The High Court has quashed a moneylender’s bid to bankrupt a debtor who had borrowed $350,000 on an annual interest rate of 240 per cent – a ruling that could cause ripples in the moneylending industry. Mr Ang Boon Kim, sole proprietor of ABK Leasing, had applied to bankrupt company director Goh Meng Leong, who...Read More

SINGAPORE – The traffic light was red and a couple were crossing the road — but that did not stop Yue Kim Ming from speeding past them on his power-assisted bicycle. Although he narrowly missed the pair, the 63-year-old welder wrongly thought Mr Chang Yong Peo had hit him and went to confront him. In...Read More

Rochelle Chow Shuting’s lawyers claimed she was trying to pick up her phone with her leg. They later said she was lifting the leg to regain balance. Chow intends to appeal against her conviction and sentence. According to charge sheets, Chow was at the Parkroyal on Pickering hotel when the incident occurred at about 5.30pm...Read More

SINGAPORE – Three casino patrons, all members of its loyalty programme, were found guilty and convicted on Monday (Nov 7) of misappropriating $875,133 from the Marina Bay Sands casino by a district judge who found the prosecution had proven all charges against them. China national Ho Man Yuk, 37, and Indian nationals Shaikh Farid, 41,...Read More

In need of cash to repay both licensed and unlicensed moneylenders, a jewellery store sales executive stole 20 gold plates worth over $124,000 and $20,000 in cash from his then employer. Jacky Tan Jun Jia, 34, who had a gambling addiction, was employed at Chow Tai Fook Jewellery at Bugis Junction shopping mall when he...Read More

SINGAPORE – A former fish soup stall owner was sentenced to 16 months’ jail on Thursday for using a wooden pole to attack a rival hawker, who sold a similar dish at the same food centre. The victim, Mr Punnataro Wee, 51, suffered fractures on his skull and right wrist, as well as bleeding in...Read More

SINGAPORE – A former domestic helper from India who was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail in 2023 for making a false statement in a work pass application has been acquitted by the High Court after she appealed against her conviction. Ms Alka, 44, who goes by one name, had contested a charge under the Employment...Read More

It’s a joyous ritual almost as old as Singapore itself: A young couple get hitched, buy an HDB flat, renovate it, and then hold the formal wedding ceremony once the dream home is ready. All heartwarming so far, but in one recent case, the happily-ever-after ended in the blink of an eye. The couple ended...Read More

Appeal No. 75 of 2022Choo Han Teck J9 February 202313 February 2023 Choo Han Teck J: Judgment reserved. The appellant (the “Wife”) and respondent (the “Husband”) were parties to a short, childless marriage of about three and a half years. Interim judgment was granted on 14 April 2022 and made final on 8 November 2022....Read More

SINGAPORE – A man offered his accomplice a reward of between $50,000 and $100,000 to be part of a plan to help Ng Yu Zhi – a businessman allegedly linked to one of Singapore’s largest investment fraud schemes – unlawfully flee the country. Police discovered the plan during a separate investigation into unrelated gambling offences...Read More