Big speed and ketamine bust in Samut Prakan
2023-03-09
Police are hunting for three suspected drug smugglers after seizing almost 2.5 million speed pills and 10 kilogrammes of ketamine in Samut Prakan.Continue Reading
Director of car workshop fined for allowing family members to perform illegal vehicle modifications
2023-03-09
SINGAPORE: The director of a car workshop was fined S$6,000 by a court on Thursday (Mar 9) for allowing his employees, including his family members, to illegally alter vehicle exhaust systems for their customers. The sole director of Man Exhaust Werkz, 30-year-old Muhammad Shahrudin Mat Nooh, pleaded guilty to threeContinue Reading
Court settles acrimonious custody battle over 11-year-old son with neurodevelopment disorders
2023-03-09
The woman said she pays and arranges for all the therapies for their son while the man says the “level of therapists” was not needed or justified.Continue Reading
Authorities relent on tourists’ school uni craze
2023-03-09
A tempest in a teapot over Chinese tourists wearing Thai school uniforms has ended with authorities conceding that the visitors mean no harm and are probably doing the country a favour by promoting it.Continue Reading
Jail for man who drove without licence, was high on pain medicine and also stole milk powder
2023-03-09
SINGAPORE: A man without a driving licence wanted to take his family out, so he bought identification details from chat app Telegram that allowed him to rent a car. But he was high on pain and cough medicines that he had deliberately consumed, and got into multiple accidents, one afterContinue Reading
More electric motorcycles on Singapore’s roads but speed bumps ahead for mass adoption
2023-03-09
Consumers are wary of buying in due to the price and a lack of charging facilities, said industry experts.Continue Reading
Dust above safe limits in North, Northeast, Greater Bangkok
2023-03-09
Toxic dust levels above safe limits persisted in the North, the Northeast, Bangkok and surrounding provinces on Thursday, adding to already severe health risks caused by air pollution.Continue Reading
Dust levels above safe limit in North, Northeast, Greater Bangkok
2023-03-09
Toxic dust levels above the safe limit of 50 microgrammes per cubic metres (ug/m3) remained in the North, the Northeast, Bangkok and its surrounding provinces on Thursday.Continue Reading
Company director sentenced to jail for inflating workers’ salaries to get more grants
2023-03-09
SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old company director was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail on Wednesday (Mar 8) for conspiring with workers to inflate their salaries on paper to get more grants under a professional conversion programme (PCP). Malaysian Lim De Xian pleaded guilty last month to two charges of cheating. Another two counts of falsifyingContinue Reading
Felicia Teo case: Chief Justice dismisses appeal for murder charge to be withdrawn completely
2023-03-09
There seems to be a live lead in the form of an alleged accomplice based in Indonesia, says the Chief Justice.Continue Reading