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Scooter rider suffers burns at Holland Road accident
By Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 02 February 2008 2337 hrs
         

SINGAPORE : A woman rider suffered burns after her scooter burst into flames in an accident at Holland Road on Saturday afternoon.

The accident involved a lorry, taxi and a scooter which was charred by the fire.

The woman rider, who is in her 30s, suffered first and second degree burns on 27% of her lower body after her pants caught fire.

She was taken to Singapore General Hospital.

The accident also caused a minor traffic jam along Holland Road in the direction of Orchard Road. - CNA /ls

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Filipino man found dead at Whampoa, police suspect murder
By Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 02 February 2008 2306 hrs
         

SINGAPORE : A 27-year-old Filipino man was found dead in a HDB flat at Block 16, Jalan Tenteram in the Whampoa area.

Police who have classified the case as murder said the man was found lying face down on his bed on the 16th floor unit at about 8.30am.

The man had visible injuries on his upper body and was pronounced dead by paramedics about half an hour later.

Neighbours said they heard shouting and quarrelling from the flat for about 10 minutes this morning.

They said two women and a man - all Filipinos - had been living in the unit for the past three months. - CNA /ls

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27-yr-old Filipino man found dead in Whampoa flat
By Nur Dianah Suhaimi

TWENTY minutes of shouting and furniture being thrown about was followed by a sudden dead silence at a Whampoa neighbourhood on Saturday morning.

The ambulance arrived and paramedics found a Filipino man in a 16th storey flat of Block 16 Jalan Tenteram.

The 27-year-old was found sitting on the floor, his upper torso slumped on the bed beside where he sat.

It was a dead-on-arrival case as the man had no pulse and was not breathing.

The police were next on the scene and declared the case a murder - the second of the year.

There was no blood around the body and police would not say what kind of injuries the man sustained, save that they were to his upper body. It is understood he had bruises on his neck.

Police also did not find any murder weapon in the flat, nor have they arrested anyone at press time.

The man, Filojfido Bernard Montemayor, who was unemployed, was topless and wore only a pair of shorts. He is believed to be here on a social visit pass.

Neighbours said he lived there with another man and two women, all Filipinos in their 20s.

The two women are said to be nurses at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital but it is not known what the other male tenant does.

The four had moved in about three months ago, renting the five-room flat from a Singaporean couple.

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Organisers on lookout for 5 couples to get married at Chingay 2008
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 February 2008 0024 hrs

(left)SAF Music and Drama Company dancers in Chingay 2007 (Mindef picture)
(right)Chingay float on Orchard Road on 24 Feb 2007

SINGAPORE : The Chingay Parade is back to wow audiences for its 36th year - this time with a new and longer parade route.

Organisers are also planning to inject some romance into the event.

The People's Association (PA) is on the lookout for five lucky couples to help them tie the knot at the parade.

They will be picked from each of the five Community Development Council Districts.

This year's parade will lead from City Hall to Raffles Avenue, and will boast performances by over 3,800 participants, including artist Tan Swie Hian.

There will also be an all-night street post-parade party organised by the PA Youth Movement and St. James Power Station.

Chingay 2008 will be held on February 15 and 16. - CNA /ls

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National Lifelong Income Scheme to take effect in 2013
By Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 February 2008 1746 hrs
         
  
SINGAPORE: The National Lifelong Income Scheme will take effect in 2013, once approved by the government, said Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen.

This will allow Singaporeans to draw out monthly income from their CPF accounts from age 65 "for as long as they live".

Statistically, Singaporeans are living longer. It is estimated that by the year 2030, 900,000 Singaporeans will be above 65 years old.

So a major concern for the government is to make sure that Singaporeans are able to manage the costs of living longer.

After touring the Keat Hong division on Sunday, Dr Ng said in a dialogue session with residents that the Lifelong Income Scheme, announced by Professor Lim Pin's committee recently, addresses such concerns.

He said: "It's workable. We've looked further at our sums, and under the old system, if you have half your minimum sum in cash, about S$67,000 under the old system, you get about S$600 (a month) from age 65 to 85, that's it. If we adopt the Lifelong Income Scheme, you will get more or less the same amount

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S'pore resident population stood at nearly 3.6m as of June 2007
By Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 04 February 2008 1952 hrs


SINGAPORE: The Singapore resident population - comprising citizens and permanent residents - hit some 3.58 million (3,583,100) by end of June last year, compared to 3.53 million (3,525,900) at the end of June 2006.

