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In Singapore, two women jailed for swapping seats near roadblock to hide unlicensed driving after drunken night out
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — Two Singaporean friends who tried to outsmart police by swapping seats in a car to hide that one of them was driving without a licence have been jailed, The Straits Times reported. In a Singapore court today, Estella
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Death penalty looms for two Malaysians caught at Woodlands Checkpoint with cannabis, ‘Ice’ worth almost RM500,00
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — Two Malaysian men were arrested in separate incidents at Woodlands Checkpoint for allegedly attempting to smuggle sizeable quantities of drugs into Singapore, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a
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Up to three-hour delays expected at Woodlands, Tuas checkpoints as Singapore flags National Day weekend traffic surge
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — Travellers from Singapore who are heading to Malaysia over the upcoming National Day weekend should brace for heavy traffic and longer immigration clearance times at land checkpoints, Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said yesterday. From August
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Singapore doctor pleads guilty to year-long harassment, violent abduction of ex-girlfriend
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — An aesthetic doctor who persistently harassed his former girlfriend over the course of a year, culminating in a violent public abduction, has been convicted of multiple offences in Singapore, The Straits Times reported. Yesterday, 40-year-old Dr Chua Cheng
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Vape smuggling cases rise as syndicates hide devices in car dashboards, wheel wells and even air filter boxes, say Singapore authorities
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 — Vape smugglers are getting increasingly creative, with Singapore authorities discovering that e-vaporisers have been concealed in dashboards, wheel wells, undercarriages and even air filter boxes of cars attempting to enter the republic. According to The Straits Times, Singapore’s
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Foreign man arrested over alleged molestation of teen girl in Rawang
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — A foreign man who is suspected of molesting a teenage girl in Bukit Sentosa, Rawang recently has been arrested by the police yesterday. Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Ibrahim Husin said the man was
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Anwar grills Cheras Madani housing project developer over missing infrastructure in launch plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today questioned the developer of the Residensi Aman Lumayan Madani housing project in Cheras over the absence of key public facilities, questioning why a school and kindergarten were not included
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Melaka mechanic caught for raping daughter since she was 8
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Police in Melaka arrested a 41-year-old man suspected of raping his daughter for the past 10 years at their home in Taman Tambak Paya Harmoni yesterday evening. The case came to light when the victim,
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Appeals court rules EC acted unlawfully by barring voter in Johor polls over Covid status
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 6 — The Court of Appeal today ruled that the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to bar a registered voter from casting his ballot in the 2022 Johor state election due to Covid-19 quarantine restrictions was unlawful. A three-member
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New water tariff, zoning rules in the works as data centres strain clean supply
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The Malaysian government is working with state regulators to introduce a specific water tariff for data centres and heavy industrial users, while encouraging the adoption of recycled water and district cooling systems to reduce the
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