Singaporean man deported from Vietnam, charged with drug trafficking

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A Singaporean man who was wanted over alleged links to drug trafficking and the country’s drug trade has been apprehended and charged, according to the Central Narcotics Bureau on Sunday ( Jun 30 ).

The 43- yr- ancient, who operated from abroad, had been out of Singapore since Sep 27, 2019. &nbsp,

The man is wanted, according to CNB, because he is suspected of helping associates in Singapore obtain drugs for their following prostitution and local purchase. &nbsp,

His role was made known during the course of CNB’s inquiries into a situation involving drug trafficking in February 2021. &nbsp,

The accused in the case, a Malaysian man aged 36 at the time of imprisonment, was apprehended with about 472g of cocaine. He has since been convicted and sentenced.

As part of initiatives to monitor the 43- year- ancient down, CNB reached out to its international counterparts. &nbsp,

The CNB and the Counter-Narcotics Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam worked closely together to track the criminal until Jun 28 when he was deported and turned over to CNB, according to the bureau. &nbsp,

The 39-year-old was next charged with drug trafficking in relation to the situation involving the person. &nbsp,

Senior Assistant Commissioner Leon Chan, the deputy director of the CNB, thanked the Ministry of Public Security ( MPS) ‘ Counter-Narcotics Police Department ( CNPD ) for their” strong support.” &nbsp,

The nearby cooperation between CNB and CNPD in this activity, which led to the arrest of a Singaporean who believed he could continue supplying medicines to affiliates in Singapore without violence, was a result of CNB and CNPD’s strong working relationship and trust, according to the statement. He was terribly mistaken”, he said. &nbsp,

“CNB will look into any prospects and cooperate strongly with our international counterparts to capture and prosecute these criminals.”

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Arms exports from Singapore-based entities to Myanmar junta ‘dropped dramatically’ in past year: UN envoy

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THAILAND IS Then A WORLD-CLASS RESOURCE

Mr. Andrews noted in his most recent statement that Thailand has now become the regime’s main supplier of goods purchased through the world bank system.

Arms and related supplies transferred from Thailand-registered businesses increased from over US$ 60 million in the governmental year of 2022 to over US$ 120 million the following month.

The Thai authorities, according to Mr. Andrews, does not have a clear public policy place opposing the move of arms to Myanmar, unlike Singapore.

According to the review, the junta’s buying originally made from Singapore- based companies, including sections for Mi- 17 and Mi- 35 helicopters, are now being sourced from Thailand. According to the report, the junta uses these helicopters to move soldiers and carry out airstrikes on human targets.

Thai businesses, including Siam Commercial Bank, have been important in this change, said Mr Andrews.

In the 2022 fiscal year, the country’s oldest professional banks facilitated more than US$ 5 million in transactions involving Myanmar’s military purchasing. In 2023, this soared to more than US$ 100 million.

Mr. Andrews expressed wish that Thailand will conduct an investigation into and stop the flow of arms into Myanmar in a similar way to Singapore’s.

He emphasized that he found no proof of the governments ‘ presence or recognition of the deals in both countries ‘ cases.

He cited the Singapore government’s launch of an investigation that led to this major drop when we released the statement indicating the entities from Singapore that were involved in this trade next year.

We’re hoping Thailand did follow suit, and we’ll see a similar pattern from Thailand this year from Singapore.

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Two Singaporean men charged after being nabbed in Johor drug trafficking raids

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Two Singaporean men who were taken into custody in Johor during drug raids were charged in Singapore on Thursday ( Jun 13 ) with drug trafficking and failing to report for urine tests.

The Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID ) of the Royal Malaysian Police detained the two men, ages 48 and 35, on May 29.

During the operation, the NCID arrested 14 suspects for drug trafficking and seized RM11.6 million ( S$ 3.2 million ) worth of drugs at various locations.

The two men were handed over to Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau ( CNB) on Jun 12. &nbsp,

According to a media release from CNB, the 48-year-old was wanted for suspected drug trafficking in Singapore, and the 35-year-old was wanted for failing to report for urinary checks since October 2023. &nbsp,

The 14 people, whose names are two Indonesian men, six international men, and six international women between the ages of 22 and 52, were taken into custody in seven raids around Johor Bahru and the Iskandar Puteri place, according to a statement from the Royal Malaysia Police, according to an earlier media speech. &nbsp,

Among those arrested was a 49- year- ancient foreign person, who is said to be a gang leader. The NCID even found the syndicate’s processing services.

It added that the projected weight of all the seized medication was 198.5kg, including joy powder and pills, syabu, morphine, Erimin- 5 pills and MDMA. &nbsp,

According to NCID producer Khaw Kok Chin, the amount of medication confiscated is enough to support the habit of about 1.24 million people. &nbsp,

The Royal Malaysia Police likewise seized six cars, 14 pieces of different models, jewellery, as well as RM204, 069 and S$ 22, 970 in money. The total value of the seized property is estimated to be RM1.17 million.

DRUGS HIDDEN IN JUICE PACKETS

Mr Khaw said the syndicate, which was active since January, would rent condominiums and terraced houses with fences and guards. &nbsp,

These locations would be used to process drugs before driving to neighboring nations. Following the raids, all the areas that processed drugs were closed down. &nbsp,

According to investigations, one of the strategies employed by the syndicate involved packing drugs in juice packets and producing substances that appeared to be painkillers in disguise. &nbsp,

Senior Assistant Commissioner Leon Chan, the acting director of the CNB, expressed his gratitude for the Royal Malaysia Police and Narcotics Crime Investigation Department.

