The 71-year-old Singaporean man who sexually abused 11 girls, including his daughter, his granddaughters, and four of his nieces was sentenced to 21 years' jail on Sep. 17.

The four other victims were students who attended an enrichment centre he ran with his wife.

The victims were aged between five to 10 when they were abused.

The abuse took place over three decades, from 1997 to 2021.

The man faced a total of 33 charges.

He had pleaded guilty to 10 of them on Jul. 24, including rape, sexual assault by penetration, committing obscene acts involving a child, and showing pornography to a minor and outrage of modest.

The remaining charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.

The man, who cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the identity of the victims, has been diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a rare form of blood cancer.

Prosecution sought up to 36 years' jail

The prosecution sought a sentence of 32 to 36 years' jail for the man, but the judge rejected it.

According to a report by The Straits Times (ST), the judge said that though his conduct was "most reprehensible", the sentence sought was disproportionate to the man's overall criminality when compared with similar cases.

Taking into account the man's reduced life expectancy due to his terminal illness, the judge ultimately reduced the jail sentence from 26 to 21 years.

This was so that the sentence would not amount to a life sentence, she said.

The offences

Court documents seen by Mothership stated that the man and his wife operated an enrichment centre from 1997 to 2021.

He began sexually abusing his daughter in 1997, when she was about six or seven years old.

He told her not to tell anyone about the abuse, warning that the family would split up and that it would be her fault that her siblings no longer had a family.

His daughter was therefore frightened and did not dare to tell anyone about the abuse.

He subsequently raped her in 2005, when she was 15.

He stopped sexually abusing her after that.

In 2023, the man and his wife stayed temporarily with his granddaughters' family while they waited to move to a new house.

On one occasion during this period, the man showed his older granddaughter a pornographic video before sexually abusing her.

She was aged seven at the time.

He told her not to tell anyone what had happened, or she would no longer be his favourite grandchild.

He also sexually assaulted his other granddaughter, who was five, at the residence during the same period.

The abuse came to light on Aug. 4, 2023, when the younger girl told her mother what had happened.

Her mother subsequently lodged a police report.

Between 1994 and 1996, one of the man's nieces went to his home for tuition and would stay over to play with her cousins.

He began sexually abusing her in 1994, when she was about nine or 10 years old.

On one occasion, she cried after the assault.

In response, the man gave her S$50 and told her not to tell anyone what had happened.

She subsequently made excuses to avoid going for tuition and stopped going sometime in 1996.

In 2012, one of her aunts confronted the man about the abuse of her daughter, who was also one of his nieces.

In 2006 and 2010, the man also sexually assaulted two students, aged six and 10, who attended the enrichment centre he operated with his wife.

His offences only came to light in 2023, after the mother of one of his granddaughters made a police report.

According to ST, the man had previously been jailed twice, in August 1999 and March 2020, for molestation and sexual exploitation offences involving other victims.

An Institute of Mental Health report had earlier also stated that the man has a paedophilic disorder, with a sexual attraction to pre-pubescent girls, and assessed him as posing a danger to children.

Singaporean mum Yanti Lala was on the MRT when she noticed a male commuter who had just boarded approach her direction, eventually choosing to sit on the floor next to her son's pram.

The fellow commuter immediately started eating a bun, which she did not pay much heed to at first, except for a fleeting thought that he was breaking the no-eating rule.

To her horror, the stranger allegedly tried to feed her son his half-eaten bun.

Yanti subsequently posted to TikTok about the incident, which has garnered over 118,000 views at the time of writing.

"We shouldn't normalise feeding [a] stranger's child," she wrote in her caption with an angry face emoji.

Yanti told Mothership that she was travelling from Jurong East to Bukit Gombak on the night of Sep. 11 when it happened.

Her son, Khalis, is 17 months old.

"Happened in a split second"

According to Yanti, she was seated in the priority seat, with Khalis in his pram in front of her, and her other son in the seat next to hers.

She recalls talking to the other son, turning her attention away from Khalis for just a moment.

But that moment was enough for the stranger to attempt the feeding.

"It happened so quickly that by the time I realised what was happening, the pau was already right in front of Khalis' mouth," Yanti said on TikTok.

And Khalis was about to take a bite.

"I immediately screamed and pulled Khalis closer to me," Yanti continued.

"Who in their right mind thinks it's okay to feed a stranger's baby, especially with half-eaten food?!"

Stranger shakes head

Yanti said the stranger looked shocked and gasped when she screamed, with the expression on his face making it seem like she was overreacting.

