Man jail and caned for child abuse

A 48 years old man was jailed for 24 years and at least 24 strokes of cane for assualting and molesting an eight year old girl. The girl had injuries on her head and bruises on her hands. She was first spotted injured by her school counsellor. The man pleaded guilty for pulling her hair, punching her face and slashing her with a table ornament.

Attack on mosque kills 40

Militians stormed a mosque with army officers in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday leaving at least 40 people dead in an onslaught of gunfire, grenades and explosions. At least four gunmen launched the deadly attack, opening fire and tossing grenades into the crowd gathering for Friday prayers in the city.

Girl, 5, run over by car

She had started piano lessons at a music school in Punggol Plaza three weeks ago and was already showing a flair for the keys. On the way to her weekly class on Tuesday evening with her grandfather, a car ran into Lin Qian, killing the five-year-old instantly. The pair were believed to have been jaywalking across the two-lane Punggol Field road at about 8pm when she was hit.

Lover torched fish farm, jailed

A cleaner who had a dispute with her lover over financial and personal matters torched his fish farm, causing damage of more than $200,000. On Friday, Liu Gui Ling, 37, a Chinese national, was jailed for nine weeks for her mischief. She purposely threw two lighted matchsticks within the grounds of the Pasir Ris fish farm in April this year. She was jailed nine weeks.

Man found dead in office

The body of a 32-year-old Indian national was found inside an office unit of a building construction company at 25 Kaki Bukit Crescent on Friday morning. Police said they received a call from an employee of the company at about 9.15am. He was pronounced dead by paramedics about half an hour later. The case has been classified as murder. It is unclear what led to his death.

Teen gang attacks 3 boys

A 12 year old boy was at Tiong Bahru Park with two of his friends when a group of six teens confronted him on Wednesday afternoon. The gang accused the boys of having assaulted one of their member's younger brothers. The teens, aged 12 to 20, asked the boy and his friends to surrender their belongings, which included $30 in cash and a $500 mobile phone. The teens then punched one of the boys in the eye and slapped another in the back before fleeing.

Dead after wedding

Hours after celebrating his wedding, the groom was found dead on the driveway of the Hilton Hotel in Orchard Road early on Wednesday. Mr Vernon Leong Jun Wei, 31, who ran a computer shop in Sim Lim Square, had earlier held his wedding reception at the five-star hotel attended by over 300 guests. He was last seen smoking at the rooftop garden on the 24th floor of the hotel. His body, clad in T-shirt and shorts, was found on the driveway of the hotel at about 3am.

Stabbed teen

A teenager accused of murdering his girlfriend claimed on Friday that as he stabbed her repeatedly, she told him: 'I love you.' Pathip Selvan Sugumaran, 23, told the High Court that those were her last words, as she died moments later. She suffered 15 external injuries, three of them fatal stab wounds to her neck, shoulder and chest. The stab wound to the chest went so deep that it cut through her stomach and into her ribs.

H1N1 deaths up 700 in a week

The number of swine flu deaths jumped by 700 in a week, reaching more than 5,700 worldwide since the virus was first uncovered in April. The biggest rise was recorded in the Americas region, where 4,175 deaths have now been reported to the WHO, up 636 from data published last week. Fatal cases in Europe also climbed to at least 281, while those in Asia-Pacific rose to 1,070.

3 TVs stolen at West Coast Rd

3 television sets on a delivery truck were stolen on Wednesday at an open-air carpark near Block 504 West Coast Road. The driver had parked the vehicle at around 10.20am that day and realised later at another deliery location that the TV sets, worth $3700, were missing from the lorry. The padlock used to secure the lorry's side door was also found to be missing.

Zoo cleaner's death suicide

Zoo cleaner Nordin Montong, 32, deliberately got himself mauled to death by two white tigers on Nov 13 last year. The night earlier, he had told his cousin, who was then also working here, that he intended to go back to Sarawak the very next day as he missed his parents. Witnesses were however certain that he did not try to defend or save himself when the tigers attacked him.

Prata man whips up poem

Govindarajan Elangovan, 36, whips up pratas and curries at his food stall. Sundays though are for poetry. That is when his stall in Bukit Batok Crescent is closed and he can write. It is hard going, but the father of two's perseverance has paid off. He won second prize for Tamil poetry at the Singapore Press Holdings-National Arts Council Golden Point Award competition.

4th typhoon hits Philippines

A powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital on Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm. Rescue teams were dispatched to the flooded communities but were having difficulty moving in light trucks. Strong winds toppled trees and power poles, slowing traffic on some highways, radio stations reported.

Charged with theft from taxis

A store manager was charged in a district court on Friday with two counts of theft and attempted theft from parked taxis at multi-storey carparks. Lam Kam Wah, 46, believed to be involved in a series of similar cases, allegedly tried to steal items from a taxi at the multi-storey carpark at Block 687 Woodlands Drive 75 at 1.17am on Wednesday.

Child trafficking ring busted

Police in north China have busted a ring of baby traffickers suspected of pocketing up to 400,000 yuan (S$80,800) through the sale of 52 children. Police arrested 42 suspected ring members who allegedly trafficked 19 boys and 33 girls in northern Hebei and Shanxi provinces as well as eastern Shandong and the capital Beijing.

Pakistan suicide bomb kills 7

A suicide bomber struck a checkpoint near a military complex reportedly linked to Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme on Friday, killing seven people. The attack took place near the Kamra, around 50km from the capital, Islamabad. The attacker was riding a bicycle and detonated his explosives at a checkpoint on a road.

Blasts kill 8 in Pakistan

Bombers targeted an air force base and an upmarket restaurant hours apart in Pakistan on Friday, unleashing fresh bloodshed in a 19-day wave of attacks that has left nearly 200 people dead. Militants again brought the fight to the military's front door when a bomber blew himself up during morning rush hour in the town of Kamra. Eight people were killed.

Pet groomer hit dog, jailed

Pet groomer Sun Hu was jailed two weeks for using a clipper to hit a dog last month. The three-year-old Maltese terrier died of head injuries while still on the grooming table. Sun, 24, had been working for a year at the Strawberry Pet Shop in Corporation Road in Jurong.On Sept 13, Mr Deva Rajan Kamalasanan, 47, brought his pet, Junior, to the shop for grooming. About 30 minutes later, he received a phone call telling him that his pet had died.

Fireworks store blaze kills 30

At least 30 people were killed and 10 others injured when a blaze swept through a warehouse containing firecrackers on the eve of the Diwali festival on Friday in New Delhi. Police said 30 badly charred bodies had been pulled out of the warehouse, which was a wholesale point for firecrackers and operations were continuing.

Damaged schools made new

Tangalle Primary was one of three upgraded and refurbished schools in the island's southern province that was inaugurated by visiting Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday. All three had been severely damaged in the Dec 26 tsunami which took a massive toll across Indonesia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka.

2 more earthquakes

Indonesia was rocked by two earthquakes yesterday, less than a day after a top United Nations official said governments in Asia's most catastrophe-prone areas should set aside one-tenth of their development funds to limit the risk of disaster. The world spent US$12 billion (S$16.7 billion) on humanitarian responses to disasters last year.

S'pore ships hit by pirates

Pirates have attacked 20 Singapore-registered ships passing through waters off Somalia since March last year. The latest of these is the hijacking of a container ship, with 21 crew on board, including two Singapore permanent residents, was heading to the Kenyan port of Mombasa when it was overrun by the bandits at about 10am Singapore time.

Man poured urine, jailed

A man who poured urine over the head of a 30-year-old man whom he had also cheated was jailed a day and fined $10,000 on Thursday. Chan Ming Yuan, 24, was also fined another $800 for wearing a navy captain uniform at the Bedok police division when he was not from the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Floods kill over 100 in south india

Floods following heavy rains have killed at least 102 people in the past 72 hours. Most of the victims were either washed away in the river or died when their home collapsed. Army troops sent in food packets and medical aid in areas affected by the floodwaters.

Sri Lanka van blast

1 killed and 12 hurt in the explosion in the north-western Sri Lanka. Most victims are students while they were boarding the van. The driver, as well as some parents who were dropping off their children were also hurt. The cause is unclear whether it is caused by explosive or accidental ignition of a gas tank inside the van.

Thousands likely dead

Indonesia said the expected the death toll from a massive earthquake to climb into the thousands, as rescue workers dug with their bare hands to reach those trapped under rubble. The first flights landed with food, medicine and body bags began arriving in the devastated region on Sumatra island. The 7.6-magnitude quake caused buildings to crumble and fires to rage in Padang city, home to nearly a million people on the coast of Sumatra.

Fast food fork found in the lungs.

A 2.5cm piece of plastic was removed from the lung of a man. He probaly inhaled it while having a drink from Wendy's. On the plastic printed the fast food restuarant name called Wendy's. He saw multiple doctors and they said that there was a foreign object in his left lung which resulted in coughing, fatigue, pneumonia and breathing difficulties.

Mini T-Rex fossil found in China

A pint sized version of the T-rex dinosaur skull have been found in China. T-Rex dinosuars have powerful arms and legs, with sharp razor teeth roams China some 125 million years ago. It measured 3m, weighed only about 60kg and was nearly 100 times smaller than the king of the dinosaurs.

Noordin Top killed.