But the Department of Statistics says the latest figures showed that Singapore's total population as at end of June this year was 4.59 million (4,588,600).

This includes the non-resident population, which increased to slightly over one million by end-June 2007 (1,005,500) compared to 875,500 in the previous year. - CNA/ir

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Roads leading to Sentosa and Harbourfront to be upgraded
By Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 04 February 2008 1254 hrs


Sentosa


SINGAPORE: Roads leading to Sentosa and the area around Harbourfront will be upgraded this year.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said this is to prepare for an expected increase in traffic when the integrated resort at Sentosa

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Singapura : 5 Februari 2008         
          
LAGI KES KENA SERANG

KEPALA DITETAK, JARI TANGAN TERBELAH DUA

Pemuda hampir maut diserang di lobi lif di bawah flat

Oleh
Khalid Khamis



PERJALANAN pulang ke flat keluarganya menjadi satu mimpi ngeri yang hampir membawa maut bagi Encik Mohammad Redzwan Mohammad selepas beliau diserang oleh sekurang-kurangnya dua lelaki hingga menyebabkan kepala, pipi dan dua belah tangannya cedera parah.

Encik Mohammad Redzwan bukan sahaja mengalami dua kelaran di kepalanya yang terpaksa ditutup dengan stapler malah pipinya juga dijahit dengan 35 jahitan.

Dua jari tangannya pula terbelah dua manakala tangan kanannya dimasukkan besi akibat tendonnya yang putus.

Serangan tersebut berlaku di lobi lif Blok 2A, Upper Boon Keng Road, sekitar 8.20 malam Sabtu lalu.

Menceritakan pengalaman mengerikan itu dari katil Hospital Tan Tock Seng (TTSH) semalam, Mohammad Redzwan, 24 tahun, berkata selepas ditetak di kepala, beliau terus mencangkung dan menutup kepalanya dengan tangan.

'Saya tak sempat nak tengok siapa atau berapa ramai orang pun sebab terlalu cepat serangan itu berlaku, kira-kira satu hingga dua minit, sebelum mereka lari.

'Apa yang saya tahu, bila sudah ditetak, salah seorang daripada mereka teriak, Nah ambil kau!' kata anak sulung tiga beradik itu.

Menurutnya, ketika diserang dan berada dalam kesakitan, beliau sempat bertanya kepada penyerangnya apa salah beliau tetapi tidak diendahkan.

Mohammad Redzwan hanya berani menoleh ke belakang selepas serangan bertubi-tubi itu berhenti.

Selepas diserang, beliau yang berlumuran darah sempat menaiki lif dan meminta bantuan ibu bapanya sebelum rebah di depan pintu flat mereka.

Bapanya, Encik Mohammad Warji, 47 tahun, ketika itu sedang menonton televisyen.

Encik Mohammad, seorang pegawai Concierge, cuba menghentikan lumuran darah daripada tubuh anaknya dengan menutup luka kelaran dengan tuala tetapi tidak berani membawa masuk anaknya ke dalam flat.

Beliau berbuat demikian sehinggalah pegawai paramedik ambulans tiba.

Sehingga kini, ayah tiga anak itu berasa pelik bercampur marah kerana ada pihak yang mahu menyerang anaknya.

'Saya berharap sesiapa yang ada maklumat tampil membantu. Saya juga berharap pihak Majlis Bandaran dapat memasang kamera litar tertutup (CCTV) untuk keselamatan semua penduduk di sini,' ujarnya.

Mengesahkan kejadian tersebut, polis berkata pihaknya menemui mangsa berlumuran darah di depan pintu flat keluarganya di tingkat 15.

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Singapura : 5 Februari 2008         
         
HASRAT KETEMU ADIK TERPISAH

Mahu kesan saudara yang diberi kepada pasangan Melayu

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Khairul Bahriah Mahfud

SEMPENA sambutan Tahun Baru Cina ini, Encik Chai Thin Min amat berharap dapat menemui semula adik perempuannya yang telah lama berpisah.

Mereka berdua dilahirkan pada zaman hitam dalam sejarah negara ini.

Ketika Singapura dilanda rusuhan antara kaum, Encik Chai hidup bersama keluarganya sementara adik perempuannya itu diserahkan kepada pasangan Melayu.

Kini, beliau telah menjumpai sekeping gambar yang diharapkan dapat membantu mereka bertemu semula.

