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FOUNDER OF HEALING THE DIVIDE RAISES $30,000 IN DONATION APPEAL

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FOUNDER OF HEALING THE DIVIDE RAISES $30,000 IN DONATION APPEAL

The founder of the Healing the Divide Group, Iris Koh, who is currently under probe for her role in allegedly lying to the Ministry of Health (MOH) has raised about $30,000 in funding for her legal fees.

This came only a day after she made a public appeal for donations to fund her coming court sessions.

She is looking to raise a total of $100,000 with $20,000 going to her bail and $80,000 going to the legal fees she will chalk up fighting her case.

Appeal went out on 8 February

She made a call for donations on 8 February 2022 in a Telegram chat group called ‘Healing the Divide discussion’ where she described her predicament and added a number for donors to paynow to.

Since the appeal went out, she has amassed a total of $30,000 from what she claims came from ‘a lot’ of donors with the largest single amount donated being $1,000.

However, she is unsure as to the exact number of people who have donated to her as she had not yet counted the number of donors to get the exact amount of people.

She adds that she is thankful and grateful for the overwhelming support and is confident that she will raise the full $100,000 by the time the money is needed to fund her defence.

Intends to inform public

Koh added that she will inform the public once the target money has been reached and added that if there are still leftovers from the donated sum, she will use the leftovers for other legal causes in the Healing the Divide community.

According to today, Koh said that legal causes includes suing the Health Minister, Ong Ye Kung and the Government for judicial review.

The rest of the money will be used to help their members with employment claims against their individual employers.

Accountability to donors

Koh added that she will share screenshots of bank transfers without giving away the identities of the donors to be accountable for the funds she received.

Receipts for her legal fees will also be accounted for by her and presented if it calls for it.

Charges against her

Currently, Koh faces two charges with the first being criminal conspiracy to give a false representation to MOH.

The second charge being obstructing a police inspector from performing her duties by being uncooperative while in detention.

She will go back to court on March 14.

Image source: Iris Koh/Facebook

SMRT TRAINS CHARGED – WORKER HAD FOOT AMPUTATED AFTER TRAIN ROLLED OVER IT

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SMRT TRAINS CHARGED – WORKER HAD FOOT AMPUTATED AFTER TRAIN ROLLED OVER IT

SMRT Trains was charged in court yesterday (8 February) for an incident in 2018, where a worker had to have his foot amputated after a train rolled over his foot.

A representative from SMRT Trains showed up to face the charge of failing to take necessary measures to ensure the safety and health of their workers, under the Workplace Safety and Health Act.

The company is being accused of failing to carry out a risk assessment and put in place safe work procedures for their “limited movement procedure”.

SMRT Trains is also being accused of failing to implement the needed control measures and perform safe work procedures to mitigate the risks that were involved in the operations, and also failing to provide equipment such as walkie-talkies and other related communications devices.

They are expected to return to court on 8 March.

Recovered and still working for SMRT Trains

According to The Straits Times, the president of SMRT Trains Lam Sheau Kai, said that the worker has since recovered from his injuries and is still working for them.

He said that he (the worker) returned to work in the SMRT engineering trains workshop facility after his recovery and has since assimilated well into his new role in the locomotive component overhaul team.

Lam added that he cannot comment on the case because it is a court matter.

What happened

The fateful incident took place in December 2018 and happened on the eastbound track near Joo Koon MRT station.

A brake test on a maintenance train was being conducted by a maintenance team of 6 persons, which involved the “limited movement of the maintenance train”.

The worker was inspecting for oil leaks from the maintenance train because it will affect the safety of the train operations in the day (the test was conducted before service hours).

The brake test was then stopped after the injured worker was spotted by one of the team members lying down on the track.

They then provided first aid to him, after he had his right foot rolled over by the maintenance train, and the SCDF were then called and the worker was conveyed to the hospital.

He ended up having the lower part of his right leg amputated, and a “safety timeout” was then put in place following the incident.

GUY GIVES UNVACCINATED HIS TRACETOGETHER APP TO GO & DINE IN

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GUY GIVES UNVACCINATED HIS TRACETOGETHER APP TO GO & DINE IN

37 year old Kiran Singh Rughbir Singh was hauled up to court today (9 Feb) where he pleaded his guilt towards a charge of cheating by personation.

This was because he had given his TraceTogether app for an unvaccinated friend to gain entry to a dining establishment, which under current pandemic rules is forbidden.

65 year old Utheyakumar Nallathamby, who is Singh’s co-accused will go back to court next month while sentencing for Singh has been postponed.

What happened

On 9 Sep 2021, Utheyakumar, Singh’s girlfriend and Singh had went to Sentosa for drinks where Utheyakumar was refused entry by one of the employees at the Bikini Bar as he is unvaccinated.

The three of them then decided to leave the Bikini Bar to find another place to drink and they settled on Coates Bar when Singh suggested that Utheyakumar used his TraceTogether app to gain entry to the establishment using the identity of Singh who is vaccinated.

