Crime
Customers allowed to register only 10 postpaid SIM cards across all telcos from Feb 28
IMDA and the telcos have been working together to tighten SIM card registration to prevent illicit use
Singapore Precious Metals Exchange, director to be charged over alleged US$81 million in unlicensed payment services
If convicted, Victor Foo faces a fine not exceeding S$125,000, imprisonment for a term of up to three years, or both
Malaysia wins appeal in lawsuit by murdered Mongolian woman’s family
THE family of Altantuya Shaariibuu, who was murdered in 2006 by two bodyguards assigned to protect officials including former Malaysian premier Najib Razak, lost their bid for damages from the Malaysi...
Venezuela’s warning: how Singapore must navigate a fractured order
US operation to capture Maduro exposes dangerous gap between global rules and raw power – one that small states cannot ignore
Malaysian man linked to Cambodia-based scam ring nabbed at Woodlands Checkpoint
The group is believed to be responsible for nearly 440 reported cases involving losses of at least S$41 million
Six drivers to be charged over speeding involving heavy commercial vehicles in Singapore
Offenders, including drivers of buses and cement mixers, were caught between August and October this year
Four dead in smoke bomb, knife attack at Taipei train station
FOUR people have died in Taiwan and several others are injured after a man set off smoke bombs in the capital’s main train station and later attacked passersby in a shopping district during the Friday...
Singapore arrests former captain of alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi’s yacht
Nigel Tang Wan Bao Nabil was the captain of a superyacht called Nonni II that Chen owned
Robbers steal one billion yen in Hong Kong daylight heist
The city has seen a spate of robberies involving exchange shops recently
Singapore police seize over S$539,000, freeze 176 bank accounts in anti-scam operation
The resulting investigations involve 176 individuals aged between 16 and 85
