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A former Malaysian flight attendant who repeatedly scalded her Indonesian maid has been jailed by a court in the capital Kuala Lumpur for 18 years. This news pick up from BBC web site. Singapore maid abusers watch out.

Home > Breaking News > Courts and Crime > Story Oct 2, 2008 Jailed for tampered fuel gauge The motorist is the third to be caught and charged. A SINGAPOREAN motorist was fined and jailed for two weeks for tampering a fuel gauge and giving false information to an inspecting officer. Alfred Tan Chee Heng, 27, was fined $500 for the first charge, and jailed two weeks for the second. On Aug 18, Tan drove his car to Woodlands Checkpoint where he was stoppped by an Immigrations & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer for a fuel gauge check. Before the check was conducted, the officer asked Tan if his fuel tank was three-quarters full. Tan said yes. The officer then asked if there were any device fixed in his car to tamper with the fuel gauge meter, to which Tan denied. However, a thorough check revealed a remote control. After being questioned, Tan admitted that the device was for manipulating his vehicle's fuel gauge reading. He also admitted that his car lacked the required amount of fuel. On activation of the remote control, the fuel indicator dropped from the three-quarter mark to the one-quarter mark. A follow-up inspection at Singapore Customs confirmed the offences. Further investigations also revealed that Tan was aware of the three-quarter tank rule and that he had given false information to the ICA officer. On Sept 26, Tan pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced by the court. Tan is the third person in two years to be charged in court for tampering with a fuel gauge. Earlier this year, a 52-year-old was arrested and sentenced for similar offences.

Motorist jailed, fined for tempering fuel gauge A MAN was jailed for two weeks and fined $500 for tempering with the fuel gauge of his car to give a false reading. Abu Khalid Mohd Jadi, 52, pleaded guilty on Aug 5 to two charges - for not having the minimum amount of petrol in his vehicle's fuel tank when he was leaving Singapore on July 31, and for giving false information to the officer inspecting the fuel gauge of his vehicle. He was fined $500 on the first charge, or one week's jail in default, and jailed for two weeks on the second count. � At the Woodlands Checkpoint on July 31 at about 10.45 am, Abu Khalid, when asked if he had three-quarter tank of fuel in his car, declared that his fuel tank was almost full. � After a thorough check, the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) officer found a remote control switch hanging from the wiper lever of his car. When asked, Abu Khalid claimed that the remote control was not working and he could not give any reason for its purpose. The ICA officer then activated the remote control and saw the fuel indicator dropped to 'E', indicating an empty fuel tank. Only then did Abu Khalid admit that the remote control was for the purpose of tampering his vehicle's fuel gauge reading.� The case was then referred to the Singapore Customs. The car was inspected and it was confirmed that its fuel gauge had been tampered with. The amount of fuel in the fuel tank was less than one quarter full. Abu Khalid admitted that he was aware of the three-quarter tank rule and installed the fuel gauge tampering device in August last year for RM150.� �� He was arrested and charged in court on July 31. In the last two years, three persons had been charged in court for tampering with their car fuel gauges.� All three were convicted and were fined and jailed. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_267193.html Latest casualty of own stoopidity

