Shaffiq Alkhatib

6 days ago | straitstimes.com | Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE – A prison officer was at a supermarket in Circuit Road when he stole four boxes of lozenges worth $21.46 on June 28, 2024. Eddie Tan Kyim Hiong, 47, was fined $300 on May 7 after he pleaded guilty to a theft charge. The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) told The Straits Times that it had redeployed Tan to “non-sensitive administrative duties” while the police were investigating his case before he resigned on March 1.

6 days ago | straitstimes.com | Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE - Three people were charged with money laundering in separate cases on May 9, and two of them allegedly received scam benefits totalling more than $350,000 in bank accounts,Police said that the third person is accused of transferring cryptocurrency worth at least $96,000 to a cryptocurrency wallet, and the funds were later traced to a foreign scam victim. On May 9, Tan Lizhen, 37, was charged with one count of dealing with the benefits of criminal conduct.

6 days ago | straitstimes.com | Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE – A freight forwarding company has been fined after it failed to pay one of its employees, who had suffered permanent incapacity, a compensation of more than $98,000 within a stipulated time of 21 days. On May 8, AIS Global Forwarders was convicted of an offence under the Work Injury Compensation Act and was fined $9,000.

6 days ago | straitstimes.com | Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE – A married man committed indecent acts on his foster son, then aged between nine and 10 years’ old, on four separate occasions in their Choa Chu Kang home in 2016. He had touched the child’s private parts during all four incidents, court documents stated. The offender, who turned 63 on May 7, was sentenced to 13 months’ jail on May 8 after he pleaded guilty to one count of committing an indecent act on the victim – an offence under the Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA).

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Shaffiq Alkhatib

SINGAPORE – A man allegedly linked to a viral video showing an assault following a transaction between two men was charged on May 8 with possessing a weapon. Mohammad Amirrul Husni Zakariya, 31, is accused of having an axe in a Sengkang West Way flat between 7.45pm and 8pm on May 6. On May 8, the Singaporean was ordered to be remanded at the Central Police Division and his case will be mentioned again in court on May 15.