Utheyakumar together with Singh’s girlfriend managed to get into the establishment first while Singh waited outside for his chance to get into the bar.

The employee at Coates Bar had even asked Utheyakumar and Singh’s girlfriend if the vaccinated information shown on the screen after scanning belonged to them.

Recognised by the Bikini Bar’s employee

The employee at Bikini Bar who rejected Utheyakumar from entry earlier noticed what was going on and went over to inform the assistant manager and operations manager at Coates Bar.

They checked the phone and realised that Utheyakumar had used Singh’s phone and the matter was subsequently reported to the Sentosa Development Corporation’s duty manager who in turn informed the Police.

Penalties Singh could face

For lending his phone to Utheyakumar for purpose of cheating by personation, Singh could receive a jail term of up to five years and/or a fine.

Image source: gov.sg, Google Maps

PRC WOMAN RECEIVED $1.7K ANGPAO NOT HAPPY, CALLS BF’S PARENTS “STINGY”

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PRC WOMAN RECEIVED $1.7K ANGPAO NOT HAPPY, CALLS BF’S PARENTS “STINGY”

A woman in China was visiting her boyfriend’s parents for Chinese New Year and she received a red packet with 8,000 RMB in it (SGD $1687.85).

However, she was unsatisfied with the amount and called his parents “stingy” and “disrespecting” her, in a leaked message screenshot that is circulating on Weibo.

Here is what she said (translated)

I followed my boyfriend to visit his family for the first time before CNY and his parents prepared a lot of good food for me, which I’m quite satisfied with.

Yesterday, the two of us packed our things to prepare to return to the city and his mother then gave me a red packet, as a tradition, they give red packets to the girl on her first visit to their home. However, my impression of them changed when I opened the red packet in the car.

There was only 8,000 RMB inside (SGD $1,687.85) and I felt disrespected because their family is quite well to do. Are they trying to show me that they do not like me by giving me so little? If they are already so stingy the first time I meet them, what about in the future?

My friend told me that the 8000 RMB is fine and asked me to be content with it, but it’s not that I want to be upset about the money, if they are so stingy now, what about next time?

TECH HEAD TRIES FILMING FEMALE COLLEAGUES IN TOILET, JAILED

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TECH HEAD TRIES FILMING FEMALE COLLEAGUES IN TOILET, JAILED

44 year old Balasingam-Chow Yu Hui was given ten days of jail term today (9 Feb) for his failed attempt to film his female colleagues using a toilet cubicle at his workplace.

He had pleaded guilty in court for criminal trespass and trying to insult the modesty of a woman with another two charges taken into consideration during his sentencing.

He had tried to film his female colleagues in the toilet cubicle using a pinhole video camera which he purchased online by fastening it to the white ceiling in the toilet with blu-tack and scotch tape but it failed as it dropped to the ground a while later.

Discovered by female colleague

In May 2019, Balasingam had bought the camera from an online source and proceeded to install it in the toilet in the morning of 25 June 2019 intending to film his female colleagues inside the toilet.

Around 9 am on the same day, a female colleague who went into the toilet noticed an object on the floor and picked it up to check what it was and realised that it was a camera.

She then brought it back to the office to ask if it belonged to anyone including Balasingam, but none of them admitted to it.

A Human Resource (HR) Manager then tried to view what was recorded by the camera and saw Balasingam’s face at the beginning of the recording.

Confessed to HR

Afraid that his actions would be discovered, he went to the HR Manager to confess to what he did.

He added that he got the idea as he had watched Youtube videos on people putting cameras in toilets.

There were five video clips recorded by the camera in total and one of them showed Balasingam installing it for a duration of 1 min 27 seconds.

However, none of the videos manage to capture any of the women doing their businesses.

A police report was subsequently made which led to the Balasingam being arrested.

Court session

Balasingam’s defense had asked for a week’s jail citing that the set up of the pinhole camera was too obvious to the human eye and it was a work of a beginner.

He also added that there were no victims in the crime as none of the videos had any victims recorded successfully.

The crime according to the defense was also not pre planned as Balasingam had only installed the camera a month after the purchase and not immediately.

Balasingam had also went to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for treatment himself just a month after the incident.

The judge refuted these claims saying that Balasingam’s colleagues would have became victims had the lady not found out about the camera at the start and the fact that he had installed it in the cubicle signals his intention of getting some of his victims in states of undress.

Image source: Unsplash.com

GST INCREASE WILL HELP SG GENERATE REVENUE TO INVEST IN PEOPLE: LAWRENCE WONG

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GST INCREASE WILL HELP SG GENERATE REVENUE TO INVEST IN PEOPLE: LAWRENCE WONG

Mr Lawrence Wong will be sharing the budget on Feb 18 and earlier today, Wong posted a video on Facebook covering the topic of GST increase.

Back in 2018, Heng Swee Keat said that there are plans to increase GST from 7% to 9%.

Here is what he said:

When I was growing up my mother taught me the importance of financial prudence, to live within our means and take care of those around us these values continue to guide and I’m sure they resonate with many of you.

