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Feb 13, 2009
14 years for fraud
He admits to charges involving US$23 million in fake-trade swindle
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent


         
From 2001 to 2007, Ang bought and sold worthless memory chips and created fake orders and invoices to get payment from banks. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

THROUGH most of the 1990s, entrepreneur Kelvin Ang Ah Peng rode the crest of a wave as his company traded in memory chips and recycled used ones for sale at a good price.

Hints of a rot surfaced in 2003, when the Monetary Authority of Singapore swooped in and stopped the initial public offering (IPO) of his company, EC-Asia International (ECI), cold in its tracks.

Yesterday, Ang, 44, was jailed for 14 years for having swindled banks of US$23 million (S$35 million) and laundering these proceeds through Hong Kong.

The Australian-listed ECI is now being liquidated, and Ang was declared a bankrupt last year.

He was hauled to court last October on 687 charges involving US$290 million; last month, he pleaded guilty to 30 charges - 28 for cheating and two for money-laundering and falsifying revenues in ECI's IPO prospectus.

His is a story which has followed the ebb and flow of the integrated circuit (IC) chip business: When he started ECI in 1993, IC chips were expensive, so his business did well. A major earthquake in Taiwan in 1999 totalled the IC chip factories there. Production halted and the market price of IC chips soared even higher.

The bubble burst the following year, when the Taiwan factories recovered.

Several chip businesses folded.

In 2001, as ECI struggled to keep afloat, Ang started abusing its credit facilities. Between that year and early 2007, he bought and sold worthless memory chips and created fake orders and invoices to receive payment from banks.

Deputy Public Prosecutor David Chew Siong Tai said that, to secure credit in the absence of incoming orders, Ang fashioned an elaborate scheme with the help of Hong Kong firms.

He got ECI's longstanding partners there to issue the necessary trade documents and to circulate IC chips and money between Hong Kong and Singapore.

A Singapore company, Oki Semiconductor Singapore, was roped in to give the transactions a ring of authenticity.

Chips were actually shipped in these sham transactions as if they were bona fide business trades. The reality: These were worthless, defective chips due for scrapping by ECI, said DPP Chew.

In November 2006, Ang, when asked about ECI's unusually large inventory in Hong Kong and the huge debts owed by the firm's Hong Kong 'customers', confessed to an ECI subsidiary's director that 90 per cent of the inventory did not exist and that its billings were all faked.

He turned himself in to the Commercial Affairs Department five months later.

His lawyer, Senior Counsel Sant Singh, described him as a self-made man who developed a niche market for memory chips here. He added that the father of four never stood to gain personally from the credit extended by the banks, since the money went into saving ECI.

This was a man who, at his peak, ran a 12,000 sq ft office and hired 150 people.

He has since been forced to sell his District 10 bungalow and move his family into a relative's Housing Board flat.

elena@sph.com.sg



About the case
THE ACCUSED

Kelvin Ang Ah Peng, 44, has been chief executive officer of EC-Asia International (ECI) since October 2002.

He was a director of the memory chip recycler at the firm's inception in June 1993; in April 1994, he became its managing director.

WHAT HE DID

Between March 2001 and January 2007, he bought and sold worthless memory chips and created fake orders and invoices to receive payment from banks. He also faked revenues in the company's prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO) and sent the proceeds of his criminal conduct to Singapore from Hong Kong.

THE 687 CHARGES

# One each of overstating revenues in EC-Asia's IPO prospectus and conspiring to remit US$81.7 million (S$123 million) in ill-gotten gains from Hong Kong to Singapore;

# 13 of instigating ECI subsidiary AsiaPac Distribution to cheat banks of US$7.7 million in 2006;

# 44 of cheating Maybank of US$13.2 million from 2005 to 2007;

# 44 of cheating DBS Bank of US$13.4 million from 2004 to 2006;

# 74 of cheating Standard Chartered Bank of US$26 million from 2001 to 2006;

# 104 of cheating HSBC of US$34.4 million from 2003 to 2006;

# 217 of cheating United Overseas Bank of US$84.8 million from 2001 to 2006;

# 189 of cheating International Factors Singapore of US$111 million from 2003 to 2007.

# Total amount in the cheating charges: US$290 million.

JUDGE'S COMMENTS

District Judge Liew Thiam Leng noted that the amount involved was huge and that Ang had taken advantage of the credit facilities for about six years.

