Three people, including a six-year-old boy, were taken to hospital after a car crashed into them at a taxi stand in Serangoon Central on Monday (Feb 10) morning. In a video of the accident uploaded to Facebook group Singapore Roads Accident, a taxi can be seen pulling up at the stand outside Nex shopping mall. As a woman opens the taxi's passenger door, a boy and girl walk over as the trio appear to board the vehicle. Seconds later, a car crashes into them from behind, hitting the taxi and knocking the woman and boy down. The girl manages to dodge. While the boy quickly gets back up on his feet, the woman struggles to stand as passers-by offer assistance to her. In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said that they were alerted to an accident involving a car, a taxi and four people at the abovementioned location at about 7.50am on Monday. A 48-year-old woman, as well as a 42-year-old woman and her six-year-old son were conveyed conscious to the hospital. Meanwhile, a 59-year-old male taxi driver sustained minor injuries but refused to be taken to hospital.

SINGAPORE — The court has ordered items belonging to anti-vaccine group founder Iris Koh and her husband Raymond Ng to be seized and sold. This was after the couple failed to pay up costs ordered in a defamation suit they had filed against former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng that was struck out in December 2024. Cheng's lawyers and a court sheriff turned up at their home in Farrer Park Road at about 10.20am on Feb 10. They attempted to execute an enforcement order for the seizure of Koh and Ng's possessions but were unsuccessful as the couple did not let them into their Housing Board flat. Forced entry is not typically exercised by the sheriff on the first attempt at execution, but it may be used, if necessary, on subsequent attempts. Koh, 48, and Ng, 51, along with former Progress Singapore Party member Brad Bowyer, Bevan Tey and Chan Swee Cheong, had previously filed a defamation suit against Cheng over comments he made on Facebook in June 2024 that criticised people spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.

A new Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) services centre is set to open on April 7. Located at 2 Crawford Street, the new ICA Services Centre (ISC) is adjacent to the current ICA building. It will maintain the same operating hours of 8am to 4.30pm from Monday to Friday. A more «seamless transaction experience» is to be expected at the new services centre, ICA said in a press release on Monday (Feb 10). Instead of visiting different levels of the ICA building for different services, the public will be able to enjoy a suite of services at a «single touchpoint» in the ISC. Come July, members of the public will be able to self-collect their identity card and passport from automated kiosks at the services centre. This means they won't have to make an appointment before collection.  More details will be announced at a later date, ICA said. Suspension of counter services at ICA building Counter services at the current ICA building will be suspended between April 1 and 4 to ensure a smooth transition to the new services centre.

Two Singaporeans who were self-radicalised online have been issued orders under the Internal Security Act (ISA), the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Monday (Feb 10). The first, 18-year-old student Nick Lee Xing Qiu, was given a detention order last December. He was radicalised by violent far-right extremist ideologies and aspired to carry out attacks against Malays and Muslims in Singapore. The teen also identified as an «East Asian supremacist» who believed in the superiority of Chinese, Korean and Japanese ethnicities. The other Singaporean, 56-year-old housewife Hamizah Hamzah, was issued with a restriction order. Her radicalisation was triggered by the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict, which led her to support the Axis of Resistance (AOR), a network of Islamist militant and terrorist organisations.

The mezzanine floor of a Toa Payoh warehouse that collapsed last month was built without the approval of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) or the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). The incident, which occurred on Jan 28 at 11 Toa Payoh Industrial Park, resulted in three people being trapped under rugs and storage racks. Four people, two of whom were children, were taken to the hospital. SCDF said on Monday (Feb 10) that inspections of the premises on Jan 28 and Jan 31 found that a fire safety certificate had not been obtained for the affected mezzanine floor. Under the Fire Safety Act, those who wish to carry out any addition or alteration works at their premises must first seek SCDF's approval for the fire safety works involved. This requires the building owner or whomever responsible to engage a qualified professional to prepare and submit their plans to SCDF.

SINGAPORE - Train services resumed fully on the North East Line (NEL) on Feb 10 after some delays during the morning rush hour due to a signalling fault. Commuters had experienced up to a 30-minute delay because of a signalling fault in Buangkok on the morning of Feb 10. In a social media post at 8.23am, train operator SBS Transit said NEL is back to full regular service, but added that free regular and bridging bus services are still available. In its first social media post at 6.23am, SBS Transit said commuters should expect an additional travel time of 10 minutes, which it later updated to 15 minutes. At 7.11am, it revised the delay to 20 minutes and later to 30 minutes at 7.43am. Free regular bus services are available at Serangoon, Hougang and Sengkang bus interchanges while free bridging bus services are available at bus stops near affected stations between Dhoby Ghaut and Punggol Coast stations, SBS Transit said. Commuters who need to make their way to HarbourFront station can change to the Circle Line (CCL) at Serangoon station, it added.