Wheeew! World record?? Texas man jailed 4,060 years for sexually assaulting 3 teenage girls WEATHERFORD - A man was sentenced to more than 4,000 years in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting three teenage girls over two years. A day after finding James Kevin Pope guilty, jurors sentenced him to 40 life prison terms - one for each sex assault conviction - and 20 years for each of the three sexual performance of a child convictions. At the request of prosecutors, state District Judge Graham Quisenberry ordered Pope to serve the sentences consecutively, adding up to 4,060 years. He will be eligible for parole in the year 3209, according to the Parker County District Attorney's Office. 'We believe it was a just result,' prosecutor Robert DuBoise said, adding that he was 'overwhelmed' with the judge's decision to stack the sentences. Pope, 43, abused the girls for nearly two years. It came to authorities' attention earlier this year after Pope made several inappropriate comments to a friend, who notified Child Protective Services. During the trial, the teens testified about the abuse, and their sexually explicit photographs were shown as evidence. But Mr Rick Alley, Pope's defence lawyer, told jurors in closing arguments that the victims were incapable of understanding what happened, the Weatherford Democrat reported in its Wednesday online edition. 'If it was as traumatic as they indicate, they would be able to give you (specific dates and times of the incidents). Simply because it's shocking doesn't make it true,' Mr Alley said. During the sentencing phase of the trial, a US Secret Service agent testified that while examining Pope's home computer, he found more than 200 images of child porn. Later on Wednesday, some jurors said the case was difficult because of the subject matter. 'We were careful not to make any mistakes in viewing and evaluating the evidence,' said juror Dale Lewis. -- AP http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_254174.html

