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Singapore court rejects bid by gay man to adopt child he fathered through surrogacy
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SAF scholar among dead in US car crash
Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 09:44
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Deliberate parenthood by singles at odds with Singapore's stand: MSF on gay man's bid to adopt child
Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 12:30
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Arizona highway accident claims lives of SAF scholar and parents
A Singaporean family of four was on a vacation in Arizona when they were caught in an accident, killing the couple - 62-year-old Mr Yeo Heng Soon, 56-year-old Madam Chua Cher Hwee - and their son, Mr Justin Yeo Jun Xi, 22.
The couple's daughter, Ms Justlyn Yeo Jing Hui, 19, was the sole survivor of the accident which happened on Friday (Dec 22) around 2.21pm local time (5.21am, Saturday in Singapore).
Justin, a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) scholar, was a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, and the family had gone on a holiday to visit him.
He was among the top A-level graduates in Dunman High School in 2013, and received the SAF Merit Scholarship in 2015, reported The Straits Times.
As a university undergraduate, he co-founded Dingo, an app that allows users to easily notify friends when they have reached their intended destination, without having to send out text messages. He had also recently joined an entrepreneurship fraternity.
The family was travelling in a silver Hyundai towards the Grand Canyon when their car crossed the painted median and collided head-on with a green Dodge van, and crashed into a third vehicle.
Justin was driving the vehicle during the time of the accident.
Mr Yeo, Madam Chua, and Justin were pronounced dead at the scene.
Ms Yeo, survived and was conveyed to Flagstaff Medical Center where she is believed to have undergone spinal surgery.
The first-year student at the Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information is reportedly in a stable condition after being transferred out of the intensive care unit (ICU).
Relatives have flown over from Singapore to the United States to take care of her.
A neighbour of the Yeos told Lianhe Wanbao that the Yeo siblings were polite, filial and quite close to one another.
Following the accident, a 70km stretch of the highway was closed off for seven hours to allow investigations to take place.
The driver of the Dodge van which fell into a ravine following the collision, is from Spain and also died at the scene.
A total of five people, including four passengers in the Dodge van were injured.
There were no reported injuries from the third vehicle.
Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 12:33
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Gay Singaporean loses bid to adopt biological son fathered via surrogate
A gay Singaporean man has failed in a bid to formally adopt his biological son fathered via a surrogate in the United States at a cost of US$200,000 (S$267,700).
The man, a doctor in a long-term relationship, initially approached authorities about adopting in the city-state but was told a homosexual couple were unlikely to get permission, according to court documents.
The couple travelled to the US where the doctor underwent procedures for in-vitro fertilisation and found a surrogate who agreed to carry his child for US$200,000.
A son was born and as the biological father, the doctor -- who has not been identified -- was allowed to bring him back to Singapore to live with him. The boy is now four.
The doctor applied to formally adopt the boy in Singapore to "legitimise" their relationship and hopefully secure him Singapore citizenship but a court rejected his bid, according to a judgement released earlier this week.
District Judge Shobha Nair said that the doctor and his partner were aware that procedures to help couples have children were available to only married couples in Singapore and there were no surrogacy services in the city-state.
Gay marriage is not permitted in Singapore. Surrogacy is not explicitly banned although official guidelines prohibit the practice in assisted reproduction centres, according to the Straits Times newspaper.
"The applicant, a medical doctor himself, was acutely aware that the medical procedures undertaken to have a child of his own would not have been possible in Singapore," said the judge.
"He cannot then come to the courts of the very same jurisdiction to have the acts condoned."
The child's welfare was not an issue in the case as he will continue to be well looked after by his biological father and he is not stateless as he holds American citizenship, the judge said.
She was not swayed by the arguments of the man's lawyers, Koh Tien Hua, Ivan Cheong and Shaun Ho, who denied he was seeking to adopt the boy to form what would effectively be a legally recognised gay family, the Straits Times said.
Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 14:49
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Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 16:51
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Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 22:11
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Friday, December 29, 2017 - 09:38
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Couple slapped with $600 bill after being promised 'cheap' durians from Sims Avenue stall
A couple who were promised 'cheap' durians from a seller at Sims Avenue was instead asked to pay up $600 for the durians.
Stomp contributor Nicole was with her husband, David, when they decided to purchase durians from Wonderful Durians along Sims Avenue past midnight on Dec 27.
However, their experience with the stall was anything but wonderful.
While at the stall. Nicole and her husband requested for several small kampong durians. The seller had allegedly said that he would offer them a cheap price for the durians.
