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Former LTA officer charged with offence under Official Secrets Act

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SINGAPORE - A former Land Transport Authority (LTA) officer appeared in a district court on Tuesday (Dec 7) for allegedly retaining work-related documents on his personal laptop after he left the organisation. Benny Tan Yong Liang, 34, who used to work as an assistant environmental manager at LTA, has been charged with an offence under the Official Secrets Act. He accused of retaining the documents between Nov 20 last year and March 8, even though he had no right to do so. Court documents did not provide details about the work documents or state when he left the LTA. The Singaporean's case has been adjourned to Jan 4 next year. If convicted of the offence, he can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $1,000. More on this topic Related Story Woman who leaked number of daily Covid-19 cases last year fined $10,000 Related Story NLB deputy director charged under OSA with leaking details of phase 2 reopening

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Former Mediacorp artiste Shane Pow intends to admit to drink-driving charge

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SINGAPORE - Former Mediacorp artiste Shane Pow Xun Ping, 30, intends to plead guilty to his drink-driving charge, a district court heard on Thursday (June 3). He will be back in court on July 14 to admit to the offence. This will be his second drink-driving conviction. In 2014, he was fined and disqualified from driving after he was convicted of a similar offence. Details on the fine amount and disqualification period were not revealed in court documents. Pow could end up behind bars this time as repeat drink drivers can be jailed for up two years and fined up to $20,000. First-time offenders can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $10,000. Pow allegedly committed his latest drink-driving offence at around 11.20pm on Sept 17 last year. He is said to have had 49 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath while driving a van along Java Road towards Nicoll Highway that evening. The prescribed limit is 35mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Besides this case, Pow has also been in the spotlight in recent months, after he was one of 12 guests in an unlawful gathering at veteran actor Terence Cao Guohui's home amid the Covid-19 outbreak last October. Cao, 53, had hosted the event at hi...

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Six months’ jail for man who molested elderly cleaner after she gave him money to buy food

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SINGAPORE - A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to six months' jail for molesting an elderly cleaner after she gave him money to buy food. Chua Wee Meng pleaded guilty on Monday (April 19) to one count of outraging the 68-year-old woman's modesty. Another similar charge was taken into consideration during sentencing by District Judge Wong Li Tein. The victim, who was working as a part-time cleaner when Chua committed the offence against her, cannot be named because of a gag order to protect her identity. The court heard that on June 19 last year, the woman was waiting for the lift at the lobby of a Housing Board block in the Queenstown area. Chua approached her and asked for $4 to buy food. He molested her after she gave him half the amount. Shocked, she refused Chua's subsequent request for money. She then entered the lift and returned to her unit. The woman later told her daughter about the incident, and a police report was made. In sentencing Chua on Monday, District Judge Wong said the man had committed the offence on an elderly woman who "had demonstrated kindness to him". The judge also said the amount of fear caused by Chua's act to the woman cannot be understated, noting t...

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Man on trial for alleged non-consensual sexual act on couch-surfing male tourist in 2019

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SINGAPORE - A man is on trial after he allegedly performed a non-consensual sexual act on a male tourist who was couch-surfing in his home in 2019. Now in remand, Filipino Ryan Edward Poquiz Perez, 35, is accused of performing oral sex on the married man without his consent between 1.30am and 2.30am on Jan 11 that year. The 25-year-old alleged victim gave his testimony in a district court on Monday (Jan 25) but it was heard in-camera. This means the hearing was not open to the public, including members of the media. Deputy Public Prosecutor Lim Ying Min told District Judge Ronald Gwee that the man had flown in to Singapore from Switzerland for the trial. He had completed his quarantine and tested negative for Covid-19. The man's identity cannot be revealed due to a gag order and the location of the alleged offence has been redacted from court documents. His wife is also expected to give her testimony in court later this week. Defence lawyer Peter Ong said that Perez has been in remand since 2019. It was not mentioned in court on Monday as to how Perez first met the alleged victim. If convicted of the offence, Perez can be jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned. More on this t...