Hong Kong dim sum restaurant Tim Ho Wan will be closing its Plaza Singapura outlet, with its last day of operations being Jul. 12, 2026.

Tim Ho Wan's Plaza Singapura outlet was the Hong Kong restaurant's first overseas branch.

It drew long queues when it first opened in 2013.

The restaurant wrote in an Instagram post that the outlet's closure was part of the mall's redevelopment.

"To express its sincere gratitude for these 13 delicious years of legacy since the opening of Tim Ho Wan Plaza Singapura, Tim Ho Wan will launch a '13 Days of Gratitude' countdown leading up to the final day of operations, from Jun. 30 to Jul. 12," the restaurant said in a Jun. 18 press release.

The promotion features a 30 per cent discount on a different Tim Ho Wan menu item each day over the 13 days.

Following the Plaza Singapura outlet's closure, Tim Ho Wan will have eight remaining outlets across Singapore.

Singapore's electricity tariff is expected to rise in the coming quarter.

This is despite the signing of a deal between the US and Iran on Jun. 18 to cease hostilities and restore shipping traffic flow to the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world's natural gas trade flowed before the conflict.

Responding to Mothership's queries, a spokesperson for the Energy Market Authority (EMA) explained that Singapore's regulated electricity tariff is determined on a quarterly basis, based on the average fuel costs in the first 2.5 months of the previous quarter.

The spokesperson continued:

"With the Middle East conflict straining global fuel supply chains, natural gas prices have increased sharply since the end of February.

Consequently, the regulated electricity tariff is expected to rise significantly in the coming quarter."

The tariff is currently 29.72 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), taking into account GST, The Straits Times reported.

More households taking up fixed-price contracts

The EMA spokesperson shared that since the liberalisation of Singapore's electricity retail market, households can choose to buy electricity from SP Group at the regulated electricity tariff, which is revised every quarter, or from retailers who offer fixed-price and time-of-use contract plans.

Between Feb. 1 and Jun. 1, 2026, the proportion of households who have taken up fixed-price electricity retail plans has gone up from 36.6 per cent to 37.1 per cent.

EMA attributed this increase to a confluence of factors such as consumers’ efforts to insulate themselves from the potential of higher tariffs, and new households formed during this period.

Meanwhile, those who buy electricity from SP Group under the regulated electricity tariff decreased from 63.4 per cent to 62.8 per cent.

"Consumers are encouraged to be aware of their various electricity purchase options, and choose an option that best suits their needs and preferences," the EMA spokesperson said.

Consumers can also check EMA's Price Comparison website to identify their preferred electricity retail plan.

U-Save rebates of S$110 to S$190 will also be disbursed to eligible Singaporean households in July 2026 to help offset utility expenses.

Rebates on service and conservancy charges will also arrive in July 2026.

Singapore shipping mogul Teo Siong Seng and several other executives were named in two civil lawsuits in the United States over an alleged global price-fixing scheme.

These class-action lawsuits, filed by American manufacturers, are separate from a criminal indictment brought forward by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Since being named by the U.S. DOJ in May, Teo has taken a leave of absence from his leadership roles, The Straits Times (ST) reported. These include his position as chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), pro-chancellor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and member of the Singapore Economic Resilience Taskforce. He has also stepped back from his duties at shipping firm Pacific International Lines (PIL).

Class action lawsuits

The civil lawsuits were filed in California on Jun. 2 and 9 by manufacturing firm C.A. Spalding Company and shipping company Daybreak Express, according to ST.

The American firms are separately seeking to recoup millions of dollars in losses allegedly caused by the container cartel over several years.

C.A. Spalding, which supplies components to the aerospace and automotive industries, claimed it was forced to overpay for container shipping.

CNA reported that the firm is seeking "multiple or treble damages" in monetary relief, meaning the defendants could be ordered to pay three times the actual financial losses suffered by US businesses.

US criminal indictment

The US Justice Department indictment, filed on Jan. 22 and unsealed on May 19, accused several companies of orchestrating a price-fixing conspiracy.

The DOJ named five entities and two unnamed manufacturers as being in a cartel that collectively controls over 95 per cent of the world's standard dry container market. Teo is the chief executive of one of the named firms, Singamas Container Holdings. The other companies include China International Marine Containers (CIMC), Shanghai Universal Logistics Equipment, and CXIC Group Containers.

Federal prosecutors stated that the cartel's customers included "major US-based shipping lines, logistics companies, and container lessors".

