Crime

A 64-year-old man allegedly used a hammer to hit a 54-year-old female victim near Ang Mo Kio MRT station on Sunday afternoon, July 22 and escaped from the scene. But, the police officers tracked him down and took him into custody. When officials reached the incident location they found the woman in a conscious state but her head was wounded. Later, they took her to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, located at 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng for further treatment. Police said in a news release, which was published on Monday that the officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division found the accused at a coffee shop in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 in a drunk condition. They also stated that the officers arrested him due to his suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon. As per the Penal Code Section 324, (Except in the case provided for by section 334), whoever "voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as … [Read more...] about Singapore: Man with hammer attacks woman near Ang Mo Kio MRT station

A former manager at the National Library Board (NLB) faced 56 charges on Monday after he allegedly took a total of S$595,230 in bribes from the director of a company. As reported the 48-year-old accused Ivan Koh Siong Wee took the bribe from the 49-year-old, director of Database Resource Services, Low Pok Woen between 2005 and 2009 to advance Low's business interests with NLB. The director also was also faced the same count of charges. While during the court hearing prosecution asked for court bail of S$100,000 for each of them, the defence argued and sought for a lower amount. Later, the judge set a bail of S$80,000 for each. But, but both of them have to attend the next court hearing, which will take place next month. The country is known for its clean records in bribery-related cases, as early research materials stated that this is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. As Singapore's corruption control system is highly active, bribery offences are governed under the … [Read more...] about Singapore’s former NLB manager faces 56 charges for taking more than S$595,000 as token of bribe

The tech giant Apple is now investigating fraudulent iTunes purchases after customers reported that hundreds of dollars were deducted from their bank accounts for those purchases that they did not make. As per a victim of this case has clearly said all the affected consumers noticed that unidentified charges were deducted from their accounts at DBS and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation. On Sunday, Apple Inc. told Yahoo News Singapore that they are now investigating the matter. Reports stated that, as per Vincent Tan, head of credit cards at OCBC Bank, in July they detected 58 cases of fraudulent transactions. Two other victims also reported that they have lost at least S$7,000 each to iTunes purchases. One of them realised that she became a victim, only after she received a message from HSBC that stated she had less than 30 per cent of her credit limit left. Another victim Deepan Chakkaravarthi, 28, told media that last week he noticed that nearly S$700 had been deducted unknowingly … [Read more...] about Apple Singapore consumers reported fraudulent iTunes transactions; company to take serious action

The prime suspect in the murder case of 56-year-old, Director of ITE's (Institute of Technical Education) examinations division, faced charges at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Saturday. The suspect of this case is 66-year-old, Seet Cher Hng, who is the ex-husband of the victim, Low Hwee Geok, also called as Michelle. The woman was found motionless at the car park of the campus on Thursday evening, July 19. Later, when police investigated the case they found that the deceased was stabbed to death. At around 12.40 am police removed the body from the school campus. The initial investigation led the officers to the alleged accused Seet, who also sustained some injuries. The police confirmed that due to the injuries, the suspect is still admitted at Tan Tock Seng Hospital but he is out of danger now. As reported Low and Seet both were married in 1993 but after an unsuccessful marriage life they decided to become separated a few years ago. According to a source, who was close to the accused said … [Read more...] about Singapore ITE campus murder case suspect faces criminal charge for stabbing ex-wife

Singapore has faced another cyber threat after a total of 1.5 million SingHealth patients' non-medical personal data were stolen last month. The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have stated on Friday, July 20 that the hackers had accessed to the 160,000 patients' records of dispensed medicines.After the investigation by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), officials confirmed that the cyber-attack was conducted deliberately and was planned perfectly by an anonymous professional hacking group or criminal gangs.But the CSA chief executive David Koh said that since the investigation is still going on, they would not be able to reveal more details about their findings when he was asked to name a suspected country or group. However, Koh also added that that the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's personal particulars and information of his outpatient dispensed medicines were also accessed and copied by the hacking group. As reported apart … [Read more...] about SingHealth data breach: Millions of patients’ data stolen including medical details of PM Lee by sophisticated hackers