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NG ENG HEN RATES HIS RECENT COVID INFECTION AS BEING A “5 OUT OF 10”

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NG ENG HEN RATES HIS RECENT COVID INFECTION AS BEING A “5 OUT OF 10”

Singapore’s Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen said on 16 February that he rated his recent Covid-19 infection as 5 out of 10, comparing it to other flu that he had gone through over the last 20 to 30 years.

Ng was speaking at the National Museum of Singapore where he was visiting a World War 2 exhibition.

Ng had tested positive on an ART test on 4 February and he said that the world symptoms that he had during his Covid infection were a really bad sore throat as well as a high fever on the 2nd and 3rd day.

He said that by the 6th or 7th day, he was bouncing back and had already gone on back to his exercise regime, revealing that his run timings at the moment are similar to before his infection.

Ng then gave advice for those who have been infected with Covid-129 recently, telling them to “listen to what your mother and what your wife says. Whatever tonics they want to give you, just accept it willingly and hope it works”‘.

He then added that apparently soups and lozenges help with the symptoms.

Ng said that if he had gotten the original wild type two years ago, or even Delta, he would’ve been worried; and that he feels the vaccinations and booster jabs have made an illness that is otherwise life-threatening, a manageable and mild one.

MAN SPED AT 201KM/HR BECAUSE DRUNK WIFE “TRIED TO DO SOMETHING FUNNY”

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MAN SPED AT 201KM/HR BECAUSE DRUNK WIFE “TRIED TO DO SOMETHING FUNNY”

A 34-year-old man, Allan Ong, was fined $1,000 and banned from driving for 9 months on 16 February after he admitted to going beyond the legal speed limit of 90km/hour.

He was speeding at 201km/h along the East Coast Parkway on 3 September 2020 at about 10.30pm.

When questioned by a police officer about the incident 4 days later, Ong denied knowing who was the driver of the speeding vehicle.

Two charges of providing false information to a public servant and not wearing a face mask were considered during his sentencing.

Ong was asked by District Judge Salina Ishak why he was speeding at 201km/h and what he was trying to achieve, to which Ong replied that his drunk wife was “trying to do something funny”.

He was then scolded by the judge for putting both their lives in danger, and Ong then apologised for his actions.

Ong then pleaded for leniency, saying that he is a father of 4 and the sole breadwinner of the family and that his license had already been suspended for 18 months.

The judge imposed the maximum fine to Ong, noting that he was driving 111km/h above the speed limit of 90km/h

LAST DITCH EFFORTS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO ESCAPE EXECUTION DISMISSED

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LAST DITCH EFFORTS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO ESCAPE EXECUTION DISMISSED

Two last-ditch attempts by a couple of convicted drug traffickers to escape their death sentences were dismissed by the Court of Appeal yesterday (16 February).

Roslan Bakar, a 51-year-old Singaporean; and Pausi Jefridin, a 37-year-old Malaysian, were sentenced to death in 2010, and over the years, they have challenged their death sentence without success.

Their lawyer, Charles Yeo, filed a criminal motion 2 days before their scheduled execution and asked the Court of Appeal for a review of their death sentence decision of 2018.

The motion was heard by the 3-judge apex court on Tuesday (15 February) and dismissed.

Yeo then applied to the High Court to commence judicial review proceedings, declaring the death sentence as unconstitutional and it was heard and dismissed by the High Court yesterday morning, but a temporary stay of execution was granted and it is pending appeal.

The appeal was then heard yesterday afternoon by a 3-judge apex court and dismissed, with Mr Yeo arguing that both Roslan and Pausi were intellectually disabled.

Senior State Counsel Francis Ng cited a previous judgment in written submissions and said that it doesn’t benefit anyone for there to be an endless inquiry with the same raised hopes and dashed expectations, and he called the endeavor “fruitless”.

Rosland and Pausi were both charged for trafficking 96.07 grams of heroin on 14 June 2009 and were convicted and sentenced to death on 22 April, after a 15-day trial.

An appeal was filed and it was then heard and dismissed on 17 March 2011, and Rosland then filed an application for a retrial on 30 January 2015, which was dismissed on 30 November 2011.