The alleged price-fixing ultimately led to shipping delays and higher prices for American consumers.

According to the indictment, the accused companies artificially inflated prices by restricting container output. They allegedly did this by limiting the number of shifts and hours that each production line could run daily, installing video surveillance cameras to ensure "no company violated the agreed-upon output restrictions", and agreeing not to build any new container manufacturing factories.

As a result, between 2019 and 2021, the price of a standard shipping container roughly doubled from US$1,600 (S$2,060) to US$3,500 (S$4,507). The DOJ noted that this surged the manufacturers' profits by approximately one hundredfold.

The alleged conspiracy lasted over four years, from November 2019 to January 2024.

According to the documents,  a Singamas executive reportedly told Teo that he had reminded the other members "not to be high profile since it might violate the monopoly law or be accused of price manipulation by our customers”.

Teo had purportedly written in response to the executive: “We also need to keep low key.”

Teo's response

According to ST, in a statement on May 28, Teo announced he would not seek re-election as SBF chairman when his term ends on June 24.

"I have proactively decided to take these leaves of absence to afford myself sufficient time to attend to this matter, and for the best interests of the aforementioned organisations."

A 64-year-old Singaporean man, who was previously convicted of drink-driving and traffic offences on three separate occasions, was sentenced to 10 months and six weeks’ jail, a fine of S$26,000 and a lifetime revocation of his driving licence.

Kenny Yeap Beng Chye faced eight charges related to offences consisting of drink-driving and harassing police officers.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Jun. 27.

He pleaded guilty to five of the charges, Shin Min Daily News reported.

Beer

On Jun. 26, 2025, at about 8pm, Yeap drank about six to eight glasses of beer at a coffee shop at Block 138 Tampines Street 11.

At about 9:30pm, he picked up a former female client at Changi General Hospital and drove her to Tebing Lane for a late-night meal.

During the meal, the pair got into an argument and the female client left.

Yeap then decided to drive to his former client’s house to apologise to her.

Collision

In charge sheets seen by Mothership, on Jun. 27, 2025, at about 12:57am, Yeap collided into a pillar after losing control of his car while negotiating a right bend on the single-lane two-way road along the car park service road of Block 209 Punggol Place.

A member of the public witnessed the incident and alerted the police.

Two patrolling officers responded to the scene and smelled alcohol on Yeap.

He was subjected to two breathalyser tests, which he failed.

Yeap was found with at least 106 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, which exceeded the legal limit of 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Yeap also used his left leg to kick the groin area of one of the officers when they restrained him.

While being conveyed to the traffic police headquarters, he spat and hurled vulgarities in English and Hokkien at the police officers.

History

It was revealed in court that Yeap had five prior traffic offences consisting of drink-driving, speeding, and driving without a licence while disqualified.

He has been convicted of traffic offences since 1994.

In July 2001, he was sentenced to a 20-year license revocation for drink-driving.

This case marks Yeap's fourth drink-driving conviction.

The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has apologised after graduates received transcripts with formatting errors at the school's commencement ceremony.

After the ceremony on May 30 and 31, an individual claiming to be a recent graduate wrote to Mothership about receiving a transcript with errors.

The mistakes were found in the text printed at the back of the transcript.

They include extra and missing spacing, and "?" characters where spaces should be between words.

A number of students allegedly also had some extra-curricular activities missing or repeated in the printing.

"Around 600 to 700 undergraduates would have received this transcript, all with the same errors, some with additional errors," the reader said.

They were unsure whether postgraduates were affected too.

Human errors

According to the reader, there was "general unhappiness" among the affected students, who also discussed the source of the errors on Telegram group chats.

The types of mistakes led the reader to believe that the transcripts were generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

In response to Mothership's queries, an SUTD spokesperson has clarified that the errors were human errors.

"We apologise for the formatting errors in the transcripts. They should have been checked and corrected," the spokesperson said.

"We will be reaching out to all affected graduates to make the necessary amendments. We will also put in place further checks to ensure that this doesn't happen again."

Requests for reprints

Several students made requests for their transcripts to be reprinted, the reader said.

On Jun. 16, the SUTD spokesperson added that the school had sent an email to all affected students.

The email also included a form that affected students can fill in to request a new transcript, the Mothership reader confirmed.

The school apologised for what happened in the email and said it recognised the mistake.

