mental illness.

He was moved to a lounge area following a haircut and started playing with another patient’s urinal, splashing urine on an attending nurse.

Ihsan heard about what happened and he then used hand sanitiser to splash on the victim’s face.

The victim then caused a disturbance in the lounge, to which the trio then used 3 restraints on him.

The victim then became agitated and Ihsan then punched him in the face twice.

The victim continued being aggressive and kicked the nurses, the three accused then subdued him by holding him down.

Sadasivam was fixing the restraints onto the victim at the time, when the victim then kicked another patient.

This made Sadasivam very angry and he then slapped the back of his head, scolding him.

The victim started cowering and soon calmed down, and Sadasivam then continued trying to fix the restraints onto him.

The victim then rocked his head back and forth, putting his head near Sadasivam’s head, to which Sadasivam slapped the victim again.

Iylia is also being accused of slapping the victim on his back, neck and shoulder as well, multiple times.

He is also being accused of nearly causing the victim to fall off his wheelchair by tilting it forward and sideways.

CCTV footage of the incident was played in court.

Iylia later found that the victim suffered bruises around his right eye, and put an ice pack onto it.

He then made a report to IMH’s management about the injuries, resulting in a HR manager reporting the incident to the police.

The victim was then conveyed to SGH, where they found that he suffered a fractured toe, bruised eyes, jaw and toes.

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A netizen was rejected by the hiring company because they decided that an intern is cheaper than hiring a normal full-time staff.

It is evident that most companies will always focus on hiring cheaper employees rather than quality. This is the reason why we are not only competition our jobs from interns but also foreign talents.

Netizens who saw the image said:

You dodged the bullet thereby not joining that company. I think your time is worth so much more than the terms they had offered you.

Jobs are hard to get these days, but press on! You could try something different, maybe cold email an employee of an interesting company that you want to join. You could propose a few cool ideas that could help the company (e.g. grow revenue, get more customers) – these are more interesting than simply resumes to employees.

I didn’t have much success as you in getting jobs through formal applications but it was only when I started cold emailing companies was when I got some job offers. It’s a different approach you may want to try.

That said, keep going, and all the best! Hope you find a good one next.

Companies using interns to cut cost

My previous industry preferred intern headcounts over perm staff headcounts. The internship lasts 3-6 months depending on poly/uni.

When the internship is over, they often offer them temp contracts and let them stay up to between a few months to x months after new interns come in. Then these ex-interns/temp staff will train and hand-over to the new batch of interns before leaving. The cycle continues.

The 16-year-old ax killer from River Valley High School who was charged with the murder of a Sec One boy was previously remanded for psychiatric assessment at IMH.

His assessment has since been completed and he is due to be remanded for a week at Cantonment.

He appeared in court on 24 August via video link, although the psychiatric assessment findings were not revealed.

The police will make arrangements for him to speak to his family in due time.

Recap

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According to a Police media release, a 57-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a series of theft of undergarments.

The reports revealed that on 21 August 2021, the Police was alerted to a case of theft and undergarments outside a residential unit along Mei Ling Street was stolen.

Police CCTV

Officers from the Clementi Police Division identified the guy and detained him on August 23, 2021, using ground investigations and pictures from police cameras. According to preliminary investigations, the individual is suspected of being engaged in other similar instances in the area.

The man will be charged in court on 25 August 2021, with theft under Section 379 of the Penal Code.

The offence carries a jail term that may extend to three years, a fine, or both.