Wanita yang dicarinya itu dipercayai kini berusia awal 60-an tahun.

Encik Chai, 63 tahun, tidak tahu nama atau latar belakang pasangan Melayu tersebut.

Namun, beliau hanya dapat mengingat bahawa lelaki yang mengambil adiknya sebagai anak angkat itu bekerja sebagai pegawai kastam di Changi Seapoint.

Pasangan tersebut sering melawat kedai mendiang bapanya, Encik Chia Chong Yeng, yang menjual barangan besi di Tanjong Pagar.

Mereka tertarik hati dengan bayi perempuan Encik Chia, yang sering menemaninya di kedai.

Bayi itu merupakan anak kedua Encik Chia dan isterinya, mendiang Cik Chew Ah Yu.

Cik Chew mempunyai tiga anak perempuan daripada perkahwinan pertama.

Hasil perkahwinan mereka, Cik Chew dan Encik Chia mempunyai seramai empat anak, termasuklah anak perempuan yang diberikan kepada keluarga Melayu itu dan Encik Chai.

Akibat kemiskinan, mendiang Cik Chew terpaksa menyerahkan anaknya kepada pasangan Melayu yang tidak mempunyai zuriat itu.

Sejak itu, pasangan tersebut sering mengunjungi kedai Encik Chia bersama anak perempuan itu.

Mendiang ibu bapa Encik Chai juga diberi sekeping gambar hitam putih ketika anak perempuan mereka itu berusia dua tahun.

Malangya, pasangan tersebut menghilangkan diri pada 1950 setelah terjadinya rusuhan.

Menurut Encik Chai, mendiang ibu bapanya juga putus harapan setelah diberitahu bahawa pasangan Melayu itu mungkin telah berpindah ke Melaka.

Encik Chai pernah cuba mencari adiknya, tetapi tidak berjaya kerana maklumat yang ada tidak mencukupi.

Bagaimanapun, baru-baru ini gambar adiknya yang telah disimpan selama lebih 50 tahun lalu telah dijumpai semula.

'Saya telah merinduinya selama ini. Saya cuba sedaya upaya untuk dapat bertemu lagi sebelum terlewat,' katanya.

Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat diharap meng- hubungi Encik Chai di talian 9842-2210 dan juga anak saudara Encik Chai, Cik Lew Lee Har, di talian 9655-0821.

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Originally posted by fatz at 3-2-2008 02:55 AM
Filipino man found dead at Whampoa, police suspect murder
By Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 02 February 2008 2306 hrs

Singapura : 5 Februari 2008         
  
WARGA FILIPINA DIDAKWA SEBABKAN KEMATIAN PENGANGGUR

SEORANG warga Filipina semalam didakwa menyebabkan kematian penghuni serumahnya di sebuah flat Lembaga Perumahan dan Pembangunan (HDB) Sabtu lalu

Mark Jontongco Laguerta, 29 tahun, didakwa menyebabkan kematian seorang penganggur, Encik Bernard Montemayor Alojado, 27 tahun, di tingkat 16 di Blok 16, Jalan Tenteram, antara tengah malam dengan 8.40 pagi hari yang sama.

Kedutaan Filipina melantik Encik Shashi Nathan dari Harry Elias Partnership sebagai peguam belanya.

Mahkamah diberitahu bahawa Laguerta dan isterinya, bersama Encik Alojado dan isteri, berkongsi menyewa flat lima bilik tersebut dengan sorang lagi wanita.

Kesemua wanita yang tinggal di situ merupakan jururawat.

Laguerta direman di Divisyen Polis Central bagi siatan lanjut.

Kesnya akan didengar lagi 11 Februari ini.

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$1.5m worth of drugs seized in largest bust in five years
By Lee Khai Yan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 05 February 2008 2005 hrs

SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has smashed another major drug syndicate.

Drugs valued at about S$1.5 million were also recovered in the operation on Monday. The seizure is billed as the largest in five years.

Drugs seized included about 10kg of heroin, 45g of 'Ice', 68 'Erimin-5' tablets and four Subutex tablets.

CNB officers also seized S$400,000 in cash and arrested a 38-year-old syndicate leader and seven others.

The arrest was a result of a tip-off to the CNB. Officers were told that the syndicate leader would be receiving a fresh consignment on Monday morning.

