Police arrest woman seen throwing household items out window of Tanah Merah condo
It was raining rubbish outside a condominium in Tanah Merah on Sunday (Oct 22).
A TikTok video uploaded on the same day showed a resident throwing various household items from a window at Casa Merah along 50 Tanah Merah Kechil Avenue. Some of the items included a laundry basket and a small suitcase. Police officers were spotted at the scene, and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel were seen preparing a safety life air pack.
In an interview with AsiaOne on Monday, a Casa Merah resident surnamed Soh, said that the incident happened at around 12.20pm and lasted for an hour. The 39-year-old, who declined to give her full name, said that she first heard a heated argument inside the third-floor unit. Soh said that she did not know much about her neighbour, only that she lives alone.
Two children involved in killer litter incident in Ang Mo Kio under investigation
In a video, the boy can be seen flinging a brick-shaped object and a bicycle over the parapet while a girl watches. SCREENGRAB: SGFOLLOWSALL/INSTAGRAM
In a video widely shared on social media, a boy can be seen flinging the object over the parapet while a girl watches.
He is then seen picking up a children’s bicycle and throwing it over the parapet.
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Boy throws large rock from Ang Mo Kio HDB corridor, then tosses bicycle and flees with girl
A Stomper shared the CCTV footage of the incident, which has a timestamp of 1.36pm, and said it happened at Block 244 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.
In December last year, a 10-year-old boy was caught on video throwing a cat from the 22nd storey of a Boon Lay block. He was assessed by a psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health who found that he did not understand the nature and consequences of his conduct.
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Man, 29, arrested for allegedly throwing bicycle, microwave and TV from HDB flat in Punggol
Police said they were alerted to the incident at 223A Sumang Lane in Punggol at about 5am on Friday. SCREENGRAB: GOOGLE MAPS
In an extreme case of high-rise littering, a 29-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a bicycle, microwave and television out of his HDB flat window. Police said they were alerted to the incident at 223A Sumang Lane in Punggol at about 5am on Friday. The suspect was arrested for the offence of a rash act. The police said there were no injuries.
A resident of the block, who wanted to be known only as Mr Tan, said he woke up to crashing sounds at about 5am on Friday. The 37-year-old security guard said: “I heard the sound of glass shattering and immediately felt something was amiss. From my kitchen window, I saw a bicycle and some glass bottles being hurled out of a flat.”
He saw the suspect being handcuffed and led away by the police, but did not recognise his neighbour. Mr Tan, who has being living at Block 223A Sumang Lane for nearly three years, said: “Every day, people throw animal waste and bloody sanitary pads down. I have seen my neighbours doing it.” He said a guitar was thrown out in July.
Mum and son arrested after he threw flower pots and knives down Sembawang block
A 22-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman were arrested for using abusive language and voluntarily causing hurt to a public servant on Monday.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, the police said they received a call for assistance at 2.19pm at Block 415 Sembawang Drive.
According to a report by Shin Min Daily News on Tuesday, the pair are a mother and her son.
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Unsanitary pads: Soiled high-rise litter
Residents at Block 223A Sumang Lane have been plagued by high-rise littering for more than a year. In the latest incident, Stomper Jayden told Stomp that one of his neighbours allegedly threw a shopping trolley from the block on Saturday morning (Apr 29).
“Killer litter” is a term that describes articles or things thrown from high-rise buildings that may cause death. These can come in any form — bottles, potted plants, and as you’re about to see, bamboo poles.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has installed high-rise littering cameras at Block 626 Woodlands Avenue 6 after several incidents of littering.
Most recently, a Stomper alerted Stomp to a used sanitary pad and pizza boxes that were tossed from a window on Apr 24 at about 3.21pm.
"These people are truly disgusting and inconsiderate," she said.
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Punggol housing block residents plagued by sanitary pad litterbug
TV and stool among items thrown down Compassvale block 'daily since 2019, even at 2am'
Killer litter has been an ongoing problem for residents in Sengkang's Compassvale estate, with bulky items such as a television and a stool thrown down in some instances.
Stomper Anonymous alerted Stomp to high-rise littering at Block 269A Compassvale Link, which he said has been going on "daily since late 2019, even after midnight and at 2am."
Anonymous said: "The culprit will normally throw things on the roof of the sheltered walkway, causing very loud bangs and noises, especially after midnight.
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Woman arrested for allegedly throwing TV set from 10th-floor Pasir Ris condo unit, suspected drug use
A 31-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly threw a television set off her 10th-floor condominium unit on Monday (Oct 28), with the police also investigating her for suspected drug use.
A toddler from the condo was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital as well, said the Singapore Civil Defence on Tuesday.
While it did not give more details, Chinese evening paper Shin Min Daily News reported that it understands the toddler is the child of the arrested woman.
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Town council alerts NEA to high-rise littering at Yishun block after Stomper finds noodles on her laundry
Nee Soon Town Council has alerted the National Environment Agency (NEA) to high-rise littering at Block 217 Yishun Street 21 after a Stomper found noodles on her just-washed laundry on Sunday (Nov 3).
Stomper Zema alerted Stomp to the incident and shared photos of the noodles that had soiled a freshly-laundered towel she had hung out to dry.
She said that this is not the first time this has happened and that she has been experiencing this since June.
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Aussie allegedly linked to fatal case faces extra charge of causing hurt in 'religiously aggravated' incident
Andrew Gosling was charged with one count of causing a death by performing a rash act.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
An Australian man allegedly involved in a condominium fatal killer litter case now faces an extra charge of causing hurt to a woman in the same incident, with the new offence described in court documents as being "religiously aggravated".
Appearing in court via video-link, Andrew Gosling, 47, was charged on Thursday (Dec 5) with one count of causing hurt with an instrument, injuring a woman, identified as Ms Manisah, at a 35-storey condominium in Spottiswoode Park Road.
Earlier this year, he was charged with one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt with an instrument.
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Australian charged with causing death by rash act in fatal killer litter case
An Australian man has been charged over his alleged involvement in an incident at a condominium in Spottiswoode Park Road in which a 73-year-old man died after he was struck by a glass bottle.
Andrew Gosling, 47, who works in IT, was charged with one count of causing a death by performing a rash act when he appeared in court on Friday (Aug 30).
Court documents said he allegedly threw a “Polissena Il Boro 2016” wine bottle from the seventh storey lift landing of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium towards its barbecue area on the fifth storey around 8.30pm on Aug 18.
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Man charged for throwing wine glass bottle down from condo, killing elderly person
A man was charged at the State Courts on Friday afternoon (30 August) for causing the death of an elderly person with a wine glass bottle.
Australian Andrew Gosling, 47, is accused of causing the death of 73-year-old Nasiari Sunee by committing a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide on Sunday 18 August at the Spottiswoode 18 condo.
