According to a media release by the ICA, a 28-year-old Malaysian was caught travelling in a car to Singapore attempting to smuggle assorted cigarettes. The total amount is 615 cartons and 3,070 packets.
On 3rd of Feb 2020, Officers on duty directed the Malaysian car for further checks and found duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed in various modified compartments of the car.
The 28-year-old Malaysian has been directed to Singapore Customs for further investigations.
A video is currently circulating on Facebook of a face mask factory, At 0.8mins into the video, a woman can be seen sitting on the floor with a pile of facemask and packing the goods.
The face mask is produced in an extremely unsanitary environment.
the brand that produces the facemask appears to be from the following box design.
As we all know, cleaners are doing their best cleaning public areas to prevent the further spread of the viruses.
Some places even have hourly wiping procedures to maximize the effectiveness of the battle against the Corona Wuhan Virus.
But one teen decided that its okay to spit on the floor in front of a Police CCTV camera and was caught by a man. The man confronted the teen and recorded the teen’s response, although he sounded a bit vulgar.
The teen admitted that he spit as well.
His intention was to emphasise on social responsibility during such worrying times.
According to a Police media release, a 21-year-old male was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon in the public.
The incident happened on the 1st Jan 2020 at around 12.15 AM, Two men were stopped by Public Transport Security Command(The group of uniform man in blue and grey beret, that is often seen in MRT stations) and conducted a check on the two men.
One of the men tried to run away but was successfully detained by the officers on site.
The officers conducted a search on the man and found a knife on him, he was immediately placed under arrest.
The man will be charged today for carrying an offensive weapon in the public.
If he is convicted of the crime, he will be looking at up to 3 years jail along with up to 6 strokes of the cane.
According to a media release by Shin Min Daily News, a man was walking home with his wife on a footpath in Woodlands. An E-bike rider horn at them, despite the couple giving way the E-Bike rider was not happy.
Although the man on the E-bike was with his son, this did not deter him into getting into trouble.
The incident happened on the 1st of Feb at Woodlands Drive 70 Blk 709, The rider who was unhappy that the couple had gotten in the way of his E-bike, he got off his bike and threw a flurry of punches at the man.
Although the wife tried to stop the violent rider, the attacker shakes her off and continued attacking him. Even after the man was on the ground his attacks did not stop and gave a kick to the victim’s ribcage.
Two passersby managed to hold the attacker and the victim’s wife contacted the Police.
The attackers then escape on his E-bike without his son, his son told the victim to forgive his father
The man later returned for his son but tried to trip the woman who is tending to her injured husband.
The injuries were so severe that the man had only 30% vision left in his right eye and warded in the hospital for two days and MC for a week.
A company meeting was held at Grand Hyatt between 20 and 22 Jan, the meeting had a total of 104 individuals involved. Among the 104 there were Malaysians, Koreans, PRCs and etc.
4 of the 15 Singaporeans reported with symptoms and currently getting medical attention from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases
A 42-year-old Malaysian who attended the meeting started to develop symptoms a week later on the 29 Jan 2020 after returning to Malaysia. By the 3rd of Jan, her test results confirmed that she infected by the Coronavirus.
A 38-year-old and a 36-year-old Korean man also attended the meeting were also found to be infected.
All 94 overseas visitors who attended the meeting are no longer in Singapore.
The first local transmission happened at Cavan Street(Near Jalan Besar Stadium), employees from the shop infected with the Coronavirus after a tour group from China visited.