An incident of a cheapskate driver decided to tailgate another vehicle out of the carpark but it was captured on camera.
The penalty for tailgating at EPS exit gantries to avoid payment is a fine from $35 to $100 depending on the type of vehicle. A car is typically SGD$70.
Seen some equally selfish drivers who choose to park like that when there are proper lots to park. This is known as driver’s convenience at the expense of other’s inconvenience. I tried to speak to the driver but the driver just brushes me off like nothing wrong with doing that.
This driver wasn’t just irresponsible but outright stupid.
You’d expect people to be more cautious and vigilant these days where folks would just whip out their cameras, take pictures and report but no, he just had to try his luck lol
For cars that park illegally at motorbike, lots can be fined SGD70.
A woman who conspired with her boyfriend and his twin to steal from her own family was sentenced to probation while the other two received a jail sentence.
22-year-old Tiffany Tan Hwee Shaun, the one who came out with the plan and conducted the theft only receive a 15-months sentenced with a SGD$5,000 bond in place of her good behaviour.
How it happened
Only 10 July 2020, Tan rented two vehicles a BMW for her own transport and another Suzuki to store the stollen goods.
The next day while her father and brother were not home, Tan brought her mother out for supper so that the house would be empty. She later pretended that she forgot her mobile home and rush back home to execute the plan.
Tan’s boyfriend would then accompany her mother so she would not return home serving as a “lookout”.
The boyfriend’s twin brother went to the unit with Tanto start stealing, they took her a safe which contains a Rolex watch and stole an envelope containing SGD$34,000 in cash along with Louis Vuitton merchandise, gold jewellery and all the piggy banks in the house.
How they got caught
The Police arrested all three of them after reviewing the CCTV footage of the building and showed them dragging the merchandise into the lift.
A netizen shared about an accident that involved an alleged drunk driver.
He had crashed his Audi through the street signs and ultimately crashed into the tree, causing the car to burst into flames.
A cyclist then ran over to pull him out of the burning wreckage, and the allegedly drunk driver then tried to flee the scene.
The cyclist then held and detained him until the police came.
They noted that he looked drunk and administered a breathalyser test on him, which he failed.
Here is the story:
“I heard from my friend that the car was driving at excessive speed and crashed through the street signs and hit the tree bursting into flames.
A cyclist ran over to the car and pulled the driver out of the burning vehicle. The driver who was a young man tried to leave the scene and the cyclist kept hold of him until the police arrived. They said he looked drunk and the police gave him a breathalyzer, which he failed.
According to McDonald’s they will be reverting to only 2-Pax Dine-Ins starting from 19 July 2021.
Although the Singapore law allows those who are vaccinated to dine in a group of 5 Mcdonalds has stepped up to deploy this safety measure, The announcement was made earlier today.
Mcdonald’s general manager Benjamin Boh said that they serve thousands of people of varying age groups every day and keeping employees and customers safe is their top priority and decided that 2 pax dine in is the safest.
Their Facebook message
“With the re-emergence of Covid-19 cases, we’re determined to do all we can to minimise the risk of transmission in the community.
As a brand that serves thousands of people of varying age groups every day, keeping our employees and customers safe remains our top priority. We appreciate the choice given to F&B establishments to decide which protocols work best for them.
It’s a tough call, but this would work best for all of us. Of course, you can still enjoy our food via delivery, drive-thru and takeaway. Thank you for everyone’s kind understanding. And as usual, no intermingling between tables please. We’re getting closer to being a “VacciNation” – so let’s look forward to better days ahead!”
Goh Kim Teck, 58-years-old, pleaded guilty to one charge of tax evasion and six charges of omitting GST collected.
He was sentenced on 16 July to 3 weeks jail and fined $8,500, as well as a penalty of about #340,000.
Nine other similar charges were considered during sentencing.
Goh was in charge of supervising the daily operations and bookkeeping of the nightclub.
A large source of their income came from customers’ “hanging flowers” to the girls to show their support and appreciation, where they pay money for the flowers and it then gets worn by the girls.
From 2011 to 2014, Goh told his staff not to use the cashier for flowers that were bought with cash.
Goh would then hide the actual sales when filing GST for the club.
He also reported his personal income tax in 2013 as a loss of more than $50,000 when in actual fact, it was a profit of more than $120,000.
He was ordered to pay the penalties by 27 August, failure to do so would result in an extension of his jail term by 4 weeks and 138 days.
He will serve his sentence from 27 August.
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With the KTV cluster affecting Singaporeans, many people have taken their unhappiness online and discussed it widely over social media. A netizen received a message on Telegram stating that vice activities are still out and about.
A “mama-san” from a Telegram channel ‘VPremium’ with over 16,000 subscribers sends out a message stating that their ladies have been cleared of the PCR test and are available for booking.
The message clearly wrote 16th July 2021, Meaning, even after the KTV saga has happened to Singapore vice operators do not care and still want to continue earning money and attempts to sabo the livelihood of the rest of the other Singaporeans.
Those who are living off earnings from prostitutes could possibly face a mandatory jail of up to years and an SGD$100,000 fine.