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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Australian police put a 90-day limit on ‘draconian’ virus measures
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SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state said on Thursday (Apr 2) police enforcement of restrictions on personal movement intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus would last three months, as the number of new cases continued to slow. After a federal government order limiting groups of people gathering outside to two, Australian states have instructed
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
UK police chided for overzealous response to COVID-19 lockdown
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LONDON: From questioning dog-walkers to flying drones to spotting people defying self-isolation guidelines, police measures to control the spread of the coronavirus have upset some Britons living under a nationwide lockdown. Some feel the police actions are heavy-handed and applied inconsistently. Advertisement Advertisement READ: 13-year-old UK boy dies after contracting COVID-19 READ: Loss of taste, smell key
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
UK police criticised for overzealous lockdown response
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LONDON: Some British police might have gone a “little too far”, a minister said on Tuesday (Mar 31) after warnings some forces were turning Britain into a police state by abusing powers to enforce a coronavirus lockdown. New regulations brought in on Thursday give police the power to issue instant 30-pound (US$37) fines to people
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Coronavirus hits hundreds of US police amid protective gear shortages
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NEW YORK: When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus. Similar scenes play out all over the city daily – officers making arrests, walking their beats and responding to 911 calls without protective gear, according
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Police site crashes as New Zealanders turn into shutdown snitches
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WELLINGTON: New Zealanders have become so keen to report their neighbours for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules that police on Monday (Mar 30) said a website dedicated to addressing the issue crashed soon after going live. The South Pacific nation is in the midst of a four-week COVID-19 lockdown, with residents under orders to stay at
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
Two police officers test positive for COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Two police officers tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Saturday (Mar 28). One of them tested positive for the coronavirus on Mar 26 and is listed by the Ministry of Health as case 709. The other officer was diagnosed on Mar 27 and is referred to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Man arrested for coughing on police officers in Northern Ireland after claiming to have COVID-19
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DUBLIN: A Northern Ireland man has been charged with attempting to commit grievous bodily harm after claiming to have COVID-19 and deliberately coughing on police officers, the police service said Thursday (Mar 26). The man was held for common assault following a domestic incident in north Belfast on Wednesday, according to the Police Service of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Australian charged over ‘prank’ coronavirus cough on police
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SYDNEY: An Australian man has been charged over a “prank” in which he coughed on a police officer on purpose while pretending he was infected with the new coronavirus as a friend filmed the incident, authorities said. The man, aged 21, went into a police station at Coffs Harbour, a coastal city about 525km north of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Police officer gets jail for taking cash from wallets that were returned at police station
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SINGAPORE: A police officer who was entrusted to collect lost-and-found wallets at a police station filched the cash inside and used it for his own expenses instead. For one count of criminal breach of trust by a servant, 24-year-old Isaac Lim Jun Cheng was jailed for three months on Wednesday (Mar 25). Advertisement Advertisement The
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Italian police recycle oxygen canisters from coronavirus victims
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BERGAMO: Police in the Italian city of Bergamo have brought much-needed help to people suffering from the coronavirus by redistributing oxygen cylinders used by people who did not survive the virus. Bergamo, in the northern Lombardy region, is now Italy’s worst-affected province, with over 6,000 infections. With hospitals overflowing, many sufferers are kept at home, but
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
Police investigating offensive NUS Atheist Society post on Facebook: MHA
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SINGAPORE: The police are investigating after a Facebook post was put up suggesting the Bible and the Quran as alternatives to be used in the event of toilet paper shortages. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday (Mar 20) said that it has received a number of complaints about the post. Advertisement Advertisement The page, titled
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
Fish farm owner fined for steering boat while drunk, crashing into Police Coast Guard craft
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SINGAPORE: The owner of a fish farm was fined S$3,000 on Thursday (Mar 19) for navigating a boat while drunk. Tan Choon Teck, 56, owns a fish farm north of Pulau Ubin as well as a Singapore-registered boat, the court heard. Advertisement Advertisement He used the boat to travel between Singapore’s mainland and his fish
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 14, 2020
French police lockdown central Paris as Yellow Vests defy COVID-19
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PARIS: Thousands of French security forces fanned out across central Paris on Saturday (Mar 14) as anti-government “Yellow Vest” protesters defied a ban on mass gatherings aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron announced school closures and urged people to avoid close contact
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
NUS student arrested for trespassing onto female toilet in campus; 2 ‘suspicious devices’ retrieved by police
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SINGAPORE: A National University of Singapore (NUS) student was arrested on Saturday (Mar 7) morning for trespassing onto a female toilet at a residential college on campus, said an NUS spokesperson. Two “suspicious devices” were also retrieved from two female toilets in the College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT) on the same day, the spokesperson said in response
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