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.

There were two fire tenders and several police cars at the scene. It’s really frightening.”

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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.

According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), As of 17 July 2021, 12 pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are 60 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 29 belong to the KTV cluster.

There are currently 5 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 1 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Here are the 11 affected markets

Markets and clusters

1. Amoy Street Food Centre
2. Chong Pang Market & Food Centre
3. Whampoa Wet Market
4. Telok Blangah Crescent Block 11
5. Taman Jurong Market
6. Redhill Market
7. Geylang Serai Malay Market
8. Geylang Bahru Market
9. 527 Ang Mo Kio Market
10. 726 West Coast Wet Market
11. Bukit Timah Wet Market

The MOH has uncovered clusters involving markets and food centres. Fishmongers who visited the Jurong Fishery Port to gather their supply and sell it at the markets are believed to have seeded these clusters.

MOH announced the cluster at Hong Lim Market & Food Centre yesterday, and MOH is now investigating 2 cases who work in or visited Chong Boon Market & Food Centre (453A Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10), with 3 more cases pending confirmation.

AMK Chong Boon Market & Food Centre Closed

Chong Boon Market & Food Centre will be closed to all members of the public from 18 July to 1 August 2021.

MOH has also detected cases amongst fishmongers working at, Most are tested positive via Antigen Rapid Tests (ART) and are being confirmed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.

Testing of fishmongers is still ongoing. As there is a risk of transmission to other markets and food centres, we are conducting aggressive contact tracing, quarantine and testing to ringfence the cases and prevent further spread.

MOH, therefore, advises all visitors to the markets and food centres to avoid crowds and to do their marketing during off-peak hours, or at supermarkets, and to strictly observe the safety management measures.