In the video, Khalis looks at the stranger dressed in a lime green shirt, who continued to eat his bun while shaking his head.

Yanti said she repeatedly told her son "No" and turned the pram away to make it clear he was not allowed to eat the bun.

She noted that besides the hygiene concerns, there was no way of her knowing if the pau was halal.

"We are Muslim, so I am careful about what my children consume and whether the food is permissible for them."

"I wouldn't want my son to be eating anything with [a] stranger's saliva on it," Yanti added.

Did not confront man

Yanti added that she did not have the opportunity to confront the man as her family was already approaching their stop.

She did not report the incident to SMRT or any station staff, noting that it was her first time experiencing a situation like this.

"I don't mind when strangers sayang sayang [show affection to] my children, but to give unknown food to my child? That's a whole new level."

The mother told Mothership separately, "It may seem like a harmless gesture to some, but parents and children have different boundaries, and those should always be respected."

Users online equally shocked

Most users were shocked by the man's behaviour, with many saying there was no way of knowing if the child had allergies without consulting the parents.

Another commented on the man's behaviour, pointing out that he had "the audacity to shake his head."

Other users also noted that the stranger should not have been eating on the train in the first place, and that the man should have been reported to station staff.

According to Rapid Transit Systems Regulations, passengers in trains or stations are not allowed to consume food or drinks.

MRT signs also state that eating or drinking carries a fine of up to S$500.

@yantilala95We SHOULDNT normalize feeding strangers' child.😡♬ Saxophones getting louder - Sped Up - AntonioVivald

A 28-year-old man, an American citizen who is a Singapore permanent resident, was sentenced to two years and three months’ jail for ordering cannabis online.

The contents of the delivered parcel raised suspicions at the SingPost Centre during a screening.

Anton Andrievsky faced one charge under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

He pleaded guilty to attempted drug possession and was sentenced on Sep. 16.

Intercepted

In court documents seen by Mothership, on Sep. 30, 2025, at about 9:20am, an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer was conducting screening duties at the SingPost Centre when he noticed anomalies in the X-ray images of one parcel.

A physical inspection was conducted, and two packets of vegetable matter suspected to be controlled drugs were found.

The parcel was referred to the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for investigation.

One packet, one package with bubble wrap, one pair of jeans and two packets containing loose vegetable matter were seized.

Investigations

Investigations revealed the parcel was posted from Great Britain and delivered by registered mail.

The declared item for delivery was “Jeans”.

The parcel's recipient was listed as a Singaporean woman who previously owned Andrievsky’s residence.

Officers screened the woman, and her registered address showed she did not reside at Andrievsky’s residence.

Entry

On the same day, at about 2:25pm, CNB officers proceeded to Andrievsky’s residence and knocked on the door.

They identified themselves and asked its occupant to open the door.

Andrievsky was alone at the time.

He panicked and did not open the door.

Instead, he texted his girlfriend.

CNB officers detected movement in his residence and gave Andrievsky several warnings to open the door.

He refused to comply.

The officers subsequently effected forced entry into his residence and arrested Andrievsky in his bedroom at about 2:45pm.

Admitted to ownership of parcel

Upon questioning, Andrievsky admitted ownership of the parcel and that it was meant to be delivered to him.

He had ordered cannabis from an unknown seller called “Yaz” via Telegram.

Andrievsky knew Yaz through a Telegram group and said he used his residence’s previous owner's details to order the cannabis, as he did not want to use his own personal particulars.

He ordered the drug from Yaz for his own personal consumption and had ordered from him on three previous occasions.

Andrievsky could not provide details on Yaz beyond his Telegram user ID.

When asked to unlock his phone to show his correspondence with Yaz, Andrievsky said he could not because he had forgotten his password.

He admitted that he had ordered 5 ounces, which is about 140g of cannabis from Yaz.

The drugs were supposed to come in two packets, which contained two different strains of cannabis.

Andrievsky intended to pay Yaz S$2,500 after receiving the drugs.

Cannabis

On Oct. 2, 2025, the two packets of vegetable matter from the parcels were submitted to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for analysis.

They were found to contain at least 136.13g of vegetable matter, which was cannabis.

Uncooperative

The prosecution sought 29 to 30 months’ jail for Andrievsky.

They argued that he was uncooperative during the investigation, stating that he had refused to unlock his phone.

They also argued that Andrievsky “deserves no credit for his involuntary desistance” as his offences were a result of ICA’s intervention.

The prosecution also cited his prior offences for drug possession and drug consumption, and that he was sentenced to reformative training (RT) for a minimum period of six months in 2019.

