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Criminal charges abated for man found dead following woman’s fatal stabbing in Tampines

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SINGAPORE - A man who was found dead in Punggol following a woman's fatal stabbing in Tampines last week had the two pending criminal charges against him abated on Wednesday (Feb 17). This means that Ng Chee Kok's court proceedings on these charges have come to an end. On Feb 10, Ms Ting Su Yin, 42, who had married Ng in June 2000, was found lying motionless at the void deck of Block 206 Tampines Street 21. She was covered in blood with slash wounds on her neck. The mother of three was unconscious when she was rushed to hospital and died later that day. Hours after she was found, Ng was discovered at the foot of Block 205A Punggol Field, where he lived. The Singaporean also died after he was taken to hospital. Police earlier said that he is believed to have assaulted Ms Ting and officers were alerted to the stabbing incident at around 6.30am last Wednesday. The couple's marriage is said to have turned sour in recent years, with Ms Ting moving out of their Punggol matrimonial home to live with her mother in Tampines. Checks by The Straits Times revealed that Ms Ting took out a Personal Protection Order (PPO) against Ng on March 6 last year. He had been accused of breaching the PPO a...

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$5k fine for driver who was speeding when his car struck taxi in accident that killed NUS student

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SINGAPORE - A man who was speeding when his car struck a taxi in 2018, resulting in the death of a National University of Singapore (NUS) student, has been fined $5,000. Ng Li Ning, 24, was also disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for two years. He was ordered to pay the fine on Nov 27 after he pleaded guilty in a district court to driving at a speed that was dangerous to the public - between 83kmh and 92kmh - when the limit was 70kmh. For driving at a speed dangerous to the public, a first-time offender can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $5,000. A repeat offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined up to $10,000. On April 19, 2018, taxi driver Yap Kok Hua, 56, picked up four people, including NUS students Kathy Ong Kai Ting, 19, and Ting Jun Heng, now 23, at Clementi Mall at around 7.30pm. They were headed to Tembusu College at NUS. Minutes later, Yap decided to make a discretionary right turn at a signalised Clementi Road junction, despite knowing that Ng's car was hurtling towards him from the opposite direction. An accident occurred and Ms Ong was taken to hospital where she died of multiple injuries that night. The three male passengers surviv...