Gosling allegedly threw the bottle down from the seventh floor lift landing towards the barbecue area and swimming pool on the fifth floor.
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Wine bottle falling from height: Police look for culprit in condo after man's death
The barbecue pit area on level five of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium, where Mr Nasiari Sunee collapsed after being struck on the head by a falling wine bottle on Sunday night. Residents told The Straits Times there are overhangs that would obstruct items falling from a balcony from reaching the barbecue area.PHOTO: COURTESY OF NAS SURIATI NASIARI
Police have been going from door to door at a condominium in Spottiswoode Park Road in search of the person responsible for causing a wine bottle to fall from a height on a 74-year-old delivery driver, who died a day after the incident.
Residents at the Spottiswoode 18 condominium told The Straits Times that the police showed them a picture of an Italian wine bottle and asked if they had been drinking wine and were willing to provide fingerprint samples.
Resident Jeremy Tan, 30, said the police visited his home on Tuesday night to ask if he drank wine or knew of troublemakers in the area.
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Man, 74, dies after allegedly being hit by killer litter
Mr Nasiari Sunee was at the barbecue pit at Spottiswoode 18 (above) in Spottiswoode Park during a relative's housewarming party on Sunday night when he collapsed after being hit by a bottle thrown from above, said his children. He died of his injuries on Monday morning.PHOTOS: MARK CHEONG, COURTESY OF MADAM NAS SURIATI NASIARI
A 74-year-old delivery driver attending a housewarming party of a relative on Sunday night died from injuries he suffered after being hit by a bottle that his family believes was thrown from a 35-storey condominium.
Mr Nasiari Sunee had just sat down to eat at the barbecue pit at Spottiswoode 18 in Spottiswoode Park, according to his two older children.
Speaking to The Straits Times after their father's burial yesterday, Madam Nas Suriati Nasiari and Mr Nas Muhammad Nasta'in Nasiari said that their mother and other relatives were sitting with him when it happened.
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Elderly man killed by falling wine bottle at condo
An elderly man was killed after he was hit on the head by a wine bottle that plummeted from height at a 36-storey condominium in Tanjong Pagar on Sunday evening.
The New Paper understands the 73-year-old man, who has been identified as delivery driver Nasiari Sunee, was by the swimming pool when he was knocked unconscious by the falling bottle.
A police spokesman said the incident happened at Spottiswoode 18 in Spottiswoode Park at about 8.30pm and have classified it as a case of rash act causing death.
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S’porean Man Dies After Falling Glass Bottle Hits His Head At A Condo, Police Seeking Culprit
What was to be a merry housewarming party on Sunday (18 Aug) night turned out to be a nightmare for the family and relatives of 74-year-old Mr Nasiari Sunee. The family had gathered at a condominium in Tanjong Pagar for a barbecue.
According to the family’s accounts, Mr Nasiari had just taken a seat at the table near the barbecue pit to eat when they heard a loud thud. They spun around to see him lying on the ground, with blood gushing from his head.
Just then, there was a glass bottle on the table, which the family deduced had hit Mr Nasiari on his head. The bottle, after ricocheting off his head, had also hit and bruised a relative’s shoulder.
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Littering and Killer Litter Offences: Here are the Penalties in Singapore
Littering fines in Singapore have jumped from 8,195 tickets issued in 2012 to 39,000 in 2018, with the offence of littering being a recurring one
With the rise in littering offences in Singapore, the authorities have been stepping up their enforcement efforts to increase social graciousness and to keep Singapore clean. This article discusses the various penalties for littering and killer litter offences.
What is Littering? Littering, as defined under section 17 of the Environmental Public Health Act of Singapore (EPHA), is depositing, dropping, placing or throwing any article or thing in any public place except in a dustbin provided for the deposit of rubbish.
This includes the littering of plastic cups, tissue papers, cigarettes and rubber bands.
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Fined for shooting rubber bands in public
Under the Environmental Public Health Act, the maximum fine for a littering offence is $2,000 for the 1st court conviction, $4,000 for the 2nd, and $10,000 for the 3rd and subsequent convictions. First-time offenders are usually fined $300. PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO
A man was fined $300 for littering after he was caught shooting two rubber bands onto a public road, drawing debate from netizens.
A photo of the ticket issued by the National Environment Agency (NEA) has gone viral on Facebook.
Several netizens expressed surprise that a littering ticket was issued for rubber bands.
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Surveillance cameras to be installed to monitor high-rise littering
The National Environment Agency (NEA) will install surveillance cameras in places with a persistent high-rise littering problem. Previously, it would have required many hours of stakeouts to catch the offender in action.
NEA said the number of high-rise littering cases rose to 5,232 last year - nearly 700 more than the previous year. The agency has apprehended and prosecuted some 40 cases in the last 10 years.
Offenders of killer litter, or high-rise littering, can face imprisonment, a fine, or both. The Housing Development Board may also compulsorily acquire the HDB flat or terminate the flat tenancy if the killer litter is thrown from any HDB property.
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Singapore is the 3rd most-surveilled city outside of China, says report
The Singapore police force install security cameras in public areas in and around the island. (Image by Dinoman / Shutterstock)
Singapore is the 11th most-surveilled city in the world, according to UK comparison website Comparitech, and 3rd most-surveilled outside of China. According to the rankings released by Comparitech on 15 August based on a study of 120 cities, Chinese cities have some of the highest number of CCTV cameras per person.
In Singapore, Comparitech notes there are about 15.25 cameras per 1,000 people. Following closely was Abu Dhabi (12th place), Chicago (13th place), and Sydney (15th place) with 13.77, 13.05, and 12.35 cameras per 1,000 people respectively.
Even so, those numbers are much smaller compared to the numbers in Chinese cities which make up 8 out of the top 10 most-surveilled cities around the globe.
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REACHSingapore shared a note. April 19, 2012
High-rise litterbugs, beware! Come August, the National Environment Agency will be installing surveillance cameras in 40 areas with persistent high-rise littering activity, following an effective pilot initiative in 10 locations last year. Residents of affected blocks will be informed prior to the installation, and cameras will only focus on the blocks’ facade. Without the use of technology, nabbing litterbugs in action was previously a labour-intensive task. Last year, 31,126 man hours was spent in enforcement stakeouts and community outreach efforts, resulting in the prosecution of only 8 people.
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Will NEA’s high-rise littering surveillance cameras invade my privacy by recording footage of activities inside my home?
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has stepped up on our enforcement efforts against littering to increase the likelihood of catching litterbugs, especially high-rise litterbugs, through the deployment of surveillance cameras. In 2018, NEA deployed cameras at more than 1,000 areas with persistent high-rise littering feedback, and took more than 1,100 enforcement actions against persons caught.
In our deployment of surveillance cameras, we are mindful of residents’ privacy and have put in place precautions. Our enforcement officers will ensure that the surveillance cameras are focused only on the external façade of the housing units being investigated, to capture the act of littering.
