On Jun. 4, 2026, police officers from the Anti-Scam Command arrested two men and two women, age between 26 and 38, in the vicinity of Tuas for their suspected involvement in fraudulently registering SIM cards.

Another three men, aged between 30 and 65, are assisting in investigations.

SIM cards were to be used by overseas scammers

This was part of an enforcement operation against errant retailers engaged in the registration of postpaid SIM cards which were subsequently used by overseas syndicates to perpetrate scams.

Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the 34-year-old man and two women had used the information of actual customers to pre-register for additional postpaid SIM cards and the 26-year-old man was in the process of being taught to do so.

The mobile lines that were registered were subsequently used in impersonation scams.

The four arrested will be charged in court on Saturday (Jun. 6) for the facilitation of fraudulent registration of SIM cards that facilitate criminal activity.

This offence carries a fine of up to S$10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both.

If convicted, the individual may be liable to caning of up to 12 strokes.

Scammers may be caned

The police takes a serious view of SIM cards being misused as a conduit for crimes and will not hesitate to take action against retailers who fraudulently register additional SIM cards without authorisation, allowing others to use their SIM cards, helping other individuals to register or holding multiple SIM cards without a legitimate reason.

Under the Facility Restriction Framework, individuals involved in such mule related offences, whether they are under investigation and assessed to be at risk, or have been warned, issued with composition sums, prosecuted, or convicted, may be prohibited from subscribing to new mobile lines to prevent further facilitation of scams.

With effect from Dec. 30, 2025, scammers and members or recruiters of scam syndicates will face mandatory caning of at least six strokes, which can go up to 24 strokes.

Scam mules who enable scammers by laundering scam proceeds, providing SIM cards and providing Singpass credentials will face discretionary caning of up to 12 strokes.

A woman was sentenced to four years' imprisonment on Friday (Jun. 5) for allowing her teenage son, then 15, to use methamphetamine.

The mother, 52, pleaded guilty to two charges, including exposing a child to drug utensils and methamphetamine consumption, according to The Straits Times.

Son discovered drug utensils at home

From Jan. 2025 to Jun. 2025, the woman and her husband, the stepfather of the boy, had provided him with drugs, and left various drug utensils in the Yishun flat they lived in where he could access them.

All parties in this case cannot be named due to a court-imposed gag order.

In Jan. 2025, her son, who was 15 at the time, found drug utensils that had been left in the sink and asked his mother about them.

She told him they were used to smoke methamphetamine, reported CNA. She started smoking methamphetamine in 2022.

DPP Etsuko Lim said this led the teenager to consider trying the drug himself.

Teen smoked meth every two to three days

Over the following months, the teenager smoked methamphetamine every two to three days, using drug utensils that his mother and stepfather left in the living room.

He also obtained the drug from the couple.

The woman's conduct reinforced her son's drug-taking habit, prosecutors said. She neither warned him about the dangers of drug abuse nor instructed him to stay away from the drug utensils.

The court also heard that she had given her son a drug utensil on one occasion.

Arrested by CNB

The woman was arrested by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Jun. 23, 2025.

CNB officers found drug utensils in the flat. The woman admitted that although the utensils belonged to her husband, she also used them to consume methamphetamine.

At the time of her arrest, she was smoking methamphetamine once or twice a week.

Sentenced to four years' jail

The prosecution sought a jail term of between three years and 12 months and three years and 14 months.

She said tat the woman's irresponsible misconduct reinforced her son's drug consumption habit, reported ST.

On Jun. 5, the court sentenced the woman to four years' imprisonment.

District Judge Brenda Choo agreed with the prosecution that there was a strong need to protect children from exposure to drugs and that deterrence should be one of the main sentencing considerations, according to CNA.

In this case, they did not only expose their child to drugs, but also permitted him to consume them, she said.

The offence of knowingly or recklessly exposing a child to controlled drugs or drug paraphernalia is punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment.

Having previously been admitted to the Drug Rehabilitation Centre, the woman also faced between three and 10 years' jail, a fine of up to S$20,000, or both, for consuming methamphetamine.

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A 39-year-old man has been arrested for his allegedly stealing a parked car at an open space carpark along Lorong 4 Toa Payoh.

According to a police news release, the police was alerted by the victim to the incident at about 1:50pm on Jun. 5.

The man was caught within two hours after being identified by ground enquiries and images from police cameras.

The victim's car was also recovered.

The alleged thief will be charged in court on Jun. 6 for the theft of a motor vehicle.

If found guilty, he may be jailed up to seven years and fined.