People people, chk this out... Here's a story of a Singaporean who kena detention/jailed for nothing when he went into the States for a business trip (and he was travelling with his clients even!)... I felt like meat in microwave WHAT was to be a business trip turned into a hellish nightmare for a Singaporean marketing director. He was interrogated, handcuffed, chained at the feet, and even spent some time in a prison facility. He was detained in a holding cell, slept in a prison bed and also ordered to work in the jail. It was Mr Ronald Wong Yoke Kheong's first trip to the United States. His flight landed in Houston at 8.30pm (local time) on 4 May. He saw two police officers at the plane's exit door, checking each passenger's passport as they disembarked. The 49-year-old marketing director, a seasoned traveller said: 'I thought it was just a routine check. But the two officers stopped me after checking my passport. They took me aside, and said they wanted to speak to me. NOT WORRIED 'I still wasn't worried because I thought they just wanted to ask a few more questions before letting me go.' He did feel the glare of other passengers as he was led away by the two officers. 'The officers didn't even allow me to collect my luggage at the belt.' Mr Wong had to hand over the luggage collection slip to the officers while he was escorted to an office. He had left Singapore on 4 May, a Sunday, on an early morning flight to participate in a trade exhibition in Houston from 5 to 8 May. After that, he was scheduled to go to New Orleans, and Canada, and was to return only on 17 May. Mr Wong said he travelled regularly for work, about three times a month, to various countries, including China, Japan, India and the Middle East. But these were usually short trips which lasted five days at most. On the US trip, some of his clients had been on the same flight as him. At the Houston airport, Mr Wong was taken to a room with glass windows, It had only a table and a few chairs. He noticed that the officers outside were all armed. 'I was still not worried, as I knew Ididn't commit any crime.' But alarm bells started to go off in his head when an officer ordered him to remove all items from his pockets. 'I was allowed to wear my watch, but I had to hand over my handphone, my wallet and check-in lugagge,' he said. The only exception was the cash in his wallet. He had about USD$7,500 ($10,250) as well as some Singapore money. Mr Wong was then taken into a room next door, where he would spend the next 19 hours under interrogation. 'I asked to make a call to my company and wife to inform them, butthe officers didn't allow me to,' hesaid. 'They started to ask me a number of questions. I gave my answers readily as I knew I was speaking the truth.' Mr Wong said he was questioned about the purpose of his visits to all the countries reflected in his passport, where he stayed in those countries, whom he met on his business trips, and if he had bank accounts in these countries. 'They repeated the questions over and over. It was exhausting, but I answered all their questions,' he said. Mr Wong, who said he could be hot-tempered at times, remained calm throughout the interrogation process. 'I didn't allow myself to lose my patience. I told myself that I was in foreign territory and it was best to co-operate and not antagonise the local authorities,' he added. He said he was questioned by at least three shifts of officers who worked in pairs. 'I felt like a piece of meat in the microwave,' said Mr Wong of his being grilled. He said he was not given any food, but was allowed to drink from a water cooler and to go to the toilet. But his every movement was watched. Mr Wong said at one point, an officer who introduced himself as a CIA officer also questioned him for about four hours. After 19 hours of being questioned and going without food, the worst was yet to come. 'The next day at about 3pm, two prison officers came and wanted to handcuff me and shackle my ankles,' he said. 'I asked them why, but they said it was the standard procedure.' The handcuffs and leg cuffs were chained together. 'It was very humiliating to be treated like a convict. The leg cuffs hurt and I had to walk like Frankenstein since my movements were restricted,' Mr Wong recounted. 'I couldn't even hold up my hands to scratch my nose.' STAYED CALM But he told himself to stay calm, and hoped his colleagues in the Houston office would look for him when he didn't show up for the exhibition. He said he usually called his wife and secretary to keep them informed of his whereabouts when he travelled. He was put in a van and taken to a prison, where he was told to change into a blue prison uniform. He had to hand over all his possessions, and was put in a holding cell with four benches with about 20 other people. That was when he started to feel a real sense of fear. 'I was starving, I didn't know what was going on. I started to think maybe I would end up there forever, for a reason I didn't even know,' he said. He said he was there for about 12hours before he was taken to another cell with nearly 60 other prisoners, where he was given a bed. At one point, he was ordered to work with the other prisoners on some chores, but he refused. 'In all my travelling experience in the past 20 years, I have never been in such a situation. I wondered if it was a case of mistaken identity,' he said. He counted the minutes as the time passed agonisingly by in the cell. After another 24 hours, he was given back his clothes and taken back to the detention room at the airport. 'The questioning continued. And my requests to make phone calls were denied,' he said. The hours wore on and Mr Wong grew more weary and despondent. Finally there was a glimpse of hope when he was told the Singapore Embassy wanted to speak with him. 'I was relieved that someone knew about my plight, and I asked the embassy official to inform my wife.' The embassy official asked if he was all right and how he had been treated. At about 10pm, three days after his ordeal began, Mr Wong was told he was to be deported. No reason was given to Mr Wong for his detention. His belongings were returned to him, and he was escorted by two police officers to his seat on the plane, which was scheduled to depart at 11.45pm (local time). 'It was very humiliating to be escorted onto the plane with the other passengers staring. I wasn't even allowed to hold my own passport,' he said. But he was finally allowed to call his wife. GRATEFUL 'I just focused on having my freedom back and going home,' he said. 'I was thankful the Singapore Embassy helped secure my release so quickly.' A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman confirmed a Singaporean was detained at the Houston Airport and that the Singapore Embassy in Washington had provided the necessary consular assistance. But Mr Wong's ordeal did not end when the plane took off from Houston. When he was in transit in Moscow, he was escorted from the plane by two Russian police officers and kept under watch. He was later also escorted onto the Singapore-bound plane. He finally arrived in Singapore on 8May. He was escorted by two Singapore police officers after he got off the plane. After he cleared immigration, he met his wife who was at the airport. Until today, Mr Wong does not know why he was detained. He said he has written to the US embassy here for an explanation. This article was first published in The New Paper on May 20, 2008. That's why everytime I go to the States, I was worried of clearing the imigration & customs!

