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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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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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Johor Bahru High Court quashes RM78.7m IRB tax assessments on Adamas Marine
The Johor Bahru High Court has quashed about RM78.7 million in tax assessments and penalties imposed on shipowner Adamas Marine Sdn Bhd. Judicial Commissioner Budiman Lutfi Mohamed ruled that the Inland Revenue Board used the wrong framework to determine ownership of the company's 16 Malaysian-registered ships, and ordered the assessments from 2007 to 2023 to be set aside.
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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.
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Bukit Panjang condo MCST sues developer and four others over balcony concrete fall
The management corporation of Foresque Residences in Bukit Panjang is suing the developer, architect, structural engineer, railing engineer and subcontractor over alleged construction defects after a piece of concrete fell 20m from a third-floor balcony in February 2025. Tests later found about 60 per cent of balcony slab edges at Block 105 produced hollow sounds. The defendants have filed defences at the High Court denying liability.
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Police hunt driver who fled after Marsiling Road self-skid accident
A car self-skidded along Marsiling Road towards Marsiling Drive in the early hours of Sep. 11. The driver left before police arrived, and efforts to trace the driver are ongoing.
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Worker, 35, dies at Jurong Port Road site after being hit by compressed air hose
A 35-year-old construction worker died at a worksite at 37 Jurong Port Road on Sep. 11 after being struck by a hose connected to a compressed air pump during foundation works. The Ministry of Manpower identified Keller Foundations (S E Asia) Pte Ltd as occupier and employer, and has instructed the company to stop all concreting works while it investigates.
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Worker dies after being struck by hose at Jurong Port Road worksite; MOM investigating
A 35-year-old worker died on Sept 11 after being struck by a hose connected to a compressed air pump at a construction site at 37 Jurong Port Road. The Ministry of Manpower has identified Keller Foundations (S E Asia) as the employer and occupier, and has ordered concreting works at the site to stop while it investigates. It is the second workplace death at a Jurong Port Road construction site in recent months, after a 23-year-old Bangladeshi worker was killed by falling scaffolding on Aug 3.
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NTU team gets US$100,000 from OpenAI for AI policy prediction tool
Four researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are building an AI tool that predicts how economic policies such as cash handouts affect spending. The project is one of 14 worldwide selected from over 400 submissions to OpenAI's April call for proposals, and will receive US$100,000 (S$126,800) for six months of development and testing. The system is trained on anonymised transaction data from more than a million users of a South Korean budgeting app.
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Singapore's top medical award goes to 17 doctors including Prof Anantharaman
Seventeen pioneer doctors and dentists, including emergency medicine pioneer Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman and paediatrician Dr Bua Kong Poh, received the Eminent Academician title from the Singapore Medical Academy. The ceremony was held at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine's medical sciences building on September 12, with Health Minister Ong Ye Kung speaking.
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Burst underground pipe in Bukit Batok disrupts water supply to 3 blocks
A burst underground pipe in Bukit Batok early on Sept 12 temporarily cut water supply to three blocks, including a home and 11 shophouse units. The town council isolated the pipe, restored supply to the home, and installed a temporary surface pipe for commercial units. Repairs are expected to take two to three days.
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Negri Sembilan coach: JDT are on a different level after 3-0 loss
Johor Darul Ta'zim beat Negri Sembilan 3-0 in a Super League match at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Johor Baru on Friday. Negri coach Daniel Gimenez said his side could not match JDT, who he described as an Asian Champions League Elite-level team, while his squad only plays domestically. JDT remain unbeaten at the top with 15 points from five matches, while Negri are seventh with four points.
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Hong Kong principal sues school over sacking after Jurong guard row
A Hong Kong secondary school principal who was filmed shouting at security guards in Jurong on May 22 is suing his former school for wrongful termination. Lee Cheuk-hing, formerly of San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School in Tuen Mun, is seeking about HK$902,867 after the school dismissed him with immediate effect instead of accepting his resignation. The case is due to go on trial in December.
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Police hunt driver who fled after car skidded into drain on Marsiling Road
A driver abandoned his car after it skidded into a drain along Marsiling Road towards Marsiling Drive early on Sep 11. Police were alerted at about 3:15am and are still trying to trace him. A witness said the driver appeared drunk, asked people not to report the crash, and ran off before officers arrived.
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Fitness influencer charged with RM31,900 criminal breach of trust, RM4,000 bail
Fitness influencer Muhammad Azri Abdul Rahim, 31, pleaded not guilty in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court to a charge of criminal breach of trust over RM31,900 belonging to a former flight attendant. The alleged offence took place at Jalan Nusaria, Taman Nusantara, Gelang Patah, Iskandar Puteri between 25 January and 7 March 2025. The court granted RM4,000 bail with one surety and set 7 October for mention.
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Bukit Batok's Masjid Ar-Raudhah seeks remaining $2.8m for upgrade
Masjid Ar-Raudhah in Bukit Batok still needs about $2.8 million to cover the rest of its Mosque Upgrading Project, which began on 13 July. A mosque-wide donation drive will be held across Singapore on 11 September with 80 tin cans and 66 volunteers, alongside $50 wakaf lots and charity coupon sales.
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Hong Kong principal sacked over SAFRA Jurong swearing seeks S$154,700
A Hong Kong school principal fired after swearing at security guards at SAFRA Jurong in May is seeking about HK$960,000 (S$154,700) in an unfair dismissal claim. Lee Cheuk-hing, former principal of San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School, was in Singapore on a study tour from May 20 to 24 when the incident occurred. His case was briefly heard at Hong Kong's Labour Tribunal on Sept 8, with trial set for Dec 1.
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85-year-old Bukit Batok resident waited over two hours for help after shower fall
An 85-year-old woman fell in her shower at Harmony Village @ Bukit Batok on Sep 2 and pressed the emergency call bell, but no one came for over two hours. She dragged herself to the main door, where a neighbour heard her calls and an ambulance was finally summoned. She underwent hip surgery and is recovering at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, while the operator says it is reviewing the incident.
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PUB tells commuters to avoid Jalan Boon Lay and Jurong Port Road junction over flash-flood risk
PUB has advised the public to avoid two locations in western Singapore on the morning of Sept 10 because of the risk of flash floods. Jalan Boon Lay from International Road to Enterprise Road and the junction of Pesawat Drive and Jurong Port Road were flagged for an hour from about 8.26am and 8.29am respectively, with heavy rain expected over many areas from 8am to 9.30am.
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Johor Bahru court sets Sept 18 decision date for four accused of injuring maids
The Magistrate's Court in Johor Bahru has set September 18 as the decision date for four individuals charged with injuring three Indonesian domestic workers. The date was set after the complainant withdrew the police report and agreed to settle the matter out of court, with the cooperation of the Indonesian Consulate in Johor.