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Betty Benafee and brother apologise in Johor Bahru High Court
Singer Betty Benafee and her brother Shakib Abu Bakar Banafee made a public apology at the Johor Bahru High Court after being found in contempt of an injunction over statements about a Johor shipping company. They must post the apology on Betty's social media within seven days and keep it up for a month.
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Chief Justice: Two years in remand before trial is unfair
Chief Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said it is unfair for an accused person to wait more than two years in remand before trial, and that criminal cases worry him most because they involve a person's liberty. He said the government has agreed to set up a Judicial Academy for continuous training of superior court judges, speaking at a Johor Baru dinner.
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One-metre beehive found on tree in Bukit Batok, residents worry about stings
A one-metre-long beehive was found hanging on a tree in Bukit Batok, Singapore, about two storeys above the ground. Residents reported bees flying around and entering their homes, and the matter has been reported to the town council via the OneService app.
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Fibre services fully restored after Bishan and Thomson outage
Fibre services in parts of Bishan and Thomson were fully restored at 5.40am on Wednesday after an outage that began on Tuesday and affected about 2,000 end-user connections. NetLink Trust said the disruption was caused by damage to its fibre infrastructure during road-widening works by a third-party contractor not engaged by the company.
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Tamil youth festival stages 'Tamil Voice' drama at Ngee Ann Polytechnic
A 'Tamil Voice - True Form Youth' event was held at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore on September 11 as part of the Tamil Youth Festival. Organised by the National Institute of Early Childhood Development, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and the Tamil Language Movement, youths showcased songs, dances and a drama on Tamil identity. More than 80 students registered.
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Rainforest Wild Adventure East wins BCA inclusive design award
Rainforest Wild Adventure East at Mandai Wildlife Reserve is one of four projects to receive the Building and Construction Authority's Universal Design Excellence Award this year. Its Canopy Glider ride has removable side guards and armrests, a portable ramp and free wheelchairs, while the park also offers Braille signage and an accessible changing room. The other winners are an Enabling Village extension with a sheltered walkway from Redhill MRT, Great World Mall and Harmony Village @ Bukit Batok.
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Indonesian man jailed a month for dropping cigarette butt in Stulang
An Indonesian general worker became the first person in Malaysia jailed for littering a cigarette butt under the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007. He failed to pay a RM1,000 fine and was sentenced to a month from Aug 28, followed by six hours of community service. The offence took place around Stulang, Johor, in February.
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Woodlands residents douse corridor fire with hose and pails before SCDF arrives
A shoe rack in the eighth-floor common corridor of an HDB block in Admiralty Grove, Woodlands, caught fire on Sept 14. Neighbours used a home fire extinguisher, the communal hose and water pails to put out the flames before firefighters arrived, and no injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation.
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Couple jailed for smuggling puppies from Malaysia to sell in Singapore
A couple has been jailed and fined in Singapore for keeping and selling puppies without a licence after smuggling them in from Malaysia. ICA officers found two Pomeranian puppies hidden in a friend's vehicle at Woodlands Checkpoint. The wife received 19 weeks and 3 days' jail plus a $5,000 fine, and her husband the same sentence.
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NetLink Trust: fibre outage in Bishan and Thomson to be fixed by Wednesday morning
About 2,000 Singtel, StarHub and M1 broadband users in parts of Bishan and Thomson lost fibre service after a third-party contractor damaged multiple NetLink Trust cables. NetLink Trust says restoration is under way and should be complete by Wednesday morning.
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Fibre cut disrupts Singtel, StarHub and M1 internet services
A fibre connection cut on Tuesday (Sept 15) caused temporary internet disruption for customers of Singtel, StarHub and M1 in Singapore. NetLink Trust said about 1,200 users in Bishan and Thomson may have been affected, and it is working with telcos to restore service.
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Masjid Yusof Ishak holds 15-minute exercise for elderly worshippers after Friday prayers
Masjid Yusof Ishak in Woodlands, Singapore, runs a 15-minute bodyweight strength session for elderly male worshippers after Friday prayers. The programme, which began on 24 July, is led voluntarily by a certified trainer and draws about 10 participants each week.
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Crow nest falls at Block 462 Crawford Lane; three elderly passers-by pecked
A crow's nest fell from a tree outside Block 462 Crawford Lane in Lavender, Singapore, on Sep. 4, after which the birds became aggressive. Three elderly passers-by were pecked on the head, and the Jalan Besar Town Council helped NParks move the nest on Sep. 9.