A man, Wu Zhijian, was reportedly refused a straw after he bought a drink from a Redhill convenience store on May 1.

The man allegedly returned to the store with two knives.

According to court documents cited by Shin Min Daily News, Wu got into an argument with the store manager after being refused the straw.

After berating the manager, Wu left angrily.

A few minutes later, he returned brandishing two knives.

Wu shouted at the manager, and threatened to harm him, before leaving the scene.

The manager immediately called the police and informed them that Wu lived upstairs.

The police arrested him later that day.

According to Shin Min, during sentencing, the judge pointed out several of Wu's past transgressions, noting his rap sheet extended to 1992, and that he had a higher chance of recidivism.

Wu had also violated the conditions of his remission order from an earlier case, and was ultimately given a harsher sentence of six months' and seven days in jail.

Convicted persons might be issued a conditional remission order, granting them an early release for good conduct and behaviour.

One of the basic conditions of this order is to not commit any offence during the remission period.

A 35-year-old Singaporean man came across a fake photo of Marina Bay Sands (MBS) on fire and decided to send it to the Facebook page of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, along with a message containing the word "bomb".

An administrator of SM Lee's Facebook page lodged a police report, and the man was eventually apprehended.

CNA reported that the man, Andie Tan Kok Yong, pleaded guilty in court on Jun. 18 and is awaiting sentencing.

He was charged with transmitting a message which he knew to be false and for obstructing the course of justice by performing a factory reset on his phone after sending the Facebook message.

"Bomb $1,500billion++wit management approved of 1st boss not merlion boss of tan jun yan"

According to court documents, while on Facebook, Tan chanced upon the fake image on Sep. 29, 2025.

Tan saved the image on his phone and sent it to SM Lee's official Facebook page via Facebook Messenger.

He sent the message on Sep. 29 at about 2:57pm, along with the message: "Bomb $1,500billion++wit management approved of 1st boss not merlion boss of tan jun yan".

He did so knowing the image was fake and in order to prank SM Lee, court documents stated.

Police told MBS to step up security

An administrator monitoring SM Lee's official Facebook page saw the image and message.

He took a screenshot of them and lodged a police report.

The police later informed the security at MBS to step up security patrols.

They eventually traced Tan as the culprit.

When questioned by the police, Tan admitted that he was the one who sent the image and message.

According to charge sheets, Tan had also performed a factory reset on his phone sometime between September 2025 and December 2025, after sending the offending image and message.

Prosecution sought four to eight weeks' jail

For knowingly transmitting a false or fabricated message, Tan, if found guilty, is liable to a fine of S$10,000 or to a jail term not exceeding three years, or both.

The prosecution sought at least four to eight weeks' imprisonment.

In his submission, Deputy Public Prosecutor Andrew Chia wrote that Tan had essentially perpetuated a bomb hoax against a high-value target.

He also noted that Tan's message, while not particularly credible, did cause concern and resulted in actions being taken by the police and MBS.

Tan will be sentenced at a later date, CNA wrote.

A South Korean YouTuber who was subjected to a racist gesture during a recent World Cup game has been officially invited by FIFA to attend her country's match against Mexico.

In a statement seen by South Korean media, football's governing body confirmed that Yoon Su-jin, known online as Inocat, accepted the invitation to attend the match in Guadalajara on Jun. 18.

The match coincides with the UN's International Day for Countering Hate Speech, observed by the UN since 2021 to combat xenophobia and discrimination globally. FIFA stated it plans to use the occasion to deliver a "message of inclusion and respect".

The incident

The invitation follows an incident on Jun. 11, during South Korea's opening World Cup match against the Czech Republic in Mexico.

Yoon shared a video on Instagram showing a local man looking into her camera and pulling at the corners of his eyes, a gesture widely recognised as a derogatory racist trope against people of Asian descent.

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Following public backlash online, Mexican media outlet Politico MX later identified him as Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes, president of the College of Geomatics and Topographic Surveying Engineers of the State of Jalisco (CITGEJ).

In response to the public outcry, the association announced that Bernal would be removed from his position.

Bernal later posted a public apology on Instagram, stating that he "sincerely regret(s) everything this situation has caused".

FIFA, which maintains a zero-tolerance policy against racism, also confirmed it has blocked Bernal from accessing his ticketing account.

Moving forward

On Jun. 16, Yoon shared her reflections on the incident on Instagram, expressing gratitude for the overwhelming support she has received from Mexican locals since the video went viral.