The argument from both men was that they were suffering from an abnormality of the mind, and a defense psychiatrist then assess Pausi’s IQ to be 67, while Roslan was then assessed by another psychiatrist to be borderline intelligent.

On 13 November 2017, The High Court then found that both men had displayed competence and comprehension of what they were doing at the time of the offence.

OVER 21,000 E-VAPORISERS FOUND ON MALAYSIAN LORRY AT TUAS

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OVER 21,000 E-VAPORISERS FOUND ON MALAYSIAN LORRY AT TUAS

According to the ICA media release, a lorry carrying 21,737 e-vaporisers and refill pods were caught by ICA officers at Tuas Check Point.

ICA officers directed the lorry for further checks and their suspicions were confirmed when they uncovered bundles of e-vaporisers and refill pods concealed in the driver’s resting area.

The case, which involved a Malaysian lorry driver, was referred to Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for further investigation.

Safeguarding Singapore’s borders is ICA’s top priority. Similar concealment methods may also be used by terrorists to smuggle security items into Singapore. ICA will continue to conduct security checks to detect and deter smuggling attempts, to keep Singapore safe.

Pentalties

Smuggling  Electronic Vaporisers and Components can result in a jail sentence.

Any person convicted of an offence is liable to a fine of up to $10,000, or imprisonment of up to six months or both for the first offence, and a fine of up to $20,000, or imprisonment of up to 12 months or both for the second or subsequent offence.

HSA will take strong enforcement actions against those who import prohibited tobacco products such as e-vaporisers and their components. All prohibited tobacco products will be seized and confiscated. In addition, it is also an offence to possess, purchase or use prohibited tobacco products. The penalty is a fine up to $2,000.

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GUY WRITES SUPER LONG POST CAUSE HIS FOODPANDA DELIVERY TOOK HOURS

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GUY WRITES SUPER LONG POST CAUSE HIS FOODPANDA DELIVERY TOOK HOURS

Had been a loyal supporter for a while now and ordered food almost exclusively on foodpanda, but didn’t expect this to happen to me. A truly upsetting and disappointing experience with FP. I had wanted to refrain from putting this on social media, but it seems like this is my last recourse.

tl;dr

1) Dinner delivery was delayed by almost 2h.

2) Delivery was done by Foodpanda’s (FP) own 3PL service – PandaGo.

3) FP Customer support said that they are unable to track the courier because the restaurant had chosen their own service provider. Again, it’s FP’s own 3PL service – PandaGo.

4) Order dinner around 7pm+ but dinner came around 10pm. Explained to CS a few times that the restaurant was closed but CS kept giving a template reply for $6 voucher for late delivery and asked me to make a new order. CS agent seemed to struggle with English.

5) CS eventually agreed to provide full refund, which did not come. Closed off chat before I could ask for a transcript and also marked the case as resolved.

6) Realized that the full refund did not come in, re-opened the case but a new CS agent gave a template reply and marked case as resolved again without giving the full refund.

Full details:

On 09 Feb 2022, Priscilia Chan and I placed an order for BBBURGERS around 7.30pm. As a previous patron of the restaurant, I knew that the burgers would be freshly prepared and since it was wet weather that day, I understood that it could take an hour or so for the food to be delivered.

On the Foodpanda app, I was told that my order would be delivered between 20:20 – 20:40h. At 20:28h, I received an SMS saying that my food has been collected and will be delivered by PandaGo. Do note that the restaurant is located at Punggol Plaza and I am located at Fernvale. The drive itself should not take more than 30 mins even in wet weather. Subsequently, the PandaGo tracker keeps delaying the delivery time, from “21:24 – 21:34” to eventually “21:46 – 21:56.”

Throughout this time, the courier was seen to be stuck at Punggol Plaza on the tracker. Feeling hungry and feeling that something wasn’t right, we reached out to customer support at 21:20h and spoke to one Shahzaib. A, who marks the beginning of our nightmare because he could hardly understand English and could only give template response and repeatedly asking us to ignore his earlier replies.

It was an ordeal to speak with him, much less to get a resolution from him because he insisted that the restaurant had used their own service provider to deliver to food and they could not reach the restaurant. Of course they couldn’t, as the restaurant was already closed at the time. We managed to get the restaurant owner’s contact number eventually and spoke to him, and we understood that the food was not delivered by the restaurant’s own courier, but Foodpanda’s other service – PandaGo. From our conversation with the restaurant owner, we also understood that the CS agent hung up after 1 ring and the restaurant owner was not able to pick up the call.