He also noted that Ang had played a major role in keeping his complex ruse under the authorities' radar - to the extent that he personally supervised the packaging of the bogus shipments of goods.

'The effects of the offences committed by the accused would certainly undermine the confidence in the usage of trade invoices,' said Judge Liew.

sutera_abadi

14 tahun.... hmm  pandai betul tupai ni melompat....

Originally posted by fatz at 13-2-2009 08:03 AM
Feb 13, 2009
14 years for fraud...

miezarra_27

Originally posted by sutera_abadi at 13-2-2009 08:30 AM
14 tahun.... hmm  pandai betul tupai ni melompat....

pandai2 melompat.... last2 masuk perangkap jugak... padan muka..!!!

fatz

Govt gazette publishes boundaries of altered polling districts
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 18 February 2009 1845 hrs


Elections Department's website

SINGAPORE: A day after the announcement by the Elections Department that the Register of Voters is being revised, the government gazette published the boundaries of altered polling districts on Wednesday.

This is for the 14 group representation constituencies (GRCs) and nine single-member constituencies (SMCs).

The announcement in the gazette states that the subdivision of every electoral division into polling districts has been altered and details of the new polling districts have been published.

It is believed to be the precursor of the Electoral Boundaries Report, which is normally released before an election. The last general election was held on May 6, 2006.

According to the Elections Department's website, the current largest single-member division is Nee Soon East with 32,586 voters, while the biggest GRC is Sembawang GRC with 184,804 electors.


- CNA/so

http://www.elections.gov.sg/

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LTA expands implementation of new road safety initiatives
By 938 LIVE | Posted: 18 February 2009 1414 hrs


Dashed Pedestrian Crossing Lines

SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has said it will expand the roll-out of two road safety initiatives - Dashed Pedestrian Crossing Lines and Pedestrian Crossing Ahead Markings - to more locations.

The two road safety measures, which help to make pedestrian crossings more conspicuous for motorists, were implemented on a pilot basis at selected locations last year as part of the Land Transport Master Plan.

LTA's monitoring and perception surveys conducted with drivers have shown that, generally, the two measures have been effective in influencing motorists' behaviours as they approach pedestrian crossings.

The Dashed Pedestrian Crossing Lines will be implemented progressively.

It will start with pedestrian crossings along six roads within the Central Business District (CBD), including North Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, and Victoria Street. Works are expected to be completed by June.

All other pedestrian crossings within the CBD will come with the crossing lines by 2011 and the rest of the island by 2014.

The LTA will also introduce Pedestrian Crossing Ahead Markings at more locations, including at Claymore Hill beside American Club and Tampines Avenue 10 into TPE.

These are inverted white triangular markings painted on the road and placed before selected zebra crossings where motorists have been observed not to give way to pedestrians.

The LTA will continue to evaluate the need to include other zebra crossings.

- 938LIVE/yt

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KEDAI KOPI PASANG NOTIS MENGENAI DUIT PALSU $50

Langkah elak pertikaian jika not berkenaan enggan diterima

Oleh
Saini Salleh

MELIHAT notis 'Jangan terima duit not $50 yang mempunyai nombor siri 2EY322725' di kaunter pembayaran sebuah kedai kopi membuat pelanggan tertanya-tanya.

Encik Salleh Sadali, 40 tahun, misalnya, mengesyaki ada sesuatu yang tidak kena pada duit not bernombor siri tersebut tetapi berat hendak bertanya kerana terlalu ramai pelanggan di kedai kopi berkenaan.

Sebaliknya, Encik Salleh, teknisyen kanan di sebuah kilang optik, menghubungi Berita Harian untuk mendapatkan kepastian mengenai notis yang dipasang di Teh Tarik Makan House di Blok 306 Woodlands Street 31 itu.