Noordin Top was shot in a dramatic nine hour siege. Three bullets ripped into Noordin. One hit into his head, others hit into his ribs and thigh. The back of his head was shattered when he was flung back by an explosive which was thrown into the house. Noordin was apparently preparing to make a run. In his backpack was a laptop and some documents. He had a loaded gun and bullets in his pocket.

Hospital blaze kills 38

Officials in Kazakhstan say 38 people were killed in a fire at a drug treatment center early on Sunday. The blaze broke out and spread over an area of 7,000 sq. feet. Emergency workers evacuated 40 people from the building during the fire. The cause of the blaze was not yet unclear.

Workers die in skyscraper fall

FIVE workers died on Sunday after plunging more than a dozen floors down a lift shaft in Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper and the fourth tallest building in the world. The workers were believed to have been working on a platform in a lift shaft on the 27th floor when it suddenly gave way and fell to the 10th floor. They are all dead and 1 is believed to be missing.

Woman, baby, die in blaze

A woman and her three-month-old baby perished in a fire that broke out at their home in Jalan Pudu early on Thursday. Mrs Lee Yoke Kun, 28, woke her family up at 1.15am to alert them of the fire. They had to crawl out through the thick smoke. Mrs Lee and her baby Yee Lean did not make it to safety after the fire had been put out. She was found still holding on to her baby in one of the rooms.

Liquor scam busted

10 people, including a husband and wife team, were arrested after officers raided 20 premises islandwide on Thursday. About 18 thousands of branded vodka, whisky, wines and 1600 cans of beers were seized. The amount of duties and goods & servicers tax evaded came up to about $400,000. The bottles of liquor are switched with empty alcohol bottles or mineral water bottles and packed into cartons to export.

Woman jailed, Boyfriend died of cancer

A young woman from china is now in jail for drug offences while her Singaporean boyfriend, who was detained along with her, died of stomach cancer.The chinese national was carrying a handbag, a gift from her boyfriend during christmas, contained 4.2g of herion. Inside the bag contains a red plastic bag with 15 packets of powdery substance in it. She was jailed 2 years for herion possession.

Baby's heart now in place

The baby, who was born with a heart on the outside of his body, is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery to create space for the organ. They gently place the heart partly in the heart cavity and partly in the stomach cavity without twisting or rotating anything. The baby was in critical but stable condition.

Heavy rains kills 12

Twelve people were killed and more than a dozen oithers injured after heavyovernight rain swept away houses in the indian city of Mumbai. Around 15 homes most of them are illegal shanties, were washed away in a land slide. Landslides are common during the annual monsoon season, which last from june to september.

Earthquake in Java

A remote village in west java was struck by a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit indonesia on wednesday afternoon. 63 were killed and 58 were buried inside a landslide. 13 houses have been trapped and around 30 people, a dozen of children and 2 babies, 24 bodies have been found. Survivors said that the help came late and they needed tents, food and medical supplies. Only one tent for 28 families that night.

Hospital on alert for new flu wave

The first wave infected about 700,000 people. Hospitals are making sure they have enough wards, manpower, medical supplyment and infection control measures in place to prepare for the next wave of influenza A. The second wave is expected to arrive during winter in the northen hemisphere and almost 2 billion people worldwide will get affected by this wave.

Severe H1N1 strikes lungs

Doctors are reporting a severe form of the Influenza A (H1N1) that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment. Some countries are reporting that as many as 15 per cent of patients hospitalised with the H1N1 pandemic virus need intensive care. H1N1 spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health.

Boat sinks, 8 dead, 18 trapped

Eight people died and 18 are feared trapped inside a cargo vessel which sank on a river in Indonesia's Borneo island. Indonesia's 234 million people are spread across 17,000 islands and so are heavily dependent on a network of ships and boats, which have a poor safety record. Up to 335 people were killed when a ferry sank off Sulawesi island in January. In December 2006 a ferry went down in a storm off the coast of Java, killing more than 500 people.

18 years jail for insult

A THAI court sentenced an activist Friday to 18 years in prison, on charges of insulting the monarchy in speeches during political rallies. The court sentenced Daranee, a jounalist-turned-activist, to six years in prison. Dressed in an orange prison uniform, Daranee smiled and flashed a victory sign to cameras as she was escorted from the courtroom by guards. She maked 3 different insulting remarks about the king.

H1N1 flu found in birds

The outbreak in Chile was announced last week, It was the first case of the virus found outside humans and pigs. If the flu is to mutate with H5N1 which is bird flu, it would be even more contagious and deadly. Bird flu, which has been circulating in Asia for years, has killed 262 out of 433 infected globally since 2003. Indonesia alone accounted for more than 100 deaths.

Granny hit by lorry, dies

Nearly every morning, for 50 years, Madam Chia Siew Lang would cross the street near her flat to buy groceries. Early on Thursday morning, that routine came to a tragic end when she was hit by a lorry. She suffered serious head injuries but was still conscious and was taken to Changi General Hospital. Madam Chia, 80, died in a hospital nearly two hours later.

A chinese born man whose wife was reported missing to police was found trying to hide her body inside the wall of a house in Australia's north-east. He was charged with murder after detectives investigating the disappearance of his wife discovered him trying to hide her body in the wall.

Suicide bombers kill 21 in Iraq

Two suicide bombers detonated vests packed with explosives in a cafe in a town near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing 21 people. There has been a series of high-profile bombings in and around Mosul in the past fortnight and the US military said on Tuesday that a resilient Al-Qaeda had set off a string of deadly blasts.

7 women shot dead in sauna

SEVEN women were shot dead in a sauna in Dagestan and, in separate attacks, eight policemen and two separatists were also killed in Russia's northern Caucasus region late on Thursday. The attacks are the latest in a sharp upswing in violence against civilians across the region, where a local minister was shot dead in his office earlier this week.

Man dies after lorry hits him

A chinese man died on Saturday after his colleague reversed a lorry into him. The 23-year-old victim worked for a company that collects glass bottles from restaurants, was standing in the carpark behind Block 11 at Dempsey Hill when the incident took place. Police received a call about the accident at 4pm. The victim, who was clad in a light blue shirt and jeans, died from serious head injuries at about 4.15pm.

Couple found dead in hotel

A couple were found dead at Fragrance Hotel Kovan in Upper Serangoon on Saturday, around noon. The man was in his early 40s while the woman was in her late 30s. Both were Chinese. The police said they received a call at 12.10pm Friday and found the motionless bodies in one of the rooms. Paramedics pronounced them dead 20 minutes later. The police have classified the case as an unnatural death and are investigating.

Hawaii closes beaches

Several beach parks on Hawaii's Big Island will be closed beginning Sunday afternoon because of Hurricane Felicia, which is expected to increase wave heights as it approaches land. Felicia peaked on Thursday as a Category 4 storm with winds topping 140 mph (225 kmh). But the weakening storm entered the Central Pacific Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (135 kmh).

An obese prisoner in Harris County, Texas has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat. George Vera, who weighs around 500 pounds (225 kilograms) was originally arrested last week for selling counterfeit CDs. Vera has been charged with possession of an illegal weapon in a correctional facility, which carries a penalty of two to 10 years in prison.

Making a meal of mice

Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls. The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in colour and with a shorter tail than the more common rat. Young boys have to be quick as they chase the mice through the fields and catch them. But local villagers have also come up with an innovative trap.

Man charged for phone scam

A 22-YEAR-OLD was charged on Friday with attempted cheating in a phone rebate scam. According to court documents, Muhammad Nazri Azman lied to a woman that she would receive monthly rebates of up to $500 cash for signing up for a mobile phone plan and giving the new cell phone to him. Nazri is alleged to have intended to disappear with the phone. There would also be no rebates. If convicted, he could be jailed up to 10 years and fined.

Baby revives after 'dying'

A premature infant given up for dead in Paraguay was found to have revived when he was taken home for a wake. Jose Alvarenga said his infant son was pronounced dead at 6pm local time on Thursday, and that hospital officials delivered the body to his Asuncion home in a box four hours later. Mr Alvarenga said he rushed his son back to the hospital, where nurses put the infant in an oxygen chamber, where he remains in a stable condition.

Panic as baby croc takes walk

A baby crocodile triggered panic among passengers on an EgyptAir flight from Abu Dhabi to Cairo on Friday when it took a leisurely stroll on board the aircraft. Terrified passengers screamed at the sight of the 30 centimetre reptile as it made its way under seats and down the aisle. Crew members managed to corner and capture the croc and handed it over to authorities when the plane landed in Cairo, where it was to be housed at the Giza zoo.

Tourist missing after snorkelling

An Australian tourist went missing while snorkelling alone off Indonesia's Lombok island. The man had gone snorkelling on Wednesday morning but he failed to return in the evening. He shouldn't have snorkelled alone. The people in the area said they had seen a man surfacing from the waters a few times. After that he disappeared.

Man with pistol charged

A man was charged in court on Wednesday with unlawfully carrying a semi-automatic pistol in a lorry in Ang Mo Kio earlier this week. He is alleged to have been armed with a Colt semi-automatic pistol at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Avenue 8 on Monday morning. If convicted, he faces a jail term of between five and 14 years and not less than six strokes of the cane.

21 more Thai fatalities

Thailand announced on Wednesday it has recorded 21 more H1N1 flu-related deaths over the past week, bringing the total number of fatalities to 65. The number of people infected with H1N1 flu jumped to 8,877 from 6,776.