Today headline in The New Paper Read : If Only You Had Stopped To Help. Quote : He made an illegal U-turn and knocked down a motorcyclist near Changi Airport. And instead of stopping to help his injured victim, who was flung off his bike, Tew Hock Sew, 64, continued driving and dropped off his friend at the airport. He returned to the scene about five minutes later, but in that time, another car had slammed into the motorcyclist who was trying to get up. Like Tew, the second driver also drove off. Mr. Ghazali Mohammed Noor, 47, died as a result of the second accident. Taken to court, Tew's plea for leniency on grounds that his collision had not caused Mr. Ghazali's death and that he did return to the scene cut little ice with the judge. In her judgement released recently, DJ Salina Ishak blamed Tew for "triggering the series of events that led to the victim's death". She said : "Had he not made the illegal U-turn in the first place, there would not have been a collision between his car and the victim's motorcycle which resulted in him being flung off the motorcycle and landing on the second lane of the road". Tew was sentenced to five months in jail and given a three-year ban from driving, for failing to stop his car to help. The district judge had some harsh words for him. "The accused had shirked both his legal amd moral obligation to stop and remain at the scene as soon as the accident occurred," she said. 'so cowardly' ...... had the accused stopped and rendered assistance to the victim, it would have made a difference between life and death. - DJ Salina Ishak, who blamed Tew Hock Sew for not stopping to help Mr Ghazali. So many times, vehicles make illegal U-turns and nearly cause accidents if I am not alert.... It's a wake up calls to those intended to make any illegal U-turn....

on top of that, he was ban for driving for 3 yrs. i think the sentence might be too light for him, should had given at least 6 mths, he is medicrop artist, should has set good example for the public...moreover every driver should knows...if you drink don't drive, if you drive dont' drink ! luckly, the motorcyclist has only injured, what if lost his life....

Veteran lawyer jailed 6 weeks, fined for drink-related charges http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...0324-55916.html The lawyer actually a bankrupt according to the paper still drives a Jaguar if that is the case, many would want to be a bankrupt if become a super bankrupt does that mean can get a Roll ROyce

Airport worker jailed for causing grevious hurt to colleague By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent A FEMALE airport employee suffered serious brain injury after she fell off from a buggy at Changi Airport almost a year ago. On Monday, Ms Larina Ong Mei Yan's colleague at the time, Don Lim Hai Foong, 23, was jailed for nine months after he admitted to causing her grievous hurt by making an abrupt left turn while driving the buggy on March 26 last year. A district court heard that Ms Ong, 24, was at the rear right seat of the buggy with her back towards a woman colleague sitting next to Lim on the wheel when the accident happened at around 3.20am. The trio earlier had supper at Terminal 1. When they were near the transit area at Terminal 2, Lim jokingly said that he would knock the information counter and continued to drive towards it. But before reaching the counter, he made an abrupt left turn, causing Ms Ong to fall off from the buggy. She was admitted to Changi General Hospital where she was warded until April 18. Police prosecutor Raj Kishore Rai highlighted that the victim had a fall in March last year, and up to today, was still not working. He told District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim that according to the doctor, she would have to continue treatment at a specialist's clinic due to her severe brain injury. Lim, who is now in national service, could have been jailed for up to two years or fined up to $1,000 or both for causing grievous hurt by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger life or the personal safety of others. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...24.html?vgnmr=1 cannot imagine this regan lee wannabe will do on the road. good grief to his passengers and other road users when he get a set of real wheels.

Cabbie who caused death of financial advisor gets a year's jail By Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 January 2008 1817 hrs Photos 1 of 1 SINGAPORE: The taxi driver, who caused the death of a financial advisor along Scotts Road in April 2007, has been sentenced to 12 months' jail. 68-year-old Lee Yuet Kong had earlier been found guilty of causing the death of 29-year-old Alex Lim by a rash act. The court heard that on 9 April, Lee and Lim were involved in a minor accident and both had stopped along Scotts Road in front of Isetan. During their heated argument, Lee refused to divulge his details. So Lim stood in front of Lee's cab to stop him from leaving the scene. But Lee braked suddenly and then drove into Lim, who was clinging onto the cab's bonnet. Lim was knocked unconscious and went into a coma. He died in hospital a month later. Lee could have been jailed for up to two years. His lawyer had told the court that Lee is suffering from various medical conditions including nasopharyngeal cancer. Lee is also said to have a "history of heart failure" and is "waiting for open-heart surgery".

