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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Police do not conduct checks on homes to enforce COVID-19 safe distancing rules: SPF
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SINGAPORE: The police do not conduct checks on residences to enforce safe-distancing measures aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said. In a statement on Tuesday (Apr 14), the SPF said it was aware of text messages circulating that give the “false impression that the police are proactively conducting checks at
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Police investigate man who reportedly slapped petrol station employee who asked him to wear a face mask
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SINGAPORE: The police are investigating a man who reportedly slapped a service attendant at a petrol station located along Jervois Road after she advised him to wear a face mask. Police were alerted to the incident on Sunday at about 5.50pm. Advertisement Advertisement The 55-year-old man is being investigated for voluntarily causing hurt, police said in a news
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
No road blocks conducted to enforce COVID-19 safe distancing measures, police say
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SINGAPORE: It is not true that the police have been conducting road blocks and issuing fines to people for not complying with COVID-19 safe distancing measures, said the Singapore Police Force on Monday (Apr 13). Messages have been circulating on WhatsApp and on social media, claiming that members of the public were stopped at road
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
MOE will allow teachers to ‘progressively’ resume use of Zoom, police reports filed on recent breaches
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SINGAPORE: The use of the Zoom for home-based learning will be “progressively” resumed with enhanced security in place, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Monday (Apr 13). Use of the video conferencing tool was temporarily suspended last week, after breaches involving obscene images. Advertisement Advertisement One of these breaches took place during a home-based
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Police warn of scammers claiming Chinese officials seized COVID-19 ‘contraband medicine’
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SINGAPORE: Police on Monday (Apr 13) issued an advisory alerting the public to a scam in which callers pretending to be Ministry of Health (MOH) staff would claim that Chinese officials had seized COVID-19 contraband medicine registered under the victims’ names. Since March, at least five reports of such scams have been made, with victims losing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Police investigating after man posts online about abusing COVID-19 Temporary Relief Fund
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the police are looking into a case of possible abuse of the COVID-19 Temporary Relief Fund (TRF), after a man claimed he was able to obtain aid without any documents. In a news release on Sunday (Apr 12), the authorities said they had identified a 41-year-old Singaporean
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Australian police seize black box in raid on coronavirus-hit cruise ship Ruby Princess
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SYDNEY: Australian police raided the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship and seized its black box as part of a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney and 15 people later died of the illness. Police wearing protective suits and masks boarded the vessel in Port Kembla, about 80km south of Sydney, on Wednesday (Apr
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Police warn of fake cash giveaways on social media
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SINGAPORE: There has been a spike in the number of scam cases involving fake cash giveaways on social media, said the police on Wednesday (Apr 8), adding that there had been at least 13 reports lodged since December last year. Scammers would use social media platforms like Facebook to advertise the giveaways, instructing victims to share
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Police officer fined for molesting female colleague while on duty
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SINGAPORE: A police officer was fined S$9,000 on Wednesday (Apr 8) for molesting his female colleague three times while on duty. The 29-year-old staff sergeant and the police post he was from cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the identity of the victim. Advertisement Advertisement The offender was on duty with the victim
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 5, 2020
Australia police to probe cruise ship COVID-19 deaths
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SYDNEY: Australian police on Sunday (Apr 5) launched a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Sydney and 10 later died of the illness. The government last month allowed 2,700 passengers to walk off the Carnival Australia-owned Ruby Princess and travel to their homes around the country
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
False message circulating about bogus mask distributors robbing residents, warn police
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SINGAPORE: Text and audio messages circulating claiming there are people robbing residents under the pretext of distributing reusable masks as part of a new Government initiative are untrue, the police said in a Facebook post on Saturday (Apr 4). The message claims that residents would be made to try on masks believed to be doused
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
Police investigating after apparent leak of MOE, MSF press release on school closures
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SINGAPORE: The police are looking into an apparent leak of a joint press release issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) on COVID-19 school closures. The press release, dated Apr 3, contained details of full home-based learning that will be implemented at schools and institutes of higher learning, as
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
Police, soldiers enforce Thailand’s nationwide COVID-19 curfew
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BANGKOK: Police and soldiers wearing protective masks set up hundreds of checkpoints across Thailand on Friday (Apr 3) night to enforce an indefinite nationwide curfew, banning most people from outside in a bid to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Across the normally bustling capital of Bangkok, people rushed in the evening to get
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Movement control order: KL police chief says arrests only made when people refuse to head home
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KUALA LUMPUR: Those found to have contravened Malaysia’s movement control order (MCO) are usually given a chance to return home, before being arrested for not heeding the police’s advice. In an interview with CNA, Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Mazlan Lazim said on Thursday (Apr 2) that his officers take a lot of things into consideration before
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