A man has been arrested after he was spotted at the Geylang Serai Market taxi stand dancing and interacting with members of the public boarding cabs. In a video shared on SG Road Vigilante Facebook Group on Nov 20, the individual, who donned a red cap, would help passengers open taxi doors and load their items into the vehicle's boot. Once the cars drove off, he would animatedly signal for the next vehicle to come forward by dancing and rolling his arms. He was also seen assisting an elderly person in a wheelchair down the slope and into a taxi. Throughout this, two police officers stood by and watched him. At several points of the clip, the man would gesticulate at the police in a seemingly frustrated manner. «Singapore Police officers looked bewildered while man provide doorman services that rival Narajan Singh at Raffles Hotel,» read the video caption. In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they received a call for assistance at 1 Geylang Serai on Nov 19 at about 11.10am. 

Transport operator SBS Transit will take disciplinary action against one of its traffic inspectors seen shouting at an elderly man who had jumped the queue at the Johor Bahru checkpoint bus stop. In a video uploaded onto Facebook page The SG Daily on Friday (Nov 21), the elderly man was seen pointing at the traffic inspector before the SBS Transit staff member raised his voice and appeared to shout an expletive while gesticulating at the older man. As the traffic inspector yelled «go back», a commuter already on the bus pulled the elderly man onto the vehicle. According to the video caption, the incident happened on Nov 20 at around 7.10pm. A witness shared that they were sitting in the front row of the bus when the incident occurred.They recounted that the elderly man had tried to skip the queue, claiming he was sick and needed to get on the bus.He later began arguing with the bus staff member and had allegedly threatened to hit someone. 

SINGAPORE – Lions fans can breathe a sigh of relief as their hero of the hour Ilhan Fandi will not be out for long, despite earlier concerns that he might have suffered a serious injury after his heroics in the 2-1 Asian Cup qualifying win in Hong Kong on Nov 18.Holding a crutch and with his left foot in a protective boot, the 23-year-old arrived at Changi Airport the following day with the rest of the Singapore team and headed straight to the hospital for checks.The doctor told him on Nov 20 that there was no fracture.However, there was some soft tissue injury in his left leg and he is expected to be out for three to four weeks.Ilhan will remain in Singapore for physiotherapy before returning to Thai giants Buriram United, where he is on loan from parent club BG Pathum United, on Nov 27.He told The Straits Times: “At first, I thought it was something bad because I heard a loud crack in my left foot and was very worried. Thank God, it was not as serious as I feared.“I’m thankful for all the concern from the fans. I was just doing my job and these things can happen. The most important thing was that we qualified for the Asian Cup.

The rail reliability task force has made «good progress» in developing measures to improve the performance of Singapore's train network, said the expert panel appointed to advise the group on its findings.Panel member Dr Tony Lee, who was formerly operations and innovation director at Hong Kong's MTR, made the remark on Friday (Nov 21) as he wrapped up his five-day visit here.Representing the other international rail experts on the panel — Patrick Bauchart, Dr Cai Chang Jun, Professor Tsay Huel-Sheng and Kon Shinichiro — Dr Lee told reporters that they have reviewed the preliminary findings and suggestions of the LTA-led task force.«We are genuinely impressed by the remarkable progress made in such a short time,» he said, referring to the formation of the task force in September 2025 following a spate of train disruptions.

A campaign aimed at promoting awareness about drink-driving and responsible behaviour on the roads has returned following a rise in the number of arrests.The annual initiative known as the Anti-Drink Drive Campaign is organised by the traffic police (TP) and typically runs during festive periods with community outreach and enforcement operations.Speaking at the launch of the 2025 campaign at Clarke Quay on Friday (Nov 21), Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Sim Ann said that there were 94 drink-driving accidents from January to August this year —  a 17 per cent dip from 113 during the same period in 2024. But arrests have increased by four per cent to 1,173 from 1,130.«These numbers showed that there are still motorists who continue to take reckless risks with their own lives and that of other road users,» said Sim.The senior minister of state also cited recent cases this year, including a 56-year-old veteran criminal lawyer who was sentenced to eight weeks’ jail on Nov 7 for driving, while drunk, into the central guard railings and then lying to the police that he was not the driver.

A total of 185 people, including 173 students and 12 staff members, across six E-Bridge pre-schools developed gastroenteritis symptoms after consuming food supplied by the same caterer.Gastroenteritis is commonly known as stomach flu or food poisoning.In a joint media statement by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) and the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) on Friday (Nov 21), they said they are investigating six incidents of gastroenteritis at the E-Bridge pre-schools in Bukit Panjang, Canberra, Montreal and Woodlands Drive; at Block 471B Yishun Street 42 and Block 504 Yishun Street 51.Among those affected, one student was hospitalised but is now in a stable condition, while others have either sought outpatient treatment, self-medicated or since recovered without treatment.The agencies said that all six pre-schools had their meals supplied by Middleton International School Pte Ltd — located at 2 Tampines Street 92. 