"What happened was sad, but I could never hate an entire country because of the actions of one person."

To pay forward the kindness she experienced, Yoon revealed that she has donated KRW2 million (S$1,690) to World Vision under her channel's name, Inocat. She added that she hopes the donation will support children in need and inspire them to pursue their dreams.

A 13-year-old girl was apprehended after she was caught allegedly sitting on an air conditioner ledge at a public housing block in Punggol.

The incident occurred at Block 312B Sumang Link on the evening of Jun. 16.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, emergency responders were seen rescuing the girl.

The rescue process took about five minutes.

A photo of the incident showed the girl being held by a man in pink on the ledge.

Two SCDF personnel were also present.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they received a call for assistance at about 6:50pm that day.

The teen was apprehended under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act.

She was subsequently taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

Helplines

If you or someone you know are in mental distress, here are some hotlines you can call to seek help, advice, or just a listening ear:

National mindline.sg Hotline: 1771 (24 hours)

National mindline.sg WhatsApp: 66691771 (24 hours)

SOS 24-hour Hotline: 1-767

Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019

Centre for Domestic Employees: 1800 225 5233 (24 hours)

Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training: 1800 339 4357 (24 hours)

HOME: 1800 797 7977 or +65 9787 3122 (WhatsApp / Viber / SMS)

Jakarta police are investigating a 22-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing a four-year-old Pomeranian named Sissy at a pet café in Jakarta on Jun. 1, according to Jakarta Globe.

The incident took place at Dogs Ministry, a pet daycare, grooming and café facility in the Penjaringan district, while the venue was packed with visitors during a public holiday.

How the facility's manager caught him

Operations manager Yuliana Monica Petronela told Kumparan that the man, identified as OWL, was a regular visitor.

On the day of the incident, after spending time in the facility's lounge area, he moved to the café section, where he picked up Sissy and began playing with and hugging her intensely.

Staff noticed suspicious behaviour and reported to management that he had exposed himself and was forcing Sissy to lick him.

Monica reviewed the CCTV footage, but the angle did not clearly capture the act.

She then made her way to the mezzanine level on the second floor.

"From upstairs I could clearly see what he was doing. Then when I was about to come down, at the top of the stairs, he did it again right below me. So I immediately recorded it," she told Kumparan.

She said she found it particularly shocking given how crowded the venue was at the time.

"It was a public holiday, so the café was packed with visitors," she said.

Monica immediately took Sissy away from the visitor and confronted him. He denied everything at first.

"We asked him, 'What were you doing?' He denied it and said, 'I wasn't doing anything.' Then I showed him the video, and he became silent," she said.

He was also unable to produce any identification documents when asked. Monica then brought him to Penjaringan Police Station.

Not the first time

According to Monica, OWL was not unknown to the staff. About one to two weeks before the incident on Jun. 1, employees had already warned him for forcefully trying to kiss and hug one of the facility's dogs, which appeared visibly uncomfortable. He left after being warned.

When he returned on Jun. 1, staff were already keeping a closer eye on him because of the earlier incident, Monica told Kumparan.

Dogs Ministry later said the family told management during mediation discussions that OWL is a person with special needs, and that similar behaviour had occurred previously.

The facility said this raised broader questions about supervision and prevention.

"If such behaviour has occurred before, how should supervision and prevention responsibilities be carried out so that no other parties are affected?" the company wrote on Instagram.

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Sissy's condition

Monica said Sissy showed behavioural changes after the incident, according to Jakarta Globe.

Sissy suffered severe psychological distress, and her condition worsened over the following days.

Monica said: “She became stressed, refused to eat, and appeared withdrawn. Three days later, we took her to a clinic for follow-up treatment, and doctors found that her weight had dropped by 800 grams and she was experiencing anaemia.”

Blood tests were also conducted on Sissy to rule out infections or diseases, and came back negative. Dogs Ministry said Sissy has not been relocated during her recovery because staff were concerned that a new environment could cause additional stress.

Police investigations ongoing

Penjaringan Police criminal investigation unit head Sampson Sosa Hutapea confirmed the case is under active investigation, according to Jakarta Globe.

He said: "We have questioned the victim's guardians, witnesses, and the reported individual. At this stage, he is still being treated as a witness while the investigation continues."

He added: "If necessary, we will conduct a psychiatric examination of the individual concerned."

Police noted this is the first alleged animal sexual abuse case handled by Penjaringan Police.