“He clearly has not learnt his lesson and continues to procure and abuse drugs,” they said.

RT is a rehabilitative sentencing option.

According to Singapore Prison Services, young offenders may undergo psychology-based correctional programmes, family and education programmes, employability skills training and personal development programmes, based on their rehabilitation needs.

They are also subjected to a strict regime that can include counselling sessions and foot drills.

A person won a US$1.04 billion (S$1.33 billion) Powerball jackpot in the United States from just a US$2 purchase on Aug. 12.

However, they only came forward to claim their prize nearly a month later.

The winner, who wanted to be anonymous, was in disbelief when they found out they had won, the Illinois Lottery said in a Sep. 15 press release.

"I initially didn’t believe I had won, so I called a family member to confirm it," they told the Illinois Lottery officials.

"Even after claiming the prize, I’m still processing the news and experiencing the full range of emotions that come with winning a billion-dollar jackpot — from disbelief and shock to overwhelming elation."

A S$2.55 Quick Pick

The winning ticket was a Quick Pick with a single line of Powerball numbers, bought for US$2 (S$2.55).

It matched all six numbers drawn on Aug. 12, which were 4, 26, 66, 67, 69 and Powerball 9, People reported.

"I never could have imagined that a US$2 purchase would lead to a US$1.04 billion jackpot," the winner said. "This is truly a blessing, and I’m incredibly grateful for this unexpected and extraordinary opportunity."

The Illinois Lottery explained that the winner spent the past several weeks working with professional legal and financial advisors to prepare for the claim.

They also chose to receive the prize money as a lump-sum payment rather than in annual instalments.

A historic drawing

According to the Illinois Lottery, the US$1.04 billion jackpot was the second-largest lottery prize ever won in the U.S. state of Illinois.

It was also the eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.

By the organiser's rules, the winner had 12 months from the date of the lottery drawing to claim the prize.

The Chicago prize centre manager of the Illinois Lottery described the jackpot win as "truly extraordinary".

"It was exciting to finally see this historic prize claimed after nearly a month of anticipation," she added.

The retailer that sold the winning ticket, a Hy-Vee grocery store outlet, will receive a US$500,000 (S$638,000) cash bonus.

A 40-year-old bus driver was allegedly “dragged, pushed and manhandled” by a group of workers while ferrying them from Woodlands back to their dormitory in Jurong on Sep. 13.

The incident occurred after the allegedly intoxicated workers got into a brawl among themselves on board the 49-seater bus, prompting Cai Zhi Feng to pull over and refuse to continue the journey.

According to Cai, the migrant workers then “manhandled” him, forcing him to continue driving.

Videos of the incident were posted on Facebook on the same day by the owner of the bus chartering service, Singapore Bus Charter, Jitesh Dhillon.

Fight broke out on return journey

Speaking to Mothership, Cai said he had picked up the workers as part of an ad-hoc job order to ferry them to and from a company gathering.

At around 10:30am, Cai picked up the workers from Jurong Penjuru Dormitory and drove them to Woodlands Link for the gathering.

He said the journey there "went smoothly".

At around 4pm, Cai picked them up from Woodlands Link for the return journey to their dormitory. He said many of the workers were "heavily intoxicated" when they boarded the bus.

There was no site supervisor on board at the time, he added.

An argument broke out among the workers shortly after they boarded and escalated into what Cai described as a "full bus brawl" minutes after the bus departed.

Driver allegedly "dragged, pushed & manhandled"

"I urged them to stop but no one listened," Cai told Mothership.

He subsequently pulled over and asked the workers to get off the bus, telling them that he could not continue driving safely and would call the police if the fighting continued.

After the bus stopped, Cai said some of the workers "dragged, pushed and manhandled" him while trying to force him to resume driving.

Another photo posted online by Jitesh showed a worker grabbing Cai's face.

He then told the workers that he had called the police and could not safely continue the journey.

Continued fighting outside

The scuffle continued after Cai pulled over.

Another clip showed several workers outside the bus pushing and shoving one another.

According to Cai, the fight only subsided after a supervisor from the workers' company arrived.

He told Mothership that he kept video evidence of the incident and handed it over to the police when officers arrived.

He subsequently left after the police finished speaking to the parties involved.

Mothership understands that there are no current investigations ongoing at this time.

Experienced some pain and discomfort

Though Cai said he did not sustain any "obvious injuries", he said he "experienced some pain and discomfort" following the incident.

"I was frightened because they treated me in a rude manner," he told Mothership.

He added that he did not know if any of the workers were also injured.

