The police have arrested four males, ages 27 to 37, and a woman, 34, for their alleged involvement in a WhatsApp account takeover scam.

The five people were apprehended by police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) during an operation that took place between November 29 and November 30, 2021.

Several mobile phones, laptops, tablets, bank cards, items suspected of being restricted narcotics, and drug-related accessories were confiscated during the operation. Three males, aged 27 to 31, were also arrested as part of the five people detained for alleged drug-related offenses.

A 37-year-old man was charged with unauthorized access to computer material under Section 3(1) of the Computer Misuse Act on December 1, 2021, and held for further investigation.

The investigations into the remaining four suspects are still underway.

Under the Computer Misuse Act, first-time offenders who deliberately cause a computer to execute any function for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to any program or data contained in any computer face up to two years in jail, a $5,000 fine, or both.

Re-offenders face up to three years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both if they are convicted.

Chong Wei Kwong, 50-years-old was sentenced on Monday to 10 weeks imprisonment, fined $5,000 and disqualified from driving all vehicles for 5 years, after being caught drink-driving for the second time and trying to bribe a police officer with $1,000.

He was previously caught drink-driving in 2001, where he was fined $2,000 and disqualified from driving all vehicles for 15 months.

He was then caught again on 14 December 2018 in Selegie Road at around 10pm, with 76 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, which was more than twice the legal limit.

What happened?

Chong was reversing his car near the exit gantry of the carpark at PoMo shopping mall and hit a door, which fell to the ground/

A security supervisor was alerted of the incident and he then called the police, which Chong asked him not to.

Staff Sergeant Low Wee Meng and Second Sergeant Rachel Zhuang arrived at the scene.

Chong denied being the driver of the car and told the police that they had no evidence, he also tried to take back his IC from eh officers because he didn’t want them to record his personal particulars and investigate him for drink driving.

A breathalyser test was then administered a few times on Chong by Staff Sergeant Low because the former did not blow into the device properly.

Chong then failed the test and was arrested and brought back to the police station.

He then asked Staff Sergeant Low “can we compromise”, to which the officer told him that there are cameras everywhere and there is no way he could get out of it.

Chong then told the officer “whatever you want, I will do for you” before offering him $1,000 after the officer warned the persistent man.

Staff sergeant Low then rejected the offer, and the CPIB were then informed of the attempted bribe.

Singapore actress Cynthia Koh, 47-years-old, was at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021 on 3 December, representing Singapore as the National Winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in My Star Bride.

She wore a revealing dress that flaunted her curves at the award show’s red carpet and drew ire from conservative Singaporeans, who called her to “dress her age” – one netizen even said, “grandmother already still wear like that”.

Koh then hit back at the negative comments on her Instagram story, saying “if your grandmother is as hot and s-xy and can carry the outfit well, please wear it!

She then encouraged all women to “flaunt it” if they have it, she added:

“If you can look classy, still have all the great curves, don’t hide them. They don’t last forever. Milk it while it lasts.”

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A video emerged online showing a woman cutting her nails in public, inside an MRT while seated next to other commuters.

The woman was seen seated inside the MRT cabin, holding onto her nail cutters.

She then proceeded to cut her fingernails one by one, with the nails that she cut resting on her backpack.

The woman then swept the cut nails off her backpack and onto the floor, much to the horror of the person filming.

Potential penalties

Although it is unhygienic, we understand that the woman isn’t breaking any laws by cutting her nails inside the MRT cabin.

However, her actions of sweeping the cut nails onto the floor could constitute a littering offence.

Persons found guilty of littering face a fine of up to $2,000 for their first offence, a fine of up to $4,000 for the second offence, and a fine of up to $10,000 for subsequent offences.

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