Iraq hit by bomb attacks

Six Bombs exploded within minutes near mosques across baghdad yesterday. At least 26 were killed and 67 wounded. The blasts targeted people from the friday prayers.

Two thieves killed in accident

Two brothers were killed when their motorcycle rammed into a taxi while trying to escape after allegedly snatching a woman handbag yesterday. One of them smashed the passenager window of the woman Mercedes Benz while she was waiting at the traffic junction. He grab her Louis Vuitton bag which was on the seat.

Cops spray tear gas on strikers

South Korean police on Wednesday sprayed tear gas from helicopters to try to evict unionists armed with petrol bombs and slingshots from a loss-making auto plant. About 1,000 striking workers equipped with metal pipes, powerful slingshots and inflammable paint thinner have occupied the Ssangyong Motor plant in protest at job cuts designed to save the Chinese-invested company.

Thai H1N1 toll hits 44

The H1N1 flu death toll in Thailand rose to 44 on Wednesday, making it the country with the most reported fatalities in the Asia-Pacific region. The death toll, almost double the figure released last week, surpassed that of Australia, where 38 deaths linked to the virus have been recorded.

Thief stole chain from shop

Acting as a customer, a man asked to inspect a gold chain at a jewellery shop before sprinting off with it. The theft happened in a shop at 287 South Bridge Road on Tuesday at 11am.After the 'customer' entered the shop, he examined the jewellery on display and asked to view a gold chain worth $4,200. Once he took it, he backed away slowly and then dashed out of the shop, in the direction of Maxwell Road.

Fourth H1N1-related death

A Fourth patient has died in Singapore after developing complications from Influenza A. The 42-year-old Chinese Singaporean woman died of pneumonia. She went to Changi General Hospital's emergency department last Saturday after having had a fever, a cough, a sore throat and shortness of breath for five days. She was moved to intensive care that day but died on Friday morning.

US jet crashes in Afghanistan

A US military F-15E fighter jet crashed in Afghanistan early Saturday, killing two crew members, a US military spokesman said. US military spokesman Colonel Greg Julian said a second fighter aircraft travelling with the jet that went down saw no evidence of enemy fire.

7 women die in restaurant fire

Police says seven women died when a gas canister exploded, setting a restaurant ablaze in the Indonesian capital, Jarkata. Three of them from the same family, had been asleep upstairs when the fire broke out early on Monday morning. They were all employees. The entire building burned down. Police questioned the owner but suspect the fire was an accident and did not detain anyone.

Flu victim gives birth, dies

A 39-year-old woman with swine flu gave birth shortly before dying in london. The newborn baby is reportedly ill in intensive care in hospital. The woman is among the 29 deaths in Britain reported by health officials on Thursday, a sharp rise in the death toll from 17 announced earlier this week. Britain is the country worst hit by the pandemic in Europe, with estimates of 55,000 new cases last week.

Argentine pigs have H1N1

Health authorities here issued a nationwide alert on Friday after Argentine pigs were confirmed to have the H1N1 flu virus. The alert comes as global health officials worry that the A(H1N1) virus is rapidly spreading, and evolving, during the southern hemisphere's winter months. Thousands of people have contracted the virus in Argentina and 137 people in the country have died.

Fined $30 for eating sweet

The offender 48-year-old housewife, Mdm Bibi Zaina Binti Mohamed was fined $30 for eating sweets in the MRT. She said, 'I know it is not OK but I take it sometimes because I am giddy.' The officer did not buy her explaination. 500 enforcement officers have started patrolling trains for errant commuters and if you are caught consuming, first time offenders could be fined $30.

Flu worse for obese

Obese people appear to suffer more serverly from the influenze A (H1N1) flu than people of normal weight, doctors said. Among many who are serverly ill, are extremely overweight. Over in japan, 1.6% of adults are obese and there are no serverly ill H1N1 patients among the 2 thousand confirmed cases.

Snatch thief nabbed

A snatch thief who stole from an elderly woman was arrested on Friday. The 82-year-old woman was walking at the void deck of Block 48 in Stirling Road on Thursday noon when the suspect, 52, snatched her gold necklace.The gold necklace valued at about $300 was recovered. The suspect is also believed to be involved in two other cases of snatch theft at Leng Kee Road and Lengkok Bahru respectively.

No stairs, no view

For some Eunos HDB residents, getting a lift that stops on every floor has been more of a nightmare than a dream come true. They say that new lift shafts built on the outside of their blocks have robbed their flats of privacy and ventilation and blocked their views, as well as some light.

Stolen eagles finally home

Two bronze eagles were stolen from Central Park more than 30 years ago by a drug dealer who used them to store his stash are finally back at home. Prosecutors say the statues were stolen from the City Employees War Memorial at the Mall in the mid-1970s. They say a drug dealer hid narcotics and money in the statues and later sold the bronze eagles to a client for US$200. Federal agents seized the statues in May 2008 after receiving a tip from the drug dealer. The statues were handed over to the city's parks department this week.

The ballon sisters

The ballon sisters, who twist away strips of coloured latex into any shaped the children wants. 2 woman picked up this skills late in life and is using it to help less forturnate people across singapore. They make ballon scupltures at fun fairs and bazaars to raise money for charity.

Jailed for maid abuse

A Primary school teacher who abused his Indonesian maid on several occasions was sentenced to six weeks in jail. He threw a pot cover, a cup and a chair at the maid. She told the court that on one occasion, he hurled a chair at her after finding that the food she prepared for him had gone stale. The incident left her with bleeding and swollen toes. The primary school teacher was sentenced to 6 weeks jail.

Mum jailed for killing son

A depressed woman who killed her son was jailed for seven years on Friday. She committed the killing on May 15 last year in their Toa Payoh Lorong 2 flat.She have been living there with her parents and only child. She swallowed 50 tablets meant for high blood pressure and cut her own wrists with a penknife.

Teen dies after match

It was only his second taekwondo competition and 17-year-old Vincent Tan was fighting an opponent two belt levels above him. Barely a minute into the sparring match last Sunday, his slighter-built opponent, who had a brown belt, gave him a kick in the neck which ruptured a main blood vessel to his brain. He was seen fumbling with his head guard for a few seconds before tumbling onto the ground. First aid was immediately given to him, but he never gained consciousness. He died on Thursday afternoon in hospital.

400 000 evacuted from earthquake

An earthquake struck China, near Yao'an. 400 000 people were evacuated yesterday after the earthquake hit south west China, Flattening over 18 thousand homes. 1 person died and 328 were injured. 8 aftershocks folllowed the quake. Estimated of more den 1.26 millions life were disrupted by the quake.

Aral Sea vanishing

Images captured by earth observation shows the Aral Sea's shoreline, which seems to have shurnk by 80% from 2006 to this year. The Aral sea is 4th largest inland body of water in the world. The shoreline is expected to retreat even more in the next year.

H1N1 cases near 1,000

The Health Ministry said the H1N1 flu is here to stay, as the number of cases in Singapore crept close to 1,000 on Friday. 91 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 969 cases. Many countries no longer track or report the number of infected cases. The approach in managing this virus should be largely based on personal responsibility.

Eating and drinking in MRT rises

More commuters are caught munching or sipping drinks at MRT stations at least five times a day. Most commuters give excuses like they are rushing somewhere and that is their lunch or dinner. The fine is usually $30, even for repeated offender. A student was caught eating burger in the train by a patrol officer. When he was told to stop eating, the student just asked the officer to fine him and he does not care about it.

2 flu deaths in Thailand

Thailand confirmed its first two deaths from H1N1 flu as the health ministry said a 42-year-old man died on Saturday following the death last week of a woman from Bangkok. The first victim was a 40-year-old woman in Bangkok who died days ago in a private hospital. She also had heart disease. The ministry later confirmed that an engineer from Chonburi province, 80km from the capital had died at 9am on Saturday. Thailand reported its first case of H1N1 flu on May 12 and now has more than 1,000 confirmed cases.

Building collapses in Shanghai

A 13-storey residential building under construction in Shanghai collapsed on Saturday, killing one worker and highlighting the dangers of shoddy building in fast-urbanising China. The building, in the outskirts of the city, collapsed at around 6am Singapore time, with one construction worker killed. The block of high-rise residential flats was shown toppled onto its side in a muddy construction site. It appeared to be almost complete with fitted windows and a finished, tiled facade. Other similar-looking blocks in the same property development were still standing nearby.

Haze to come early this year

Smoke from the slash and burn cultivation in sumartra saw the early return of haze. Occurring once every tyo to seven years, it always brgin in september. The temperature rise would hurt crop production and worsening haze situation. Rain fall will decline during the moonsoon season. Countries near indonesia will suffer drier weather.

unwed mum kills baby

An indonesian woman slit the throat of her newborn out of shame because she was unmarried. The 29 year old domesetic maid murdered the baby immediately after giving birth alone in the Jakarta shophouse where she worked. She was taken to the hospital before being questioned by the police.

Thai monk shot dead, another wounded

Polic believed attacks could be in revenge for earlier attack on mosque. A 60 year old monk was shot dead and his younger companion wounded while they were out on their morning alms collection yesterday in south thailand. The older monk was shot serveral times and died instantly, while the other one, 24 was critically wounded by 2 gunmen on a motorcycle. Attacks on buddist monks are rare.