A dissatisfied customer lost her temper at the staff of a restaurant in Clementi after he supposedly spoke to her in Mandarin. Videos of the incident which occurred at the Sushi Express outlet in The Clementi Mall about 6pm on Thursday (Feb 6) were shared by another customer, only known as Kirsten, to Stomp. In one of the videos, the customer can be heard telling an employee at the payment counter: «I don't want to talk to you. Please call your manager.» This prompts the employee to comment negatively on the woman's attitude as she walks off. In another video, the same employee can be heard telling the woman in Mandarin: «You suddenly screamed and shouted, saying I thought you were Chinese.» The woman then turns to a different member of staff and says: «You see this kind of attitude. Is this the way [to speak when] being in the service line?» A third video shows the woman gesturing wildly while threatening to call the police to «dig out [the] CCTV (footage)». «It's okay. I can waste your time,» she adds.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to assault a priest at a Catholic church on Sunday (Feb 9). In a Facebook post by the Singapore Police Force today, it stated that police had received a call for assistance at 10.35am to the Church of the Holy Spirit, located at 248 Upper Thomson Road. According to the statement, preliminary investigations revealed that the Singaporean man had allegedly tried to assault a priest after the church service as the congregation was dispersing.  The man was identified as a regular church-goer.  He was detained immediately by church security personnel and no weapon was found in his possession, the police stated, adding that the man was later handed over to responding police officers. The priest did not sustain any injuries, according to police.

SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party (WP) has been walking the ground in at least eight constituencies, including Tampines and Pasir Ris-Punggol GRCs, putting it on track to contest one-third of the seats in Parliament in the coming general election. Nine new faces and former candidates who may stand under the opposition party's banner have been seen with its MPs walking the ground in these areas. This includes new faces who could fill its two empty seats in Sengkang and Aljunied GRCs. Political observers said the party, which currently controls two GRCs and one SMC, may be looking to field more than 30 candidates this general election, up from 21 the last round. This would be in line with its long-time goal of winning a third of the seats in the House. The WP has not said how many candidates it will field in the upcoming election, nor where it will contest. It did not respond to queries on its possible new candidates. Where have WP's new faces been seen? In Sengkang GRC, Mr Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik, senior property manager of Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC), has been seen in photos with the constituency's MPs.

SINGAPORE – More than 2,000 people in Singapore made appointments to get the influenza vaccine on Feb 4, one day after the shock announcement on Feb 3 of Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu’s death, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. In comparison, about 3,000 appointments were made online via the Health Appointment System throughout January. Hsu, best known for her role in the iconic drama series Meteor Garden, died on Feb 2 at the age of 48 after succumbing to influenza-related pneumonia while travelling in Japan with her family. Despite the surge in appointments, MOH assured the public that Singapore has sufficient stock of the influenza vaccine. It added that arrangements are in place for public healthcare institutions and general practitioners (GPs) to procure additional supplies if demand increases. News of Hsu’s death also sparked a surge in demand for flu shots in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Taiwan had to purchase an additional 100,000 doses of the vaccine, as its publicly funded doses were expected to run out within a week, news outlet Focus Taiwan reported on Feb 6.

The highly anticipated Toto Hong Bao Draw on Friday (Feb 7) saw its $12.6 million jackpot split among three tickets. The winning numbers are 16, 18, 22, 23, 28 and 35, with 32 as the additional number. According to Singapore Pools, one of the winning tickets, a QuickPick System 8 entry, was bought from the 7-Eleven outlet at 3 McCallum Street. The other winning tickets, both QuickPick System 7 entries, were bought from a Singapore Pools outlet in Lorong 4 Toa Payoh and the Singapore Pools account betting service. The Group 2 prize of $73,857 was split among 36 tickets. Snaking queues formed at several Singapore Pools outlets before Friday night's draw, as the large jackpot drew punters hoping to strike gold.

Billionaire hotelier Ong Beng Seng has been diagnosed with cancer. The 79-year-old has been undergoing chemotherapy for multiple myeloma, which is a type of blood cancer characterised by abnormal expansion of cancerous plasma cells in the bone marrow, according to CNA. At Ong's pre-trial conference on Friday (Feb 7), his lawyers said they will «review [their] position», reported The Business Times. His bail was extended and the conference has been adjourned to Feb 28.

