The victim from KL take a plane to Singapore just to report police and seek help from his Singapore friend Gary to find the scammer.
This seller by the nick of Phra Mongkol or Desmond Lim has sold me a piece of KP Prai Kanya with 1,500 Sgd but ended up delivered a normal KP (not sure from which temple).
When I demanded for refund, then was told a mistake by his Thai Wife and agreed to refund the full amount which is 1,500 Sgd but unfortunately this has been dragged since Thursday (4 May) till now around 9.30pm and he has closed down his FB.
A 1-year-old baby died after suffering from head wounds and resuscitation failed in the hospital. A 30-year-old Indonesian maid was arrested following the incident.
The incident happened on the 8th of May at Simei Street 4 Blk 225 Level 6. The maid has been working with the family for over a year. On the day of the incident, the victim’s family member tried to wake up the sleeping 1-year-old but failed to do so.
Realising that the 1-year-old could not be awakened. The baby girl was sent straight to Changi General Hospital for medical aid. Unfortunantely, the baby girl passed on.
It has been discovered that the baby girl had head wounds.
NETIEZEN has apologised to our law minster and this is what he said.
I have spent several days reflecting on my conduct, in putting up a commentary that was neither accurate nor honest.
I made a FB post on 24 April which misstated Minister Shanmugam’s views. I attributed to him views the very opposite of what he held, and then criticized him in a sneering tone.
When the Minister pointed out (through his FB), that I got my facts wrong, I sent him an apology that was a non-apology. The apology was insincere, and self-exculpatory – I tried to claim I was commenting on the headline and not his remarks, when my comments clearly showed otherwise. [When I sent the apology, to make my apology appear true, I also deleted some comments I had made in my FB, which showed that I was in fact commenting on his remarks].
Having thought further, I have written, as below, to the Minister, to convey my unreserved apology:
‘Dear Minister,
On deeper reflection, I realize my first apology was insincere. I am therefore writing now to apologize unreservedly. I had misrepresented your views in the Today article, and had presented them in a careless, thoughtless and flippant way. To make things worse, my apology was self-exculpatory. I accept that my criticism of your views was untruthful, unfair and unsubstantiated. I have let the LKY School down. But above all I’m sorry for my original post; it was impulsive and reckless.’
Many do not know this, but when I was out of a job in 2012, it was Minister Shanmugam who spoke with me and offered his help. He then put in a good word for me with LKYSPP, and gave me a recommendation. I decided that I should come clean about someone who had in fact helped me, and I should set out the facts in public.
Netizen ordered his meal paying $20 via Food Panda and was surprised that all he received was a coffee!!! According to the receipt, it seems like the food pick up was from Jurong Point Burger King.
Ordered Food panda in the morning. Got a Burger king set meal & a coffee.
In the end, only the coffer arrived & the delivery man said dunno.
Wth is that, who will be so idiotic to order a coffee online.
Now try all ways to contact them, contact numbers, not in use.
Their live chat which they don’t reply but kicked me out of it. Email has to wait
Not useful at all. Very poor service & I won’t wanna use them anymore.
A more personal and intimate experience sharing about public apathy.
More than 10 years ago, my dad was involved in a traffic accident. A SBS bus rammed into him in the wee hours of the morning when he was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing. His skull was fractured and several of his ribs broke. He made it to the hospital but he didn’t stand a chance. He was 70, healthy and semi-retired, ready for his golden years. But it was not to be.
My siblings and I staked out at the bus stop near the accident site daily for a week after the accident, talking to people who may have seen the accident. We wanted to find out what happened and get witnesses for the police.
We heard from a few witnesses that after the impact, the bus stopped. There was only one person who went up to my dad to tend to him – an ang mo woman who was a passenger on the bus. No one else helped, although others may have called the police and an ambulance.
What happened next was sad and infuriating. Upon hearing stories from the few witnesses, we identified ourselves as family of the deceased and asked if they would go to the police to report what they had seen. We emphasized that we wanted them to testify what they saw, and not put blame on any party. All of them flat-out refused immediately. When pressed, one of them said he didn’t see anything, when moments ago he animatedly recounted the entire accident to us. Another avoided us the following morning when she spotted us. Every single one of these witnesses were Singaporeans. None of them came forward to the police. Regrettably, we did not manage to find the ang mo lady who tended to my dad to express our appreciation. Was he conscious? Did she soothe him with words or touch? Whatever she did, we thank her from the bottom of our hearts for stepping up to check on him while everyone else stayed away.
I’ve always thought this experience has similar behavioural undertones to a less tragic and more common one. Many of us have encountered situations in Singapore where someone cuts queue, and everyone would be very annoyed but no one dares voice displeasure. If anyone in the queue stood out to admonish the queue cutter, that person is very likely to be a westerner. So much for our much touted “Asian” or “Confucius” values.