We asked Shahzaib to help us contact the courier to check the status of the delivery, as the food was already picked up from the restaurant an hour earlier. To our dismay, Shahzaib’s response was that he is unable to track the PandaGo courier as this was “the restaurant’s own courier” and the “restaurant was uncontactable.”

What transpired next was a lot of us trying to get him to help expedite or process a full refund for us, only for him to give us the same template replies that they are sorry for the delayed delivery, o again, to ignore his previous messages. We felt that the CS agent’s understanding of English is below basic proficiency and it was an extremely frustrating experience.

After a lengthy back and forth of repeatedly asking and getting the same answers, the CS agent agreed to provide us a full refund on the order as he wasn’t sure if the food will be delivered, and even if it did, we can receive the food. The food eventually arrived at 22:01h and we only knew that it came because Truffle barked, despite the special instructions to call or text on arrival. It also appears that the food was marked delivered at 20:47h on the Foodpanda app. Before I could ask for a transcript of the chat and end the night, Shahzaib abruptly left and ended the chat.

Yesterday, we opened the Foodpanda app and wanted to order supper, but realized that the full refund was never processed. There was however, a $6 voucher for the late delivery. Perplexed, I looked for the support ticket, which was marked resolved the Shahzaib. Our query was responded by Eliya Polous, who gave yet another template reply with absolutely no resolution to the problem, just thanking us for the feedback even though the query to re-open the support ticket specifically said “this is not resolved i was supposed to get a full refund but i have not received it yet. this customer service is bad and i would appreciate that i get a response soon.”

True enough the response came quick, but FP might as well have not replied if they are not sincere to resolve issues. At this point, I am still expecting a proper resolution so we can close this chapter and move on but here is a feedback for you since your CS likes to ask for it

1) It is no secret that companies are outsourcing support teams to cheaper countries and there’s nothing wrong with that. But the minimum you could do is to ensure that ALL your customer support agents have a basic, conversational proficiency on the English language if your app is in English.

2) If you are not able to control or track your courier on your extended service, then you might as well not launch it.

51 Y.O ARRESTED FOR OUTRAGE OF MODESTY AT BOON TIONG ROAD

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51 Y.O ARRESTED FOR OUTRAGE OF MODESTY AT BOON TIONG ROAD

According to a Police media release, a 51-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a case of outrage of modesty.

The incident happened on Valentine’s day (Feb 14) the Police received a report that a man had molested the victim by a man along Boon Tiong Road.

Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from Police and CCTV cameras, officers from the Central Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on 15 February 2022.

The man will be charged in court on 17 February 2022 with the outrage of modesty.

The offence of outrage of modesty under Section 354(1) of the Penal Code carries an imprisonment term which may extend to two years, or a fine, or caning, or any combination of such punishments. If the victim is under 14 years of age, the offence of outrage of modesty carries an imprisonment term of up to five years, or a fine, or caning, or any combination of such punishments. The offence of harassment, alarm or distress under Section 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act carries a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Outrage of modesty cases remain a key concern for the Police. The Police have zero tolerance towards sexual offenders who threaten the personal safety of the community. They will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law. The Police will continue to work closely with stakeholders and the community, to prevent and deter outrage of modesty cases.

IRIS KOH RAISE CLOSE TO $100,000 FOR LEGAL FEES

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IRIS KOH RAISE CLOSE TO $100,000 FOR LEGAL FEES

Iris Koh the co-founder of Healing the Divide has raised $96,000 for her legal fees.

Koh revealed on the group’s Telegram channel earlier today stating that she had almost raised the required amount of legal fees and thanks those that have donated to her.

“Also updates on fundraising, almost reach $96016.01. I will give more detailed updates soon,”  said Koh

Here are the messages from the group:

As you may know by now, @iriskoh has raised about 96k SGD to date for her criminal lawsuit / proceedings.

We do not know whether the proceedings are politically motivated, and we are concerned that the government can do to our funds which is to be used for proceedings.

As such, we would transfer this funds to our crypto wallets for safeguarding. We are not saying that the government would or not do this, but we are concerned about what they can do and we have to prevent that from happening within legal means.

