A 48-year-old woman was charged in court for throwing a bucket downstairs and pouring medicine on a white car while sitting on the window ledge of an HDB flat.

The defendant Lin Shu-Ling was charged with two counts, including one crime of impulsive act threatening the safety of others and one crime of public nuisance.

According to the charge, the defendant poured black liquid believed to be a cough potion on the hood of a white car at 11:45 am the day before yesterday in the parking lot at Chai Chee.

She sat on the kitchen window of an eighth-floor unit between about 1:00 PM and 3:50 PM in the afternoon and threw buckets, chopping boards, pillow, shoes, plastic bottles and food downstairs, endangering her and others.

When being questioned yesterday (5th), the police revealed that they had received a car at about 11 o’clock that day, locked themselves in the house, and threw out items from the unit.

Luckily, no one was injured in this incident. She was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for her behaviour.

A money changer was robbed at a neighbourhood carpark of more than SGD$620,000, the 41-year-old Malaysian robber was on the run and finally arrested after 7 years.

The incident happened back on November 5, 2014, at around 1 AM at Block 110 Aljunied Crescent. 9 Malaysian men robbed a money changer in the parking lot and got away with seven different currencies amounting to SGD$624,036.

Among the 9 robbers, 6 of them were arrested between 2014 and 2016. Another suspect was arrested last year.

Until July 2 2021, the Malaysian authorities found one of the suspects in Selangor. The man was responsible for the escape in the heist and he was paid SGD7,000 for the robbery.

Only one last man remains on the run.

There are people who prefer to use their own containers to da-bao (takeaway) food for various reasons, some to save money on the package fee while others are hoping to reduce the use of plastic. A netizen posted a story online and said that his mother was scolded for doing so.

Here is the story:

A recent incident happened to my mum. Wonder if it happened to anyone before. this happened a few weeks ago when my mum went to this Yong Tau Fu stall at Blk 964 Jurong west st 91 NTI Foodcourt during lunchtime.

My mum brought her own container (as usual everywhere she goes to buy food) but this man gave her a good scolding for doing that, saying that she was making lives difficult for them. Why can’t just dabao like everyone else.

He continued scolding and started giving nasty remarks and even unnecessarily said why not bring your own chilli packet container and just cook at home. or don’t take more chilli than the number of packets you buy. My mum was really angry and scolded him back. Wanted to cancel and walk away but she couldn’t because he already took the money.

He also told my mum go and complain or she wants. she came back to tell us what happened. But we realized we are also helpless to what we can do except to not buy from their shop ever again.

So really, sometimes we are even scared to reduce packaging waste or bring our own containers now.

Netizens empathised with the situation and said:

NEA said that the listings for the “tray return ambassador” jobs were made by firms without securing any contract with NEA.

NEA has told the firms to take down the listings because the roles doesn’t actually exist.

NEA announced earlier in May that diners may be issued warnings and fines when they fail to return their trays at hawker centres from 1 September onwards.

A multi-agency action team consisted of CNB, ICA, Singapore Customs, Health Sciences Authority, SFA and Bedok Police Division was formed to specifically target illegal activities in Geylang.

The five-day law enforcement action last week lead to the investigation of 54 individuals and 20 men were arrested. The suspects are believed to be involved in trafficking in illegal drugs, illegal gambling, operating entertainment venues without a license, illegally selling second-hand goods, and violating safety distances.

Geylang

Among those that are under investigation, 9 of them were caught for violating the HSA regulations and customs act, authorities seized cough syrups, aphrodisiacs and other illegal drugs, with a total value of more than SGD$26,000.

The police also raided two units in Geylang Lorong 13 and arrested 19 men aged between 20 and 59 on suspicion of violating the Gambling act The police seized SGD$700 in cash, computers and gambling equipment.

The SFA also carried out enforcement actions against illegal stalls at Geylang Lorong 16. Three men aged between 52 and 67 years old were fined for selling second-hand clothing in public places without applying for a license. The items were confiscated.

Ubi

An illegal entertainment venue on Ubi Ave 3 was also caught for operating with 15 men and 8 women between the ages of 20 and 50. One of the men who is believed to be running the place was arrested and currently under investigation.