As for the handling of the video footage, only authorised NEA staff and the vendor can access to the recording for official purposes. There are strict protocols governing the viewing and copying of the footage, to ensure that the recordings are used only for enforcement against high-rise litterbugs. The video evidence will be shared only for the purpose of court prosecution or to facilitate investigations. Footage that does not show any littering act will be destroyed after three months.
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A qualitative study on the perceptions of high-rise littering among Singaporeans
There is a lack of research on high-rise littering in Singapore and around the globe. Most littering studies focus on littering in general public spaces. This study aims to understand the perceptions of high-rise littering among Singaporeans to add to the existing body of knowledge regarding high-rise littering.
Method: Four focus groups were conducted to explore perceptions of high-rise littering. Thematic analysis was utilized with an inductive approach.
Results and Discussion: Findings were categorized into 15 main themes, subsequently clustered into four carefully-ordered categories, namely: Issues of High-Rise Littering, Factors that Facilitate High-Rise Littering, Perceived Effectiveness of Existing Interventions, and Potential solutions. The current study found that the perceptions of the issues of high-rise littering, factors that facilitate high-rise littering, and perceived effectiveness of existing interventions are largely in line with existing literature on littering. Practical recommendations were provided to specifically improve anti-littering initiatives and create a tailored and targeted approach towards addressing the issue of high-rise littering in Singapore.
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S$19,800 fine, CWO for high-rise littering
A screenshot of the man throwing a cigarette from his unit. He was fined S$600 per charge for 33 charges and sentenced to five hours of CWO for one charge. Photo: NEA
A man was fined S$19,800 for repeatedly flicking cigarette butts out of his flat — the highest fine meted out for high-rise littering to date.
The man, 38, was also ordered to serve five hours of Corrective Work Order (CWOs). He was caught after the National Environment Agency (NEA) deployed a surveillance camera — in November 2013 and last March — which captured him throwing cigarette butts out of his window 34 times. He was fined last September.
The NEA said yesterday that it had received five complaints about high-rise littering at Block 224C Compassvale Walk over 12 months beginning in June 2013. The town council and grassroots organisations serving the area proceeded to reach out to residents and educate them about high-rise littering, but the problem persisted.
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Man fined $19,800 for throwing cigarette butts out of Compassvale flat
A 38-year-old man was fined $19,800 and sentenced to perform five hours of corrective work order for repeatedly throwing cigarette butts out of his flat.
To date, it is the highest fine given for high-rise littering.
The man committed 34 such acts from his unit at Block 224C Compassvale Walk, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Man defiant after NEA surveillance camera allegedly caught him throwing lighted cigarette butt from bedroom window
A man in Singapore has pledged to litter more after he was served with a letter by the National Environment Agency for high-rise littering
This is according to a Facebook post by the man, which showed a physical copy of a notice sent by the NEA warning him of a high-rise littering offence.
This was after a NEA surveillance camera filmed a person throwing a “lighted cigarette butt” out from the bedroom window of the man’s residential premises.
The post was shared more than 1,500 times before it was removed.
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Man arrested for throwing paint and household items from Boon Keng flat
A 57-year-old man was arrested after throwing household items and cans of paint from his fourth-storey Housing Board flat yesterday (Feb 18).
Stomper Kar Tin shared videos of the incident with Stomp where the man can be seen throwing items out of his window.
"White paint splashed onto cars in the carpark from the flat above," he said.
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Condo resident in Choa Chu Kang plagued by killer litter for the 3rd time, police investigating
A condominium resident in Choa Chu Kang has been plagued by killer litter this year, where various dangerous objects would land in his home.
Stomper Raymond, who lives at The Warren condominium located along 55 Choa Chu Kang Loop, said a vase first fell into his house earlier this year.
Last month in November, a potted plant fell through the awning in Raymond's patio, leading him to call the police.
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Potted plant falls through awning and lands in condo resident's patio, police looking into matter
A potted plant was found smashed into pieces after falling through the awning in Stomper Raymond's condominium apartment in Choa Chu Kang on Monday afternoon (Nov 26).
Raymond told Stomp that he had returned to his home at The Warren condominium, located along 55 Choa Chu Kang Loop, at around 4pm when he saw the damaged plant in his patio.
Raymond, who has been living at The Warren for around six years, subsequently called the police.
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Guy throws baby's bolster from HDB block after getting "rejected" by resident
A young man was caught on video throwing a baby's bolster from a HDB block in a video that has gone viral on Facebook.
Facebook user Fazreen Sallim posted the video on his personal Facebook page with the caption:
"This was taken at my front door. People doing door to door sales? When rejected, this fellow proceed to throw out our baby’s pillow off the corridor (sic).
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19-year-old guy who threw traffic cone down Tampines Block 856 arrested
A 19-year-old man who was seen on video throwing a traffic cone down an HDB block has been arrested.
The video, initially uploaded as an Instagram Story, appears to have been recorded by the man's friend and has been circulating on Facebook.
The culprit, who was at a staircase landing, can be seen laughing in the video and hurling the traffic cone down the block.
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Elderly residents form patrol group at Cassia Crescent to catch culprit behind killer litter
Some elderly residents at Cassia Crescent have banded together to form a patrol group in hopes of catching a culprit who has been dumping killer litter down a block.
Since Wednesday (Dec 6), there have been a series of killer litter incidents at Block 52 Cassia Crescent, and many residents are worried that they could be potential victims.
On Friday (Dec 8), the police cordoned off a car park at the foot of the block.
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Suspect who allegedly threw chair, mahjong table down block and pretended to help police brought back to scene
A suspect for a series of high-rise littering cases, 20-year-old Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, was brought back to the scene of the crime yesterday morning (Dec 14) at around 9.30am.
This comes after Danial was arrested on Tuesday afternoon (Dec 12) for allegedly hurling items off Block 52, Cassia Crescent.
The items tossed included a can of sardines, locks, marbles, a chair, and a mahjong table among other things, reports Shin Min Daily News.
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65-year-old man arrested for throwing glass objects and iPad down 8th-storey Tiong Bahru flat
An 65-year-old man suspected to be mourning the recent passing of a good friend, threw umbrellas, glass objects and even an iPad tablet out of his 8th-storey flat in Jalan Kukoh, Tiong Bahru.
The incident happened at Block 2, Jalan Kukoh, yesterday (July 9) at around 7am, and the man has been arrested, reports Lianhe Wanbao via Lianhe Zaobao.
A 23-year-old witness told reporters that he had seen the suspect tossing items out from his window.
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71-year-old woman arrested after repeatedly throwing dangerous objects down Jln Bukit Merah block
An elderly woman staying on the tenth floor of Block 113 Jalan Bukit Merah has been giving her neighbours grief by repeatedly throwing dangerous and sharp objects down the block.