A male pedestrian was taken to hospital following a hit-and-run involving a personal mobility device (PMD) on Thursday (Feb 6). The accident took place along Yishun Ring Road towards Yishun Avenue 9 around 11.45pm, the police said in response to queries from AsiaOne. The 33-year-old man was conveyed conscious to Khoo Tech Puat Hospital, the Singapore Civil Defence Force told AsiaOne. A video of the incident uploaded to Facebook group SG Road Vigilante, shows a man lying face down on the road, with a PMD in close proximity. Another person can be seen going up to the man before turning back towards the PMD instead. He trips and falls over the PMD, before getting back on his feet and wheeling the device to the side of the road. As he clears debris on the road, another man wearing a motorcycle helmet is seen walking towards the man lying on the road. An SCDF ambulance and uniformed personnel are also spotted at the scene. Police investigations are ongoing.

«Everybody has a dream - to pursue our dreams, we must win,» said Keith Yeo, one of the many Toto Hong Bao Draw hopefuls this year. Yeo, 46, was queuing outside Tong Aik Huat, a popular Singapore Pools retailer in Hougang, when interviewed by AsiaOne on Friday (Feb 7) morning. Back in 2024, one of the winning tickets was sold at that outlet, marking the fifth time that the outlet has produced a winning Group 1 ticket that year. The large jackpot pool of $12 million attracted a crowd in Hougang, where the queue at Tong Aik Huat easily exceeded over a hundred people and stretched well into the HDB car park behind the outlet. Yeo said that he tries his luck every year - this year, he's pooled together $500 with his friends in hopes of striking it big to fulfill his dreams.

Former transport minister S Iswaran has been placed on home detention as of Friday (Feb 7). Iswaran will serve the remaining eight months of his one-year sentence at home, under specific conditions. These include curfew monitoring using an electronic monitoring tag, being gainfully occupied either in work, study or training, and reporting to the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) for counselling. «He has been assessed suitable for emplacement on the scheme, as he is of low risk of re-offending, did not commit any institutional offence in prison, and has strong family support,» a SPS spokesperson said in response to AsiaOne's queries. Under the Prisons Act, inmates who display good conduct in prison are eligible for remission after serving either two-thirds or 14 days of their sentence, whichever ends later. A prisoner is also eligible to be released on the home detention scheme for a period not exceeding 12 months if they are serving a sentence of four weeks or more and have served at least 14 days of their sentence.

SINGAPORE — Raymond Ng Kai Hoe, who is the husband of anti-vaccine group Healing the Divide founder Iris Koh, was on Feb 7 handed 12 cheating charges involving nearly $61,000. In 2019 and 2020, he allegedly committed multiple counts of cheating linked to a company called Vendshare that dealt with vending machines. There were 12 alleged victims and around $60,800 was involved. The amounts ranged between $1,000 and $13,900 per person. Between Aug 25 and Dec 25, 2019, Ng, 51, who is a former director at the firm, allegedly cheated a man by duping him into believing the payments made to Vendshare were for the co-ownership of coffee vending machines. According to court documents, Ng purportedly dishonestly induced him to make payments totalling $2,500 to Vendshare. Ng also allegedly cheated 11 other people by using a similar method. One of the men, who was purportedly duped between November 2019 and June 2020, was allegedly cheated of the largest amount — $13,900. On Feb 7, the court heard that Ng is not pleading guilty, and his case will be mentioned again on March 7.

SINGAPORE – About 23 tonnes of diesel oil leaked from the Police Coast Guard Brani Regional Base in southern Singapore into surrounding waters on Feb 5. In a joint statement, the Singapore Police Force, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and National Environment Agency said on Feb 6 that the oil leak was discovered at 11.40am on Feb 5 and “isolated” at about 3.40pm the same day. They said that about 23 tonnes of oil had leaked from a damaged shore fuel hose used to refuel patrol craft at Selat Sengkir. This is at least the fifth incident involving oil spilling into Singapore’s waters since June 2024. The authorities said “there were no oil slicks observed”, but added that an oily sheen could be seen in some areas. Members of the public told The Straits Times they saw patches of oil in the waters off the resort island of Sentosa. Mr Sirius Ng, an outrigger paddler with the Singapore Paddle Club, told ST that he saw patches of oil off the entire south-western coast of Sentosa, from Tanjong Rimau to Tanjong Beach, on Feb 6 from around 6.45am to 8am.

Unable to focus at work after discovering that his girlfriend had cheated on him, a man decided to forge his grandfather's death certificate in order to take leave from his job. For his actions, Barath Gopal, 29, received a fine of $4,000 after pleading guilty on Wednesday (Feb 5) to one count of forgery under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, local media outlets reported on Thursday. Gopal was working as a security financing operation analyst between November 2022 and December 2023, according to The Straits Times. Distraught after finding out about his girlfriend's infidelity in November 2023, he decided to take a break from work. However, instead of filing for leave using the four days of annual leave he had held at the time, Gopal lied to his supervisor. He claimed that his grandfather had died in his sleep and requested three days of compassionate leave — the maximum duration allowed under the company's policy. His leave request from Nov 8 to Nov 10, 2023, was granted.