So they followed him to a car park at Whampoa Drive. There, the leader met a couple who emerged from a Singapore-registered car. Investigations showed that the car belonged to the syndicate leader.

The syndicate leader then took over the car and drove it to another car park at Park Crescent, which turns out to be just next to his hideout at New Market Road.

After parking the car, he went into a shop and returned with a big plastic bag. He then retrieved a spare tyre from the car boot and placed it in the plastic bag. That was when he was arrested.

CNB officers found bags of heroin and 'Ice' from the tyre. They then raided the various hideouts of the leader's associates.

CNB said the series of drug seizures this year showed that overseas syndicates were trying to flood the Singapore market to generate demand and find buyers. - CNA/ir

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Hawkers at wet markets say business has dropped by 20%
By Lian Cheong and Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 05 February 2008 2033 hrs


A wet market in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Some hawkers at wet markets are complaining that business has dropped by some 20 percent as customers are staying away due to rising food prices.

In the past years, many Singaporeans would have completed their shopping at the wet market to prepare for the Lunar New Year reunion dinner the following night.

Stallholders at the Chinatown wet market said shoppers are more cautious this year. Fewer are buying seafood like prawns and pomfrets even though the prices have not changed much from last year.

There is also ample supply of live poultry from Malaysia, which has kept prices affordable. The price of pork, though, has been going up.

Some stallholders said they are absorbing the costs so that they can sell more.

Fruits and vegetables have seen the biggest price fluctuations. In some cases, prices have shot up by as much as 50 percent.

Citrus fruit tangor cost S$8 per kilogramme on Monday, but overnight, the price rose to S$12.

Stallholders said rainy weather in Malaysia has affected the harvest of most vegetables, and some now cost 30 percent more.


- CNA/so

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Senior ICA officer faces 27 immigration offences
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 05 February 2008 2147 hrs


SINGAPORE: A senior officer with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has been hauled to court for abetting two Chinese nationals.

Thong Sing Hock is currently a deputy superintendent at the ICA. But the court heard that when he was a senior assistant commander (ground operations) in Tuas, between 2003 and 2006, Thong had helped two Chinese women make false declarations on their disembarkation cards.

The two are Song Qinghua and Mu Qian. Thong allegedly harboured Song, helped her produce a false passport, and apparently even used the ICA's computer system to check her records.

Separately, the accused is said to have failed to produce his passport to a duty immigration officer at Changi Airport. In all, Thong faces 27 charges for his abuse of authority.

His case will be heard again on 12 February.

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S'pore to have first Olympic-sized ice skating rink
By Joyce Teo


Work will start at the end of this year and the Olympic-sized ice-skating rink, together with the revamped mall, is expected to open at the end of next year. -- PHOTO: CAPITALAND

CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT) is building Singapore's first Olympic-sized ice skating rink as part of a $138.2 million overhaul of its Jurong Entertainment Centre.

The announcement on Tuesday comes two days after the Singapore Ice Skating Association (Sisa) complained that rinks in Singapore are not big enough for competition purposes.

Without an Olympic-sized rink, which measures 30m by 60m, Singapore cannot be a member of the International Skating Union (ISU) and compete in ISU-sanctioned events, such as the Olympics.

CMT said in a statement on Tuesday that it will replace the current 20m by 40m rink, which is operated by Fuji Ice Palace, on level 3 of the entertainment centre with the Olympic-sized rink. The new rink will be flanked by food and beverage operators and restaurants on both sides.

'We are very very pleased. It will allow us to apply for an ISU membership,' said Sisa president Ms Sonja Chong. 'It will mean that the Singapore flag can fly at ISU events such as the Asian Winter Games.'

Work will start at the end of this year and the Olympic-sized ice-skating rink, together with the revamped mall, is expected to open at the end of next year.

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Singapura : 6 Februari 2008         

SINDIKET MELAYU LEBUR
Rampasan heroin bernilai $1.5j terbesar sejak lima tahun lalu
Oleh
Khairul Bahriah Mahfud



SATU sindiket dadah Melayu berjaya dilebur kelmarin dalam satu rampasan heroin terbesar sejak lima tahun lalu.

Biro Narkotik Pusat (CNB) telah merampas heroin seberat 10 kilogram, yang bernilai $1.5 juta di pasaran, tersembunyi di dalam sebuah tayar ganti.

