Year 2006
Ex-Ferrari Driver Slammed Into The Slammer
Wednesday, 6th October 2010
First he totaled his brand new Ferrari by crashing it into a tree on a clear day. Then he got sideswipe by his colleague's Lambo. Now it seems that he had slammed himself directly into the slammer. Today 26 more charges were thrown at him for concealing, converting and transferring more than $1.8 million dollars of the loot. In addition, another charge for cheating a car finance company $350,000 with another man was pelted at him. Mr. Christopher Lim Chai Meng did all these for love of his exotic cars which included Ferrari and Porsche.
Sixteen Year-Old Charged For Theft In School
Friday, 1st October 2010
A 16-year-old student from Seng Kang Secondary School, Luke Sebastian, was charge with stealing $30 and a mobile phone worth about $100. According to the police, at about 2pm on 27 September 2010 the school reported of the theft. The police then rounded up seven Seng Kang Secondary School boys for investigation.
Lee Kuan Yew Hospitalised
Wednesday, 29th September 2010
Modern Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, was hospitalised for chest infection. He was seen coughing badly a couple days earlier while watching the F1 Singapore Grand Prix from an observation deck located at Marina Bay Sands (MBS).
Brunei Deputy Minister of Defence In Singapore
Monday, 27th September 2010
Brunei's Deputy Minister of Defence, Mr Mustappa Sirat, called on Singapore's Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean at the Ministry of Defence (Mindef). He also visited the Murai Urban Training and Facility, Sungei Gedong Camp.
Singapore Grand Prix 2010
Sunday, 26th September 2010
The Singapore Edition of F1 race started with Team Ferrari's driver Fernando Alonso, Team Red Bull's driver Sebastian Vettel, Team McLaren's driver Lewis Hamilton and followed by the rest of the 24 racers in their odd looking cars. The eventful two hours race where they speed around the Marina Bay Street Circuit 61 times in the middle of the night under bright lights, was eventually won by Fernando Alonso (2008 Winner). Lewis Hamilton, last year (2009) winner, crashed out angrily in a failed overtaking attempt.
Mas Selamat Back In Singapore
Friday, 24th September 2010
Mas Selamat bin Kastari, a leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, who was captured in Johor last year, was send back to Singapore by the Malaysian authorities. Mas Selamat was transferred back to Whitley Road Detention Centre, the very same facility he had escaped from in February 2008. There was probably a "Selamat Datang ke Singapura Mas Selamat" banner in his cell.
Jailed For Robbing Goldsmith
Friday, 24th September 2010
Koh Koon Hong, a 35-year-old man, had pleaded guilty to the heist at Goldsmith located along New Upper Changi Road with Tan Choon Huat, 52, and Lee Yeow Kwang, 48, while armed with a 45cm-long knife on 23 April 2010. The three escaped on two stolen motorcycles and later sold the million dollar loot to a goldsmith at City Plaza for half a million dollars. The goldsmith melted the items into five gold rods which were later recovered by the police. Koh, who was arrested four days later, was given $80,000 for his part in the crime.
Jailed For Having Unnatural Sex
Thursday, 23rd September 2010
A man was jailed for four weeks for having sex with another man in a male toilet at first floor of Mustafa Centre and then lied about it. The 23-year-old Malay man had met another 49-year-old Chinese man at a coffeeshop near Mustafa Centre at around 1am on 14th December 2009. Both agreed to engage in a sexual activity at the public restroom located inside the Mustafa Centre, a 24-hours shopping centre.
Pizza Delivery Boy Jailed For Killer Litter
Wednesday, 22nd September 2010
A pizza delivery boy, Tan Kwan Sin, was sentenced to six weeks' jail for throwing the leg of a chair out of his flat on 31 January 2010 by the district judge. In his appeal, Tan's lawyer asked the high court to sentence Tan to probation instead of a jail term because he had an IQ of 87 and was under stress as his parents were going through a divorce at that time. Justice V K Rajah did not agree and said it was pure luck that Tan's act had not caused a more serious injury. The judge however acknowledged that the six-week sentence by the district judge was excessive and reduced Tan's sentence to three weeks in prison.
Malaysia Prime Minister Visit Singapore
Sunday, 19th September 2010
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made a two-day working visit to Singapore. Mr Najib was accompanied by Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and Menteri Besar of Johor Abdul Ghani Othman. During the meeting, Prime Minister Najib and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong settled a land swap agreement for four land parcels in Marina South and two land parcels in the Ophir-Rochor area. And put the issue of development charges payable on the three parcels of Malaysian land in Tanjong Pagar, Kranji and Woodlands for the Permanent Court of Arbitration to settle. This breaking the 20-year-old deadlock on the 1990 POA.
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