” We thank our Malaysian counterparts for their assistance and prompt action in bringing the suspects back to Singapore to face the law,” the statement reads.

There is no safe haven for drug use, and both organizations will continue to cooperate closely to stop illicit drug trafficking.

If convicted, the men may face sentences of up to 30 years or life imprisonment with 15 strokes of the cane.

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PM Wong congratulates India’s Modi on re-election win

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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has written to India’s Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his reappointment as prime minister, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday ( Jun 10 ). On June 4, Mr. Modi won India’s weeks-long general election by claiming an all-important parliamentary majority fromContinue Reading

‘Can’t move their body as usual’: Some SQ321 passengers left Thailand in air ambulances, doctor says

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SQ321 was on its approach from London to Singapore, and was &nbsp, over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar when&nbsp, “rapid” G- power shifts wreaked havoc in the house. The plane’s roof was thrown up before falling back to earth, causing the passengers and crew to fall. &nbsp,

One American traveler, Mr Geoff Kitchen, 73, died on board, possible because of a heart attack, while another suffered brain and spinal cord injury. &nbsp,

The day after the tragedy, 58 people were warded in three facilities, including 20 individuals in the ICU.

At that time, five Singapore from the aircraft, including two in ICU, were receiving therapy in Thailand.

CNA understands that Mr Bobby Chin, a former part of the&nbsp, Council of Presidential Advisers, &nbsp, was hospitalised in Bangkok, but is comfortably back in Singapore.

One person, good Singaporean, was also warded in Bangkok Hospital as of 12pm on Jun 5, according to a blog on Samitivej Hospital’s Twitter site. Two Singapore were originally warded in that doctor, according to an earlier update.

According to Dr. Saran, none of the patients who are still warded in Thailand are ICU patients. &nbsp,

” I assume that maybe a week or not more than two weeks from now, the ( patients ), all of them, can… go back home”, he said.

LONG- Word EFFECTS

In the first 24 hours after arriving in Bangkok, nine of the patients who received treatment at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital needed disaster surgery.

One person had to have multiple therapies because the victim’s symptoms changed after the initial procedure, making this case the most challenging one at the hospital.

It is “hard to say” whether patients may experience long-term results like numbness or chronic pain, according to Dr. Saran.

” We have some technology, some models that can support and help the person to go back to have normal life activities as ( they had ) previously”, he said.

He claimed that none of the patients had a perfect spinal cord injury.

In such a scenario, there would be” no way to go back”.

A perfect injuries, as defined by the website of Johns Hopkins Medicine, means that the body is not moving or feeling below the injury’s level. &nbsp,

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‘Everything happened really in a flash’: How one man stayed safe amid extreme turbulence on SIA flight SQ321

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Therefore, they were” slamming right down on the handles, hitting their tails, hitting their heads on something”, he said.

The plane dropped about 6, 000ft ( 1.8km ) within four minutes. &nbsp,

” Anything happened actually in a flash”, he said, adding that people quickly started gasping and screaming.

When the turmoil ended, there was a statement acknowledging what had happened and a request for medical practitioners to volunteer to check on the people. A few people responded to the request and conducted some preliminary research, according to Mr. Dzafran.

” The passengers also were told to sit down and hang tight but at the same time, amid all this chaos and confusion, I felt … that people, you know, could n’t really absorb what was to be prioritised, what was happening”, he said. &nbsp,

Individuals who were unharmed were scouring the area for their devices, which had been ripped out of their hands as a result of the volatility, he continued. They were looking for a way to communicate with their loved ones without delay.

Finally, Mr. Dzafran discovered his cellphone.

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Singapore Airlines ordered to pay S,580 to couple in India over faulty seats: Reports

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After their seats failed to recline electronically during their flight from India to Australia last year, Singapore Airlines ( SIA ) has been ordered to pay a couple in India more than S$ 3,500.

According to media reports from India’s newspapers on Thursday ( Apr 25 ), the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Hyderabad ruled in favor of Ravi Gupta and his wife Anjali Gupta.

The pair had traveled from Hyderabad to Australia via Singapore on May 23, 2023, according to a report from the Deccan Chronicle. &nbsp,

They complained during the trip that their enterprise class chairs, which were supposed to rest online, had malfunctioned.

India Today reported that the couple were “forced to stay awake throughout the journey”, after forking out 66, 750 rupees ( S$ 1, 090 ) for each ticket.

Singapore Airlines had immediately offered 10, 000 KrisFlyer yards per man, but the offer was rejected by the plaintiffs.

Mr Gupta, who is Telangana’s director general of officers, apparently claimed that they were treated as “economy group people”, except for the more room, the Deccan Chronicle reported.

The committee ruled that SIA if deposit 48, 750&nbsp, pounds to each plaintiff, along with 12 per cent attention. &nbsp,

Furthermore, the airline was ordered to pay a settlement of 100, 000&nbsp, pounds for “mental horror and natural suffering”, as well as 10, 000 rupees for the costs of the problem, the media outlets reported. &nbsp,

In total, the airline was ordered to pay 219, 200 rupees, which is about S$ 3, 580.

CNA has contacted SIA for more information.

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