A 73-year-old taxi driver was taken conscious to hospital after an accident in Hougang along Upper Serangoon Road in the early hours of Friday (Nov 21). The crash involved a ComfortDelGro taxi and a Trans-cab taxi. The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident along Upper Serangoon Road towards Sengkang East Drive at about 3.05am. The other driver, a 53-year-old man, is assisting with investigations. A video of the scene shared on TikTok shows a blue ComfortDelGro taxi with the driver's door slightly ajar and its hazard lights on. A red Trans-cab taxi is seen on the other side of the road divider, having stopped against the flow of traffic with debris, skid marks and an oil slick on the road behind it.In a separate video, a passer-by can be heard speaking in Mandarin as he checks on the taxi driver, informing him that an ambulance is on the way.

A 16-year-old was among 250 people who are assisting in investigations for their suspected involvement in scams as scammers or money mules, where victims reportedly lost more than $7.74 million.Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and the seven police land divisions conducted a two-week operation between Nov 7 and 20, said the Singapore Police Force in a statement on Friday (Nov 21).A total of 84 women and 166 men, aged between 16 and 79, are believed to be involved in more than 950 cases of scams, comprising mainly e-commerce scams, friend impersonation scams, job scams, government official impersonation scams, investment scams and rental scams.They are being investigated for the alleged offences of cheating, money laundering or providing payment services without a licence. Under Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871, the offence of cheating carries a jail term of up to 10 years and a fine. Under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992, the offence of money laundering carries an imprisonment of up to 10 years, a fine of up to $500,000, or both. 

One hundred and forty suspected drug offenders were arrested and drugs seized in an islandwide operation from Nov 10 to 21, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement on Friday (Nov 21). The drugs seized include about 4.3kg of heroin, cannabis, Ice and Ecstasy tablets, among others.Also seized was a small amount of ketamine and numerous vape-related products including 316 e-vaporisers and 1,342 e-vaporiser pods believed to contain etomidate.The drugs seized are estimated to be worth more than $892,000, and the heroin, Ice and cannabis could potentially feed the addiction of 2,873 abusers for a week.The operation was conducted in areas including Bedok, Bugis, Bukit Batok, Geylang, Jurong, Sembawang and Yishun.Over 1,600 e-vaporisers and pods seized in YishunOn Nov 13, a 36-year-old Singaporean man was arrested for suspected drug-related offences at a residential unit near Yishun Ring Road. Cash amounting to about $5,320 and various foreign currencies such as Thai baht and Brunei dollars were seized from the unit. 

Online marketplace Carousell will be implementing enhanced safeguards by Jan 31, 2026, to prevent the misuse of verified accounts for scams, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday (Nov 21).It said that the need for additional safeguards comes amid an increasing number of e-commerce scams perpetrated by scammers using Singpass-verified Carousell accounts.To enhance security, the popular online marketplace has committed to improving authentication processes and suspending accounts detected to have been relinquished to scammers.It will also blacklist Singpass credentials used to verify suspended scam accounts from verifying new accounts.Under the e-commerce code of the Online Criminal Harms Act, Carousell was previously required to conduct enhanced verification on selected high-risk sellers and advertisers between July 1 and Dec 31, 2024, with the pilot subsequently extended to June 30, 2025.The ministry said the total number of reported scams on Carousell decreased by about 36 per cent between April and June 2025 from the same period last year.

A Singaporean man who is suspected to be a member of a Cambodian scam syndicate escaped to Thailand and hid at his wife's house in the northeastern Khon Kaen province, Thai police revealed.Brian Sie Eng Fa, 32, whose wife is Thai, was arrested upon request by the Singapore police, said the Thai police's Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Nov 19).He was arrested at his wife's house, which is in Si Chomphu district of Khon Kaen province, on charges of overstaying in Thailand, said the CIB.Sie and another alleged syndicate member, Singaporean Wayne Soh You Chen, were charged at the State Courts on Nov 17 under the Organised Crime Act, having been deported to Singapore and arrested on arrival a day earlier. Soh was arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Thai Police Lieutenant Colonel Narongrit Phumphuang told local media that Sie confessed to working as a «finance administrator» for the scam ring, earning about US$4,000 (S$5230) monthly.