In a telephone interview with Stomp, Nicole said, "He cut the durians and put them in the basket. Then he said $600 for 20kg of durians."
"I thought he was kidding at first. I thought he meant $60, not $600."
She paid for the durians using NETS and upon finding out it was $600, she asked for a refund.
The seller then told her that they could not issue a refund as the durians had already been opened.
Nicole's husband, David, told Stomp, "A Mao Shan Wang durian typically costs $20+ per kilo. These durians are not even Mao Shan Wang."
He added that the durian tasted 'normal' and that it was a 'lousy experience'.
Another branch of the stall which they had bought the durians from was found to have many negative reviews on Facebook.
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Unfortunately for the couple, they were only aware of this after they purchased the durians and went to look up the stall on Facebook.
The Facebook page for Wonderful Durians at Geylang Lor 17 is flooded with one-star reviews, with many citing that their Mao Shan Wang durians did not taste anything like it at all and added that the taste was horrible.
"I just want other people to be careful when visiting this stall," concluded Nicole.
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 10:57
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Current and former SMRT Trains employees face cheating charges amounting to almost $10 million
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 13:17
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S'porean woman dies in traffic accident while touring South Africa, sister injured
A Singaporean woman died in a traffic accident on Thursday (Dec 21) while touring South Africa with her sister.
The victim, Ms Koh Yuan Ling, 33, was killed while her sister, Ms Koh Yuan Jie is believed to have been injured, and conveyed to a local hospital for treatment.
According to The Straits Times, the Singapore High Commission in Pretoria is assisting the victims' family members who have flown to South Africa.
Preliminary findings indicate that the two sisters were travelling on a rented vehicle, and the deceased had been the one driving.
During the time of the incident, the vehicle had struck a boundary fence, killing the elder sister and injuring her younger sibling.
Reporters visited the home of the two and spoke to a neighbour, Ms Wu, who told them that she had gotten news of the sisters being involved in an accident overseas.
On finding out that one of them had died, she sent her condolences, saying:
"The two girls were always polite and would greet us when they see us."
She also told Lianhe Wanbao the two sisters often travel abroad, and they have an older brother.
The family of five stayed in the same flat and often travel overseas together.
Another neighbour, Ms Yan, divulged that Ms Koh Yuan Jie's injuries were quite serious, and she would require a wheelchair.
However, her conditions have reportedly stabilised and she is predicted to be returning to Singapore on Tuesday (Jan 2, 2018).
A neighbour who did not wish reveal his name said that the deceased had just gotten her licence a year back, and was a relatively new driver.
This comes after another Singaporean family of four were involved in an accident at Arizona, leaving three dead and one injured.
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 14:47
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Current, former SMRT employees charged in $9.8m cheating scheme
SINGAPORE - Current and former employees of SMRT were charged in court on Friday of duping the transit operator into awarding millions of dollars of contracts to companies in which they had a financial interest.
The charges come after a string of mishaps on the transit system - including a collision last month that injured several people - that has led to public anger in a city-state long known for its efficient public services.
A current line manager at SMRT Trains Ltd, two former employees and a director of a Singapore construction company were charged with "cheating offences" that allegedly took place during 2007 to 2012 and involved contracts amounting to nearly S$9.8 million, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said in a statement.
Under Singapore law, cheating is punishable with up to 10 years in jail and fines.
One of the accused absconded to Malaysia in 2013 and was brought back to face charges in Singapore with the help of Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission, CPIB said.
SMRT Trains Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of SMRT Corp Ltd. SMRT Corp is fully controlled by state investor Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd.
SMRT Corp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 15:08
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Maserati driver who hit TP officer in hit-and-run accident faces 15 more charges
The Maserati driver who was in a hit-and-run accident involving a traffic police officer has been slapped with 15 additional charges.
34-year-old Lee Cheng Yan now faces a total of 23 charges, including a charge for causing grievous hurt when he hit Staff Sergeant Khairulanwar Kahar when driving his car on Nov 17.
These new charges, mainly consisting of traffic offences, mark the fourth set of charges that have been brought against him.
According to The Straits Times, before he allegedly committed the traffic offences, he had been banned from holding or obtaining a driving licence for nine months, from July 4 to April 3 next year.
Court documents did not state what this disqualification was for.
Three of the additional 15 charges were for driving while under the period of disqualification.
Despite the ban, he purportedly drove a car on three separate occasions to Kaki Bukit Road 2 and Potong Pasir Avenue 3 between Nov 9 and 16. He is said to have done so without insurance.
Nine other charges that he faced included failing to stop and render assistance, after hitting Staff Sergeant Khairulanwar Kahar along Bedok Reservoir Road.