In their press release, the police also advised vehicle owners on a number of crime prevention measures, including parking vehicles in well-lit areas and not leaving keys or transponders unattended.

Valuables should also be removed from vehicles before owners leave their vehicles, while windows should be wound up and doors should be locked even when owners leave their vehicles for short periods.

A Singaporean man staged traffic accidents to get cash settlements from innocent counterparty drivers to fund his luxurious lifestyle.

28-year-old Danial Ali Liaqat Ali was associated with at least 73 road traffic accidents, most of which were staged from September 2019 to January 2024.

On Jun. 5, he was sentenced to 32 weeks' jail and fined S$6,000 after pleading guilty to 12 charges, according to The Straits Times (ST).

For 48 months after his release from prison, he will also be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's license.

During sentencing, another 25 charges were taken into consideration.

Engineered near collisions

According to court documents seen by Mothership, Danial would identify opportunities to engineer a near collision or an actual collision with another vehicle.

Typically, this would be done by driving dangerously close, failing to brake, or deliberately accelerating into other vehicles to cause side-swipe collisions.

After each staged incident, he would approach other drivers, falsely represent that a genuine accident had occurred, and demand private cash settlements.

The settlements from drivers ranged from S$180 to S$1,500.

Court documents stated that he devised this scheme to sustain a lifestyle that was disproportionate to his less than S$4,000 monthly salary.

Faked accidents

Using the same modus operandi, Danial faked accidents and demanded settlements.

On Jul. 19, 2023, at about 11am, Danial drove dangerously close to a victim's car before both cars stopped at the road traffic junction of Cantonment Road and Keppel Road.

Danial, who was in the right lane, left a larger space in front of his car.

While the victim was filtering into the space in front of his car, Danial drove his car forward and claimed that a collision had taken place.

Danial deceived the victim into believing a genuine collision took place, and he demanded a private settlement for the alleged damages.

The victim handed over S$180.

He repeated the scheme on Jul. 20, 2023, and Dec. 5, 2023, and induced other victims to hand over S$300 and S$400, respectively.

Broken side mirror

On Nov. 5, 2023, along Geylang Road, Danial tried to overtake a vehicle that was changing lanes.

He drove behind the car and attempted to overtake the victim, who slowed down.

The victim's car collided with Danial's side mirror, breaking it.

Danial lied and said that the victim was the cause of the accident and dishonestly induced the victim to hand him S$300.

According to court documents, Danial also failed to report 29 other accidents that happened between Mar. 31, 2023, and Jan. 2, 2024, to the police.

Cheated employer

While working at Cedele as an assistant outlet manager, he created his own membership account and keyed in his own contact number to collect points from customers' purchases.

From Oct. 18 to Oct. 27, 2025, he accumulated 70,000 membership points and redeemed a S$100 voucher from Cedele.

On Oct. 31, 2025, he received S$100.50 in cash from a paying customer, placed S$0.50 in the cash counter, and misappropriated the other S$100 for his own use.

On Feb. 12, 2026, his bail was revoked, and he was remanded.

In the prosecution's address on sentence, the deputy public prosecutor (DPP) noted several aggravating factors, including the sheer danger he posed to vehicles on the road, his premeditation, and persistence.

The DPP said, "The accused was in essence turning the road into a private minefield."

"It was fortuitous that none of the drivers fell to any serious or fatal injury."

According to ST, Danial said he was remorseful in mitigation.

Court documents did not state the total amount he had received from the fake accidents and if he made any restitution to the victims he swindled.

With her wedding less than a week away, Yes 933 DJ Hazelle Teo opened up about the emotional toll of planning a wedding and broke down in tears over the negative comments online.

Teo and her fiancé James Wong shared their experience on their English video podcast The Couple's Classroom, giving viewers an unfiltered look at the lead-up to their big day.

"18 Excel spreadsheets"

The couple said the process was nothing like what they had imagined.

Teo said in the video:

"I always thought, ‘What's the big deal? It’s just one day.’ As of now, I have 18 Excel spreadsheets.”

For her, the hardest part was staying emotionally afloat throughout.

Arguments and stress were inevitable, she said, on top of managing both wedding logistics and filming commitments.

Wong described the experience as "decision fatigue", explaining that despite having a team handling the logistics, every decision still needed to go through the two of them before anything could proceed.

Wong likened the experience to a marathon, describing it as long and exhausting but ultimately meaningful.

He said the weeks leading up to the wedding had been full of unexpected highs and lows, but called the whole experience a miracle.