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Smoke from faulty brake forces evacuation of train at Bukit Gombak MRT station
Passengers were evacuated from a train at Bukit Gombak MRT station on Sept 15 after smoke was seen coming from below the train. SMRT said preliminary checks suggest a faulty brake caused the smoke, and the train was withdrawn to the depot. No commuters needed medical assistance and services continued normally.
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Woman jailed 19 weeks, fined S$5,000 over illegal puppy sales
A 28-year-old woman was sentenced to 19 weeks and three days' jail and fined S$5,000 for keeping illegally imported puppies in captivity for sale, in Singapore's first such case. She and her husband smuggled puppies from Malaysia and sold 21 of them for about S$21,000 between October and December 2023.
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26 litterers, 14 of them foreigners, ordered to clean Johor public spaces
Twenty-six people convicted of littering, 25 of them for cigarette butts, were ordered to perform community service at five locations across Johor. SWCorp said 3,095 littering notices have been issued in the state since Aug 1, with 107 cases concluded in court and RM71,550 in fines.
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Woodlands North RTS station finished, cross-border service set for 2027
Singapore's Land Transport Authority said on Sept 4 that the Woodlands North station on the Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link is complete, keeping the line on track to start passenger service in 2027. The 4km link will join Bukit Chagar in Johor Bahru to Woodlands North, where travellers can transfer to the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line, with capacity for 10,000 passengers an hour each way. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Malaysian-side station and rail infrastructure is finished and integration testing between the two countries has begun.
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Binjai Crest resident loses bid to remove security barrier, ordered to pay S$8,000
A resident of Binjai Crest, a strata landed estate in Bukit Timah, Singapore, failed to get the Strata Titles Board to order the removal of a security barrier installed at the main entrance. The board ruled the management corporation was managing common property and did not need a special resolution, and ordered Tay Jia Sheng to pay S$8,000 in legal costs.
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King Albert Park bungalow robbery: six jailed
Six men were jailed on Monday over an armed robbery at a luxury bungalow in Singapore's King Albert Park area in 2024, in which $4.9 million in assets were stolen. The gang fled Singapore immediately and moved the loot to Malaysia. A seventh suspect is still at large and is believed to be in Thailand.
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Six Malaysian men jailed in Singapore over S$4.9m GCB poker-game robbery
Six Malaysian men were sentenced to jail in Singapore on Sep. 14 for an armed gang robbery at a Good Class Bungalow in the King Albert Park area. The group, armed with machetes and baseball bats, tied up 11 people and stole about S$4.9 million from a high-stakes poker game on Apr. 18, 2024. A seventh man remains at large and is believed to have left Malaysia for Thailand.
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Man filmed putting community cat into car boot at Joo Seng Road; NParks says he was taking it to vet
At Joo Seng Road in Singapore, a man was filmed picking up a community cat and attempting to place it into a carrier in a car boot. NParks investigated and said he is a community cat caregiver who was trying to bring an injured cat to a veterinary clinic; the cat later escaped and was seen back in the neighbourhood.
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Ng Chee Meng launches community umbrella racks at two Jalan Kayu bus stops
Community umbrella racks have been set up at two bus stops along Jalan Kayu Road in Singapore, letting residents borrow an umbrella and return it later. Jalan Kayu MP Ng Chee Meng announced the pay-it-forward initiative, which drew both praise and scepticism online after similar schemes elsewhere ended when umbrellas were not returned.
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Woman who exploited two underage girls for prostitution to be assessed for reformative training; client jailed four weeks
A 20-year-old woman in Singapore pleaded guilty on Sept 14 to three charges including recruiting a person for exploitation and living on the earnings of prostitution, after exploiting two girls aged about 16. She will return to court on Oct 22 for a reformative training suitability report. One customer, Syahirul Daud Abdul Razak, 26, was sentenced to four weeks' jail for obtaining sexual services from the younger girl.
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Six Malaysians admit armed gang robbery of $4.9m at King Albert Park bungalow
Six Malaysian men pleaded guilty in Singapore's High Court to armed gang robbery and money laundering over a $4.9 million heist at a good class bungalow in King Albert Park during a high-stakes poker game in April 2024. The masked robbers, armed with machetes and baseball bats, tied up 11 people and fled to Malaysia with cash, valuables and cryptocurrency. A seventh suspect remains at large, and sentencing is set for Monday.