A 28-year-old deliveryman fall in love with a 47-year-old married woman and did everything for her but ended up in jail. The duo met when the 28-year-old was working as a deliveryman. When the married woman told the man that she needed funds for her business turnover, the deliveryman did not hesitate to lie to his parents and younger sister to cheat over SGD$150,000.

28-year-old Lai Zi Ying pleaded guilty to four counts of cheating and he was sentenced to 15 months in prison yesterday.

It was said in the court hearing that the defendant is working as a delivery man when he met the married woman Guo Shujun while making his deliveries in July 2016.

Guo Shujun was married at the time with two children. She claims that she was in the business of selling bags and began to hire the defendant to perform deliveries. The two eventually fall in love even though the defendant knew that the other party has a family and still carried on the forbidden relationship.

According to the police investigation, Guo Shujun claimed that her business was in need of money and asked Lai to find a way to “borrow money” from his parents.

In order to deceive his parents to give him the money, the defendant fabricated various lies, saying for a while that he needed money to buy a car, and for a while that he needed money for school fees.

Further investigation revealed that Guo Shujun had instigated the defendant to deceive her sister into “investing”, but in fact all the money went into Guo Shujun’s pocket.

Investigations revealed that the defendant’s parents and sister were defrauded of a total of SGD$150,454 and he has only repaid about SGD$23,000.

Sometimes love makes a person irrational and will even break the law just to do the things that he or she feels right.

51-year-old Singaporean Ong Chong Kiat was suppose to serve his stay home notice but he ended up leaving his home to meet a Member of Parliament (MP) and even went on the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

Ong who was supposed to marry a PRC woman in China planned to leave Singapore last year but was not able to do so as he was issued a Stay Home Notice. The wedding was supposed to happen on the 5th of April 2020.

On March 26 2020, Ong left home despite having symptoms and headed to Hougang Avenue 8 Block 632 to seek help from an MP so that he could travel to China.

He then went to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital but was told that his referral was for Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and he travelled again to TTSH to get his nasal swab and X-ray.

The next day, he took a Grab car to ICA and wanted to make the appeal for travel and pleaded with ICA officers that he has to go for his wedding that is due in 5 days.

Ong was later informed that he was tested negative and went to ICA building again to plead his case and even showed his negative test results to the ICA officers. However, he was told by the officers to stay home and complete his stay home notice.

In the end, Ong was sentenced to 25 days of jailed on 8 June 2021 and his girlfriend left him.

According to a hearing at the State Courts, Local actor 56-year-old Gurmit Singh was fined SGD$800 and face a driving ban for 3 months after he was caught speeding.

The incident happened along Woodlands Avenue 12 towards the expressway on 12 April 2021 around 9.30PM and exceeded the speed limit by 61KM/H at 131KM/H. The speed limit of Woodlands Avenue 12 is only at 70KM/H.

In court, Gurmit Singh said that:

“Of course I’m not saying I should drive at that speed at that street, but it was just a short. I don’t know how I got 131, I wish I knew.

But I just ask the court’s understanding that I’m not this reckless driver who does this daily. It’s just a one-off thing I wanted my son to hear.”

he added that he was driving to fetch his son.

A story was shared on Facebook of how a man who was jogging along Singapore River allegedly pulls the dogs leashed and flung her dog to the railing

Here is the story:

Hello Shiba Lovers! I have some terrible news.I wish that I connected with all of you here on a better note but here’s what happened this morning and I need all your #ShibaLove power! Pumpkin (my 4.5-month-old Shiba Inu) and I were walking along the Singapore River just like any other day.

I was holding on to the leash walking in the middle of the pavement.Pumpkin was walking near the grass like normal dogs do.Suddenly, this man in black running attire, blue sneakers and grey curly hair (I’m guessing 40s to 50s) came running from behind, took my leash and flung pumpkin to the railing.He continues running but I caught up and confronted him. I asked him why he did that.

He proudly said “your dog was blocking my way! Watch your dog!”

I apologised to him for blocking his way and said he has no rights to do that.Then as soon as I said I was going to take a picture of him to make a police report, he ran away. I only managed to get his back. I believe he lives nearby (at Robertson Quay) as another dog owner I met downstairs said he looks familiar and has a very recognisable head of grey, curly hair.He is white, tall and slender.

But I’m not sure where he could be from.I now no longer feel safe walking my puppy and am not sure if he’s injured.

But if you know him, I would really appreciate your help in identifying him as I have made a police report but they need his identity.

You may send me a Direct message or connect with me on IG @pumpkinandmama (for updates as well).This is discrimination – in my own country here in Singapore. If I were male, or bigger in size, or white like he is, I don’t think he would have done what he did today.Thank you so much And in the meantime, keep your furbabies close to you PS. A police report has already been made. But they need a front-facing photo to help identify who it is.To the admin: Thanks for letting me into the group. I hope this post doesn’t violate any of the rules. If it does, please let me know and I’ll remove it.

UPDATE 08 Jun: His photos will not be shared as I’m not doing this to defame him publicly, only to identify him and let him know that what he did was wrong and he’d have to face whatever the consequences are as a result of it. The pictures have, however, been submitted to the police.

A neighbour spoke to him and managed to get his mobile number.Another kind person also shared his first name with me. I think we have enough to know who he is now. So I will let the authorities deal with the matter and will keep the community updated.

Thank you again for all your kind and heartfelt messages. Pumpkin seems a lot better today than he was yesterday – we even played hide and seek in the flat this morning! All good!-UPDATE 07 Jun: Someone has spotted him outside Great World City and sent me pictures of him. Thank you so much guys. I’m sending it to the police.

Source: Grace Yeo

The Singapore police released a statement earlier today (8 June), saying that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), along with 7 police land divisions, conducted operations from 24 April to 6 June, to clamp down on illegal horse betting at multiple locations.

A total of 158 people between the ages of 36 and 83, are currently under investigations for allegedly being involved in illegal horse betting as well and breaching safe distancing measures.

Housing Board officers also took part in the operation, enforcing against the safe distancing breaches.

Cash amounting to more than $76,000, along with several mobile phones and documents suspected to be betting records, were seized.

The 158 people under investigation are purportedly illegal bookies accepting illegal horse racing bets, the bookies’ runners and gamblers who placed the bets.

The police emphasized against illegal betting, saying that they take a serious view against all forms of illegal betting activities.

Under the Betting Act, anyone who bets with a bookmaker can be fined up to $5,000, jailed for not more than six months, or both.

Images source: Singapore Police Force