Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Dec 4
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Dec 4, 2021. WP leaders told Raeesah Khan to stick to the lie she had told Parliament: Committee of Privileges […]
Price pinch: Global economy caught in perfect storm
LONDON/TOKYO (REUTERS) – From beef bowls in Tokyo to fried chicken in London, consumers are starting to feel the pinch from the surge in costs coursing through the global economy. […]
Evergrande told to fix debt in rare China rebuke; bonds drop
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Financial regulators in Beijing told China Evergrande Group to resolve its debt problems and refrain from spreading “untrue” information, issuing a rare public rebuke of the developer […]
Woman detained after shouting in court during trial of Briton who was seen without mask on train
SINGAPORE – A woman has been detained after shouting in court during the trial of Benjamin Glynn on Wednesday (Aug 18) morning. The judge had told the woman, whose mask […]
A year in jail for man who burned maid’s left forearm with heated metal spatula
SINGAPORE – After a drinking session, an intoxicated man picked up a heated metal spatula and used it to burn his domestic helper’s left forearm on Oct 18, 2018. Rajamanickam […]
Jail, fine for man who verbally abused and assaulted bus driver who told him to wear mask properly
SINGAPORE – A bus passenger talking on his mobile phone with his mask down flew into a rage and hurled vulgarities at the driver who told him to wear it […]
Man who bought stun device online jailed for four months and fined $3,000
SINGAPORE – Intending to protect himself from his “enemies”, a 30-year-old man bought a stun device that was shaped like an Apple iPhone. But Alexander Aw Boon Hao later brandished […]
Man jailed 2 months for dragging girlfriend by hair and kicking her head
SINGAPORE – A lovers’ quarrel turned violent when a man dragged his girlfriend by the hair and kicked her head repeatedly as she laid on the ground outside Rumours Beach […]
Youth got his 2 half-brothers to perform sex act on him on separate occasions
SINGAPORE – A youth was at his mother’s home last year when he instructed one of his two half-brothers, aged eight and 10, to perform a sex act on him. […]
Man, 60, jailed for performing sexual act on teen he considered his own grandson
SINGAPORE – A 60-year-old man befriended his grandson’s friend, 14, by meeting him almost daily to give him life advice. The boy’s father even told the man to keep advising his […]
Cabby who hit and then drove into pedestrian jailed, disqualified from driving for 1 year
SINGAPORE – A taxi driver who hit a pedestrian’s elbow with his car’s side mirror drove into him again, as the man was trying to photograph the front side of […]
Woman who refused to wear mask at MBS offered bail, asks for charges against her to be dropped
SINGAPORE – A woman who was captured on video refusing to wear a mask at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) integrated resort has been offered bail, after she was remanded at the […]
Nearly 300 people being investigated for alleged involvement in scams
SINGAPORE – Police are investigating nearly 300 people for suspected involvement in a variety of scams. Victims lost close to $7 million in the 534 cases being probed. The suspects […]
Man accused of selling replica guns allegedly tried to engage unsuspecting Grab driver to deliver goods
SINGAPORE – A man accused of selling replica guns online allegedly tried but failed to engage an unsuspecting private-hire car driver to deliver the goods, a district court heard on […]
Serial molester back behind bars for offences including outraging teen girl’s modesty
SINGAPORE – A serial molester who had earlier targeted eight women is back behind bars for offences including outraging a 13-year-old girl’s modesty. In his latest string of offences, Lawrence […]
Serial protester on trial for protesting outside US Embassy in Singapore
SINGAPORE – A serial protester was put on trial on Monday morning (Jan 18) for protesting outside the US Embassy here. Singaporean Yan Jun, 45, allegedly held a one-man protest […]
Male nurse jailed 16 weeks for assaulting nursing home resident
SINGAPORE – Angered by a nursing home resident who was throwing a tantrum, a male nurse assaulted the 67-year-old man and caused him to be hospitalised for seven days. After […]
Man admits to telling daughter to take sleeping pills and lie to cops about trying to kill herself
SINGAPORE – A man told his 11-year-old daughter to consume sleeping pills after he had a dispute with his estranged wife in April 2018. A district court heard that he […]