Sebanyak 45 gram Ice, 68 biji pil Erimin-5, empat biji pil Subutex dan wang tunai berjumlah kira-kira $400,000 pula ditemui di beberapa unit perumahan.

Seramai lapan anggota sindiket Melayu - termasuk ketua sindiket dan dua wanita berusia antara 20 dengan 50-an tahun telah diberkas.

Enam daripada mereka iaitu kesemuanya lelaki itu boleh dihukum gantung jika sabit kesalahan.

Dalam satu sidang akhbar semalam, Timbalan Pengarah CNB, Encik S. Vijakumar, berkata pihaknya menerima maklumat lewat Disember lalu tentang seorang lelaki warga Singapura berusia 38 tahun yang disyaki ketua sindiket pengedar heroin dan Ice di sini.

Siasatan lanjut juga mendedahkan bahawa lelaki itu menerima bekalan heroin melalui pembekal di sebuah negara jiran menggunakan pengedar asing dan pengedar tempatan.

Dalam operasi tersebut, pihak CNB telah mengekori ketua sindiket dari Blok 32 New Market Road hingga ke tempat letak kereta di Whampoa Drive.

Di situ, satu pasangan suami isteri menemuinya dalam kereta Nissan Sunny berwarna hitam.

Pasangan itu pulang ke rumah di Blok 75 Whampoa Drive sedang kereta tersebut dipandu ketua sindiket ke tempat letak kereta Park Crescent, berdekatan New Market Road.

Dia diberkas sekitar 11 pagi setelah diperhatikan cuba membawa pulang tayar ganti dalam beg plastik.

CNB menemui sebanyak 21 beg heroin gred tiga disimpan padat dan beberapa alat menghisap Ice diseludup dalam tayar ganti tersebut.

Meneruskan operasi, CNB juga telah memberkas pasangan pengedar di rumah mereka dan merampas kunci kereta serta wang tunai $950.

Dua orang pengedar dan seorang penagih turut diberkas pasukan CNB di sebuah flat di Bendemeer dan Blk 132 Jalan Bukit Merah pada hari yang sama.

Temanita ketua sindiket, seorang penagih berusia 20 tahun, ditangkap di New Market Road.

Menurut Encik Vijayakumar, seorang lagi penghantar wang berusia 50-an tahun yang diupah sindiket asing juga telah ditahan malam itu.

'Kita harus menyedari bahawa negara ini tetap mudah terdedah kepada dadah, lebih-lebih lagi jika asal penghasilannya tidak jauh,' katanya.

Tambahnya lagi, dipercayai sindiket ini cuba mengambil kesempatan menembusi pasaran dadah yang telah terbuka setelah polis melebur dua sindiket besar lewat tahun lalu.

'Namun, mereka gagal kerana CNB sentiasa bertindak tegas terhadap penyeludup dan pengedar dadah,' katanya.

Ketua sindiket dan lima pengedar, yang antara mereka pernah ditahan di bawah Penahanan Undang-Undang Jenayah atas kesalahan mengedar dadah, akan dihukum mati jika sabit kesalahan.

Nasib seorang penagih wanita penagih dan temanita ketua sindiket bergantung kepada siasatan lanjut.

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Singapura : 6 Februari 2008         
  
MASAGOS: PENGAKUAN SEKOLAH SILAP WAJAR

'Kantin halal' berniat baik tapi kecilkan ruang bersama

Oleh
Farid Hamzah

SEKOLAH rendah yang akur tersilap dengan mengenakan peraturan makanan halal sahaja di kantinnya berhasrat baik untuk mewujudkan ruang bersama agar semua murid dapat makan bersama.

Namun, ruang yang cuba dibina itu lebih sempit dan bukannya ruang bersama yang wujud secara semula jadi, kata Setiausaha Parlimen Kanan (Pendidikan), Encik Masagos Zulkifli Masagos Mohamad, semalam.

Beliau diminta mengulas kes Sekolah Rendah Boon Lay Garden yang menyebabkan kemarahan ibu bapa bukan Islam apabila ia menetapkan hanya makanan halal boleh dimakan atau dibawa ke kantinnya.

Beberapa ibu bapa yang diwawancara akhbar The Straits Times berkata mereka tidak kisah jika sekolah itu hanya menjual makanan halal, tetapi larangan membawa makanan tidak halal boleh dianggap satu diskriminasi.