She was arrested by the Police last night (Jun 2).
Stomper Anonymous said that the killer litter incidents have been going on for over two weeks.
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Build condo awning to guard against killer litter like window frames? Some love it, others hate it
Residents in D'Leedon condominium, which is located off Farrer Road, can now install retractable awnings, following a ruling in June by the Strata Titles Board, which had agreed with the condominium's management corporation on its insistence on retractable instead of fixed awnings.
A metal window frame and a baby bathtub were among the pieces of killer litter that have landed on her ground-floor patio at the D'Leedon condominium over the past two years, said a home owner.
The home owner, who did not want to be named, told The Straits Times that her children were playing outside just minutes before the metal frame came crashing down last year.
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Jackfruit falls from HDB block, damaging car
A jackfruit fell on a parked car in Ghim Moh on Wednesday (Jan 17), damaging its roof and windscreen.
Photos of the incident – uploaded onto Facebook by user Sam Tan – show the car and a huge jackfruit on the road.
Mr Tan told Channel NewsAsia that he arrived at the car park of Block 19 Ghim Moh Road to buy dinner for his mother when he saw a crowd gathering near the damaged car.
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Police arrest 14-year-old boy who threw ofo bike down HDB block
A 14-year-old youth has been arrested by the police. He is believed to have thrown an ofo bike from a HDB block of flats.
The video of the incident was widely circulated on social media. In it, another voice in the background could be heard saying, “This is not my motherf*cking fault, I swear to God.”
On June 15, on the day the video started circulating online, the police received several reports that a bicycle was thrown from Blk 116B Jalan Tenteram. An arrest was made on the same day after extensive ground enquiries.
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The 67-year-old woman who was hit last month by a bicycle wheel thrown from a block of flats stopped breathing on Tuesday and had to be resuscitated.
Madam Mahani Abdullah has been comatose since then, her niece, Ms Nadia Abdullah Sani, told The Straits Times yesterday.
Doctors said Madam Mahani suffered brain damage when her heart stopped, and told the family to prepare for the worst, added Ms Nadia, 36, a client services manager.
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Man, 20, pleads guilty to throwing killer litter from HDB block
Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, 20, being escorted by the police back to the scene of the crime on 14 December 2017. (PHOTO: Nicholas Yong / Yahoo News Singapore)
Upset that the police did not appear to be giving enough attention to his domestic issue, a man took out his frustrations by tossing killer litter from his HDB block.
Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, 20, pleaded guilty in the State Courts on Wednesday (14 March) to three counts of committing a rash act. He also admitted to one count of dishonest misappropriation of property, one count of theft and one charge under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act. Five other similar charges were stood down.
The court heard that sometime in November last year, Danial had gotten his 19-year-old girlfriend pregnant. She wanted to get an abortion while he tried to persuade her to keep the child.
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'Killer litter' teen sentenced to probation, community service
In just 10 months, the bulky items he has flung down his HDB block include a 5kg dumbbell, a brick, two ceramic tiles, a water dispenser and a bicycle wheel.
In two of these instances between August 2013 and May last year, the actions of the 16-year-old, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder, injured passers-by.
Today (March 9), Abdul Hamid Rahman was sentenced to three years’ probation, imposed with a curfew from 9pm to 6am, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. He must also undergo psychiatric and psychological treatment.
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Despite government efforts, high-rise littering in Singapore refuses to go away
INDRANEE: MY RESIDENT KEEPS THROWING TEABAGS ONTO PALM TREE
After the Cleaner Appreciation event yesterday afternoon (see post below), I took a walk around the common space at blks 128, 129 and 130 Bukit Merah View and checked out the environment.
Was dismayed to see this palm tree adorned with tea bags, obviously thrown from a higher floor and which had snagged on the leaves and branches. It was like a Christmas tree except that instead of pretty ornaments, this poor tree was festooned with used Dilmah tea bags!
Was it really so difficult, one wonders, to lift the tea bag out of the mug or cup, and carry it a few feet to the rubbish container that must surely be in the home?
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From Teabags to Soiled Diaper & Sanitary Pad to Killer Litter
After the Cleaner Appreciation event yesterday afternoon (see post below), I took a walk around the common space at blks 128, 129 and 130 Bukit Merah View and checked out the environment.
Was dismayed to see this palm tree adorned with tea bags, obviously thrown from a higher floor and which had snagged on the leaves and branches. It was like a Christmas tree except that instead of pretty ornaments, this poor tree was festooned with used Dilmah tea bags!
Was it really so difficult, one wonders, to lift the tea bag out of the mug or cup, and carry it a few feet to the rubbish container that must surely be in the home?
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Tin Pei Ling goes after resident who threw sanitary pad
When the MP for Marine Parade GRC Ms Tin Pei-Ling discovered that a resident had been disposing tampons out of the window, she spared no effort to look for the culprit – even though it meant combing through 7 floors worth of households.
Last week, the Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that residents had complained of ‘diapers’ being frequently found at the foot of Blk 444 at Tampines Street 42. The final straw came when their MP, Mr Baey Yam Keng recovered a diaper that was still ‘warm’, prompting him to search over 12 floors to catch the diaper-throwing culprit.
It therefore came as a surprise when Ms Tin Pei-Ling was caught in the same sticky situation – but with tampons this time.
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TIN PEI LING GOES AFTER RESIDENT WHO THROWS SANITARY PAD
A curious case of high-rise littering raised the ire of the ward’s MP – so much so that she decided to hunt the errant resident down.
When the MP for Marine Parade GRC Ms Tin Pei-Ling discovered that a resident had been disposing tampons out of the window, she spared no effort to look for the culprit – even though it meant combing through 7 floors worth of households.
Last week, the Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that residents had complained of ‘diapers’ being frequently found at the foot of Blk 444 at Tampines Street 42. The final straw came when their MP, Mr Baey Yam Keng recovered a diaper that was still ‘warm’, prompting him to search over 12 floors to catch the diaper-throwing culprit.
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MP Baey Yam Keng on an interesting yet unfortunate occurrence in Tampines town
Story of the soiled diaper continues. With GM of Tampines Town Council, we brought the diaper to visit all 11 units of the column where the diaper was found.
Three units have babies. I think we managed to identify which unit was the culprit. Without concrete evidence, I could only warn the maid not to do so. Hope that will born home the message.
Will monitor the situation.
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How does one explain to their kid the presence of soiled sanitary pads strewn across the foot of their residential block?
"It's not just clear discharge, it's red," one frustrated mother told CNA. "I've got kids who ask me 'Mum, what's that?'"
Since the circuit breaker period last year, residents of Punggol Sapphire have been plagued by a menstruating litterbug.