Mystery identity of a dead woman

The identity of a woman found floating face down in the see off Tanah Merah Coast Road in Februrary is still a mystery. She was found 400m off shore on Feb 18. Autopsy suggested that she could have been been drinking before she died. Minor abrasions are found on her, probably came from her body knocking objects.

Teen Jumps to his death

An 18 year old school dropout, fell 13 floors after sniffing glue with his friend. It started last year, he began to bet soccer online. His mother helped him pay debts and he promise that he would not bet again. In January, his father caught him sniffing glue in his room. He said he did it for fun and would not do it again. In less then 3 months, he is back to betting and glue sniffing. He went to find a friend to sniff glue to ease his anxiety. At around 7am, his friend went home to sleep after seeing him off. He came back and jumped down the building at about 7.12am

5 killed in Thai restive south

Five people were killed Friday in Thailand's far south. Police said the five men, two army rangers, two school guards and a local politician, died in four separate attacks. The politician and the school guards were killed in a drive-by. The other two army rangers died instantly in a roadside bomb.

Fewer people taking taxis

Fewer people are taking taxis nowadays as they hop on buses and trains to cut down expenses. On average, there were almost 900 thousands taxi trips made a day in the first three months of the year, lowest in five years. After deducting rental and feul costs, a taxi shared by 2 drivers working shift collected $166 a day. This work out an average of $83 a driver a day.

20000 fatalities

20 thousands ppl were killed in a Sri Lanka fighting. The figure is 3 times more than the official casualty figure. The fight ended when troops crushed Tamil Tiger, a rebel group. They held 10 thousands civillians as human shields. Most of the 20 thousands deaths were caused by the troops themselves.

3 year old girl shot his brother

A 3 year old girl found a semi-automatic handgun under her parents bed. She and her brother played with the gun and she accidentally fired it in his brother chest. Their mother was in the apartment but in different rooms. Her brother was sent to the hospital quickly but he still died from the gunshot.

16 held for drink-driving

16 drink drivers were arrested last Saturday night. The total number of drink drivers caught so far this year to 1,141. All drink drivers will be disqualified from driving for at least 12 months, which would. In addition, first-time offenders can be fined between $1,000 and $5,000, or jailed up to six months, while repeat offenders face a maximum fine of $30,000 and a mandatory jail term of up to three years.

4 immigrants jailed for killing landlord

4 immigrants were jailed for killing their landlord. The landlord was tied and gagged in a room and the 4 packed their belongings and left. They said that the landlord threaten them for money everytime. He wud threaten to call the police if they do not give. After threatening them again, the 4 tied him up and left him in the hse. They called for the landlord wife but she thought that they wanted to trick her back after she had a quarrel with the landlord. She did not return and the landlord had suffocated 2 days later.

Woodlands flat broken into

A flat in woodlands street was broken into on Thursday afternoon between 12.30pm and 2.10pm. When she returned to her flat at Block 429, she found all three bedrooms ransacked.
Three mobile phones, a small chain with pendant valued at $90 and three Singapore passports belonging to her and her two sons were missing. The victim then discovered that the window grills and the sliding window along the common corridor were forced open.

Philippines has 1st flu case

The Philippine government confirmed late on Thursday the country's first case of swine flu. They can confirm a woman is now in quarantine and has been diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus. The woman returned with her family who are also being monitored by health authorities. Some 49 people who had been put under observation in government and private hospitals since May 1 after showing symptoms of the virus have since been discharged.

Maid beaten to death

Employers of an Indonesian maid found dead in their house have been detained on suspicion of having severely beaten her. When paramedics got to the house, they found the maid, in her 20s, dead with bruises on her head and body. The police were promptly called. They have detained two siblings, a woman and man, in their 20s and 30s for further investigations. The maid had been working there for just two months. They suspected that the brother and sister may have abused her.

Canoe instructor drowns

Freelancer canoe instructor Chua Ee Tuck drowned while coaching some secondary school students last Friday at MacRitchie Reservoir. According to the police, officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force received a call at about 6.45pm. When they arrived 15 minutes later, the 35-year-old Singapore Polytechnic graduate had already stopped breathing. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. He cycled and jogged regularly and was a good swimmer.

Malaysia top health official on Friday confirmed the country's first case of swine flu amid fears that some of those exposed to the infected patient could have gone on to Indonesia. The patient was a 21-year-old male student who arrived on a flight from the United States on May 13. The patient came down with fever, sore throat and body aches the next day and was admitted to the Sungai Buloh quarantine facility in central Selangor state on the same evening and is now in stable condition.

H1N1 suspect in Indonesia

A 31 year old woman is being treated for suspected H1N1 flu in Indonesia after returning from a trip to the United States. If confirmed it would be the Southeast Asian country's first known case of the A(H1N1) virus, which has killed 65 people and infected more than 6,400 around the world. She had been to the United States and South Korea which are areas with swine flu cases. The woman had tested negative for H1N1 flu at the airport in South Korea but her symptoms had returned and further tests were necessary.

6.7 earthquake

A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand on Saturday, seismologists said. The quake struck at 12.53pm (8.53am Singapore time), 10 kilometres (six miles) south of L'Esperance Rock and 270 kilometres southwest of Raoul Island at a depth of just 10 kilometres. No tsunami warning was immediately issued.
Earthquakes and volcanic activity are common in the area, which is part of the 'Ring of Fire' where the Pacific plate of the earth's crust meets other continental plates. The Kermadec islands, 1,000 kilometres north of New Zealand, are uninhabited apart from Raoul, where New Zealand's Department of Conservation maintains a field station.

Explosions rock Bay area

Serveral explosions rocked the Marina Bay area on Thursday afternoon when some acetylene cylinders fell off a lorry on its way to a construction site. The impact of the accident caused five cylinders, weighing about 50kg each, to rupture resulting in the fire, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said. Firefighters set up two water jets and the fire was brought under control within 10 minutes, the SCDF added. No one was hurt in the accident but its impact could also be felt by office workers working in the Central Business District.

will be back at whitely centre

Escaped Mas Selamat Kastari, who has been caught in Johor Baru, will be detained again at the Whitley Road detention centre when he is brought back to Singapore after the Malaysian authorities have completed their interrogation. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the detention centre, where the terror leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah network escaped from, 'is today very different from the one on Feb 27, 2008' - the day Mas Selamat escaped. 'Many security measures have been put in place and that is the place we are going to put him,' Mr Wong, who is Home Affairs Minister, told a media conference on Friday morning, after news broke that the JI terrorist has been arrested.

6 ill after contact with flu cases

Six people who were quarantined after possible contact with Japan's first confirmed swine flu cases were taken to hospital on Saturday after falling ill. They were among 49 passengers isolated by authorities on Friday after arriving at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, with three Japanese citizens who were found to be suffering from the disease. The three - a 46-year-old teacher and two 16-year-old students from the western city of Osaka - tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus after the flight from Detroit.

woman hid dead baby

An unwed mother hid the baby in the storeroom to keep the pregnancy from her family. She moved it to the electrical riser compartment a week after. The body remained for 2 months in it until a strong stench caught the attention a meter reader. She admitted that she disposed the baby with the intention of concealing the birth. Two men from the singapore power open the door and found the baby.

9-year-old fires shotgun

Norwegian police say a 9-year-old boy has fired two rounds with a shotgun he brought to his elementary school without causing injuries. They say that they does not know why the fourth grader brought the gun to school or where he got it. The shots were fired on Friday as pupils gathered for classes in the yard outside the 300-student Kanebogen elementary school. The boy fired when teachers tried to take the gun away from him and that the shots went over the school roof. Police say a teacher then took the gun without further incident. The boy is being looked after by school officials and public health experts.

Death for Viet gang members

In Hanoi, a vietnamese gang leader who began life on the streets aged just 11 will die in front of a firing squad after a court sentenced him and three henchmen to death on Tuesday. Huynh Van Hoa, 40, who led a murder and robbery gang, was convicted in southern Ho Chi Minh City after a five-day trial.
In 2005, Hoa used a gun bought in Cambodia to shoot a man dead while robbing him of his motorcycle. The following year, another man was shot and killed when Hoa and other gang members tried to rob him of 128 million dong (S$10,656). Hoa began his life on the streets when his mother committed suicide and his father was jailed. A year later, he was arrested for his first robbery.

Drunk driver gets jail, ban

Just over a year ago, a financial advisor who drank a couple of whisky drinks crashed his car in Bedok North. The accident killed his girlfriend and seriously injured a colleague. On Wednesday, Chiang Kwok Wai, 32, and now unemployed, was given a nine-month jail term and a ban from driving for 10 years. He was found guilty of drink-driving and failing to maintain control of his car, resulting in the deaths. The trio had just had drinks at Boat Quay and he was giving Mr Tay a ride home. The impact so strong the car that Singapore Civil Defence Force officers had to cut it open to free its occupants. A blood test showed Chiang to have 121 mg of ethanol per 100 ml of blood, above the legally prescribed limit of 80mg/100 ml.