Ketika dikunjungi kelmarin, seorang pekerja membuat minuman di kedai kopi tersebut yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Zai, 30 tahun, berkata:

'Notis ini bos kami yang pasang untuk mengingatkan kami dan para penyewa gerai makanan supaya jangan terima duit not $50 palsu yang mempunyai nombor siri tersebut.

'Pelanggan juga boleh periksa wang $50 sebelum buat pembayaran. Jadi kami tak akan disalahkan kalau kami tak mahu terima wang mereka.'

Seorang juruwang kedai kopi itu pula menyatakan pihaknya tidak pernah menerima wang palsu sedemikian sebelum atau selepas notis tersebut dipasang.

Menurutnya, bosnya memasang notis itu ekoran berita mengenai penyebaran wang palsu itu yang disiarkan pihak media.

Bulan lalu, polis mengingatkan orang ramai supaya berwaspada terhadap kegiatan menyebarkan wang palsu $50 itu ekoran lebih daripada 30 laporan mengenainya yang diterima sejak beberapa bulan lalu.

Jumlah tersebut lebih tinggi daripada hanya 11 kes yang dilaporkan pada sembilan bulan pertama tahun lalu dan adalah yang tertinggi sejak tiga tahun lalu.

Polis mengesahkan bahawa pusat-pusat hiburan malam, stesen minyak dan kedai loteri menjadi mangsa penipuan melibatkan pembayaran wang palsu $50 bernombor siri 2EY322725 itu.

Mereka yang terlibat juga menggunakan taktik kononnya perlu segera menukar $50 kepada wang kecil sebelum menghilangkan diri.

Sesiapa yang didapati bersalah menggunakan wang palsu boleh dihukum penjara sehingga 20 tahun dan didenda.

fatz

2 policemen charged with prejudicing good order of police force
By 938LIVE | Posted: 19 February 2009 2312 hrs

SINGAPORE: Two policemen were charged with prejudicing the good order and discipline of the Singapore Police Force on Thursday.

48-year-old Senior Station Inspector Hashim Kamari and 49-year-old Station Inspector Aziz Osman had allegedly accepted a free trip to Taiwan for a Pirelli's tyres promotional event in April 2004, without prior approval from the police force.

Aziz, who is a patrol team leader with the Traffic Police Department, is also accused of instructing five of his subordinates to provide an unauthorised mobile escort in May that year.

It is believed to be for the wedding ceremony of the former regional manager of Pirelli Asia, John Hooi Tuck Sung.

Aziz allegedly told the men to make false entries in their patrol log sheets after performing the escort.

Separately, Hashim is believed to have accepted a discount of about S$80 from one Lim Sun Kwang when he purchased a tyre manufactured by Metzeler.

Hashim was a project management officer attached to the Police Logistic Department.

In exchange for the discount, Hashim had allegedly recommended that his department purchase Metzeler tyres from a local supplier of motorcycle accessories, JR Private Limited.

Both men are represented by lawyer, Vijay Kumar. Their pre-trial conference is scheduled on March 12.

If convicted under the Police Force Act for each charge, the men could be fined up to S$500, jailed a maximum of three months or both.

As for corruption, they could be fined a maximum of S$100,000, jailed up to five years or both. - 938LIVE/vm

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Ex-cop charged with accepting bribes from illegal massage parlour operator
By Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 February 2009 1728 hrs

SINGAPORE: A former senior police officer was charged on Thursday with 12 counts of accepting bribes from the operator of an illegal massage parlour.

Investigations showed that former senior staff sergeant Ong Thiam Hock allegedly received the bribes in the form of sexual favours and cash amounting to S$7,000 between May and July last year.

The court was told that Ong was attached to Clementi Police Division's Compliant Management Unit which oversees the management of Licensees for Public Entertainment, Liquor and Massage Establishment.

There, he got to know Chinese national Zhong Xianqin who operated "Tian Zi" massage parlour at Clementi. Ong previously arrested the China national for working illegally in another massage establishment.

Zhong kept in contact with Ong and informed him she was going to operate an unlicensed massage establishment in Clementi.

That was when Ong accepted the bribes in exchange for providing tip-offs on impending police raids on unlicensed massage establishments.

