A Singaporean man who bought duty-unpaid cigarettes via WeChat was jailed and fined.

Fong Seng Fatt, 46, was sentenced by the State Courts on 13 August 2018 to two months’ imprisonment and a fine of $6,000. As Fong did not pay the court fine, he will serve another 24 days of default imprisonment.

Investigations revealed that Fong had been buying duty-unpaid cigarettes from a seller via WeChat for his own consumption. On 10 August 2018, he placed an order with the seller and was informed that the cigarettes would be delivered to him that evening. Fong’s plans were foiled by Singapore Customs officers. They saw Fong receiving a plastic bag containing two cartons and 60 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes from a man at the void deck of an HDB block in Lorong 1 Toa Payoh and arrested both men. The officers conducted a search of Fong’s HDB flat and recovered another 23 cartons and 75 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes. The other man is being dealt with separately.

A total of 25 cartons and 135 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized. The total duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evaded amounted to about $4,710 and $330 respectively.

Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, having in possession or dealing in duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the GST Act. Offenders will be severely dealt with. They can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded and/or jailed for up to six years.

Source: Singapore Customs

A netizen sends a complaint to Singtel regarding poor customer service.

I need to talk to someone regards to my faulty hp that was delivered to me. From 1st August when i received the hp till now you guys are just playing the fool asking me to go here and there but no solution. Your customer service agents are worse and i think my kids speaks better English.

Please train them properly. Get someone to call me asap.

I need a solution not someone telling me the same thing #regretchoosingSingtel

Netizens A: Most service provider do not take responsibility for handset . Once they open the set in front of you and smile and says ok , that’s it.

The missing woman Baratha Mary, 72-years-old in the above photo was last seen at Upper Boon Keng Road at 3.30am on 13/08/18.

She is most likely to have gone missing while wearing a long light blue top with faded color red pants. She stands at a height of 1.5 meters. It is believed that a missing person report has been made by her family members.

The woman is suffering from Dementia and probably have problems finding her way home. Her family members require the power of the internet to spread the message and hopefully, she can be found soon.

Dementia is not a specific disease. It’s an overall term that describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities.

Source: https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-dementia

If you have any relevant information about her, please contact 87301867 or contact the police.

Tips

How to prevent dementia sufferers from going missing?

• Do not allow them to travel alone
• Consider placing a tracking GPS device in bags or a GPS software on the phone
• Write a note which contents the address of his/her homes, along with at least 2 contact numbers.

Let’s hope this tips can prevent any more people from going missing.

Please help to share so I can find this person Shaik Rasul Bin Shaik Hanif.

*To clarify, the picture is correct. He looks like a female.

He rented my apartment and disappeared, owing me rental of more than 10k. My apartment is in utter ruins. The cabinet & wardrobe doors have been dismantled and mirror punched and cracked to name a few examples. Flooring needs to be replaced.

The offender has hidden chewing tobacco around the car, hoping that it would go through our customs. He thought wrong!

A total of 4510 sachets of chewing tobacco was found inside.

“Sachets of chewing tobacco were concealed in almost every part of the car – back seat, rear bumper, skirting, spare tyre and side panels. On 9 Aug, ICA officers detected 4,510 sachets of chewing tobacco hidden in a Malaysia-registered car when the 25-year-old lone male Malaysian driver arrived at Woodlands checkpoint. The case was referred to the Health Sciences Authority.”

“Our borders are our first line of defence in safeguarding Singapore’s security. The ICA will continue to conduct security checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contrabands.”

Source; ICA Facebook.