Nine men, age between 19 and 70, were hauled up to court and charged on Thursday (26 Aug) for separate molestation cases.

Their alleged victims could not be named due to a court order that protects their identity.

The men are

Chua Kee Loi, 70, accused of touching a 27 y.o female on her cheek and breasts over clothing on 5 August 2020. She was his patient.

Bail of S$10,000 was offered and he will return to court on Sept 23.

63 year old unnamed man, molested his granddaughter on two occasions by touching and massaging her private parts on 10 December 2020.

Bail of S$10,000 offered and will return to court on Sept 14.

46 year old unnamed man, molested stepdaughter on four occasions between 2016 to 2020 by attempting to guide her hands into his underwear, grabbing her thighs and pushing them apart and making her give him oral sex.

Intends to plead guilty and will return to court on 8 Oct.

Ang Cheng Wei, 28, asked a 23 y.o woman while staring at her chest if he could have a touch as she looks good on March 2 and touched another 23 y.o woman on her buttocks at a pedestrian crossing along Elias Road on March 30.

Facing a charge of outrage of modesty and causing harassment, alarm or distress.

He YanJun, 45, molested 47 y.o on six occasions at their workplace between Dec 2019 and Feb 2020 by pinching her buttocks, hugging her from the back, placing his arms around her body and other acts.

Plans to contest charges and hire a lawyer, offered bail of S$10,000 and will return to court on Sept 15.

Mohammed Syameer Mohamed Shamudi, 19, molested 18 y.o girl at Cherry Discotheque by grabbing and squeezing her breast at the toilet’s walkway.

Wishes to apply for pro-bono lawyer from Criminal Legal Aid Scheme and is out on S$5,000 bail and returning to court on Sept 15.

Rajendran Suresh Menan, 33, pinched a 23 y.o woman’s thigh on April 18 along a walkway at Tekka Centre.

Lai Chii Chuan, 30, touched a 35 y.o woman’s buttocks at 313 Somerset shopping centre outside a toilet on Nov 8 last year.

Shandru Muthusamy, 30, molested 32 y.o woman on board a MRT train between Toa Payoh and Bishan. He brushed and squeezed her thigh.

He also brushed a 30 y.o woman’s thigh at Yio Chu Kang MRT’s platform several minutes later.

Intends to plead guilty and will return to court on Sept 15.

There is a 10th man that was supposed to be charged on Thursday as well but his charges were not read to him as he required a Punjabi interpreter.

The police have said that they have zero tolerance towards sexual offenders who risks the personal safety of the public and that the number of outrage of modesty cases remains a key concern.

Those found guilty would be dealt sternly by the law and if convicted of molestation faces a jail term of two years or maximum five years if the victim is a minor under 14.

They are also liable for a fine and caning or any of the three combinations.

Sometimes driving out of a compound can be dangerous to pedestrians but at the same time, the bicycle that is cycling on the footpath probably did not bother to check if there were vehicles coming out of the compound.

The driver could be seen gesturing and appears to be scolding the cyclist.

The man who witnessed the accident said:

“Witnessed this accident at the main gate of a church in AMK. A cyclist was riding along the pavement while a car emerged out from the church.

Both the driver and the cyclist can’t see each other, and both arrived at the blind spot together. The bicycle crashed into the front left of the car and caused a dent. If the cyclist was riding a little faster, he could be hit by the car instead.

What can be done to avoid similar accidents from happening again in the future? “

A netizen has taken to Facebook to complain that someone actually put gong tao inside his pair of shoes that he left outside his house.

The yellow cloth resembles the ones used for wrapping gravestones, and is typically used in black magic to bring “negative energy” to the person being cursed.

The man also claims that the camera on his door has filmed who is the culprit, and is asking the culprit to come forward before he exposes the culprit on social media.

Here is the screengrab

Image source: Azrie Bin Abdul Karim Facebook

A 20-year-old woman alleged that a safe-distancing ambassador has been stalking her.

According to The New Paper, she had met the SDA while she was working at a restaurant at Tampines 1, back in November 2020.

The SDA was speaking to a customer on her behalf about safe distancing guidelines.

After that, he allegedly told her that she was very pretty and asked if she had a boyfriend and also about when are her off days.

He then shot his shot and asked her for her phone number and Instagram account.

He also allegedly asked her if she had any friends who were “pretty” to introduce to him.

The SDA was persistent and she eventually relented, giving her number to him about a month later.

Speaking to TNP, the girl said that she regretted doing so, and that she should’ve said no or at least given him a fake number.

In the earlier part of this year (2021). the man allegedly took a photo of her and sent it to her, to which he told her not to take her photos anymore.

The SDA also allegedly began following her, during her lunch breaks, and tried to strike up a conversation with her.

Sometime in April 2021, the girl was on her way back to the restaurant after going to the toilet, and the SDA approached her.

She didn’t want to make eye contact with him but he then rushed to her, blocking her path.

He then bent down to look up at her because she was looking away avoiding his gaze, asking her “cannot see me ah?”

The girl said that she was “so scared” and traumatized by the encounter that the made a police report later that day.

Images source: Vozuko on Lazada.sg and Google Maps

According to a Police media release, there has been a rise of job scams that specifically targets couriers.

The police want to alert the public about work frauds that target couriers.

Scammers will target couriers from various delivery systems in these situations. In these frauds, there are two sorts of variations:

Version A of scam

The fraudsters would make a request through the delivery mechanism in the first version.

After that, they’d contact the designated courier and ask for help obtaining gift cards from convenience stores. The fraudsters would ask the courier to scratch and expose the code behind the card while on their way to the location, and then email a photo of the code as proof of purchase. When the fraudster became uncontactable and did not pay for the gift cards, the courier would realize they had been duped.

Version B of scam

The fraudsters would mention a remittance agency as the location for the courier to pick up the delivery in the second variation.

They would then call the designated courier and suggest that they transfer a particular amount of money to an overseas account in exchange for an enticing tip of at least $100 each transaction. The couriers would only realize they had been duped when the fraudsters were no longer reachable and there was no one at the delivery site to pay for the transfer they had facilitated.

According to the latest Police media release, there has been a new kind of scam that is impersonating Singapore Pools.

The Police said that victims may have come across fake Singapore Pools’ websites or mobile applications while browsing the Internet or Google Play store.

However, these applications are not legitimate, unsuspecting victims would download the application and place bets through it. They would only realise that they have been scammed after discovering that the payments were allegedly made to other companies instead of Singapore Pools.

The following two are examples of URLs impersonating Singapore Pools’ websites:

• https://sgpools.online
• https://www.sgpools.app

Members of the public are advised to adopt these crime prevention measures:

1. Be wary of downloading fraudulent applications, even if they are available on official online application stores;
   
2. Always verify the authenticity of the application with the official website or sources;
   
3. Report any fraudulent transaction involving your e-payment accounts to the e-payment service provider immediately.

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