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Koh stated that after two days of appealing for donations she gathered $49,000 in just two days with the help of 280 people.

Koh is charged for allegedly conspiring to falsify vaccination records and tearing up a police statement.

Koh stated that the excess funds she received will be used to pay operations of her anti-vax group.

She also stated that she has transferred the money to a cryptocurrency account for safe-keeping.

Koh will be back in court on 14 March 2022.

If Koh is found guilty of criminal conspiracy to make false representations, Koh faces up to 20 years behind bars.

If found guilty of voluntarily obstructing a public servant in the discharge of their duties, she could be jailed up to three months and fined S$2,500.

SIA FLIGHTS BANNED FROM HONG KONG FOR 2 WEEKS AFTER PAX TESTS POSITIVE

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SIA FLIGHTS BANNED FROM HONG KONG FOR 2 WEEKS AFTER PAX TESTS POSITIVE

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been banned for 2 weeks from flying their passengers to Hong Kong following the positive Covid tests of a few passengers.

A spokesperson from SIA said that the directive had come from the regulators of Hong Kong after some of the flight’s passengers who had tested negative for Covid-19 in their pre-departure tests, arrived in Hong Kong and tested positive.

The suspension on SIA flights will primarily affect their two daily passenger services to Hong Kong, namely the SQ882 and SQ894, and it will be lifted on 1 March.

However, the passenger services from Hong Kong to Singapore are not affected, namely SQ 883 and SQ 895.

SIA added that they will contact affected customers to offer assistance and minimize the inconvenience that is caused by the disruption and that they apologize to all those who are affected.

SIA was previously banned from flying passengers to Hong Kong in April 2021, when an SIA transit passenger tested positive on arrival, while three other passengers on that flight were discovered to have breached the entry rules to the country.

Hong Kong have also tightened their border restrictions in recent times to combat the burgeoning wave of infections in the region, such as extending a ban on flights coming in from 8 countries.

MASSIVE FIRE & EXPLOSION AT EAST COAST PARK, LOOK LIKE END OF THE WORLD

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MASSIVE FIRE & EXPLOSION AT EAST COAST PARK, LOOK LIKE END OF THE WORLD

A fire broke out last night (16 February) at East Coast Park and according to a netizen on Reddit, there was also allegedly explosions heard.

The Reddit user, u/Far-Conversation-621, shared how he heard explosions coming from the vicinity of a carpark and that he thinks a car had exploded.

He then shared a photo that he took from his balcony. (see end of the post)

A netizen, Cheryl Yi, also shared videos of the incident that she captured, with bright reddish flames being seen burning fiercely, with thick smoke billowing from the inferno.

A few police vehicles were also seen present at the scene in the videos.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spoke to Mothership and said that they were alerted to a fire that broke out at 1110 East Coast Parkway last night, at 9.30pm.

According to the SCDF, the fire had apparently involved the contents of a shed, and it was extinguished with the use of a foam jet.

No injuries were reported from the incident and at the time of writing, the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Images source: Cheryl Yi & u/Far-Conversation-621 on Reddit

TITUS LOW HANDED 2 NEW CHARGES FOR UPLOADING EXPLICIT IMAGES

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TITUS LOW HANDED 2 NEW CHARGES FOR UPLOADING EXPLICIT IMAGES

The 22-year-old OnlyFans creator Titus Low Kaide was handed two additional charges for uploading explicit images onto his OnlyFans account.

The Singaporean man received one charge of transmitting obscene materials electronically and for failure to comply an order which prohibits his access from his OnlyFans account. This order was given previously following investigations.

In total, he is facing 5 charges.

Low is the first Singapore OnlyFans creator to be charged for obscene materials on the platform.

On September 9 2021, a police report was made against Titus after he uploaded images and videos of hits private parts to OnlyFans.

The Police seized his account and prohibited him from accessing his account. However, he wrote to the website admin of only fans claiming that his account is unsecured and wanted to recover the account.

Even after recovering the account, he used it once again to upload more obscene material.

For transmitting obscene materials digitally he can be jailed up to 3 months and face a fine.

For breaching the order he can be jailed 6 months and face up to SGD$5,000 fine.

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