Singapore Police Force

ICA officer at Woodlands Checkpoint dragged ‘several metres’ by car; driver arrested

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ICA officer at Woodlands Checkpoint dragged ‘several metres’ by car; driver arrested

SINGAPORE: An Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer at the Woodlands Checkpoint instructed the driver of a car departing Singapore to follow him, but the man accelerated his car instead, dragging the officer for several metres. The car nearly collided with a pedestrian and other nearby stationary vehicles, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and ICA said … Read more

Elderly woman avoids losing S$260,000 to scammers after StanChart employee intervenes

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Elderly woman avoids losing S0,000 to scammers after StanChart employee intervenes

In November, following the instructions of the second scammer, the woman sold her unit trust investments that she held with Standard Chartered Bank, amounting to more than S$260,000. The money was to be transferred to a third-party bank account provided by the scammer, purportedly to assist in investigations.  “The transaction was detected by a Standard Chartered Bank relationship … Read more