According to the Police media release, an island-wide has been conducted against unlicensed money lending activities.

A total of 146 persons, aged between 14 and 78 years old. They are suspected for their involvement in unlicensed money lending activities.

The two-week anti-unlicensed moneylending operation was conducted between 14 and 25 February 2022, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and the seven Police land divisions conducted simultaneous raids island-wide.

Harassment at residences

Preliminary investigations revealed that seven suspects had allegedly conducted harassment at debtors’ residences. Another 23 suspects are believed to be runners who had assisted in unlicensed moneylending businesses by carrying out Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transfers.

Selling their ATM card to ah long

The remaining 116 suspects are believed to have opened bank accounts and provided their ATM cards, Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) and/or Internet Banking tokens to unlicensed moneylenders to facilitate their unlicensed moneylending.

Investigations against all the suspects are ongoing.

Under the Moneylenders Act 2008, when a bank account, ATM card or Internet Banking token of any person is used to facilitate moneylending by an unlicensed moneylender, that person is presumed to have assisted in carrying on the business of unlicensed moneylending. 

First-time offenders found guilty of carrying on or assisting in a business of unlicensed moneylending shall be punished with an imprisonment of up to four years, a fine between $30,000 and $300,000, and caning of up to six strokes.

First-time offenders found guilty of acting on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender, committing or attempting to commit any acts of harassment shall be punished with an imprisonment of up to five years, a fine of between $5,000 and $50,000, and caning between three and six strokes.

An SPCA post went viral after irresponsible people left fishhooks in the open which resulted in a cat getting injured.

The limping animal was found near Lavender MRT Station.

Here is what SPCA said:

UCH! FISH HOOK IN CAT’S PAW

A limping cat was found near Lavender MRT Station, and upon further examination, a fish hook was found embedded in its paw! When fishhooks puncture the skin, the curved structure makes it impossible for animals to remove it on their own. The injury can lead to severe bleeding, or even develop into a bacteria infection. #SPCASingapore was called, and poor meow was promptly brought to our Community Animal Clinic for treatment. Under sedation, his nasty hook was removed.

Thankfully, meow has recovered and has since been released back to the community.

Improperly discarded fishing hooks and lines are hazardous, and countless animals (incl. cats, dogs, otters, birds) have been injured or killed by them. We urge the public to properly dispose of these items to prevent harm. Our animals are depending on you to keep the environment safe and clean.

A video of a parking warden beating the red light attracted the comments of many netizens, with some saying “For showing utter disrespect for the law that he should be upholding, he should be severely punished by TP. Hope TP investigate this offender.”

Netizens have also called for Cisco to take action against the errant road user saying: “Whatever reason What he did was wrong. Certis should take necessary action against the officer. Whatever the action taken by traffic authorities is not enough…the Certis took too further offence most likely to terminate the officer.”

According to a Stomp query, Certis state that they have investigated “that showed one of our parking wardens turning on a red traffic light, and will be taking stern disciplinary action against the officer”.