5 rumoured child-abduction cases surface online
Talk of at least five child-abduction incidents have been going around on the internet lately.
According to Shin Min Daily News, the two latest cases involved a girl allegedly abducted at a childcare centre and a boy nearly abducted near a community centre.
Both the cases were shared by netizens on Facebook.
In the first case, a netizen claimed that a Malay woman was at a childcare centre at Tampines Street 22 to pass a water bottle to her daughter.
Suddenly, a man behind her picked up the child and took off, jumping aboard a van parked at the roadside.
According to the netizen, police are currently investigating this case and trying to locate the van.
In another case, a woman wrote on Facebook yesterday (29 Mar) that her five-year-old nephew was nearly abducted by a Chinese national woman near Bukit Panjang Community Centre.
Three more similar cases were in the spotlight this month, according to Shin Min Daily News.
On 15 March, A netizen known as 'Allison Goon' shared on her Facebook page that her son was nearly abducted by a Chinese national woman at Ang Mo Kio Hub.
On 23 March, a 59-year-old woman made a police report after her grandson was nearly abducted by a stranger at Simei Street 5.
The woman was bringing her 10-year-old grandson to school when a middle-aged woman suddenly grabbed the boy's hand and tried to take him to a van parked at the roadside.
The anxious grandmother overheard the van driver telling the woman that this was the wrong boy.
The woman then let go of the boy and apologised to his grandmother.
On 27 March, another woman shared on Facebook that a Chinese national man tried to take her son at Northpoint mall in Yishun.
She saw the man grab the handle of the pram that her son was in, but luckily, her maid also had a firm hold of the pram.
The man left when the woman glared angrily at him.
Woman's butt burned by mystery liquid on seat of MRT train
A 27-year-old Malaysian woman sustained a burn wound on her buttocks after she sat on a wet seat on board an MRT last Saturday (Mar 24).
The unknown liquid on the seat left her with a 7cm wound. The woman, known only as Ms Law, works as a hairdresser in Tiong Bahru. She had been on her way home to Yishun at the time, and had boarded the northbound train at Raffles Place Station.
She said she spotted an empty seat and proceeded to sit on it, but switched seats immediately after she felt a wet spot on her pants. Less than a minute later, Ms Law felt a burning sensation on her buttocks, which quickly intensified and became a searing pain.
Dead fish found in another river
Hundreds of dead fish, measuring 5cm long each and similar to the ones found earlier, were washed up ashore yesterday along Sungei Tampines, making it the second incident to have occurred in the Pasir Ris estate in the past 10 days.
The latest episode sparked questions from residents, with most wanting to know the cause of the two incidents.
Contractors who cleared the fish told Today that the amount yesterday was less than that of the first incident. Last Tuesday, thousands of dead white fish were washed up along Sungei Api-Api, which flows through Pasir Ris estate and Pasir Ris Park.
Yesterday morning, dead fish consisting mainly of baby tamban - a type of saltwater fish - were discovered at the downstream section of Sungei Tampines, from Pasir Ris Drive 3 to the river mouth, said national water agency PUB.
While the stench of rotting fish lingered on at around 3pm yesterday as 12 contractors cleared bags of dead fish from Sungei Tampines, Pasir Ris residents were perturbed by the latest grisly find.
More charges against Chinese national in Budget Terminal death
SINGAPORE: The Chinese
national who allegedly hijacked a taxi and caused the death of a cleaner at the
Departure Hall of Budget Terminal on March 17 now faces three more
charges.
Thirty-year-old Yuan Zhenghua was charged in court on Friday
with dangerous driving causing death, driving without a valid licence and
driving the cab without valid insurance policy shortly before 7am last
Saturday.
For dangerous driving, Yuan could face up to five years in
jail.
30 flights affected due to baggage system fault at Changi Airport
A system fault that affected Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 baggage sorting system caused the delay of 30 outbound flights on Thursday morning.
Most of the flights were delayed by less than an hour, although some flights were held up to for as long as 90 minutes, according to Channel NewsAsia (CNA)
The affected flights were scheduled to leave between 6am and 8.30am, added CNA.
A spokesperson from the Changi Airport Group said that the terminal had arranged for additional manpower to sort out the baggage manually when the incident occurred.
Six men were charged in court on Friday with having sex with underage prostitutes
The men, aged 24 to 59, were charged with obtaining the sexual services of three
Vietnamese girls, aged between 16 and 17, in July last year.
They
allegedly paid the girls S$100 to S$200 per session for sexual
services.
The accused are 55-year-old Loh Kian Ann, 45-year-old Yee Yew
Seng, 40-year-old Chan See Sean, 54-year-old Wee Lian Kee, 59-year-old Seah Seng
Kok, and 24-year-old Justin Guo Zhijia.
If convicted, they could be
jailed for up to seven years, fined or both.
Under the law, it is illegal
to pay for sex with anyone under the age of 18.
Three other men were
charged in connection with this case.
The three -- 69-year-old Loy Hee
Cheng, 60-year-old Tan Wah Eng and 52-year-old Chong Heng Kow -- were charged on
Friday morning with abetting the offences in March, June and July
2011.
They will face the same penalties as the six men.
Court
documents stated the three men had conspired with Seng Swee Meng and his
Vietnamese wife Ngo Tien and obtained money ranging from S$100 to
S$120.
This was said to be for the consideration of sexual services of
the underage girls and they have thereby abetted the offences of the six
men.
Seng faces multiple charges of harbouring 30 hostesses and
prostitutes and also of running a brothel.
The Vietnamese girls were said
to have worked at various pubs located in Joo Chiat and Geylang at the time of
the offence.
Seng is expected to be sentenced on 11 April
2012.
His wife has skipped town and a warrant for her arrest has been
issued.
These cases are not related to the ongoing online vice probe.
Doctor who exposed himself to girl back seeing patients
Changi General Hospital (CGH) has been helping one of its doctors get back on his feet after he admitted that he wore a schoolgirl's uniform and exposed himself to a student.
The efforts have led to Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen, a specialist in geriatric medicine, being allowed to see patients again.
A hospital spokesman said he remained under the close supervision of his head of department.
On Tuesday, Ngeow, 37, pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of a female university student in 2010.
Two arrested for attacking Ferrari driver at Orchard Towers
Police have arrested two men who assaulted a driver of a Ferrari outside Orchard Towers earlier this week.
In a post on its Facebook page on Wednesday evening, the police said the duo will be charged in court on Thursday for rioting.
They are also investigating the involvement of the driver and his passenger in the incident.
A video that went viral on Tuesday showed a group of youths beating up the Ferrari driver outside Orchard Towers, then leaving him lying on the street.
According to various media reports, the driver, who seemed to be in his 40s to 50s, was challenged by a youth -- who was with his girlfriend -- when they were nearly hit by the driver.
Woman causes scene on Tiger Airways plane
A woman allegedly assaulted two men on board a Tiger Airways flight from Ho Chi Minh to Singapore on Saturday after she accused one of them of kicking the back of her seat, according to various media reports.
The incident involved Yeo Chia Keat, 37, a project executive who was with his wife, as well as his friend Chua Teck Kwang, 37, a technician who was with his family on the same flight.
According to socio-political website TR Emeritus, Yeo bumped the seat in front of him while stretching his legs. Upset, the daughter of the Vietnamese lady seated in front of him then started yelling at Yeo and his wife.
The daughter then started “shifting her seat up and down repeatedly”, Yeo told local Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao, but the couple ignored her.