Punggol resident allegedly throws shopping trolley from block in latest case of high-rise littering
"I was brushing my teeth when I was shocked by a loud falling sound," he said. "I looked out my kitchen window and saw a trolley on the ground. "I don't know which floor it was thrown from but luckily no one walked past, if not they would be dead by heavy metal. "High-rise littering here is getting worse, I have given feedback many times to the National Environment Agency (NEA) and town council." He added that there are childcare centres in the area and is worried about young children playing nearby.
Another resident told Lianhe Zaobao that food, bottles and used diapers are just a few of the things seen on the ground floor every morning at that block. Previously, Stomp reported on a woman staying at Block 223A who has been throwing objects, including 'lady items', from her fourth-storey unit for over a year. In a Stomp report about the case in August, NEA said: "We have deployed a surveillance camera to capture any littering act at this suspected unit. We are monitoring the high-rise littering situation with the town council, and will not hesitate to take enforcement action."
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Bamboo Pole Impales Car’s Rear Window In Bukit Batok, Owner Tracks Down Resident With Police
When placing our laundry poles outside our windows, it is important to place them securely to prevent them from dropping down.
Recently, a video of a bamboo pole that impaled a car in a Bukit Batok carpark was circulating on Facebook. In the video posted by Singapore Incidents, a pole was sticking out of the car’s rear window.
Shin Min Daily News reported that the pole dropped from the 9th floor. Since a clothes peg was still attached to the pole, they managed to find the owner, who also got a shock. The parties involved later agreed to resolve the issue privately.
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Bamboo Pole Impales Car Windscreen In Boon Keng, Netizens Rue Their Luck
On Wednesday (7 July), a video was shared on Facebook showing a bamboo pole seemingly impaled into the windscreen of a car allegedly parked in Boon Keng.
The bamboo pole can be seen lodged into the driver’s side of the windscreen, which somehow remained intact.
Soiled sanitary pad, pizza boxes thrown from Woodlands block: NEA, town council monitoring situation
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has installed high-rise littering cameras at Block 626 Woodlands Avenue 6 after several incidents of littering.
Most recently, a Stomper alerted Stomp to a used sanitary pad and pizza boxes that were tossed from a window on Apr 24 at about 3.21pm.
"These people are truly disgusting and inconsiderate," she said.
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Punggol housing block residents plagued by sanitary pad litterbug
Rolled sanitary pads discarded on the ground floor of a housing block. (Photo: Punggol Sapphire resident)
Over the past few months, residents at a Housing Board block in Punggol Sapphire estate have grappled with high-rise litter in the form of used sanitary pads – strewn across the ground floor or even stuck to their window ledges.
Residents at Block 268C Punggol Field told CNA that the problem surfaced around the COVID-19 "circuit breaker" period last year, when they began finding stained sanitary pads at the first floor of the housing block.
“When walking back from the multi-storey car park, I was so shocked to see this thing lying on the grass patch and drain covers,” said Ms Sue. The residents CNA spoke to did not want to reveal their full names as that would make known their address. “Then when I was working from home, I was putting up some blinds and I saw some (of the pads) stuck on other neighbours’ window ledges … I was very shocked,” she said.
Sanitary Pad Found On HDB Ledge Near Clean Laundry, Soiled Item Causes Disgust
High-rise living is 2nd nature to Singaporeans, as majority of us live in HDB flats or condos. Despite the ubiquity of flats here, it seems some people just haven’t learnt how to live harmoniously with their fellow high-rise residents.
One cardinal rule of living in a flat is: Don’t throw stuff down from your unit. Unfortunately for one HDB resident, her neighbour hasn’t been following this advice, as she’s been finding sanitary pads on her window ledge, near her hanging laundry.
According to her Facebook post on Friday (23 Oct) in the Complaint Singapore Facebook group, this had happened for the 2nd time that day. She inferred that the culprit had thrown the sanitary pads out of their kitchen window. More disgustingly, the pads were obviously soiled, from the dark markings seen on them.
TV and stool among items thrown down Compassvale block 'daily since 2019, even at 2am'
Killer litter has been an ongoing problem for residents in Sengkang's Compassvale estate, with bulky items such as a television and a stool thrown down in some instances.
Stomper Anonymous alerted Stomp to high-rise littering at Block 269A Compassvale Link, which he said has been going on "daily since late 2019, even after midnight and at 2am."
Anonymous said: "The culprit will normally throw things on the roof of the sheltered walkway, causing very loud bangs and noises, especially after midnight.
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Woman arrested for allegedly throwing TV set from 10th-floor Pasir Ris condo unit, suspected drug use
A 31-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly threw a television set off her 10th-floor condominium unit on Monday (Oct 28), with the police also investigating her for suspected drug use.
A toddler from the condo was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital as well, said the Singapore Civil Defence on Tuesday.
While it did not give more details, Chinese evening paper Shin Min Daily News reported that it understands the toddler is the child of the arrested woman.
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Town council alerts NEA to high-rise littering at Yishun block after Stomper finds noodles on her laundry
Nee Soon Town Council has alerted the National Environment Agency (NEA) to high-rise littering at Block 217 Yishun Street 21 after a Stomper found noodles on her just-washed laundry on Sunday (Nov 3).
Stomper Zema alerted Stomp to the incident and shared photos of the noodles that had soiled a freshly-laundered towel she had hung out to dry.
She said that this is not the first time this has happened and that she has been experiencing this since June.
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Aussie allegedly linked to fatal case faces extra charge of causing hurt in 'religiously aggravated' incident
An Australian man allegedly involved in a condominium fatal killer litter case now faces an extra charge of causing hurt to a woman in the same incident, with the new offence described in court documents as being "religiously aggravated".
Appearing in court via video-link, Andrew Gosling, 47, was charged on Thursday (Dec 5) with one count of causing hurt with an instrument, injuring a woman, identified as Ms Manisah, at a 35-storey condominium in Spottiswoode Park Road.
Earlier this year, he was charged with one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt with an instrument.
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Australian charged with causing death by rash act in fatal killer litter case
An Australian man has been charged over his alleged involvement in an incident at a condominium in Spottiswoode Park Road in which a 73-year-old man died after he was struck by a glass bottle.
Andrew Gosling, 47, who works in IT, was charged with one count of causing a death by performing a rash act when he appeared in court on Friday (Aug 30).
Court documents said he allegedly threw a “Polissena Il Boro 2016” wine bottle from the seventh storey lift landing of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium towards its barbecue area on the fifth storey around 8.30pm on Aug 18.
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Man charged for throwing wine glass bottle down from condo, killing elderly person
A man was charged at the State Courts on Friday afternoon (30 August) for causing the death of an elderly person with a wine glass bottle.
Australian Andrew Gosling, 47, is accused of causing the death of 73-year-old Nasiari Sunee by committing a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide on Sunday 18 August at the Spottiswoode 18 condo.
Gosling allegedly threw the bottle down from the seventh floor lift landing towards the barbecue area and swimming pool on the fifth floor.