Tears over online hate

In the podcast, Teo opened up about how episodes five to seven of The Couple's Classroom featured stories that were deeply personal to them, and it was those episodes that drew the most backlash.

The negative comments ranged from people telling them to "reconsider their marriage over differing love languages", to others openly saying they were "waiting for the couple to divorce".

But it wasn't all bad.

Teo has also received kind words from friends, family, and strangers who approached her to say they had learnt a great deal from the podcast.

Despite that, Teo broke down in tears recalling the difficulties.

She revealed:

"I lost sleep. Every time I woke up, I would think, 'Are there still many people online who hate me?'"

Whenever she felt low, Wong would drop everything, no matter how urgent, sit her down, and patiently talk her through her feelings.

Star Awards win changed her perspective

The turning point came when she clinched a spot in the "Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste" category at Star Awards 2026.

Even then, the hate online did not stop.

But it gave her a moment of clarity even though the harsh comments still kept coming after the award.

But it was then that Teo realised she could never please everyone, and that no matter what she shared, whatever her struggles, her failures, or her wins, there will always be critics.

She said the choice of how to respond was ultimately hers to make.

Filming the show also left her feeling more grounded in who she is.

She said she now feels freer to be herself and tell her own stories, without worrying about what others think, knowing that alongside the negativity, there is also plenty of love coming her way.

A 60-year-old Singaporean man was charged with two counts of burglary after breaking into an unlocked private residence in Bartley and stealing S$400 and a watch valued at S$38,900.

Tan Sun Heng pleaded guilty to one of the charges on Jun. 4, Shin Min Daily News reported.

The other charge will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

Debt

On Feb. 28, 2026, Tan was having dinner and drank three bottles of beer at a coffee shop in the How Sun area off Bartley Road.

He then went to a neighbourhood in the How Sun estate.

At the time of the offence, he needed money urgently to repay debts and to cover his daily expenses.

In charge sheets seen by Mothership, at about 8:45pm, Tan attempted to enter a house which had a secured gate.

At about 8:57pm, he successfully broke into another house after he found that both the main door and metal gate were unlocked.

Inside the house, Tan found the homeowner”s wallet on a table and took S$400 in cash in denominations of S$50, S$10, S$5 and S$2 notes.

He also took an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch valued at S$38,900.

Recorded

Tan was filmed by a domestic helper.

The homeowner, surnamed Wong, told Shin Min that she and her husband were out at the time of the incident.

When her family returned home at about 9pm, a domestic helper from a neighbouring unit ran over and showed them a video, asking if they recognised Tan.

Tan was apparently loitering outside their home, and the domestic helper thought that he might be a relative or an acquaintance.

After confirming with her husband that Tan was a stranger, Wong called the police.

Wong said she haa since installed a lock on the outer iron gate.

Spent cash

Tan later spent all the cash.

He also attempted to pawn the Royal Oak at a pawn shop in Bencoolen, but the shop refused.

Tan was eventually arrested.

Past criminal record

The prosecution urged the judge to order Tan to be evaluated to determine his suitability for reformative training or be given a deterrent jail sentence.

Tan has a previous criminal record of multiple thefts and burglaries, the court heard.

He was unrepresented and said he had nothing to add.

The judge ordered a suitability report and adjourned the case to Jun. 26 for sentencing.

The 22-year-old man, who died while allegedly racing his younger 19-year-old sibling in Johor, Malaysia, was given a final send-off on Jun. 5.

The funeral cortege was made up of about 30 friends and family, Guang Ming Daily reported.

Angry reactions

Photos and videos of the send-off were met with backlash online.

Some commenters said they would be absent from the funeral if the deceased was someone related to them.

About the incident

The younger sibling, who survived the multi-vehicle collision that killed five people in total, has been remanded for a further four days to facilitate a murder investigation.

The fatal crash involving two luxury cars has sparked fresh outrage in Malaysia.

The 19-year-old driver was in a Mercedes-Benz A250 at the time of the crash on the Kluang – Simpang Renggam highway in Johor.

He has been identified as a university student in Singapore.

He tested negative for drugs.

The deceased 22-year-old was driving a BMW 530e.

Four others who died from one family

Among those who died were four members of the same family in one other vehicle.

Several others were injured, including two children.

A few other vehicles appeared badly damaged post-accident.

The Malaysian government has called such accidents a “serious public health challenge” on the country’s roads.

BMW and Mercedes speeding

Kluang police said the BMW was spotted travelling “fast and recklessly” alongside the Mercedes before it lost control.

The BMW crossed into the opposite lane, struck four cars and plunged into a ravine.

