SINGAPORE: Police in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea have arrested 272 people in a joint operation targeting child pornography and sexual exploitation. The suspects, aged between 12 and 73, were arrested during a five-week operation from Feb 26 to Mar 29, during which authorities raided a total of 236 locations. In Singapore, 28 people were … Read more
SINGAPORE: The speed enforcement function in red-light cameras across Singapore will be “progressively and dynamically” activated from Monday (Apr 1). Locations that are more accident-prone or violation-prone will be prioritised for the activation. Red-light cameras, which are deployed at selected road junctions, are used to detect vehicles that commit red-light running offences. They are prominently painted in … Read more
SINGAPORE: Nine people are assisting with police investigations over their suspected involvement in technical support scams, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Friday (Mar 29). The suspects, eight men and one woman aged between 32 and 57, are believed to have facilitated such scams by “receiving monies”. They were identified following an anti-scam operation carried … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 47-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday (Mar 24) following an accident in Woodlands involving a car and motorcycle. The police said they were alerted to the accident at Woodlands Avenue 12 at about 10.10pm on Saturday. The driver had stopped his vehicle at the side of the road, … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old man will be charged in court on Saturday (Mar 16) over his involvement in a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian. In a news release on Friday, the police said they were alerted to the accident involving a lorry and a pedestrian at the junction of Jurong West Avenue 2 and Bulim … Read more
The police subsequently established the woman’s identity through follow-up investigations and arrested her on Monday. “Preliminary investigations revealed that she is believed to be involved in other similar reports with losses amounting to more than S$24,000 (US$18,000),” the police said. The woman will be charged on Tuesday with the offence of cheating. If found guilty, … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 54-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing US$80,000 (S$107,000) in cash from a passenger on board a flight from Hong Kong to Singapore, the police said on Wednesday (Mar 6). The passenger discovered that the cash was missing from his bag after he disembarked at Changi Airport on Tuesday. “Preliminary investigations revealed … Read more
SINGAPORE: Fifteen men were arrested on Friday (Mar 1) for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil. Eight of them were crew members of a Singapore-registered tugboat while seven were crew members from a foreign-registered tugboat, said the police in a news release. The suspected illegal transaction is believed to have taken place … Read more
SINGAPORE: A 31-year-old woman has been arrested after US$4.2 million in cryptocurrency was allegedly misappropriated. She will be charged in court on Wednesday (Feb 28) for cheating and suspected involvement in money laundering activities, the police said in a news release late on Tuesday. The police said that they received a report on Feb 28 … Read more
YuuZoo, which was listed on the Singapore Exchange mainboard, released several financial reports between 2015 and 2016 that were allegedly misleading. According to the police, the statements allegedly overstated YuuZoo’s revenue by US$4.6 million to US$18.8 million. Former YuuZoo CEO James Matthew Somasundram was charged on Feb 21 under the Securities and Futures Act in connection with … Read more