To his knowledge, Cai said the workers’ company is conducting an internal investigation into the incident.

As of Sep. 16, the bus driver of 11 years told Mothership he has not received any compensation.

First fight encountered by bus company

Jitesh told Mothership that this was the first fight the company had encountered on one of its buses.

He said he shared the videos "to raise awareness of the situations faced by public service vehicle operators".

However, Jitesh said he was disturbed by some comments on his Facebook post that had turned the incident into a racial or nationality issue.

"This was not why the video was made public," he said, adding that he hoped residents would not use the incident against others.

Jitesh said the company does not wish to pursue the matter further.

He said he hopes the individuals involved will be given a warning and will not be prosecuted.

"We will just take the damages of the bus in our stride and move on from here. We are not looking for any compensation," he said.

Jitesh added that he hopes "better processes and regulations" can be put in place for construction companies ferrying workers when alcohol is provided freely.

A Malaysian teenager was the cause of a traffic accident in Penang on Sep. 15 2026.

The 14-year-old, according to Sin Chew Daily, stole a pair of car keys from a place of worship and drove the car alone.

It was not mentioned what the teen's motive was.

In a viral video shared on Malaysian social media, the teenager's car was seen to have stopped in the middle of the road.

A passer-by attempted to open the driver's door and restrain the teenager, but before he could act, the car sped forward and crashed into another vehicle.

All 3 vehicles damaged

According to Malay Mail, the teenager first crashed into a parked vehicle on the roadside shortly after gaining control of the car.

Afterwards, they continued driving and ended up driving against the flow of traffic on a one-way road, where the video was captured.

They then crashed into another car on the opposite side of the lane.

Sin Chew stated that a metal beam was also damaged at the adjacent food court in the crash.

Passers-by were subsequently able to stop the car, and the police were notified.

The teenager was reportedly crying loudly in the car after the incident. Their father, brother, and tutor were informed and arrived at the crash site after.

Local police chief Nik Aminuddin said that all three vehicles involved were damaged, but no injuries were recorded, reported Malay Mail.

He also added that investigations are ongoing and urged parents and guardians to keep an eye on their children.

Sin Chew reported that the teenager is suspected to have an intellectual disability.

While Sin Chew stated that the teenager was a girl, other media outlets such as Malay Mail reported that he was a boy.

NTUC members can now enjoy up to two complimentary admissions to Sentosa per month.

In a Facebook post on Sep. 16, NTUC assistant secretary-general Melvin Yong said the move was part of “ongoing efforts to stretch the value of NTUC membership”.

“Whether it is spending time with loved ones at the beach, exploring Sentosa's attractions, or simply taking a break from the daily hustle, we want members to be able to make the most of what their membership offers,” Yong, who is also Member of Parliament (MP) for Radin Mas SMC, added.

NTUC members can claim up to two complimentary island admission e-vouchers per month.

A new e-voucher will be released on the first day of every month.

The vouchers are valid on any day, including weekends and public holidays.

Both vouchers can also be used on the same day.

Members can link their NTUC Membership to their Islander account through the MySentosa app.

Neighbours at a Woodlands public housing block got together to put out a fire that broke out at a corridor and evacuate other residents on Sep. 14.

They managed to extinguish the flames using hose reels before the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) arrived.

In response to Mothership's queries, the SCDF said they were alerted to a fire at Block 693B Woodlands Avenue 6 at about 9:35pm that night.

It involved a shoe rack along the common corridor on the eighth floor.

Jumped into action

Faith Chong, who lived with her family on the eighth floor, shouted when she realised there was a fire.

It had broken out near the unit at the very end of the corridor, she told Mothership.

"[I] alerted my husband who's at home," she said. "Then I called the phone of the neighbour who lives closest to the fire because I knew she was at home with her mother-in-law and two young kids."

Her husband acted fast, grabbing a fire extinguisher in their house.

Videos shared by Chong showed her husband rushing towards a huge blaze, then spraying a fire extinguisher at it while Chong yelled at him to be careful.

The smoke was thick to the point that when the couple blew their noses, they noticed that their mucus was black, she said.

After the flames died down, her husband quickly helped to evacuate the family from the affected unit.

Kampung spirit

Soon, several other residents went over to help.

They were shocked and scared, Chong said.

But in her videos, they appeared calm as they pulled a communal fire hose and carried pails towards the affected unit.

Many of them were young men, who held towels or their shirts over their noses to avoid inhaling the smoke.

Chong, who posted the videos of the incident on Instagram, wrote in her caption that she was "really proud of her husband" for taking action.