He is also accused of perverting the course of justice on Nov 17. After hitting the traffic police officer, he had allegedly abandoned the Maserati in Willow Avenue near Upper Aljunied Road.
He is also said to have thrown away a white T-shirt that he was wearing in order to hamper police investigations.
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Deputy Public Prosecutor Quek Jing Feng told the court on Thursday that investigations into Lee - involving the Criminal Investigation Department and the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau - are ongoing.
DPP Quek also stated, "The current charges are not the full set."
Some of Lee's earlier charges include sending three threatening text messages to two men between May and July.
In July, he was also fined $13,500 for installing an illegal modification on his Maserati.
On July 6, Lee had allegedly duped an employee of a car rental company into believing that he had a valid Class 3 driving licence. As a result, the employee is said to have rented him a car - not the Maserati - for 29 days.
On Aug 4, Lee purportedly drove the rented car in Shaw Road, near Upper Paya Lebar, while he was banned from holding or obtaining a driving licence.
He was also involved in a road accident at Orchard Road in 2016 which resulted in a motorcyclist being injured.
Lee was previously out on bail of $20,000 but it has since been raised to $35,000 as the number of charges brought against him has gone up.
He is scheduled to be back in court on Jan 25 next year.
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 15:22
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FROM music entrepreneur to architect, interior designer, bartender, artist and even a cultural entrepreneur - our Weekend magazine spotlights eight enterprising individuals who are set to make an impact in their respective fields in 2018.
We also meet a veteran civil servant who hasn't let retirement stop her from cooking up a second career.
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Friday, December 29, 2017 - 19:08
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Scissors-wielding youth arrested after entering Bedok Mall shops and damaging property
An 18-year-old man wielding a pair of scissors, entered various shops at Bedok Mall on Wednesday night (Dec 27), where he damaged property.
He was subsequently arrested.
According to a Facebook post by the police at 7.34pm on Wednesday, the man has a history of mental health issues and was arrested for public nuisance.
There were no reported injuries although his actions caused members of the public to scramble for safety.
Witnesses told The Straits Times that the incident had happened at 5.45pm.
The man had gone into some shops and messed up items while brandishing a pair of scissors.
He was later pinned down and restrained in a watch shop by a small group consisting of two security officers and an off-duty policeman.
General Manager of Bedok Mall, Mustafa Abdul Rahim, said that the mall is assisting the police with their investigation.
A worker at the watch shop H2 Hub where the man was pinned down, Madam Joyce Woo, said:
"When he came in, there were already quite a lot of people going after him, trying to stop him. Later, some people tackled him and he just laid down and did not move."
Fewer than 10 shops were affected in total, and the affected shops resumed operations on Thursday (Dec 28).
An employee from the Watches of Japan store, Richard Ng, 57, said that he heard the man shouting gibberish.
Mr Ng quickly brought in the shop's standee but forgot to keep a vase at the counter.
Said Mr Ng:
"He pushed the vase and broke it as he walked past us."
The boutique manager from The Body Shop, Vivien Yang, 35, estimated the damages caused to be about $500.
She said:
"He came in and pushed some things down, like the small items and a stand. Luckily, he left soon after. We wereall hiding in the corner, it was quite frightening."
Police investigations are ongoing.
The maximum penalty for public nuisance is a $1,000 fine.
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 22:55
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Singaporean woman flies to Taiwan to meet online lover, attempts suicide when he fails to turn up
Saturday, December 30, 2017 - 08:46
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Saturday, December 30, 2017 - 21:47
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29-year-old man arrested for stabbing his wife, 26, at Geylang
A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 26-year-old woman in Geylang on Dec 30.
He was arrested for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by a dangerous weapon, the police said in a news release yesterday evening.
The police received a report that a man had stabbed a woman along Lorong 16 Geylang on Dec 30 at 11.49am.
They arrested the suspect along Guillemard Road on the same day at 12.16pm.
The Straits Times understands that the woman is the man's wife.
She was walking along the road with another man and had just parted ways with him when the incident occurred.
Several Stomp contributors alerted Stomp to a video of the incident that was posted on Facebook by Jen Bensoy.
The man was seen standing over the woman and shouting at her as she lay on the ground with what looked like blood seeping through her shirt.
He snatched her handbag before running away.
Some bystanders were seen chasing after the man while others came to the aid of the woman.
It is understood that she was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen.
The woman is hospitalised at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and is believed to be in a stable condition.
The suspect will be charged in court on Jan 1.
Sunday, December 31, 2017 - 10:54
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