Dalam surat kepada semua ibu bapa Jumaat lalu, pengetua sekolah itu, Encik Wan Imran Woojdy, berkata memandangkan kantin sekolah telah mendapatkan sijil halal, maka murid tidak dibenarkan membawa makanan tidak halal ke kawasan kantin.

Selaras itu, pegawai keselamatan dan disiplin sekolah mula memeriksa bekal yang dibawa murid.

Sekitar 20 peratus daripada 1,700 murid sekolah itu beragama Islam.

Kementerian Pendidikan (MOE) kelmarin menyatakan sekolah itu mengaku ia silap dan menyesali keprihatinan yang dicetuskan.

Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) turut menjelaskan ia hanya memberi sijil halal kepada gerai-gerai makanan dan bukan kantin itu secara keseluruhannya.

'Kami masih menyiasat apa yang berlaku dan saya yakin pasti ada sebab di sebalik kejadian ini. Masih terlalu awal untuk menyatakan bentuk tindakan yang akan diambil,' kata Encik Masagos semalam.

Menurutnya, sekolah itu bertindak betul dengan meminta maaf dan menyedari kesilapan itu dengan merubah dasar tersebut kepada yang asal.

'Saya fikir apa yang dilakukan sekolah itu - dengan hasrat baik - ialah menyediakan sebuah ruang supaya semua orang dapat makan bersama.

'Namun, apa yang mereka lakukan sebenarnya ialah mewujudkan ruang bersama yang lebih kecil, dan bukannya ruang bersama yang semula jadi,' tambahnya.

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Singapura : 6 Februari 2008         

AMAH DIBERKAS LEPAS DISYAKI DERA BAYI MAJIKAN

SEORANG amah Indonesia diberkas polis kerana disyaki mendera bayi lelaki majikannya yang berusia dua bulan setelah videonya menendang bayi itu di paparkan dalam Internet di laman YouTube oleh ibu bapanya.

Amah berusia 20-an tahun itu dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin setelah disoal siasat polis.

Siasatan ke atasnya masih diteruskan.

Ibu bapa bayi itu telah memasang sistem televisyen litar tutup (CCTV) baru-baru ini di rumah mereka di Paya Lebar Crescent.

Mereka membuat laporan polis pada 26 Januari lalu dan telah memaparkan rakaman video itu di YouTube.

Sejauh ini, rakaman itu telah menarik perhatian seramai 36,000 pengunjung.

Seorang warga Internet yang dikenali sebagai PrincessJuly83 memberi ulasan:

'Saya amat marah menyaksikan video ini. Bagaimanakah seorang amah boleh melakukan perkara sedemikian? Saya ibu dua anak dan tahu bagaimana sakitnya hati melihat anak anda diperlakukan sedemikian.

'Saya harap bayi itu sihat tanpa kecederaan dalaman atau luaran.'

Majikan amah itu berkata mereka memutuskan untuk memasang CCTV setelah melihat laporan tentang amah didakwa di mahkamah kerana mendera anak majikan.

Mereka terkejut apabila melihat amah mereka sendiri melakukan perbuatan sedemikan.

Menurut mereka, amah itu amat sopan dan lemah lembut apabila berada di depan mereka.

'Kami tidak menyangka dia akan berlaku kasar terhadap anak kami,' ujar majikan yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Cik Wong itu, di Internet.

Beliau memutuskan untuk memaparkannya di Internet supaya dilihat oleh ibu bapa lain agar lebih berwaspada terhadap amah yang menjaga anak mereka di rumah.

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Indon maid caught abusing baby on CCTV
Shocked mum posted video recording of the maid hitting and kicking the baby on YouTube
By Carolyn Quek


AN Indonesian maid has been arrested by the police for abusing her employers' two-month old baby boy at their home after video recording showing her hitting and kicking the infant was posted by the parents on YouTube. -- PHOTO: YOUTUBE

AN Indonesian maid has been arrested by Singapore police for abusing her employers' two-month old baby boy at their home, after a video recording showing her hitting and kicking the infant was posted by the parents on YouTube.

The maid, who is in her mid 20s, has been released on bail, after questioning by the police. But investigations are still ongoing.

The baby's parents were shocked when they saw recorded images of the maid abusing the baby, which were captured by a closed circuit TV they had installed recently.

They filed a police report on Jan 26, and also posted the video recording on YouTube, outraging many Netizens.

The series of six videos has attracted more than 36,000 views.

Many who saw the videos bristled with anger.