She was also moved by how her neighbours gathered and worked together.

"Really love the kampung spirit we have amongst our Admiralty Grove," she said.

According to the SCDF, there were no reported injuries.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A professor in China has come under hot water after his daughters, 15 and 20, published an 86-page exposé of his alleged decade-long affair with a student.

47-year-old Fu Lei, a former professor at Wuhan University, has allegedly maintained an improper relationship with 35-year-old Zeng Mengqi since 2016, even after her marriage.

Meanwhile, he had allegedly left his wife and daughters to fend for themselves.

Zeng is now a professor at Wuhan University, while Fu currently serves as the vice principal at Anhui University and is a member of the Party Committee’s standing committee, reported South China Morning Post.

The exposé also contains allegations of the pair's academic misconduct.

Both universities have stated that they are looking into the allegations.

Decade-long affair

The sisters reportedly found out about Fu's affair in 2018, when they were aged seven and 12.

They saw that Fu used the Japanese anime character Conan as his online avatar, while Zeng used Ai Haibara, another character from the show.

Fu was apparently quick to respond to Zeng’s requests, even during family holidays, while Zeng would send "provoking messages" to their mother.

According to Mirror Daily, Zeng had also allegedly photoshopped herself into a picture of the two in a press release on the university's website.

The pair is also accused of misappropriating university research funds for their personal use.

In addition, the question of Zeng's quick rise from her PhD in 2018 to making professor in 2021 was also brought to light.

Zeng also allegedly deprived other students of first authorship on publications while using Fu as a ghostwriter for her academic journal articles.

Left his wife

In 2022, during a family trip to Hunan, the eldest daughter apparently witnessed Zeng hiding in the passenger seat of Fu's car.

Fu left home that night and never returned, according to Mirror Daily.

This left their mother to manage the mortgage and take care of them alone, the two sisters revealed.

Their mother apparently lost 15kg as a result.

It was only after the older sister confronted Fu at a university leadership meeting that he agreed to sign an agreement of 5,000 yuan (S$951) in monthly child support.

This was despite Fu’s annual salary exceeding one million yuan (S$190,364).

A former physical education (PE) teacher at a secondary school in Singapore, who committed sexual acts on his student when she was a minor, was sentenced on Sep. 16 to 16 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane.

An earlier report mentioned that the man had pursued the student romantically when she was between 14 and 15 years old.

Pleaded guilty

The Straits Times (ST) previously reported that the 45-year-old man pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor on Jul. 23.

Another 12 sexual offence charges were taken into consideration during sentencing, according to ST.

At the time, the man paused for a while and "heaved a sigh" before replying that he admitted to the statement of facts read out in court by the prosecution, ST noted.

He cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the identity of the victim, who is now 18.

Taught victim in school, got close online

The man taught the victim in 2022. They later followed each other on Instagram.

According to ST, the man began professing his romantic feelings for her and repeatedly asked her to be his girlfriend.

Knowing it was wrong to be in a relationship with a teacher, the girl said that she needed time to think about it.

However, the man insisted that it was not wrong as long as it did not affect her studies, despite their 28-year age gap.

Began relationship

The girl eventually became convinced that it was acceptable for them to be in a romantic relationship.

On Aug. 29, the girl told the man that she felt guilty for making him wait and was willing to be in a relationship with him, ST reported.

The relationship eventually culminated in sexual acts.

On Sep. 11, 2022, the pair met at a hotel where the man carried out various sex acts on her.

He also repeatedly asked her to carry out a sex act on him until she agreed to do so.

Victim ended relationship

On Jan. 29, the girl ended the relationship after feeling that the man was becoming very possessive. According to ST, he cried and threatened to pull out all his hair.

He also texted the victim's friends to find out if she was seeing anyone.

One of the victim's friends eventually told school officials after finding out that she had been in a relationship with the man.

During questioning, he admitted to "heavy petting" but did not mention sexual penetration. He also deleted their Telegram messages.

The man was later arrested after the school informed the victim's parents, and they reported him to the police.

Exploited opportunities: Judge

High Court Judge Kwek Mean Luck agreed with the prosecution that the man's offences were premeditated.

Pointing out that he took steps to convince the girl to "hang out" in a hotel room, the judge said the man caressed the girl.

He then made another five bookings over the next three months for more hotel rooms, ST reported.

Kwek said: "He exploited these opportunities alone with the victim to commit numerous sexual offences against her."

The judge was also of the view that the man entered and left the hotel rooms separately as one of the ways to conceal his offences.