Ong was arrested on Wednesday morning. - CNA/vm

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Manhunt on for Singaporean who escaped from Malaysian custody
By Melissa Goh, Channel NewsAsia's Malaysia Bureau Chief | Posted: 22 February 2009 2022 hrs


Malaysian  Policemen
KUALA LUMPUR: An international manhunt is on for a Singaporean detainee who escaped from custody in handcuffs while being escorted to court in Malaysia.

Jay Chia Shao Kiat is said to have shoved an officer and jumped out of a police vehicle.

Jay is facing the death sentence after being charged with drug trafficking.

Malaysian police have alerted Singapore and the Interpol.

They have also increased security at all border checkpoints, especially in Johor.

- CNA/ir



alang2 kena gantung, biar mati kena tembak...

fatz

Feb 22, 2009
Manhunt for S'porean
By Elizabeth Looi, Malaysia Correspondent and Teh Joo Lin


The Singaporean was arrested several years ago and charged with drug trafficking, which carries the death penalty. -- PHOTO: NSTP

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN police have launched a manhunt for a Singaporean man facing a capital charge for drug trafficking who escaped after a court appearance last week.

Two policemen were escorting Jay Chia Shao Kiat, 32, and two other detainees back to the lock-up near the Shah Alam High Court in a police vehicle at about 12.30pm last Friday.

When the vehicle stopped, Chia managed to shove one of the policemen out of the vehicle. He escaped with his hands still handcuffed behind his back.

'The other policeman could not go after the Singaporean as he had to watch over the other two detainees who were also handcuffed,' the New Sunday Times newspaper said, citing a source.

Shah Alam district police chief Noor Azam Jamaludin revealed Chia's identity at a press conference yesterday and said that police believed he was still hiding in the country. The assistant commissioner of police said Chia used to teach English in Thailand and has a Thai wife. His last address in Singapore was a flat in Jurong West.

ACP Noor Azam also said that the two policemen were being questioned to find out how Chia managed to escape.

'We will also contact the Singapore police soon as a follow-up,' he told The Straits Times.

Chia was arrested several years ago and faces a trafficking charge under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty. He had appeared in court several times before his escape last Friday.

When contacted in Singapore last night, a female relative - who declined to be named - said Chia had been estranged from his family members in the Republic for some time.

fatz

Feb 22, 2009
3 bush fires in a day
By Khushwant Singh


The blaze, which raged over an area about the size of three football fields 400m behind Block 714, was under control in 45 minutes. -- ST PHOTO

A SUDDEN downpour came to the aid of firefighters dousing a bush fire in Tampines on Sunday afternoon.

A resident had raised the alarm at 12.25pm and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firemen arrived at a tract of burning grassland along Tampines Avenue 9 in minutes.

The blaze, which raged over an area about the size of three football fields 400m behind Block 714, was under control in 45 minutes.

By the time The Straits Times got there at 2pm, a 30-minute-long downpour had diminished the size of the flames in three spots.

The Tampines Fire Station sent out three fire engines, which were supported by a vehicle carrying water.

Firefighters at the Tampines Fire Station had their hands full on Sunday handling two other bush fires less than a kilometre away. These were smaller blazes, each put out in minutes by a fire engine and a Red Rhino.

One blaze was at Lorong Halus, near where Tampines Road joins the Tampines Expressway. It started at around noon and consumed grassland the size of a football field.

The other fire broke out at 1.30pm in an area about the size of a basketball court along Tampines Industrial Avenue 2, near the fire station .

Last month was the driest January in 10 years. Up till last Monday, a record 292 fires had erupted in bushland and forested areas.

Bukit Batok has been one of the worst-hit areas. Pockets of fire have been breaking out along Bukit Batok West Avenue 3 over 11/2 days last week. The SCDF will give an update of the bush fire situation on Monday.

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MM Lee in Brunei for three-day working visit
By Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 24 February 2009 1822 hrs



SINGAPORE: Singapore's Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, is in Brunei for a three-day working visit.

Mr Lee arrived at Bandar Seri Begawan Tuesday evening where he was met by Brunei's Communications Minister, Awang Abu Bakar Apong, vice-chancellor of Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Zulkarnain Hanafi, and Singapore's High Commissioner to Brunei, Joseph Koh.