Quarantine for some

If you land at Changi Airport and have been in Mexico in the past week: You will have to fill in a form declaring that you were there. After that, you will be asked to stay at home for seven days under a Home Quarantine Order which is backed by law. Those who are visiting Singapore but have also gone to the epicentre of the swine flu epidemic will be put up in chalets, hotels or flats.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that other affected areas might be placed on the list later on, but a start will be made with Mexico.
As during the Sars crisis, those quarantined will get calls to check if they have developed symptoms. If so, an ambulance will take them to the Communicable Disease Centre for a thorough assessment. Under the Infectious Diseases Act, those who disobey the order can face a fine of up to $10,000 and up to six months in jail.

Two Vietnamese who came to Singapore for a holiday had their stay extended when they each landed in jail for six months for mobile phone theft. Nguyen Tan Hung, 18, and Ha Dinh Thuan, 23, pleaded guilty on Friday to four charges of theft of cellphones from shoppers at VivoCity shopping mall last Thursday. Three of the victims, aged 15, 19 and 20, were at Daiso store at the HarbourFront Walk mall when Nguyen picked their mobile phones and passed them to his accomplice to avoid being caught. A fourth victim, a 20-year-old unemployed woman, was going down the escalator to Basement 1 when she found her $400 phone missing from her bag.
All the phones totalling $1,650 were recovered.

Planes kill the birds

US pilots battle against gulls, doves, bats. Gulls and other seabirds most frequently strike, followed by doves and pigeons, starlings, then raptors and waterfoul, according to statistics.
The vast majority of wildlife collisions cause only minor harm to aircraft. However, the crash landing of a US Airways Airbus in New York's Hudson River this January, after geese knocked out both engines, served as a chilling reminder of the threat. The pilot was able to land safely but only after flying the packed airliner with no power. The deadliest tragedies occurred in 1960, when a flock of starlings brought down a civilian plane in Massachusetts killing 62 people, and in 1996, when 34 people died in a military aircraft in the Netherlands. Birds have greater trouble hearing today's quieter aircraft, which typically use two, not three or four engines.

Crane crash kills tourist

In taipei, one tourist from mainland China was killed and five others were injured when a construction crane fell on their bus in Taiwan's capital on Friday. One man was killed on the spot and five others were hurt and sent to two hospitals. The six were part of a tour group of 25, from southern Guangdong province, who had to be pulled from their bus after it was smashed by the falling crane. The crane fell on the bus from the 37th storey of a building under construction near Taipei 101, once the world's tallest skyscraper. Police are investigating the accident.

Suicide bombers kill 58

Two female suicide bombers bomb a shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 58 people. Friday's attacks came as hundreds of worshippers gathered at the shrine Hundreds of thousands of Iranians visit Iraq's many holy sites each year despite the violence. Another suicide bombing in southeastern Baghdad on Thursday killed 28 displaced people who had been receiving food aid from police, and a smaller suicide attack in Diyala killed three people.

Loanshark jailed

An illigal moneylender was jailed for 14 months on Monday. Yap Tia Suah, 45, a driver, admitted to three counts of extending loans of between $2,000 and $4,000 to three debtors last year.
He charged them an interest rate of 15 to 20 per cent each. Three other similar charges were taken into consideration.
Police seized, among other things, nearly $65,000, mobile phones and notebooks from a flat in Sims Avenue.
The money was forfeited.
Yap could have been fined between $20,000 and $200,000 or jailed for up to two years or to both on each of the three charges.

Schoolgirl 'left in sun to die'

An 11 year old Indian schoolgirl died after a teacher made her stand in the baking sun as punishment for not doing her homework. Shanno Khan started bleeding from the nose and fainted after hours in the searing New Delhi heat on Wednesday, and slipped into a coma after being taken to hospital. She died on Friday. Reports said the teacher and the school principal have been suspended, with police waiting for the autopsy on the girl's body before filing a possible criminal case. Corporal punishment is banned in India, but children are often physically abused by school authorities and teachers.

Jailed for stealing cables

A man who stole about $218,000 worth of cable wires from his employer was jailed for 42 months on Friday. Mohamed Sofi Mokri, 36, was a company driver with Nexus Sealand Trading at the time of the thefts from the company's warehouse at Tuas South Street 1. The court heard that he was heavily in debt in May last year when he asked his colleagues, K. Subramaniam Kathiranu KK, 41, and Kannan Sangalam, 44, if they were interested in stealing welding cable wires stored in the warehouse where they worked. He knew that the two were in need of money and could easily steal the items without being detected. He had liaised with a buyer and told him to collect the cable wires from the warehouse.
He has a previous theft conviction. The case against the other two employees and the buyer are pending. He could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined on each of the charges.

Another seriously ill

The food poisoning scare that claimed the life of a 57-year-old woman on Monday morning, has left another very ill in hospital. According to a Ministry of Health statement sent late on Monday, a 59-year-old woman is 'currently critically ill in hospital' after consuming food from Rojak Geylang Serai, a stall that sells Indian rojak. MOH also said that to date, a total of 111 cases have been brought to its attention. Of these, 27 were hospitalised, while 84 received outpatient treatment at various Emergency Departments.

7 shot dead in Mexico

Seven people were found shot to death around Mexico on Saturday, some bearing signs of torture and left with threatening messages emblematic of drug violence. Four of the victims were found in a car in the western city of Apatzingan. Another slain man was found in the western port city of Lazaro Cardenas. A sixth man was found on a highway in the city of Morelia. He had been shot in the head three times and left with a T-shirt pulled over his head and his hands cuffed behind his back. A seventh was found shot to death in the town of Tacambaro.

Woman robbed in lift

A woman was robbed in the lift of Block 282 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 3 on Wednesday afternoon. The woman, who is in her 60s, had entered the lift with the suspect who stood behind her. Once the lift doors closed, he snatched a gold chain from around her neck. As the doors opened, he also managed to grab a pouch that she was holding in her hand, before fleeing down the stairs. She lost her chain worth $550 and some personal items. The thief is described to be slim-built and in his mid-30s. He was wearing a T-shirt, blue jeans and a grey cap.

War on rats in market

Rats were munching on pieces of cardboard laid out between stalls at the Geylang Serai Temporary Market when pest controllers got there on Thursday morning. Rows of them were stuck in the green glue, part of traps laid out the night before. By noon, pest controllers had cleared away 61 rats. Whether the rats have a role in the food poisoning that has affected at least 144 victims since last Friday and caused two deaths is uncertain.

Serial thief nabbed

A serial burglar who is believed to have committed least 20 break-ins at various low-rise apartments across the island has been caught. Stolen items amounting to about $50,000 were recovered from his house. The suspect had also overstayed in Singapore for more than 90 days without valid approval. Between October 2008 and April 2009, there was a series of break-ins committed at low-rise apartments in Hougang, Serangoon and Telok Kurau private residential estates. He is believed to have stolen cash, jewellery, laptops, expensive branded watches and other valuables total amounting to about $150,000 in total.

Babysitters abuse

Setting up a spycam could be the best way for parents to keep watch on their maids and the children under their care. Security experts said that some surveillance systems with cams - some smaller than a thumb - allow parents to log on to a website and monitor what goes on in their homes while they are at work. A video clip, posted on citizen-journalism site Stomp, showing what appears to be a maid brutally kicking, trampling and flinging around a young girl.
Police said they will be contacting the Stomper to obtain more information on the video. The clip was put up on Stomp on Thursday.

Nurse killed 5 patients

A nurse has been charged with injecting 10 patients with bleach at a dialysis clinic last year, killing five of them. The clinic had temporaily shut down last year due to unexplained deaths. The nurse was charged with injecting bleach into patients. She faces 5 counts of murder and assualt.

6.1 earthquake hits Indonesia

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's Sumatran province of Bengkulu on Wednesday. The quake hit at 2.29pm Singapore time and was centred 227 kilometres southwest of Bintuhan in Sumatra island, at a depth of 30 km under the sea. Sumatra is sitting on the places that plates meet, resulting in frequent quakes.

Boy, 9, dies after caning

A Nine-year-old Malaysian pupil was caned in the hands by his teacher at the school on Tuesday, died on Wednesday. The boy had complained about feeling dizzy after the caning session. The school authorities contacted his parents before sending him to the hospital for treatment. The boy had central nervous system problems' and the caning had caused his death. The boy died at home at 3.30am on Wednesday. The principal advised parents to inform school authorities if their children were suffering any ailment. This way the schools will have proper records on the health condition and teachers will be extra cautious when taking any disciplinary action against them.

Earthquakes

Dozens of small earthquakes are shaking California. The largest of them on Wednesday was a 3.7 magnitude recorded at 4am singapore time. a magnitude 3.5 struck 12 hrs earlier. On tuesday there was a 4.8 magnitude stuck a small town by a beach. There had been no reports of injury or deaths from any of the quakes.

Maid robbed

A 41 years old woman was jailed for robbing her sis-in-law maid. Loots consisted off jewellery worth of $1000 some cash and a handphone. The maid recognise Salvi the 41 years old woman, and let her in. Her accomplice rush in and push the maid to the sofa and used a knife to slash her. She was then tied up in a room. Salvi got a plastic bag and took away the loots. She and her accomplice is serving 7 years in jail.

Pirates hijacked tankers

Pirates armed with machine guns hijacked a Norway tanker off the coast of Somalia, the ship's owner said. A Greek-owned tanker was seized in the same area, that attack came in less den 24hrs. The pirates also tried to hijack a small boat, but the crew fought them off with fire hose and sped away. This ships were all chemical tankers.

Laptop stole.

2 Laptops worth a total of $4300 and $100 cash were had been stolen when thieves went into the shop through an unlocked window. The manager had locked up at about 8pm and the next day she found out that the toilet window was unlocked. She found out that 2 laptops were missing.

Sucide bomber

A Suicide bomber blew himself up during Friday prayers in a mosque in Pakistan, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens. As a prayer leader, he read "god is greatest" and set off his explosives. Television footage showed residents and police officers digging frantically with their hands through the collapsed white-walled mosque, helping to find trapped causalities.

A restaurant manager who was charged with corruption was fined a total of $2,500 in a traffic court for drink driving and stopping at a road shoulder of an expressway. The driver allegedly offered the bribe to him. The cop refused it. In the traffic court on Thursday, Ng was fined $1,500 for being unfit to drive as he had at least 45 mcg of alcohol per 100 ml of breath that evening. He was fined another $1,000 for stopping and allowing his vehicle to remain at the road shoulder of the expressway. He pleaded guilty to both charges.
A pre-trial conference has been fixed for the bribery case on April 16. He is out on $5,000 bail.

Some 10,000 graves at Choa Chu Kang Chinese cemetery will be exhumed. These graves, which date back to between 1958 and 1978. Notices to alert the next-of-kin of those buried in the affected section will be published in The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao on March 21. The NEA has begun exhuming graves in phases at the Choa Chu Kang (CCK) cemetery since December 2004. This is in line with the government's policy of limiting the burial period of all graves to a 15-year period.

A mother was charged in court yesterday with killing her 14-year-old daughter. Goh Hai Eng, 51, is said to have stabbed Eunice Chew Li Xin in their flat in Block 852, Woodlands Street 83, early yesterday morning. The teenager was found dead in her room with a stab wound in her torso just after 3am, said police. Neighbours say that the one-room rented flat on the fifth floor was also home to Goh's other daughter, believed to be in her 20s to 30s, and that daughter's baby girl, who is about a year old. Eunice, who was in Peicai Secondary School, was described by her classmate Ng Chiaqi, 16, as well-liked, and rather obedient.

A 40 year old man was charged to court on Friday on a charge of housebreaking and the theft of about $8,400 worth of property from a company. Purana Chandran Subramaniam allegedly broke into Press Automation Technology at Woodlands Walk and stole cash of about $2,664, four bottles of liquor and six laptops between Jan 6 and 7.
He was remanded at Ang Mo Kio police division for investigation and the case will be mentioned on Friday.
If convicted, he faces caning as well as between two and 14 years behind bars.

Houseowner Pesi B. Chacha had a 'visitor' dropping in at his swimming pool on Saturday. It was a section of a metal fence from a construction site behind his bungalow. It toppled after heavy rain lashed the Kheam Hock Road area in Bukit Timah. The fence also broke a garden lamp and hit the roof of the house.
He was reading in his bedroom when he heard a loud crash at about 3.30pm. After the initial shock, he alerted the authorities and The Sunday Times. The heavy rain also caused damage to the bungalow next door. Mrs Chacha alerted neighbour Suresh Devi, 61, about the landslide.
'I was shocked to see my collapsed wall,' said Ms Devi. Both houses are sited about a few metres below the construction site which used to house the Hillpark condo.

5.0 quake hits China

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on Thursday struck the region of southwest China devastated last year by a massive quake, but there were no reports of casualties.
The latest earthquake occurred at 4.25pm (Singapore time) about 200 kilometres north-east of the Sichuan provincial capital, Chengdu. The quake occurred at a depth of just 10km.
Last year's 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12 left nearly 88,000 people dead or missing, injured 375,000 and left more than five million homeless, according to previous official estimates.

Man arrested for murder

A MAN has been arrested in connection with the death of a 44-year-old man in Woodlands on Sunday. The victim, Mr Cong Cheng Li, was found unconscious at the void deck of Block 301 in Woodlands St31. Police believe that he was assaulted.Mr Cong was sent to the National University Hospital where he died later.The 45-year-old suspect is expected to be charged in court on Thursday with murder, which carries the death penalty.

Bus driver gets death

A private bus driver was sentenced to hang for the murder of his China-born teenage step-daughter. Ong Pang Siew, 46, was found guilty of killing 15-year-old Ong Pan Hui. The killing took place a few weeks after Pan Hui's mother, Madam Xiu Yanhong, was granted a divorce from Ong, with her getting custody of the girl and the son she bore with Ong. That afternoon, Ong had called Madam Xiu to ask where their son was but they ended up quarrelling over access to the boy. He then cycled to the Marsiling flat where Madam Xiu lived with Pan Hui and their son. The teenager was at home with two sub-tenants.An argument broke out between Ong and Pan Hui. When he started strangling her, a sub-tenant called Madam Xiu, who alerted the police.
By the time paramedics arrived,Pan Hui was dead. Police arrested Ong at the scene.
Ong was calm as the mandatory death sentence was pronounced.

Woman mistaken for monkey

Police say a man in Malaysia shot his neighbor as she picked chiku in his tree thinking it was a monkey. Police officers said Yahaya Othman says Zainab Mohamath Ali was gathering fruit on Thursday when her neighbour shot her. Mr Yahaya says the man came home and saw rustling in the tree and fired into it. 'Then there was screaming ... and only then did he know it was his neighbour.' He says Zainab is hospitalized with a wound to the abdomen but her condition was stable on Friday. He says police were investigating the man, a volunteer security corps member, for illegally discharging a firearm, which carries a maximum prison term of two years. -- AP

main abuse

A former airforce staff sergeant found guilty of abusing his Indonesian maid on several occasions was sentenced to 20 months jail. Tong Chew Wei, 31, who is appealing against conviction, was also ordered to pay his maid $6,480. Tong was convicted of seven charges of causing hurt to Ms Widayanti between December 2006 and February 2007. The maid testified that the physical abuse began 1 1/2 months into her employment at Jurong West Street 65 until she ran away. Tong, she said, had slapped, poked and hit her frequently, using a broomstick. In one incident, he scalded her on the back of her right and left knees.
Tong, who is out on $10,000 bail pending his appeal, could have been jailed for up to 18 months and/or fined up to $1, 500 per charge.

HK bird tests positive

Hong Kong authorities said on Friday that a dead chicken found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. There were no poultry farms within three kilometres of where the dead bird was found, but warned farmers to be on their guard against the disease. Laboratory tests had confirmed that the chicken found floating in the sea off Hong Kong on March 2 carried the deadly strain.

baby dies in pet dog attack

A 2 week old toddler has died after being attacked by the family's dog in their home. The infant was found in the living room with bite wounds on her head. The baby was pronounced dead at the scene. Her daughter was placed in a low-lying bassinet or crib and discovered the attack when she returned a few moments later.

the dog was qurantined.

Mum jailed for tot's death

A mother whose 22-month-old daughter died in a house fire after being left at home alone was jailed for seven-and-a-half years on Thursday. The toddler died from smoke inhalation after an electric fire broke out. During a two-week trial it emerged that mother-of-five Brown left her young daughter unsupervised in an upstairs bedroom while she attended a court hearing relating to one of her other children. The toddler was trapped in an unventilated room for more then 3 hours after the faulty television broke out.

Dead baby found

Police have arrested a woman after the body of a baby was found in a riser at a block in Jurong West on Friday. The body of the infant, said to be less than one year old, was found in a recyling bag in the riser outside a five-room flat on the 12th floor of Block 678D Jurong West Street 64. Police were alerted to the case at about 2.25pm on Friday. Two technicians who were at the block to read the electricity meter stumbled on the body when they found the door of the riser sealed with a masking tape. Inside was a green recycling bag that stinks. They did not look inside but felt uneasy, and one of them immediately called the police. A 24-year-old woman, believed to be the baby's mother, was arrested.

4As for I Not Stupid actor

When actor Shawn Lee takes part in a movie, the most important part to him is seeing the audience's reaction. The 17-year-old adopted the same attitude when preparing for his 'A' levels: he pictured his parents's applause to his results to motivate himself. Judging from the four As the Anglo-Chinese Junior College student received on Friday, his parents should indeed be elated.

The actor of I Not Stupid and Homerun fame, scored As in Maths, Economics and Physics and General Paper. He scored Bs in Chemistry, Project Work and Higher Chinese. He has been missing from the big screen in the last two years, a decision he made so that he could focus on his studies. Shawn rejected a couple of roles in movies such as Jack Neo's Love Matters. He had to turn down Mr Neo's offer because the movie was filmed during the his A-level exams week last November.

A woman was arrested who traded two young children for a bird and a bit of cash, the lead detective on the case said on Friday.
The story began several weeks ago when Greenwell pulled her cattle truck into a livestock dealer's to make a delivery. A couple had put up a flier at the dealer's, advertising a cockatoo they had for sale for US$1,500. the woman saw the picture of the cockatoo along with the phone number, and with her raising birds already, she called them up. The deal was sealed, and she handed over a five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl to the couple in exchange for the bird and US$175.

A 42-YEAR-OLD woman, suffered a fracture to her skull and had nearly 100 stitches all over the body, she said that she was attacked by her maid. Phang Kian Huang, said that the maid attacked her with a wooden stool, a knife and a mortar at her apartment on Thursday. Several of her ribs were fractured and left ear almost severed in the attack. She needed 100 stitches after the attack on Thursday which left her with a fractured skull and an almost severed left ear. Phang said the maid attacked her while she was asleep in her apartment and claimed that the woman even pretended nothing had happened after the event.
Mrs Phang had to have 65 stitches on her head and neck, more than 20 stitches to rejoin her left ear and another 10 stitches on both knees.

Ten employers who supposedly had locals on their payrolls, hired about 1,000 foreign workers in their place. This is the largest number of employers the MOM has prosecuted at one go for using 'phantom' workers.
Under the law, businesses are required to hire a certain number of Singaporeans or permanent residents before they can employ foreigners. Some employers cheat by getting their hands on the details of unemployed locals, mostly retirees, and pretending to be hiring them, to make up the numbers. Then they hire foreigners instead. A MOM spokesman said a total of 50 companies are under investigation, including the 21 the 10 were involved in. They face 387 charges.
Facing the most number of charges were two men in the SME Group of companies, which provides cleaning services.

China gave a new food safety law on Saturday, tougher regulations and severe punishment for makers of bad products after tainted products showed serious flaws in the food industry. The law goes into effect June 1. China's government has been trying to restore confidence in the country's food system since September that infant formula was contaminated with melamine. The tainted milk is blamed in the deaths of at least six Chinese babies and the sickening of nearly 300,000 others. China's current system of splitting food safety responsibilities among many different agencies has resulted in uneven enforcement and confusion.

New extensions

around 550 residents of Jurong West Town took their first ride on the new Boon Lay MRT Extension on Saturday morning at an open house held by the LTA. The BLE, which took about three years to complete, will begin revenue service on Feb 28. It has two stations - the Pioneer Station and the Joo Koon Station. The Pioneer station is located along the Jurong West Street 63, while the Joo Koon Station services the industrial estate along International Road. The extension is expected to have a ridership of 35,000 commuters a day.

JOHOR BARU, 11 robbers who stole 300 sacks of rice from a warehouse had a short lived escape before police arrested them and recovered most of the loot. Police believe the gang, mainly foreigners led by a local mastermind, were responsible for over 20 cases of factory robberies in the state over the last eight months.

two security guards had been tied up during the robbery, with one of the guards sustaining injury to his head caused by a sharp object.

California, a SPORT utility vehicle filled with foreign students swerved off a highway, slammed into a tree and burst into flames, killing six of the seven people aboard. Two of the passengers were ejected from the vehicle and landed about 10 feet away. The other four victims were likely killed on impact before the SUV caught on fire, the SUV was going about five miles over the speed limit.

faked fathers death for pay out

An australian woman was charged for faking her fathers death in a wild fire to get payouts from the government. She applied to recieve $10k from the victoria bush fire fund, which was establish to help victims of deadly fires. She could face up to 10 years of in prison if convicted.

Charities in victoria recieved donations from all over the world, austrailians alone gave more den 100 millions in the first week.

faked cancer for 5 years

For 5 years, she carried a walking cane, cropped her hair short to coax her colleagues,neighbours and cancer survivor that she had got breast cancer. She accepted 194 days of paid leaves donated by colleages. She also blogged about protecting her child from hospice care, but all was lie.

Later, she resigned. She then sent a email to her boss on dec 12, acknowledging that she had been cancer free since 2000. She was arreasted for 8 counts of theft and 1 count of forgery, resulting in up to 60 years of imprison.

Unhappy with Cny chingay

This years Chinese new year chingay parade, many unhappy. It was said that this was suppose to bring back the joy of chinese new year, by replacing firecrakers. But this year, Paraded chinise customs are getting lesser and lesser. No lion dance, more other races custom. I heard the news and they said that this year theme is on indian. Some complained that there should not be demons and black faces, or ghost faces.

I do not actually appreciate Chingay. It doesnt even show chinese customs.

Satelites crashed in space

Russian and US satelites crashed into each other on tuesday. Scienctist predicted that there are too many satelites in the space, Both would crash one day. It happen during tuesday, when the scientist spotted clouds of debris in the space. More and more debris are being created in the space.

It is rather stupid for 2 satelites to crash into each other in SUCH a big space.

Octuplets.

A mother in california gave birth to an octuplets of babies. They were given birth 9 and a half week earlier. The mother already had a triplets at home. It was said that the babies would experience long term health proplems. Her husband opened a website on the internet to welcome peoples wishes and donations. Most of the mothers could only reach triplets, but this is a total mirical that octuplets can happen.

Bushfire killed at least 200

A bushfire in Melbourne killed at least 200. Most of the forest areas were burned down, followed by another 50+ properties and cars. Hundreds of wildlifes was found dead, including a horse. Some of them survived by running out of the forests, with burned legs or body. It was suspected that a arsonist started the fire. His body was found along the forest by the road.

Man dies after a quarrel

Healthy fifity year old man, died after a quarrel at Jurong carpark. A motor came in while he was washing his car. He accused the motorist of making his car dirty as he had cleaned the mat on the seats which had became dirty after the motorist arrived. They have a quarrel when suddenly, the man fainted, and died immediately.The police are still investigating why did he die. His wife said that he was a very fit man and only have a fever and a cold but it was all cured. I think that he must have gotten a heart attack from the shock.

"cows" stolen.

Missing 200 cows, wooden cows actually. Its one third of the 600 placed on new year eve. This cut outs, in colours like red, blue, pink, yellow and green were put up at 50 spots island-wide. They are belong to the mooved media, the objective is to bring cheer and hope for singaporeans. Instead, 1 third of it was stolen. $100 dollars each to make. They weighed about 8 kg each. Signs beisde cut-outs that say cows under surveilliance have not stop theft.

Toilet Blaze

Madam Wee Chiok took a long time to back from a toilet visit, or she never came back. Her friend decided to check on her, only finding a flaming body. The fire is too strong for them to put out. Madam Wee was pronouced dead when the paramedics arrived. Her friend quoted that she was told by madam Wee that she had debt problems. 2 lighters and a can of thinner were found in the toilet. It was believed that her whole family had sucided.

Contact lenses sold online

Most of the eye infections were caused by the birght coloured contact lenses from online sellers. According to singapore law, only registered opticans can sell contact lenses. Recent years, hundreds of internet blogshops have sprung up selling contact lenses. Lenses are delivered through mail, with no aftercare provided. it result in many users having corneal ulcer.

Stolen Tortises

Tortises, valued at $74,440 were being stolen from turtle musuems. 3 men were charged last wednesday. One of this 3 had been caught for theft before. the culprit, was jailed 6 months before, stole 18 tortisers, worth more then $80k. 14 of them were recovered.

Even poisonous spiders, known as tarantulas, were stolen. one of the staff member recalled seeing a man with 3 children crowding around the tank of tarantulas. But it was too late when the staff found out that the spiders are missing.

Michael Phelps took a bad turn

Michael Phelps was born in 1985, and his potential was spotted as an 11 year old. His first gold was awarded at 2001 World Championships, another 4 golds at 2003 world championships. His first Olympic game, earned him6 golds at 2004 in Athens. But he was sentenced to 18 months probation for drunk driving in Maryland.

After that stumble, he continued to rise. 5 golds at World championships at 2005, 7 golds at 2007. He became olympic history in beijing by scoring 8 golds, he held 7 world records. He took a bad turn, embarrassed himself with a las vegas strip club picture, and a new pic of him sniffing drug.

Unpaid workers

Foriegn workers complained that they had not enough work to do, unpaid wedges and other complaints. How is the boss going to settle this? Those foriegn workers came here and estimated to earn $20k in 2 years.

I think that if he cant pay them, he should go to the bank to borrow money or declare bankrupt when he do not have money to pay?

Illegal hawkers doubled

1623 caught last year was twice that of 2006. This offenders range from selling food to everything from kitchen utensils to speakers from vans and youth husting fake DVDs. Its illegal to hawk any kind of goods in public places without a licence from NEA. It was said that these rise in number could be a side effect of downturn.

Most resort to this method when they could not obtain a licence. only 1 out of 5 got a licence.
Penalty for illegal hawking is fine up to $1k for first time offenders. second conviction can bring up to $4k or jail time to 3 mths, or both.

Thrown off Melbourne bridge

Four years old girl died in hospital four hours later after being thrown down australia bridge, by his father. Witnesses said that her father stopped on a high way bridge, and took his daughter out of the car and dropped her over the side of the birdge.

He was charged with muder but he did not appear on court because he was psychologically unfit. He faces maximum life sentence if convicted.

Cloning Dogs.

South korean cloned a pair of beagle dogs using stem cells derived from fat tissues. Experts said that if they continue to develope cloning technology, dog cloning would be getting easier. this method could reduce the cost of cloning a dog to $75,000 within 3 years.

They said that it could be used in studying treatments for genetic disorders in canine, simliar to human illness, like diabetes.

Subutex abuser change to heroin

Number of subutex abuser arrested previous year fell 58% but heroin abusers rose 24%. Last year, 350 subutex abusers and 859 heroin abusers were caught. Most had switch from subutex to heroin. Subutex were used to treat heroin addicts but classifies as a controlled drug after abuse became rampant.

6000 heroin abusers were caught during 1994, 7 times the figure last year.

Bak kwa not cheap

Most Bak kwa outlets are doing a roaring trade during festive seasons. They took this opportunity to increase prices to match demand. A man complained that why he need to pay more to stall owners he had supported throughout the years. He wanted the outlets to lower their prices as a token of appreciation for their customers' continued patronage.

I think that the owners are taking this opportunity to earn more money than normal days to use it on Chinese New Year. Its his opportunity to earn and they would not easily let it off.

Third bird flu victim die

Deadly H5N1 struck china in the last few weeks. The third victim died from bird flu, contacted a dead poultry. China health ministry expects more to come when it is chinese new year, everybody would gather together and eat renuion dinner, which would contain poultries. A 2 year old girl had also contracted the diesease and would be expected to die a few more weeks later.

I wonder where they get all this names. I remembered that there are many funny dieseases like "birds flu" and "mad cow diesease". All these names are created in a funny way. I think that it might link to the animal that had been named after.

Festive cyber crime

Cyber criminals would take this opportunites to strike, causing malwares to be downloaded. They put greeting cards that would lead to malwares on high traffic-sites, electronic gifts cards that make u click on link messages. Cyber criminals are smart and they took this chance to strike on young people that would get actracted to it.

I thought that the cyber criminals should be on their way to visit relatives to get ang pows. I do not think that they would have so much time to attack ur computers.

8 years old boy spent days with his mother.

A 8 year old boy spent days beside his dead mother. It was said that he survived by eating dry rice,butter and flour. After he finished those food, he took his mother wallet and went out to buy some snacks. He tried using his mother's credit card, not knowing that it is expired. The shopkeeper called the police and the police found out that his mother was dead a few days ago. They helped to buy some food for the kid.

When i read the news, i thought that the child would be frighten and crying non-stop. He actually went to find food himself.

Microsoft retrenchs

Microsoft expects to retrench up to 5000 jobs over the next 18 months. Their income had dropped about 11 percent over the last few years. Economic crisis struck and many people prevent themself from buying too much and save some of in for rainy days.

More people are getting into financial crisis after they had been retrenched. Singapore at last used the money saved for rainy days to help out singaporeans. I was shock when i saw the newspaper. It said that singapore took out billions of dollars. I do not know that singapore is that rich.

Plane crashed, no one died.

Hudson river, also known as New York river, saved the lifes of 155 people. The plane crashed into the river as it had hit a flock of birds, or had been hit by it. 2 of its engines were all fuming, causing him to do a emerngency landing, into the water. Passengers screamed in terror. It was a double bird hit.

it was rare for a double bird hit. Most of the crash landing were caused by birds, they attacked the engine, causing it to fume up. 11 crashes cause 8 death.

Poor needs food

Kgs of rice were given to the south east district of asia, as they needed rice. Although rice price had been increasing lately, by looking at the line graph, I realised that the prices of rice were even higher a few decades ago. Wheat, soy beans and rice were dropping last time and it had started increasing a fews years ago. Most of the people said tha the prices are too expensive.

i do not really think so. If the prices are expensive now, the prices a few decades ago will then be extremely expensive. Other people were still able to survive last time, now why not?

Food donated to needy family

Chinese new year goodies were given to needy family, to help them celebrate Chinese New Year. Its consist of rice and goodies, and NTUC vouchers for them to buy food for reunion dinner. Singaporeans are actually donating money when they caannot even support themselves.

I wonder how could those needies give their ANG POWs when they have no money.

Van bangs into 2 school boys

2 primary school boy were walking home when they were knocked down by a van on the perdestian crossing. Passer-by witnessed it and they told the police that the van driver was speeding at high speed.

The 2 boys were neighbours and the older one is still in the hospital unconscious. He suffered from serious head injuries. The younger one had moved from the high dependency ward to the childrens ward.

New Moon Abalone Broth

New Moon Abalone Broth also known as "small abalone" or clams. Out of the 120 cans of production, 2 or 3 of them were spoiled. New Moon manufacturer said that the cans were not contaminated, only expired. It gave out foul smells, and it was all taken of the shelves by New Moon for checking.

It so happen that a show supported by New Moon showed that the abalone broth in the can were also spoiled. i think that the can they showed in the show was a New Moon abalone can but they took of the brand cover, and acted out that the abalone broth was expired. It is so coincidence that they happen together.

Basement fire

CBD basement carpark broke out a blaze,100s were evacuated from the 46 stories high building. No one had severe injuries only a 44 years old woman complained she had breathing difficulty. The fire broke out at noon, but the firefighters put it out in just 5 minutes. Office workers were allowed to go back to work at 1 pm, only had faint smells in the office. No serious damage were done to the building. The causer of the fire is still under inveestigating.

Its lucky that singapore have skilled fire fighters. Or else the it would took more then 30 minutes to take down the fire.

Fake 50 dollar notes.

More then 30 cases were reported. $50 dollar notes were fake if they were made from waxy paper. i wonder who would be that smart to make fake $50 dollar notes. They would most likely exchange it for smaller amount of money. If caught paying using fake $50 notes, the person would be fined and jailed.

The notes are now circulated around Singapore.and a few had been caught using fake notes to pay. We must be careful when handling with $50 notes.

Karanguni queen

SGH housekeeper Mrs wong, recycled useless materials into valuables. She donated $16k to the needy patients from the money she made by recycling things. She can turn a useless washing powder packets into creative bags. Her colleages followed her doing and they took away the dustbin in the office, to promote the 3R. Recycling, reuse and reduce.

There would be an annual clean and green fair, and they would gather those recycled materials to sell.

The little nonya

The little nonya did not get his beloved but many thinks that she can crown mediacorps queen. This show had one of the highest rating ever, but many seems that they are not quite happy with it. They commented that most of the young supporters believed that its Jennette Aw that did the good job but older ones think that other actors and actress did a better job then her.

Many adults think that they should not praise all on Aw but other actors and actress. Some thinks that Aw did not do a better job then other characters in the story.

40 killed in pakistan blaze

A blaze took out 40 lifes, in pakistan. Pakistani investigator are still checking on how the blaze started, but it was said that the balze was sparked by the wire on the roof, and the blaze burned through hut and houses. It was also said that maybe 1 of the family had fire on to keep themselve warm but the wind had made the fire uncontrollable. Half of the corpses were childrens. They were all brought to the hospital, but the helpless paramedics could not do anything.

almost everyweek, i would see a report on fire break out in the newspaper. fire is indeed dangerous.

Pandas from china

Standing there to queue for at least 4 hours, standing under the sun., just to get a zoo ticket to watch 2 pandas. In taipei, the new giant pandas that came from china were given as a gift from china. Thousands of people were queue up to visit the giant panda. The zoo only allows 24,000 people per day to visit the pandas.

Its rare to see a panda in action but standing under the sun for 4 hours, i dont think that its worth it. Animal lovers and children would surely go for it, as it is a rare chance. Tourists would akso visit Taipei for the sake of those pandas.

British couple gave birth to white and black

Mix race British couple had given birth to a black and white twin. It is the second time. They had 4 children all together, 2 white 2 black. It is very rare for such things to happen. Other people might not recognise them as twins, as their skin colour is totally opposite from each other.

I am very amazed at this type of twins. You might not be able to find it in any other places. I wonder what would happen if they gave birth to a quadruple, 2 whites 2 black? Or maybe triplets, 1 white 1 black and half black and white? Its amazing.

Rare shark died in malaysia beach

Rare shark died through injuries after being pulled up to shore by fisherman. Its called the rhino shark. Its very rare and very difficult to find in the seas. The shark is very colourful, but it died on his way to shore as its injuries are getting serious.

I think that they should carry the shark and put it back into sea, where it belongs. its not right to take something from somewhere that you should not be taking. It is also rather sad for the rare shark species.

Human bieng bitten by dogs.

Neighbours quarreling over dog biting accident. Mr and Mrs how were being bitten by their neighbours dogs. They went for a stroll in the morning with their 2 dogs and while walking past the neighbours gates, 3 of the neighbours dog ran out of the gate and attacked them. All of them had serious injury. Mr how had stitches on his hand while his wife have bruises and bite mark on her thigh. Their husky had to shave bald because of the serious injury.

1 of the 3 dogs is a retriever, a very gentle dog. Its was not expected to bite people. The neighbour denied about this accident and said that only 1 of them bite, 2 had been sitting on the floor watching.

Drugs for longer eyelashes

Lumigan, a drug used on glaucoma patients has a special side effect. Its increases the fluid in the eye and lenghten the eyelashes. 1 of the patient eyelashes had been spotted by her friend and her friend thought that she had mascara on. Other drugs which have the same ingredient also had the ability to lenghten the eyelashes but too much of it can cause blindness to eye.

Woman that like to have long eyelashes might take this drug but they should not take too much of it. Just incase that the drug might have other side effects.

Club burned down

Bangkok's most popular club Santika was burn down on New year eve. hundreds of people were there to celebrate the countdown of 2009, including Singaporeans and other foreigners. 1 of the Singaporean died in the fire, while many others were missing or injured. Mr Low, 1 of the Singaporean were trapped in the basement, after the ceiling collapsed on his escape route. He retreated farther in the basement into the men's toilet. Many other people were trapped in it. They close the door to prevent the fumes from coming in. Many others knocked on the door, hoping that they would let them in the toilet but they shut the door to prevent fumes from coming in. When they were rescued, Mr Low remembered walking over more then 30 corpse.