Singapore is now at a critical turning point, we are still seeing through the pandemic today.

At the same time, we are working hard to build a better Singapore for tomorrow, to do so we will need to invest more in our people and our social infrastructure.

The GST increase will help generate the revenues we need for this purpose. The additional GST Revenue will go towards supporting our growing Healthcare needs and enable us to better take care of our seniors.

I know many of you are concerned about the cost of living and this is why we will have a comprehensive set of measures in place to cushion the impact of GST on lower-income and middle-income households as well as retirees.

Take the example of a couple earning $5,000 a month with two children. They will receive around $6500 in benefits under the assurance package that works out to about 10 times the extra GST they have to pay each year

Besides these transitional offset measures, we also permanently enhanced the GST voucher scheme to better support our lower-income families I will share more details in the coming budget next Friday so stay tuned.

Source: Lawrence Wong Facebook

COE BID PRICE INCREASE ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES

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COE BID PRICE INCREASE ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES

In the latest(Feb 09) bidding of Certificate of Entitlement (COE) the prices across all classes of vehicles have increased yet again.

The latest COE bidding prices

  • For cars up to 1,600cc – $60,761 (Increase of $2,863)
  • Cars above 1600cc – $86,102 (Increase of $4,101)
  • Commercial Vehicles – $44,001 (Increase of $1,000)
  • Motorcycle – $10,010 ( Increase of $10)
  • Open – $87,000 Increase of $3089)

CAT A vehicles have not crossed $60,000 since 2015, CAT B vehicles had a significant increase of $4,101.

The last COE exercise brought motorcycle’s COE to $10,000 and it further increase another $10 this month.

The quote was 1,758 and 2,657 bids were made.

DOG OWNER OFFERING $7,800 REWARD FOR MISSING DOG

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DOG OWNER OFFERING $7,800 REWARD FOR MISSING DOG

A dog recently posted a Facebook post online stating that her 9-month-old dog has gone missing. The dog is of a poodle breed and it was last seen at Hougang.

The owner said that she is willing to give the reward of $7,800 if the dog can be found

Here is what the owner said:

Rewards SGD 7,800.00

Dear Everyone, We’re calling to you, to help us find our Female Silver Toy Poodle, by the name YUUKI. Last seen on 5th February 2022, at Block 562 Hougang Street 51.

She does not have any collar or leash on her at that moment, but with a colourful diaper on her. We’re desperate to have her back home with us, to make our family complete.

Our story, we have a previous pet by the name YUKI, which passed on June 2021, where she was at the age of 19 years old. We dearly missed her so much that we decided to get another pet in memory of the sweet moment we have in the last 19 years.

Also, to commemorate our dear YUKI, we named this new Female Silver Toy Poodle, by the name YUUKI (with a double UU. Everyone should be able to understand the grieve, sadness, sleepless nights we’re going through now, and we sincerely ask for your kind help to return us our Baby YUUKI.

Please help us find her!!! She is very precious to our family. Please urge anyone who found her to return to us and immediately call us if you’ve seen her.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of the dog please contact Joyce.

3 MAN ARRESTED FOR SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF SECRET SOCIETY

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3 MAN ARRESTED FOR SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF SECRET SOCIETY

An operation was conducted against illegal activities in Geylang, 3 men between the ages of 27 and 34 were arrested for suspicion of being members of unlawful societies.

Another two men were caught with illegal products such as vaporisers (vapes), Tongkat Ali (male enhancement products) and cough syrup.

They will be investigated for various offences under the Health Products Act 2007 and Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993. 

Substances with a street value of close to $9,000 were also seized. Those found guilty of importing, manufacturing and/or supplying unregistered health products, may be liable to an imprisonment term for up to two years and/or fined up to $50,000

Those found guilty of selling, offering for sale, possessing for sale, importing or distributing e-vaporisers and its accessories, are liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for up to six months, or both for the first offence; and to a fine not exceeding $20,000, imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both, for the second or subsequent offence. 

In addition, for possessing, using and purchasing such items, offenders are liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

UBI ILLEGAL “CASINO” RAIDED BY POLICE, MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARRESTED

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UBI ILLEGAL “CASINO” RAIDED BY POLICE, MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARRESTED

In an operation against illegal gambling, the Police conducted enforcement operations at a commercial unit located along Ubi Avenue 3.

The Police discovered that five men and a woman, aged between 42 and 62, purportedly engaging in gambling-related activities.

The suspects were placed under arrest. They were subsequently arrested for their suspected involvement in offences under the Remote Gambling Act 2014. Cash amounting to $950, computer terminals used in the commission of the offence, and various gambling-related paraphernalia was seized.

Online slot machine

Penalties

Under Section 8(1)(b) of the Remote Gambling Act 2014, an individual who, in Singapore, gambles using remote communication and using a remote gambling service that is not provided by a person otherwise exempt, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both. Under Sec 9(1)(e) of the same Act.

Any person who assists in providing unlawful remote gambling service for another shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.

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