Mr Lee will deliver the inaugural Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Memorial Lecture on Wednesday.

The event is in memory of Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's late father.

- CNA/yt

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Singapura : 25 Februari 2009         
  
FANDI NAFI DESAS-DESUS ISTERI DISERANG ANGIN AHMAR

KHABAR angin mengatakan Nur Sarah Abdullah, isteri bekas pemain bola sepak terkenal Singapura, Fandi Ahmad, terkena serangan angin ahmar adalah tidak benar.

Semasa dihubungi Berita Harian (BH) semalam, Fandi yang kini berada di Jakarta menjelaskan bahawa isterinya bukanlah terkena serangan angin ahmar sebaliknya beliau mengalami masalah saraf setelah terjatuh kira-kira sebulan lalu.

Masalah saraf itu menyebabkan Nur Sarah yang juga dikenali sebagai Wendy Jacobs, 35 tahun, tidak dapat menggerakkan sebelah bahagian tubuhnya.

'Tapi sekarang, isteri saya sudah beransur pulih dan beliau sudah boleh menggerakkan tangan dan kakinya,' ujar Fandi, 46 tahun.

Fandi hanya memberitahu bahawa isterinya kini berada di Singapura tetapi tidak menjelaskan di mana.

Fandi pada mulanya keberatan untuk memberikan sebarang komen tentang isterinya itu.

Katanya, jika boleh, beliau tidak mahu hal ini digembar-gemburkan dan sebab ia hal peribadi.

'Kalau boleh saya tak mahu hal ini masuk akhbar. Ini hal peribadi.

'Saya khuatir kalau ramai orang yang datang menziarah, isteri saya tidak dapat berehat. Isteri saya perlu banyak rehat,' ujarnya.

Seorang peminat Fandi dan Nur Sarah, Cik Illys Hanafi, 24 tahun, berasa lega apabila mendapat tahu bahawa berita tentang Nur Sarah mengalami serangan angin ahmar hanyalah khabar angin saja.

'Saya terperanjat apabila mula-mula terdengar desas-desus yang isteri Fandi kena angin ahmar. Kalau betul, ia cuma khabar angin saja, baguslah.

'Kita harus berterima kasih kepada Fandi kerana berterus terang kepada akhbar. Jika tidak berita ini tergantung tanpa sebarang pengesahan.

'Daripada apa yang saya baca di majalah dan akhbar, saya rasa Wendy memang seorang yang amat prihatin tentang kesihatan jadi saya harap dia cepat sembuh,' ujar Cik Illys.

Cik Illys juga berkata, selepas ini beliau akan lebih berhati-hati jika terdengar sebarang berita tentang selebriti sebelum mempercayainya.

Fandi memperisterikan Nur Sarah pada 5 Disember 1996.

Mereka dikurniakan lima orang cahaya mata - empat lelaki dan seorang perempuan.

Anak sulung Fandi, Irfan berusia 11 tahun; Ikhsan, sembilan tahun; Iman, lapan tahun; Ilhan, enam tahun dan yang bongsu, Iryan, dua tahun.

Fandi kini bertugas sebagai ketua jurulatih bola sepak kelab Pelita Jaya di Jakarta, Indonesia.

fatz

Singapura : 26 Februari 2009         
         
DIDENDA $1,000 DEK KENCING SEBARANGAN

GARA-GARA menyahut panggilan alam sembarangan seorang pemandu teksi didenda $1,000.

Yang Teck Huat mengaku membuang air kecil di Pasir Panjang Road dalam kejadian 27 Jun tahun lalu itu. Dia turun dari teksinya dan membuang air kecil di belakang sebuah kotak elektrikal.

Perbuatannya di tempat awam itu disaksi seorang lelaki yang kebetulan melintas di situ dalam kereta bersama isteri dan dua anggota keluarganya.

Mahkamah diberitahu lelaki berkenaan dan pak ciknya memekik apabila melihat perbuatan Yang, namun Yang tidak mengambil peduli.

Lelaki itu mencatat nombor plat teksi Yang dan melaporkannya kepada Penguasa Pengangkutan Darat (LTA) tiga hari kemudian.

