Lawrence Wong, the co-chair of the Multi-Ministry Taskforce, provided an update on the Covid-19 situation in Singapore, and how it will affect the second stage of reopening.
He said that Singapore is dealing with a new outbreak of community cases, with the Bukit Merah cluster likely to be “very large”, because the cases are not only breaking out from the market, but from the vicinity as well.
Wong said that unlinked cases appear to be on the rise.
Due to these developments, the government will evaluate the timeline and scope of further reopening on 21 June.
This includes the allowance of more high-risk activities such as dining-in.
Wong said:
“I know this is a difficult time for everyone but I want to assure you that we are doing our very best to ensure that we do not have another flare up before we reach sufficiently high level of vaccination in the community.”
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The Singapore police said that they are investigating a number of Telegram groups and Tumblr pages for sharing obscene images and video of Singapore girls, most of which seemed to have been taken and spread without consent.
The police however, stopped short of naming the pages and groups.
One particular Telegram group had more than 12,000 photos, 3,000 videos and 500 files of women in various states of undress and/or engaging in sexual acts.
Some of the sexual acts also appeared to have not been consensual.
There were also images of unsuspecting women taken on public transport, including downblouse photos.
The police are currently investigating and are advising people with information to call the police hotline at 1800-255-000, all information will be kept strictly confidential.
Images source: Telegram and Fabrications About The PAP
A video emerged online showing a couple of young punks fighting inside a classroom.
They were seen throwing punches as each other, with the YP in green throwing a hard jab at the skinnier YP’s chest, much to the amusement of his friends in the audience.
They were heard exclaiming: “WAAAH! WAAAAAAAH! OH SHIIIIIIIIT! AHAHAHAHAHAH!
A man shared a video detailing a harrowing experience he had at home, with his glass display cabinet from Ikea inexplicably “exploding” and shattering.
He said that 30 seconds before his cabinet shattered, (by the lucky stroke of fate) his wife had carried his daughter away.
He then heard a creaking sound from the side of his glass display shelf, before it “blasted” towards his sofa, where he was sitting.
Gabriel Heng Jing Heng, 26-years-old, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of criminal intimidation, and 1 count each of unlawful stalking, mischief and voluntarily causing hurt.
He was sentenced to 1.5 years jail and fined $3,000 on 15 June, and is currently out on bail to settle some personal affairs before serving his sentence on 13 July.
What happened?
Heng met the victim in 2016 and was in an intimate relationship with her, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect her identity.
They were however not dating.
From July 2018 to September 2019, he stalked, insulted and degraded her through vulgarities and demanding her to behave according to his wishes; showing up at her home numerous times.
The victim decided to end things with him in December 2017, which made Heng unhappy, and he continued to contact her, who relented and stayed in touch with him.
He demanded to meet her on several occasions, using vulgarities and threatening her via both text messages and verbally if she refused.
She the started ignoring him from 27 July 2018, and she received more than 100 missed calls from Heng within a few days.
He said that he can’t control himself anymore and that if she doesn’t meet him at 9pm, that day, he would burn her house down.
He also added that if she continued to ignore him, he would slash her mother when she opened the door and make sure one of her family members would be killed.
He then sent her pictures of himself in a car, telling her that he was on the way to her home inside a Grab car.
The victim then blocked him on Whatsapp and Telegram.
She also moved out of her home in August 2018 to stay with another relative until January 2019, so that she could avoid him.
Heng then used another mobile number to contact her on 25 July 2019.
The victim then ignored him and he then told her that he would kill her, her mother and her boyfriend.
One of his messages read: “I make sure you kneel down on the floor and beg again. I make sure I turn your whole life upside down.”
That same say, Heng knocked on her door at about 4pm and go tno response; he then threw a packet of coffee at the door before leaving, which was captured on the family’s CCTV.
Heng then told her “Hope you mum enjoyed the coffee”, before assuring her that he would go over again the next day with someone else.
Heng was charged 2 days alter and released on bail after his grandmother bailed him out, but he then breached his bail conditions by sending more text messages to the victim via his friend’s mobile phone.
Heng then sent photographs of her and her boyfriend’s instagram accounts to her Whatsapp.
Assaulted own grandmother
Heng went to his grandmother’s house to ask for money to hire lawyer in late October 2019.
She refused and Heng then punched her shoulder, telling her that he would burn down her house.
His grandmother then discharged herself of her responsibilities as his bailor.
Other misdemeanours
Heng also assaulted a colleague when he was working as a valet driver, as well as fighting with another driver at the Bukit Timah area in yet another incident, taunting him to fight.
Images source: Whatsapp and Unsplash (images used for illustration purpose only)
Following a very heavy downpour yesterday, a Sheng Siong supermarket Marsiling Drive ended up being flooded.
People were seen sitting on ledges to avoid the flood, a staff member was seen with her feet wrapped up in plastic bags to avoid getting her shoes wet.
This is not the first time the supermarket has experienced flooding following heavy rain, it was previously reported that the outlet was also flooded on 29 March following unrelenting rain.
A netizen shared how a guy shared his bigoted views about nursing and relentlessly mocked NUS nursing students.
The guy said:
“Nursing need degree meh?”
“I have a friend in nursing, I always ask him why he like to clean old people’s sh*t.”
You can read the netizen’s full post below:
“Guy with superiority complex and no EQ i met at work kept mocking nus nursing was working part time and a guy i met for the FIRST TIME introduced himself as a republic poly student studying business.
After learning that I’m studying nursing in nus he proceeded to insult me incessantly even after I expressed discomfort. “nursing need degree meh” “i have a friend in nursing I always ask him why he like to clean old people’s shit”. These were some of the insults.
I took offence and walked out since I knew there was no point educating a bigot. I wish there was more awareness on nus nursing.
We have stellar students enrolled here and the job scope of a nurse spreads well beyond cleaning people’s faeces.
The career offers clinical, management, research and informatics track.
The starting pay of degree holders in nursing is 3.5k-4k not including bonus.
We didn’t study hard, got good grades just to choose a course that only “cleans old peoples shit”.
I guess his insults really show how much he needed to put others down to feel good about himself.”
Images source: Tan Tock Seng Hospital Facebook (Image used for illustration purpose only)
