Kurt Tay is a local internet celebrity that gone famous after a newspaper featuring him has gone viral. He is a big fan of wrestling and is often seen with his WWE/WWF title belts.
Recently he was pranked by someone pretending to be a Mediacorp producer, the perpetrator arranged an interview with him at Mediacorp but turned out to be a fake.
Prankster gave Steven Lim’s Number
The perpetrator told him that he will provide him with another handphone number of staff at Mediacorp with the name of “Michelle” to arrange for his “interview”, but turns out the number belongs to another internet celebrity Steven Lim.
Shortly, after Kurt uploaded the screenshots of the man the Whatsapp messages with the phone number, the prankster got prank with over 100 prank calls.
Kurt Tay then reported the incident to the Police.
Kurt even posted the Police report he made online. But it did not take long for the prankster to get scared and text Kurt for forgiveness. He even said that he will pay Kurt Tay for the Taxi trip and even compensate him for his unpaid leave.
The perpetrator even told Kurt Tay that he has a baby,
According to a post by MFA Consular, they are currently appealing for the next of kin information of a Singaporean who passed away overseas.
The deceased is a 50-year-old Singaporean, Steven Chan Kong Kai. DOB: 15/04/1969 passed away in Dongguan China on the 29 November 2019. This information was released hoping to find the next of kin.
The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs has put it on on Twitter to appeal for information
If you have information, please contact MFA at 6379 8000.
The fire was caused by a PMD that was left charging at the corridor, SCDF managed to put out the fire with one water jet. Three people were evacuated from the unit and luckily none were injured.
Image Source: SCDF
SCDF also posted a photo on how to prevent such fires and important tips to look out for when charging these devices.
On Tuesday (3rd December 19), officers who are on duty at Woodlands Checkpoint managed to uncover a smuggling activity carried out by a Singaporean.
Various compartments of the vehicles were modified to store contraband cigarettes such as the aircon, side door panels and even the bumper. A total of 183 cartons and 973 packets of cigarettes was found in the Singapore-registered car.
The man was caught after the vehicle had broken down at Woodlands Checkpoint immigration arrival area.
Officer’s moved the car to a separate area to check and the smuggling activity was discovered.
A 37-year-old Singaporean has been referred to Singapore Customs for further investigations. Singapore customs also stated that vehicles used for smugglings will be confiscated.
According to media reports, Feng Zhanning the 42-year-old taxi driver who got famous after videos of him performing a road rage and attack a mother carrying a baby was arrested at Woodlands checkpoint.
17-year-old Han Shiyu a Chinese National NTU student was expelled by the school after he was caught filming a woman in the shower.
The incident occurred on the 12 of August 2019 at around 9.20 pm, Han Shiyu hides in the toilet of a residential hall and filmed a woman with a mobile phone when she was showering.
Unlike another top school, NTU takes misconduct involving harassment much more seriously and the spokesperson said that the school have “Zero-tolerance approach”.
He was offered bail of $15,000
He will be back in court on the 23rd of December 2019.
According to a post by Singapore Customs, an operation was conducted between 25 and 27 of November 2019 against peddlers selling duty-unpaid cigarettes.
Singapore Customs conducted operations at Chai Chee and Bedok Reservoir and arrested two China nationals for selling contraband cigarettes on Wechat. A total of 1,490 of contraband cigarettes and a van was seized.
Investigations lead the officers to the arrest of another Chinese national at Changi airport the next day.
Image Source: Singapore Customs
Geylang
A total of 1,546 packets of contraband cigarettes and two e-bikes were seized by the authorities at Geylang.
Investigations lead to the arrest of three Singaporeans and one Vietnamese