Back to my dad’s accident. Police investigations eventually revealed that the bus driver, who was an elderly Malaysian man, was at fault because he was beating the red light. The next tragic joke was that the driver jumped bail and slipped back into Malaysia. The police did not explain how that was possible. SBS apologized and paid a meagre compensation. A few years later, we heard from the police that the bus driver passed away in Malaysia of old age. We bear no grudges. Closure.
What was etched permanently in my memory was how the witnesses refused to come forward, when the inconvenience to them was merely a couple of hours at the police station. I remember how I looked them in the eye and pleaded with them while they averted my gaze and made up clumsy excuses.
This episode taught me an unforgettable lesson about public apathy in Singapore.
On 7/5 on a Sunday morning, a Hong Kong woman found that it might be a bad idea to chase a robber for snatching her iPhone.
After chasing for about 100 metres and catching up with the thief the 22-year-old student ended up being raped by him.
While holding her hostage for four hours at hidden spot under an overhead bridge, he forced her to reveal her bank passwords.
After finishing work past midnight while walking she was assaulted
She was being tied up by the suspect who wore sunglasses using mobile phone cable and ‘evidence of his crime was wash away by the water.
He threaten her that he had a knife, chatting with till almost 5am before taking off with her two bank cards and phone.
When she arrived home an hour later, the student told her family what had happened.
Hong Kong police are now looking for the suspect.
According to the description given by the victim, he is around 30 years old, 1.67m tall with a medium build, and has short black hair. He was wearing dark square-framed glasses during the incident.
A facebook page by the name “Kemalangan Extreme Kebakaran Dan Banjir” posted the video and claimed that person that died in the video is a Malaysian Indian.
A Malaysian Indian male passed away after a forklift dropped a heavy load on him. It happened slight 1min after the video starts playing. The video was captured on CCTV!
I would like to announce that this morning, the High Court accepted my application (HC/OS 495/2017), which seeks the Court’s determination on whether a piece of legislation (section 22 Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act 6 of 2017 which counted President Wee Kim Wee as the first Elected Presidency term for the purposes of calling a Reserved Election), is consistent with our Constitution (Articles 19B(1) and 164(1) which introduced the mechanism of a Reserved Election into our Constitution).
I am the Plaintiff and for the purposes of serving Court papers on the Government, the Defendant is the Attorney General.
The application was filed on 5 May 2017. The Court accepted my application this morning, and has fixed a pre-trial conference on 22 May 2017.
To recap, on 31 March 2017, I held a press conference explaining why in my layman’s opinion, starting the count from President Wee’s term appeared to be inconsistent with the spirit and purpose for reserved elections. I then invited the Government or AG to explain the legal reasons for their count.
On 1 April 2017 the Government through MCI said I raised no new points that require a response. I responded to say the MCI missed my point. Nothing further was heard on this issue.
Since this is a matter of national importance, I sought to find the legal answer and consulted the best constitutional lawyer I could find. He is Queen’s Counsel Lord David Pannick. I gave Lord Pannick the Commission Report, White Paper, all relevant Hansard parliamentary reports from 7 Nov 2016 to 6 February 2017, our Constitution and all related statutes on this issue. I asked him one question: whether the AG correctly advised the Government to specify President Wee’s term as the first to be counted on the basis that he was the first President to exercise elected powers.
Lord Pannick has advised that he disagrees with the AG’s advice, and that section 22 Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act 6 of 2017 as it stands is unconstitutional. After receiving Lord Pannick’s reply, I felt I could not keep his legal opinion to myself. It would be in public interest to have the Court decide which legal view is correct – Lord Pannick or the AG.
On 28 April 2017, I engaged M/s Tan, Rajah & Cheah to make the necessary application, and to produce in my affidavit Lord Pannick’s written opinion before the Court. I believe this question can be answered without confrontation or hostility. Both the Government and I have the nation’s best interest at heart. It is in nobody’s interest to have a Reserved Election that is unconstitutional.
I am satisfied that I have, to the best of my ability and capacity, done my part to do what is right in the circumstances, which is to bring to this Court’s attention Lord Pannick’s opinion. Since the matter is now before the Court, it is only right that I refrain from making any further public comment until this case is decided.
The victim from KL take a plane to Singapore just to report police and seek help from his Singapore friend Gary to find the scammer.
A 1-year-old baby died after suffering from head wounds and resuscitation failed in the hospital. A 30-year-old Indonesian maid was arrested following the incident.
Netizen ordered his meal paying $20 via Food Panda and was surprised that all he received was a coffee!!! According to the receipt, it seems like the food pick up was from Jurong Point Burger King.
Photo for reference
On 7/5 on a Sunday morning, a Hong Kong woman found that it might be a bad idea to chase a robber for snatching her iPhone.
A facebook page by the name “
A video has been uploaded by a driver. The dashcam caught a man riding his bicycle through the busy traffic junction.
Source: Joey Toh
(FACEBOOK POST BY TAN CHENG BOCK)