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Wine bottle falling from height: Police look for culprit in condo after man's death
Police have been going from door to door at a condominium in Spottiswoode Park Road in search of the person responsible for causing a wine bottle to fall from a height on a 74-year-old delivery driver, who died a day after the incident.
Residents at the Spottiswoode 18 condominium told The Straits Times that the police showed them a picture of an Italian wine bottle and asked if they had been drinking wine and were willing to provide fingerprint samples.
Resident Jeremy Tan, 30, said the police visited his home on Tuesday night to ask if he drank wine or knew of troublemakers in the area.
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Man, 74, dies after allegedly being hit by killer litter
A 74-year-old delivery driver attending a housewarming party of a relative on Sunday night died from injuries he suffered after being hit by a bottle that his family believes was thrown from a 35-storey condominium.
Mr Nasiari Sunee had just sat down to eat at the barbecue pit at Spottiswoode 18 in Spottiswoode Park, according to his two older children.
Speaking to The Straits Times after their father's burial yesterday, Madam Nas Suriati Nasiari and Mr Nas Muhammad Nasta'in Nasiari said that their mother and other relatives were sitting with him when it happened.
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Elderly man killed by falling wine bottle at condo
No arrest made yet as police investigate incident in Tanjong Pagar high-rise condo as rash act causing death
An elderly man was killed after he was hit on the head by a wine bottle that plummeted from height at a 36-storey condominium in Tanjong Pagar on Sunday evening.
The New Paper understands the 73-year-old man, who has been identified as delivery driver Nasiari Sunee, was by the swimming pool when he was knocked unconscious by the falling bottle.
A police spokesman said the incident happened at Spottiswoode 18 in Spottiswoode Park at about 8.30pm and have classified it as a case of rash act causing death.
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S’porean Man Dies After Falling Glass Bottle Hits His Head At A Condo, Police Seeking Culprit
What was to be a merry housewarming party on Sunday (18 Aug) night turned out to be a nightmare for the family and relatives of 74-year-old Mr Nasiari Sunee. The family had gathered at a condominium in Tanjong Pagar for a barbecue.
According to the family’s accounts, Mr Nasiari had just taken a seat at the table near the barbecue pit to eat when they heard a loud thud. They spun around to see him lying on the ground, with blood gushing from his head.
Just then, there was a glass bottle on the table, which the family deduced had hit Mr Nasiari on his head. The bottle, after ricocheting off his head, had also hit and bruised a relative’s shoulder.
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Littering and Killer Litter Offences: Here are the Penalties in Singapore
With the rise in littering offences in Singapore, the authorities have been stepping up their enforcement efforts to increase social graciousness and to keep Singapore clean. This article discusses the various penalties for littering and killer litter offences.
What is Littering? Littering, as defined under section 17 of the Environmental Public Health Act of Singapore (EPHA), is depositing, dropping, placing or throwing any article or thing in any public place except in a dustbin provided for the deposit of rubbish.
This includes the littering of plastic cups, tissue papers, cigarettes and rubber bands.
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Fined for shooting rubber bands in public
A man was fined $300 for littering after he was caught shooting two rubber bands onto a public road, drawing debate from netizens.
A photo of the ticket issued by the National Environment Agency (NEA) has gone viral on Facebook.
Several netizens expressed surprise that a littering ticket was issued for rubber bands.
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Parliament: There’s no stopping Yishun’s sanitary pad litterbug, period
The issue of high-rise littering stirred up a lively exchange in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 3), with Ms Lee Bee Wah (Nee Soon GRC) throwing light on a peculiar form of high-rise litter that has been a persistent issue in the past few years: soiled sanitary pads.
The issue of high-rise littering stirred up a lively exchange in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 3), with Ms Lee Bee Wah (Nee Soon GRC) throwing light on a peculiar form of high-rise litter that has been a persistent issue in the past few years: soiled sanitary pads.
Ms Lee, who does monthly litter-picking with residents in her constituency, was among a handful of MPs who expressed concern about enforcement actions taken by the National Environment Agency against high-rise litterbugs. She pointed out that deploying surveillance cameras for a short period of time hardly addresses the problem.
- "There were several high-rise littering of sanitary pads for many years and, until today, it is still not solved. And why? Because NEA deploys CCTV (cameras) only for a few days. And the problem persists," she said.
- "Actually, if you have...an ambition to catch the culprit, I'm sure we'll be able to catch (him or her)."
- "Otherwise, (it) looks like this problem will disappear only when the litterbug (enters) menopause."
As MPs burst into laughter, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor assured the House that "resources are never unlimited", and that "surveillance cameras are deployed where it is possible and where it needs to be done".
Surveillance cameras to be installed to monitor high-rise littering
The National Environment Agency (NEA) will install surveillance cameras in places with a persistent high-rise littering problem. Previously, it would have required many hours of stakeouts to catch the offender in action.
NEA said the number of high-rise littering cases rose to 5,232 last year - nearly 700 more than the previous year. The agency has apprehended and prosecuted some 40 cases in the last 10 years.
Offenders of killer litter, or high-rise littering, can face imprisonment, a fine, or both. The Housing Development Board may also compulsorily acquire the HDB flat or terminate the flat tenancy if the killer litter is thrown from any HDB property.
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Singapore is the 3rd most-surveilled city outside of China, says report
Singapore is the 11th most-surveilled city in the world, according to UK comparison website Comparitech, and 3rd most-surveilled outside of China. According to the rankings released by Comparitech on 15 August based on a study of 120 cities, Chinese cities have some of the highest number of CCTV cameras per person.
In Singapore, Comparitech notes there are about 15.25 cameras per 1,000 people. Following closely was Abu Dhabi (12th place), Chicago (13th place), and Sydney (15th place) with 13.77, 13.05, and 12.35 cameras per 1,000 people respectively.
Even so, those numbers are much smaller compared to the numbers in Chinese cities which make up 8 out of the top 10 most-surveilled cities around the globe.
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REACHSingapore shared a note. April 19, 2012
High-rise litterbugs, beware! Come August, the National Environment Agency will be installing surveillance cameras in 40 areas with persistent high-rise littering activity, following an effective pilot initiative in 10 locations last year. Residents of affected blocks will be informed prior to the installation, and cameras will only focus on the blocks’ facade. Without the use of technology, nabbing litterbugs in action was previously a labour-intensive task. Last year, 31,126 man hours was spent in enforcement stakeouts and community outreach efforts, resulting in the prosecution of only 8 people.
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Will NEA’s high-rise littering surveillance cameras invade my privacy by recording footage of activities inside my home?
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has stepped up on our enforcement efforts against littering to increase the likelihood of catching litterbugs, especially high-rise litterbugs, through the deployment of surveillance cameras. In 2018, NEA deployed cameras at more than 1,000 areas with persistent high-rise littering feedback, and took more than 1,100 enforcement actions against persons caught.
