According to the media release, Within four days there were five pirate attacks(23rd December 2019) on vessels travelling in the Singapore Straits.

On one of the attacks, Pirates tied up crew members in an attempt to rob the crew members but later escaped after the alarm starting ringing.

The pirates escaped with nothing and the vessel was later escorted by Singapore Navy and Coast Guard for officers to check if there were any more pirates hiding on the ship.

On another attack, 6 pirates boarded a tanker and steal the chief engineer’s gold chain.

So far no agencies have reported if the pirates were caught, neither did the reports mentioned the nationality of the pirates.

Here is a picture of where Singapore Strait is:

Over hundreds or even thousands of birds were seen at Choa Chu Kang at Keat Hong area.

The species is believed to be storks

This is a stork.

The following is text from ICA Facebook post

“On 10 Dec, vigilant ICA officers at Jurong Port discovered four bottles of brown liquid, believed to be Kratom, in a Malaysia-registered lorry conveying metal beams.

Two other bottles containing remnants of a similar liquid were also found. The bottles were hidden beneath and behind the driver’s seat.”

“Kratom contains ‘Mitragynine’ and ‘7-Hydroxymitragynine’, which are Class A controlled drugs listed under the Misuse of Drug Act. The importation of any Class A controlled drugs into Singapore is an offence that, upon conviction, carries a punishment of between a minimum of 5 years’ imprisonment and 5 strokes of the cane, and a maximum of 30 years imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane.”

“Two Malaysian men, aged 35 and 38, were arrested for their connection to this case. The case has been referred to CNB for further investigation.”

According to the Police, three individuals were arrested by the Police after a fight at Teck Whye last night.

The commotion attracted the residents in the area to look out the window and some were worried that their car might be damaged. Some residents alerted the Police about the fight at 7.42 pm at Block 120 Teck Whye Lane.

A 35-year-old was send the hospital following the incident.

Three-man was arrested,

• A 65-year-old man arrested for affray and criminal intimidation
• A 30-year-old arrested for affray
• A 35-year-old arrested for affray.

Video of Fight

Police investigations are ongoing.