LTA merujuk kes itu kepada Agensi Sekitaran Kebangsaan (NEA).



pengajarannya......pandanglah sekeliling sebelum kencing.....

fatz

Singapura : 26 Februari 2009        
  
SUSPEK KES CURI DI CORTINA LARIKAN JAM BERNILAI LEBIH $13 JUTA

SEORANG bekas pekerja syarikat Cortina yang menjual jam-jam berjenama menghilang diri setelah dipercayai 'memanjangkan tangan' mencuri jam-jam mewah bernilai lebih $13 juta di pasaran.

Menurut laporan akhbar The Straits Times, Jerry Ee, 35 tahun, yang kini diburu polis, dikatakan bersikap 'memilih' tentang jenis jam yang dicurinya.

Ee dikatakan mengambil 386 jam daripada enam jenama mewah iaitu Audemars Piguet, Girard Perregaux, Panerai, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Rolex dan 194 keping kad jaminan.

Kesemuanya bernilai $13,225,383.

Kecurian di kedai Cortina di pusat beli-belah Raffles City, berhampiran stesen MRT City Hall, itu dilakukan pada Hari Natal lalu.

Apabila kedai itu dibuka semula hari berikutnya, pekerja-pekerja di kedai itu mendapati jam-jam tersebut hilang lalu menghubungi polis.

Ee juga dipercayai mencuri wang tunai $27,137 daripada peti besi kedai itu.

Butir-butir itu timbul dalam writ saman yang difailkan di Mahkamah Tinggi Rabu lalu oleh peguam-peguam Cortina.

Mereka berharap mendapatkan semula wang berdasarkan nilai jam-jam yang dicuri itu, serta wang tunai bersama sebulan gaji Ee sebanyak $2,130.

Dalam satu pengumumannya dengan pihak Bursa Singapura selepas kecurian itu, pihak Cortina memberitahu bahawa nilai bersih jam-jam itu ialah $7.9 juta.

Ee dipecat oleh pihak Cortina apabila dia tidak hadir bertugas. Dia sekarang berada dalam senarai orang-orang yang dikehendaki Interpol kerana dipercayai telah melarikan diri dari Singapura.

Dengan ketidakhadirannya, pihak mahkamah boleh memberi arahan supaya dia dijadikan muflis, mengeluarkan writ merampas dan menjual aset Ee dan wangnya dalam bank boleh dikeluarkan.

Kes Ee akan disebut lagi di Mahkamah Tinggi pada 1 April.

Mengikut laporan The Straits Times pada 1 Februari lalu, Ee pernah jatuh muflis setelah tidak dapat melunaskan hutangnya dengan Bank DBS sebanyak $12,000 pada 2003.

Menurut laporan itu lagi, pada tahun yang sama empat bank lain dan sebuah syarikat sewaan telah juga memfailkan tuntutan sebanyak $85,400 bagi pinjaman kad kredit, pinjaman kredit dan bil renovasi.

Ee dipercayai anak tunggal. Ibu bapanya bercerai semasa dia kecil. Ee, yang pernah ke Sekolah Rendah Labrador, berhenti sekolah selepas Peperiksaan GCE 'O' di Sekolah Teknikal Tanglin.

Dia memulakan pernigaan menjual telefon bimbit dan perkhidmatan hawa dingin pada '90-an tetapi semuanya ditutup beberapa tahun kemudian.

Ee, yang bercerai pada 2001, mempunyai seorang anak lelaki berumur 11 tahun dan seorang anak perempuan, lapan tahun.




sampai bila nak lari..........

fatz2

Feb 28, 2009
Merlion hit by lightning


The Merlion suffered a large bald patch.


The Merlion was struck by lightning between 4 and 5 pm local time, causing parts of the statue to fall near a group of startled visitors. -- ST PHOTOS: MUGILAN RAJASAGERAN

SINGAPORE'S iconic Merlion statue, a popular tourist attraction, was damaged by lightning on Saturday afternoon during a thunderstorm, according to reports.

No one was hurt.

The Merlion was struck by lightning between 4 and 5 pm local time, causing parts of the statue to fall near a group of startled visitors.

