A Malaysian man will be charged in court on Thursday (July 23) after he allegedly scammed an elderly woman in Singapore of $20,000.The police received a report regarding the fake friend scam on July 3 from a 69-year-old victim who claimed that she had received a call for help from an «acquaintance».The «acquaintance» had purportedly been detained by Singapore Immigration after landing at Changi Airport Terminal 4 for failing to declare funds in his bank account.He claimed he needed $20,000 to post bail, the police said.Believing the man to be her friend, the victim went to Changi Airport T4 the next morning, and delivered $20,000 in cash to an unknown individual.She realised she had been scammed when she was asked to make additional bank transfers.Officers from the Airport Police Division quickly identified the 23-year-old man who had taken the victim's cash, intercepting and arresting him on Wednesday (July 22) at the T4 departure hall before he could flee the country.Preliminary investigations revealed that the man was recruited by individuals believed to be part of a transnational scam syndicate.

After a passenger accidentally left her bag containing $32,000 worth of cash and jewellery on a bus, an SBS Transit staff member went the extra mile by paying for her taxi fare so she could retrieve it.A Facebook post by SBS Transit Ltd on Wednesday (July 22) recounted the incident where the passenger, identified only as Mrs K, had accidentally left her bag on bus service 853 earlier this month after alighting at a bus stop. She then approached the staff at Ang Mo Kio Interchange for help after realising what had happened.According to the post, the bag contained, among other things, the passenger's passport, $2,000 cash and $30,000 worth of gold jewellery meant for her daughter's wedding. As bus service 853 is operated by Tower Transit Singapore, senior assistant interchange supervisor Nithyananthan Palne (Nathan) immediately contacted the operator to locate the missing bag.About 20 minutes later, the bus operator confirmed that a fellow passenger had found the bag and handed it in. 

A property agent was left stunned after discovering that a condo unit he had rented out in Geylang had become the subject of a police warning over alleged vice-related activities.Speaking to AsiaOne on Wednesday (July 22), property agent Veroy Chua said this is the first time he had encountered such a case in his 13 years in the real estate industry.«The homeowner first informed us that they had received a letter from the police. We then decided to take over the matter and were informed that vice activities were believed to have been carried out at the premises,» said Chua. «It was really shocking and the homeowners did not know how to deal with it themselves, so they asked us to take over the matter and clear the unit as soon as possible.»Chua said the homeowner forwarded him the police letter in the first week of July. In the letter seen by AsiaOne, the police informed the homeowner that vice activities were believed to have taken place at the premises.The letter did not specify the type of vice activities involved.

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Malawi needs to significantly strengthen rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for prison inmates, a governance expert has warned, following concerns that some beneficiaries of presidential pardons have gone on to reoffend. Dr George Chaima said in an interview on Wednesday that pardons should be accompanied by deliberate interventions to prepare inmates for life outside prison, arguing […] The post Malawi urged to boost prisoner rehabilitation as presidential pardon recipients linked to fresh crimes appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

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A female doctor has spoken of her terror after her home was targeted by burglars in the dead of night — the latest in a string of chilling break-ins striking fear into medical professionals across Malawi. Dr Maria Mang’anda, a Consultant Anaesthesiologist at Mzuzu Central Hospital, was inside her home in Lupaso, Mzuzu, when intruders […] The post Mzuzu doctor living in fear after burglars strike home with children and elderly mother inside appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s Parliament says it still needs an additional K400 million to fully fund next month’s hosting of the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference and Annual General Meeting in Lilongwe, despite intensifying preparations for the event. Speaking at a media briefing in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Speaker of Parliament and CPA Africa Region president […] The post Malawi’s Parliament needs extra K400 million to fund Commonwealth conference in Lilongwe appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

The Istana will open to the public on July 26 (Sunday) to celebrate National Day, with a first-ever open-air evening concert among the programme line-up.«This year’s National Day IOH celebrates Singapore’s past, present, and future through shared experiences across sport, heritage and community activities, and music and cultural performances, for all ages and abilities,» the President's Office said in a news release on Wednesday (July 22).The event, which will be held from 9.30am to 8pm, will feature an open-air concert with performances by local artistes and bands Amsden Huang, Shazza, Fourteen Aces and Soft Boiled Eggs from Project #JalanJalan.Visitors can bring their own mats or field chairs and enjoy the performances on the Istana lawns.There will also a vibrant lineup of music, dance and cultural performances by students from Lasalle College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Polytechnic, Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah, Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah and Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah.