January 08, 2021
Singaporeans living in one- and two-room Housing Board flats were eligible for the vouchers.
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Upset he had not received grocery vouchers mailed to needy Singaporeans in October last year, he stole them from his neighbour s letterboxes.
When he did receive his own set of vouchers days later, Alvin Law Choon Huat, 47, kept the ones he had stolen. He used some of them to buy groceries and a vacuum cleaner, and burnt the rest as an offering to his late wife.
Yesterday, Law was jailed for a month for stealing four sets of vouchers worth $600.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, with two other charges taken into consideration by District Judge Edgar Foo.
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SINGAPORE: Angered by the fact that he had not received any Budget 2020 grocery vouchers, a man stole 60 of the vouchers, which are meant to offset needy Singaporeans household expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He filched the envelopes from unsecured letterboxes at housing blocks in Marine Terrace and later used them - along with his own vouchers that eventually arrived - to buy groceries and a vacuum cleaner.
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Man accused of murdering Felicia Teo remanded for psychiatric assessment after police complete investigations
Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee (L) and Felicia Teo (R) (Images: LinkedIn/Daniel Enemiko, Blogger/findfelicia)
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SINGAPORE: The man accused of murdering teenager Felicia Teo in 2007 will be remanded for psychiatric assessment, after the police told the court on Thursday (Jan 7) that they have completed investigations.
Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee, 35, is accused of causing the death of Ms Teo between 1.39am and 7.20am in a flat on the 10th floor of Block 19, Marine Terrace, on Jun 30, 2007.
Danial appeared in court via video link on Thursday (Jan. 7), looking unkempt and expressionless.
Lawyer requests access to Danial while he is remanded at the medical centre
He was represented by Nathan Shashidran and his team comprising Chin Li Wen Tanya and Laura Yeo Wei Wen. All three lawyers are from Withers Khattarwong LLP.
Nathan has since requested he be allowed access to Danial while he is in remanded the medical centre.
Previously, the lawyer had a zoom meeting with the accused after his last hearing on Dec. 31.
Danial is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 28.
Arrested and charged on Dec. 17
Teo was a 19-year-old Lasalle College of the Arts student who disappeared in June 2007.
Danial appeared in court via video link on Thursday (Dec. 31) and was represented by Nathan Shashidran and his team comprising Chin Li Wen Tanya and Laura Yeo Wei Wen.
All three lawyers are from Withers Khattarwong LLP.
He will be held in remand for another week as further investigations are required.
Arrested and charged on Dec. 17
He has been in remand at the Central Police Division since then.
The accused s lawyer, Nathan, said on Dec. 31 that investigators have interviewed Danial and done some investigations that have yet to be completed as Danial was sick.