The 8.6 metre-tall Merlion has the head of a lion and the body and tail of a fish, and sits at the mouth of the Singapore River near the central business district.

The lion head symbolises Singapore's founding by an Indonesian prince who named his new settlement after a lion he saw when he landed on the island. The body of the fish represents Singapore's origins as a fishing village.

Singapore, or 'Singapura', is derived from the Sanskrit words Singa (or Lion) and Pura (City).

Singapore's police could not be reached for comment while a spokesman for Singapore's information ministry said she did not have any details about the incident. -- REUTERS


kesian merlion tu...nasib baik tak bernyawa....

fatz2

Singapura : 25 Februari 2009         
  
FANDI NAFI DESAS-DESUS ISTERI DISERANG ANGIN AHMAR

KHABAR angin mengatakan Nur Sarah Abdullah, isteri bekas pemain bola sepak terkenal Singapura, Fandi Ahmad, terkena serangan angin ahmar adalah tidak benar.

Semasa dihubungi Berita Harian (BH) semalam, Fandi yang kini berada di Jakarta menjelaskan bahawa isterinya bukanlah terkena serangan angin ahmar sebaliknya beliau mengalami masalah saraf setelah terjatuh kira-kira sebulan lalu.

Feb 28, 2009
Wendy to be discharged soon
By Jamie Ee

Wendy Jacobs may be discharged from hospital this week, said her husband Fandi Ahmad.

The 35-year-old South African-born model has been bedridden for the past month after a fall in her Jakarta home.

She was warded in a hospital there for two weeks before she checked into Gleneagles Hospital here.

When The Sunday Times visited the hospital on Friday, former football icon Fandi, 47, said she is still under observation but may be discharged within the week.

He said he has decided to stay in Singapore for the time being because of that.

Over the past two weeks, he has been shuttling between Singapore and Indonesia, where he is coach of football club Pelita Jaya. His family moved to Jakarta in 2006.

Little is known about how Wendy fell. Fandi said he was away at training when it happened. Asked if his wife had told him, he said: 'She does not remember too.'

The mother of five kids reportedly suffered temporary memory loss after the fall. It also affected the nerves on the right side of her body, her mobility and her speech.

Fandi said she is undergoing physiotherapy and making good progress.

He said they have not decided if they will return to Jakarta immediately after her discharge. He is currently staying at his mother's home in Yishun.

Since news of her fall surfaced, a stream of people, including former MTV veejay Nadya Hutagalung, have visited her.

fatz

Singapore's NTU stabbing incident leaves one dead and another injured
Posted: 02 March 2009 1532 hrs

  
NTU student jumps to death after stabbing lecturer


Chen Kap Luk


NTU lecturer injured after being stabbed by student

SINGAPORE: A final-year engineering student at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jumped from a campus block after stabbing a professor on Monday morning.

The professor was in his office at the engineering faculty when the student stabbed him in the back with a knife, leaving him injured.

After stabbing the professor, the male student - who was in his 20s - slit his wrists and jumped off a five-storey building.

Police said they received a call about the incident at 10.35am, and arrived to find the student dead at the bottom of the engineering block.

Eyewitnesses had also told Channel NewsAsia that a person had been stabbed, and that a student, believed to be an Indonesian-Chinese had slit his wrists before jumping off a building.

An NTU spokesman later confirmed that a final year student from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was involved in the stabbing.

It, however, did not name the two people involved, and only said that their next-of-kin had been notified.

The student is said to be 21-year-old David Hartanto Widjaja and the professor is believed to be Chan Kap Luk, who was left with injuries on his back and arm.

David Hartanto Widjaja was a former president of the NTU Electronic Sports Club.

Professor Chan, a Singaporean in his 40s, was sent to the National University Hospital for treatment and is said to be in a stable condition.

The professor has been with NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering since June 1992.

Professor Chan, who is Deputy Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre at NTU, is said to have been the supervisor of the student in a project.

NTU's president, Su Guaning, pledged to help the families of the professor and student and has mobilised its counselling professionals to help. He also said the matter will be investigated thoroughly.

"The university is deeply shocked and saddened by what has happened

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