In our deployment of surveillance cameras, we are mindful of residents’ privacy and have put in place precautions. Our enforcement officers will ensure that the surveillance cameras are focused only on the external façade of the housing units being investigated, to capture the act of littering.
As for the handling of the video footage, only authorised NEA staff and the vendor can access to the recording for official purposes. There are strict protocols governing the viewing and copying of the footage, to ensure that the recordings are used only for enforcement against high-rise litterbugs. The video evidence will be shared only for the purpose of court prosecution or to facilitate investigations. Footage that does not show any littering act will be destroyed after three months.
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A qualitative study on the perceptions of high-rise littering among Singaporeans
There is a lack of research on high-rise littering in Singapore and around the globe. Most littering studies focus on littering in general public spaces. This study aims to understand the perceptions of high-rise littering among Singaporeans to add to the existing body of knowledge regarding high-rise littering.
Method: Four focus groups were conducted to explore perceptions of high-rise littering. Thematic analysis was utilized with an inductive approach.
Results and Discussion: Findings were categorized into 15 main themes, subsequently clustered into four carefully-ordered categories, namely: Issues of High-Rise Littering, Factors that Facilitate High-Rise Littering, Perceived Effectiveness of Existing Interventions, and Potential solutions. The current study found that the perceptions of the issues of high-rise littering, factors that facilitate high-rise littering, and perceived effectiveness of existing interventions are largely in line with existing literature on littering. Practical recommendations were provided to specifically improve anti-littering initiatives and create a tailored and targeted approach towards addressing the issue of high-rise littering in Singapore.
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S$19,800 fine, CWO for high-rise littering
A man was fined S$19,800 for repeatedly flicking cigarette butts out of his flat — the highest fine meted out for high-rise littering to date.
The man, 38, was also ordered to serve five hours of Corrective Work Order (CWOs). He was caught after the National Environment Agency (NEA) deployed a surveillance camera — in November 2013 and last March — which captured him throwing cigarette butts out of his window 34 times. He was fined last September.
The NEA said yesterday that it had received five complaints about high-rise littering at Block 224C Compassvale Walk over 12 months beginning in June 2013. The town council and grassroots organisations serving the area proceeded to reach out to residents and educate them about high-rise littering, but the problem persisted.
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Man fined $19,800 for throwing cigarette butts out of Compassvale flat
A 38-year-old man was fined $19,800 and sentenced to perform five hours of corrective work order for repeatedly throwing cigarette butts out of his flat.
To date, it is the highest fine given for high-rise littering.
The man committed 34 such acts from his unit at Block 224C Compassvale Walk, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Man defiant after NEA surveillance camera allegedly caught him throwing lighted cigarette butt from bedroom window
This is according to a Facebook post by the man, which showed a physical copy of a notice sent by the NEA warning him of a high-rise littering offence.
This was after a NEA surveillance camera filmed a person throwing a “lighted cigarette butt” out from the bedroom window of the man’s residential premises.
The post was shared more than 1,500 times before it was removed.
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Man arrested for throwing paint and household items from Boon Keng flat
A 57-year-old man was arrested after throwing household items and cans of paint from his fourth-storey Housing Board flat yesterday (Feb 18).
Stomper Kar Tin shared videos of the incident with Stomp where the man can be seen throwing items out of his window.
"White paint splashed onto cars in the carpark from the flat above," he said.
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Condo resident in Choa Chu Kang plagued by killer litter for the 3rd time, police investigating
A condominium resident in Choa Chu Kang has been plagued by killer litter this year, where various dangerous objects would land in his home.
Stomper Raymond, who lives at The Warren condominium located along 55 Choa Chu Kang Loop, said a vase first fell into his house earlier this year.
Last month in November, a potted plant fell through the awning in Raymond's patio, leading him to call the police.
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Potted plant falls through awning and lands in condo resident's patio, police looking into matter
A potted plant was found smashed into pieces after falling through the awning in Stomper Raymond's condominium apartment in Choa Chu Kang on Monday afternoon (Nov 26).
Raymond told Stomp that he had returned to his home at The Warren condominium, located along 55 Choa Chu Kang Loop, at around 4pm when he saw the damaged plant in his patio.
Raymond, who has been living at The Warren for around six years, subsequently called the police.
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Guy throws baby's bolster from HDB block after getting "rejected" by resident
A young man was caught on video throwing a baby's bolster from a HDB block in a video that has gone viral on Facebook.
Facebook user Fazreen Sallim posted the video on his personal Facebook page with the caption:
"This was taken at my front door. People doing door to door sales? When rejected, this fellow proceed to throw out our baby’s pillow off the corridor (sic).
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19-year-old guy who threw traffic cone down Tampines Block 856 arrested
A 19-year-old man who was seen on video throwing a traffic cone down an HDB block has been arrested.
The video, initially uploaded as an Instagram Story, appears to have been recorded by the man's friend and has been circulating on Facebook.
The culprit, who was at a staircase landing, can be seen laughing in the video and hurling the traffic cone down the block.
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Elderly residents form patrol group at Cassia Crescent to catch culprit behind killer litter
Some elderly residents at Cassia Crescent have banded together to form a patrol group in hopes of catching a culprit who has been dumping killer litter down a block.
Since Wednesday (Dec 6), there have been a series of killer litter incidents at Block 52 Cassia Crescent, and many residents are worried that they could be potential victims.
On Friday (Dec 8), the police cordoned off a car park at the foot of the block.
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Suspect who allegedly threw chair, mahjong table down block and pretended to help police brought back to scene
A suspect for a series of high-rise littering cases, 20-year-old Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, was brought back to the scene of the crime yesterday morning (Dec 14) at around 9.30am.
This comes after Danial was arrested on Tuesday afternoon (Dec 12) for allegedly hurling items off Block 52, Cassia Crescent.
The items tossed included a can of sardines, locks, marbles, a chair, and a mahjong table among other things, reports Shin Min Daily News.
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65-year-old man arrested for throwing glass objects and iPad down 8th-storey Tiong Bahru flat
An 65-year-old man suspected to be mourning the recent passing of a good friend, threw umbrellas, glass objects and even an iPad tablet out of his 8th-storey flat in Jalan Kukoh, Tiong Bahru.
The incident happened at Block 2, Jalan Kukoh, yesterday (July 9) at around 7am, and the man has been arrested, reports Lianhe Wanbao via Lianhe Zaobao.
A 23-year-old witness told reporters that he had seen the suspect tossing items out from his window.
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71-year-old woman arrested after repeatedly throwing dangerous objects down Jln Bukit Merah block
An elderly woman staying on the tenth floor of Block 113 Jalan Bukit Merah has been giving her neighbours grief by repeatedly throwing dangerous and sharp objects down the block.