sentence to 'drive home strong message' By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY | Posted: 12 December 2007 0632 hrs Photos 1 of 1 SINGAPORE : The number of accidents involving drink drivers might have fallen, but District Judge Wong Keen Onn felt it important nevertheless to "drive home a strong message" on such irresponsible motorists. And so, in the first such conviction since the launch of this year's anti-drink driving campaign last Friday, businessman Su Hong will spend 11 weeks behind bars for a hit-and-run offence. The 48-year-old, who was responsible for the accident along Outram Road that killed Ms Yuan Fudi in May, will also be barred from holding all classes of licences for five years. Two other charges were taken into consideration. The judge described Su's decision to flee the scene instead of helping the Chinese national as "reprehensible". He added: "Stopping and rendering assistance can mean a difference between life and death of the victim." Su had admitted to having drunk three to four glasses of beer about two hours before he ran over Ms Yuan, 28, who was here on a social visit pass. She was flung into the air and died of severe multiple injuries. Su fled the scene but passers-by had noted down his car licence number and reported it to the police. He was contacted and advised to surrender. He finally turned himself in at a neighbourhood police centre three hours later, where he failed a breathalyser test. The prosecution had urged the court to consider statistics that showed more drivers were being caught drink driving. But the defence lawyer pointed out that the number of drink-driving accidents had actually fallen. The judge said the key consideration should be whether drink-driving offences were still prevalent, instead of focusing on variations in statistics. - TODAY

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At least 223 Singaporeans are serving time in South-East Asian jails, primarily for drug offences, with Thailand holding the most, published figures said on Saturday. Seven in 10 are in prison for drug offences in countries part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Thailand tops the list with 109 Singaporeans behind bars, followed by Malaysia with 70 and Indonesia with 35, according to a breakdown from narcotics officials published in The Straits Times. The remainder, nine in all, are in the Philippines, Myanmar (Burma) and Cambodia. The drug offenders are part of a prison population serving terms since before 2004. Sukhum Opasniputh, director of Narcotics Law Enforcement in Thailand's Office of the Narcotics Control Board, told the newspaper that the number of international traffickers nabbed in the country has dropped over the last few years as a result of strong enforcement action, tighter laws and greater regional cooperation. Of the Singaporeans in Thailand's jails, 94 are in for drugs, the report said. Possession of more than 1 kilogramme of illicit drugs can draw the death penalty in Thailand and more than 500 grams results in a life term, which is usually 40 years in jail. Drug offences account for 35 of the 70 Singaporeans held in Malaysian prisons and 15 of the 35 in Indonesia. Five drug traffickers have been in prison in Myanmar since 1999 serving life terms. Outside ASEAN, the largest number of Singaporeans jailed is reportedly in Taiwan where there are at least 20 drug offenders behind bars. ------------------ http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_15863-Bulk...-For-Drugs.html

Chromas would be elated wid this... Cabbies gettin daring hor these few days A CABBY who admitted slashing the face of another during a road rage attack was jailed for six months yesterday. Comfort taxi driver Quah Wee Tee, 56, had used a pair of scissors to slash CityCab driver Wong Oi Wan, 50, on the morning of June 9. Yesterday, a district court heard that the attack was almost similar to another road rage incident in October last year, when cabby Chan Kim Kam, 51, was stabbed in the stomach when he confronted a motorist who sounded the horn at him on the road. In the latest incident, Quah slashed Mr Wong after confronting him for sounding his horn at him along Grange Road. Mr Wong had sounded the horn when Quah stopped his taxi suddenly on the road, without switching on his hazard lights. He then overtook Quah's cab and drove in the direction of Tanglin Road. Quah tailed him and tried to overtake him twice, but Mr Wong refused to let him do so. Quah pulled alongside Mr Wong's taxi when both stopped at the traffic junction of Tanglin Road and Margaret Drive. He walked to Mr Wong's taxi, opened the door and slashed him on the face before driving off in his vehicle. Mr Wong reported the attack to the police, who arrested Quah. Quah could have been jailed for up to a year and fined a maximum of $1,000.