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Man gives false information on Mas Selamat to get rewards THE police have served a Court summons on a man who provided false information on escaped Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari. The man, a 50-year-old bus driver, also made up false information to implicate an innocent party with whom he had had an unpleasant encounter with before, the police said in a press release on Saturday. The man called the police on March 1 at about 8pm, saying that on Feb 27 he had seen a man resembling Mas Selamat board his bus and who later alighted at a bus stop along Lentor Avenue at about 8.30pm. He added that the passenger had emerged from the Old Police Academy at Thomson Road before boarding his bus at about 7.30pm. The police were immediately despatched to comb the Lentor Avenue area. On the same day, at about 11.15pm, the man told the police that he saw Mas Selamat riding pillion on a motorcycle and provided the registration plate of the motorcycle. He said Mas Selamat then alighted at a bus-stop along Thomson Road, near the Singapore Polo Club at about 8.15pm. Upon investigation, the police found that the owner of the motorcycle had been involved in a road rage incident with the caller at about 10pm that day. The man, had intentionally deceived the police 'in a bid to get the rewards being offered by various private organisations and individuals' for the arrest of Mas Selamat, the police said. The man is due to appear in court on March 10 to answer to three counts of giving false information to a public servant. Anyone convicted of providing false information to the authorities could face jail term of a year or a fine of up to $5,000, or both. The police encourage the public to call 999 immediately if they see any suspicious person or activities, no matter how trivial the information may seem. However, they warn that those who intentionally provide misleading information will be dealt with seriously as such deliberate disinformation distracts police resources and compromises on-going efforts to capture the fugitive. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_214707.html

Couple fined for driving offences By Khushwant Singh A STALLHOLDER who operates runs the popular Adam's Cuisine stall in Adam Road Hawker Centre, was fined $2,000 on Friday for driving without a licence last year. Edmund Balan, 30, was also fined another $1,000 for driving without insurance and disqualified from driving all classes for vehicles for three years. His wife, Thilagam Krishnan, 44, was fined a total of $1,400 for allowing him to commit the offences with her car. She was also disqualified for a year. The couple had claimed trial. They pleaded guilty after Staff Sergeant Jason Tan Kang Pin and Sergeant Maszita Mazali told the district court that they were positive that it was Edmund who was driving his wife's Hyundai along the Central Expressway at 1.30am on March 8 last year. The officers who saw the Hyundai ahead of them, signalled to the driver to move into the centre lane. They became suspicious when it turned left into Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 when the police car pulled alongside it. The officers saw Edmund behind the wheel and followed the car into Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and into Bishan Road where they stopped the Hyundai. The cops said that they saw Edmund coming out on the driver's side while his wife came out from the front passenger side. But the couple then claimed that the wife had been driving - a story they stuck to until mid-way of the trial on Friday. After they pleaded guilty, the court was told that Edmund had previously been fined for speeding and had been jailed a month for driving while under disqualification in 2001. Thilagam, who is a catering training officer with Singapore Airport Terminal Services, has no previous offences Pleading for the lowest fine to be imposed, their lawyer, Mr Shashi Nathan said that Edmund's previous convictions were committed seven years ago. Edmund took over the wheel that day as his wife was very tired after they had supper in Toa Payoh, said Mr Nathan. They were returning to the Adam Road Hawker Centre to close the stall when police stopped them. Edmund could have been jailed for six months and Thilagam to three months. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_214376.html