She was arrested by the Police last night (Jun 2).
Stomper Anonymous said that the killer litter incidents have been going on for over two weeks.
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Build condo awning to guard against killer litter like window frames? Some love it, others hate it
Residents in D'Leedon condominium, which is located off Farrer Road, can now install retractable awnings, following a ruling in June by the Strata Titles Board, which had agreed with the condominium's management corporation on its insistence on retractable instead of fixed awnings.
A metal window frame and a baby bathtub were among the pieces of killer litter that have landed on her ground-floor patio at the D'Leedon condominium over the past two years, said a home owner.
The home owner, who did not want to be named, told The Straits Times that her children were playing outside just minutes before the metal frame came crashing down last year.
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Jackfruit falls from HDB block, damaging car
A jackfruit fell on a parked car in Ghim Moh on Wednesday (Jan 17), damaging its roof and windscreen.
Photos of the incident – uploaded onto Facebook by user Sam Tan – show the car and a huge jackfruit on the road.
Mr Tan told Channel NewsAsia that he arrived at the car park of Block 19 Ghim Moh Road to buy dinner for his mother when he saw a crowd gathering near the damaged car.
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Police arrest 14-year-old boy who threw ofo bike down HDB block
A 14-year-old youth has been arrested by the police. He is believed to have thrown an ofo bike from a HDB block of flats.
The video of the incident was widely circulated on social media. In it, another voice in the background could be heard saying, “This is not my motherf*cking fault, I swear to God.”
On June 15, on the day the video started circulating online, the police received several reports that a bicycle was thrown from Blk 116B Jalan Tenteram. An arrest was made on the same day after extensive ground enquiries.
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Woman hit by bike wheel flung from flat now in coma
The 67-year-old woman who was hit last month by a bicycle wheel thrown from a block of flats stopped breathing on Tuesday and had to be resuscitated.
Madam Mahani Abdullah has been comatose since then, her niece, Ms Nadia Abdullah Sani, told The Straits Times yesterday.
Doctors said Madam Mahani suffered brain damage when her heart stopped, and told the family to prepare for the worst, added Ms Nadia, 36, a client services manager.
related: Woman hit by bike wheel 'flung from 14th floor' dies
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Man, 20, pleads guilty to throwing killer litter from HDB block
Upset that the police did not appear to be giving enough attention to his domestic issue, a man took out his frustrations by tossing killer litter from his HDB block.
Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, 20, pleaded guilty in the State Courts on Wednesday (14 March) to three counts of committing a rash act. He also admitted to one count of dishonest misappropriation of property, one count of theft and one charge under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act. Five other similar charges were stood down.
The court heard that sometime in November last year, Danial had gotten his 19-year-old girlfriend pregnant. She wanted to get an abortion while he tried to persuade her to keep the child.
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'Killer litter' teen sentenced to probation, community service
In just 10 months, the bulky items he has flung down his HDB block include a 5kg dumbbell, a brick, two ceramic tiles, a water dispenser and a bicycle wheel.
In two of these instances between August 2013 and May last year, the actions of the 16-year-old, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder, injured passers-by.
Today (March 9), Abdul Hamid Rahman was sentenced to three years’ probation, imposed with a curfew from 9pm to 6am, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. He must also undergo psychiatric and psychological treatment.
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Despite government efforts, high-rise littering in Singapore refuses to go away
The problem of high-rise littering appears to be rearing its ugly head again, with the number of offenders being caught each month doubling since December
Worryingly, potential killer litter remains a concern — half of the 2,200 or so complaints on high-rise littering that the People’s Action Party (PAP)-run town councils get every year are related to this.
Notably, there were three such cases in the span of one week in December, when items such as a dustbin, a microwave oven, bricks and a water dispenser were flung down from flats.
INDRANEE: MY RESIDENT KEEPS THROWING TEABAGS ONTO PALM TREE
The Tea Bag Tree of Bukit Merah View
After the Cleaner Appreciation event yesterday afternoon (see post below), I took a walk around the common space at blks 128, 129 and 130 Bukit Merah View and checked out the environment.
Was dismayed to see this palm tree adorned with tea bags, obviously thrown from a higher floor and which had snagged on the leaves and branches. It was like a Christmas tree except that instead of pretty ornaments, this poor tree was festooned with used Dilmah tea bags!
Was it really so difficult, one wonders, to lift the tea bag out of the mug or cup, and carry it a few feet to the rubbish container that must surely be in the home?
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From Teabags to Soiled Diaper & Sanitary Pad to Killer Litter
The Tea Bag Tree of Bukit Merah View
After the Cleaner Appreciation event yesterday afternoon (see post below), I took a walk around the common space at blks 128, 129 and 130 Bukit Merah View and checked out the environment.
Was dismayed to see this palm tree adorned with tea bags, obviously thrown from a higher floor and which had snagged on the leaves and branches. It was like a Christmas tree except that instead of pretty ornaments, this poor tree was festooned with used Dilmah tea bags!
Was it really so difficult, one wonders, to lift the tea bag out of the mug or cup, and carry it a few feet to the rubbish container that must surely be in the home?
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Tin Pei Ling goes after resident who threw sanitary pad
When the MP for Marine Parade GRC Ms Tin Pei-Ling discovered that a resident had been disposing tampons out of the window, she spared no effort to look for the culprit – even though it meant combing through 7 floors worth of households.
Last week, the Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that residents had complained of ‘diapers’ being frequently found at the foot of Blk 444 at Tampines Street 42. The final straw came when their MP, Mr Baey Yam Keng recovered a diaper that was still ‘warm’, prompting him to search over 12 floors to catch the diaper-throwing culprit.
It therefore came as a surprise when Ms Tin Pei-Ling was caught in the same sticky situation – but with tampons this time.
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TIN PEI LING GOES AFTER RESIDENT WHO THROWS SANITARY PAD
A curious case of high-rise littering raised the ire of the ward’s MP – so much so that she decided to hunt the errant resident down.
When the MP for Marine Parade GRC Ms Tin Pei-Ling discovered that a resident had been disposing tampons out of the window, she spared no effort to look for the culprit – even though it meant combing through 7 floors worth of households.
Last week, the Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that residents had complained of ‘diapers’ being frequently found at the foot of Blk 444 at Tampines Street 42. The final straw came when their MP, Mr Baey Yam Keng recovered a diaper that was still ‘warm’, prompting him to search over 12 floors to catch the diaper-throwing culprit.
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MP Baey Yam Keng on an interesting yet unfortunate occurrence in Tampines town
Story of the soiled diaper continues. With GM of Tampines Town Council, we brought the diaper to visit all 11 units of the column where the diaper was found.
Three units have babies. I think we managed to identify which unit was the culprit. Without concrete evidence, I could only warn the maid not to do so. Hope that will born home the message.
Will monitor the situation.
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