PrincessJuly83 said in her posting: 'I'm so angry after watching the videos. How can the maid do something inhuman like that?? I'm a mother of 2 and I know how heart breaking it is to see your own baby getting abused liked that. I hope the baby is fine, without any internal or external injuries.'

Another said: 'I am so upset about it. Really angry with the maid. Never comfortable with having maid taking care of baby and young children without other adult around them. Good that you have CCTV and find out early. poor baby.'

Another angry Netizen added: 'Can we know which agency this maid is from? And what is the punishment for this maid?. Hope she doesn't just get away by just sending back to her country. Hope that baby is healthy though.'

The employers said they decided to install the CCTV after reading media reports of maids abusing their young charges.

They were horrified and shocked when the very first video recording they did caught the maid in the violent act.

'The maid appears mild and gentle in front of us. We never suspect she would be so cruel to our baby,' Madam Wong was quoted as saying by an online site.

She decided to put up the video on YouTube to warn other parents who have maids looking other their babies.

videonya.....http://youtube.com/user/oreomummi

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Singapura : 7 Februari 2008         
         
4 DIBERKAS KERANA JUAL ROKOK HARAM

EMPAT lelaki yang menjual rokok yang belum dibayar cukai diberkas dalam satu operasi membanteras kegiatan tersebut di kawasan Geylang kelmarin.

Operasi Kastam Singapura dan Pasukan Polis Singapura itu dijalankan di sebuah kedai kopi di Lorong 14 Geylang, antara 6.30 petang dengan 7.45 malam.

Turut dirampas ialah 350 peket rokok yang tidak dibayar cukai, kata satu kenyataan bersama kedua-dua agensi itu semalam.

Nilai cukai dan cukai khidmat dan barangan (GST) bagi kesemua rokok yang dirampas itu berjumlah $2,790.

Keempat-empat penjual rokok haram itu, dengan seorang merupakan warga asing, telah dihadapkan ke mahkamah semalam.

Menurut kenyataan itu, Kastam Singapura akan terus bekerjasama dengan agensi penguatkuasa seperti Pasukan Polis Singapura, untuk membasmi kegiatan menyeludup rokok haram.

Orang ramai juga diberi amaran supaya tidak membeli, menjual, mengedar, menghantar, menyimpan atau berurusan dalam kegiatan itu kerana ia merupakan kesalahan serius di bawah Akta Kastam dan GST.

Jika didakwa di mahkamah, pesalah boleh dijel serta didenda dan kenderaan yang digunakan dalam kegiatan itu boleh dirampas.

Bagi pembeli rokok itu, mereka pula boleh didenda sehingga $500 atau didakwa di mahkamah.

Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat mengenai kegiatan menyeludup rokok boleh menghubungi talian Risikan Kastam Singapura di 1800-233-0000 atau e-mel kepada customs_intelligence@customs.gov.sg.

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Two babies born at the stroke of midnight, S'pore's first Rat babies
By Hasnita Majid, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 07 February 2008 1745 hrs

SINGAPORE: Not one but two babies were born at the stroke of midnight and this makes them the first babies to be born in the Year of the Rat.

Zander Luo was born at Thomson Medical Centre, to first-time parents, Luo Wee Thing and Josephine Lim.

Zander received S$4,888 in endowment fund from gift company RISIS and another S$2,008 from the hospital. Weighing 2.8kg, Zander also received gifts and hampers.

Luo Wee Thing, Zander's father, said: 揃oth of us are very very excited and very very happy to have the whole nation celebrating Chinese New Year and the birth of our newborn together with us. It was not planned - we just let nature take its own process."

At the same time that Zander was born, another family also welcomed their bundle of joy, over at Mt Alvernia Hospital.

Weighing 3.9kg, the baby girl is the fourth child of Cindy Tan, a human resource officer and Paulson Pang, an engineer.

They have yet to name their latest addition to their family who also received S$4,888 in endowment fund from RISIS as well as hampers and gifts. -CNA/vm

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Woman's body found floating in Lower Seletar Reservoir
By Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 07 February 2008 1713 hrs
         

SINGAPORE : A body of a woman was found floating in Lower Seletar Reservoir on Thursday morning.

Police received a call at about 10.30am.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the body of a woman lying on the grass, which is close to the bank of the reservoir.

She was pronounced dead at the scene at about 10.40am by paramedics.

Police have classified the case as unnatural death and are investigating. - CNA/ms