The case was being investigated under sections of the Road Transport Act covering reckless or dangerous driving and causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.

A first-time offender faces five to 10 years in jail, a fine of RM20,000 (S$6,402) to RM50,000 (S$16,006) and at least five years’ disqualification from driving.

Backlash to such incidents

Malaysia's transport minister, Anthony Loke, urged police to speed up the investigation for referral to the Attorney General’s Chambers.

“This kind of driving is very irresponsible and completely unacceptable,” Loke said in a statement on Jun. 2.

“A driving licence is not permission to drive as you please to the point of causing disaster to innocent people,” he added.

The crash set off a firestorm in Malaysia, which has lasted for days.

Fatal road accidents and incidents of reckless driving have been condemned, but negative reactions have been exacerbated by the public perception of lax enforcement in Malaysia.

The Malaysian transport ministry previously said road crashes kill an average of 18 people a day.

A 33-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to 42 weeks’ jail for throwing a birdcage from the 10th floor of his housing block, killing three birds.

In charge sheets seen by Mothership, the man, Daniel Aloysius John, faced 10 charges, including offences under the Animals and Birds Act, committing a rash act endangering the safety of others, and affray.

He pleaded guilty to five of those charges on Jun. 4, Lianhe Zaobao reported.

Lovebirds

John kept three lovebirds for about six years.

They were in a birdcage at his home in Hougang.

On Feb. 16, John drank between six and eight cans of beer at home.

At about 7pm, his mother noticed that he had placed a knife beside the birdcage.

She removed the knife.

The pair then got into an argument.

In a fit of rage, John proceeded to carry the birdcage with the birds in it to the corridor, before hurling it off the edge.

One of the birds died immediately, while the other two were rescued by residents.

John was arrested at about 11pm, and police notified the National Parks Board (NParks) of the incident.

One of the rescued birds died before NParks officers arrived, while the third succumbed to its injuries and died on Feb. 19.

The three birds died due to external blunt force trauma, charge sheets said.

Detained

After his arrest, John was detained at Woodlands Police Division Headquarters.

As he had undergone knee surgery, an auxiliary police officer escorted him to the medical room for an assessment.

When asked about his medical history, John refused to cooperate.

Later, the officer escorted him to his cell.

John then headbutted the officer on the right jaw, injuring him.

7-Eleven

On Mar. 3 at about 11:22pm, John got into an altercation with a 27-year-old man at the 7-Eleven located at Hougang Green Shopping Mall.

They reportedly knocked over shelves and scattered goods all over the place.

Both men were subsequently arrested.

Detained again

John was detained again at the same regional lockup.

On Mar. 4, he reportedly became impatient with medical staff inquiring about his medical history and drug allergies.

At about 1:37am, he verbally abused a medical staff member and spat on him.

“F*** your mother la ch**by*, ch**by* dog”, John said.

Sentencing

The court heard that John had previously committed offences in 2011 and 2025 such as voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, and committing a rash act endangering the safety of others.

The prosecution said Singapore has a high population density, and objects thrown from high-rise buildings could easily endanger public safety.

The prosecution also added that John’s actions resulted in the deaths of three lovebirds.

Considering that his actions were not premeditated but impulsive, the prosecution urged the judge to sentence John to three to four months’ jail for throwing the birdcage down.

The prosecution additionally proposed a total jail term between 10 months and one week and 13 months and two weeks.

Online marketplace Carousell has announced it will suspend all BTS concert ticket listings on its platform until after the group's final Singapore show on Dec. 22, as part of efforts to protect users from potential scams.

Newly created posts may appear temporarily

According to The Straits Times, the platform confirmed in a statement on Jun. 5 that the move was made in response to an official announcement and request from the police.

However, some listings may still be visible in the interim.

Carousell noted that because moderation takes place after a listing is published, newly created posts may appear temporarily before being removed.

The K-Pop group, comprising members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, is scheduled to perform four shows at the National Stadium on Dec. 17, 19, 20 and 22 as part of their Arirang World Tour.

It will be the group's first return to Singapore since January 2019.

A Carousell spokesperson described the suspension was a "precautionary measure to help protect users on the platform," though no scams linked to the concert tickets had been detected at the time.

"We assess each situation on a case-by-case basis, taking into account relevant advisories from the authorities and user safety considerations," the spokesperson said.

The company is deploying a combination of artificial intelligence and manual moderation to identify and remove non-compliant listings.

Users who spot any Arirang World Tour ticket listings in the meantime are encouraged to flag them using the platform's report function.

Ticket sales

Tickets are priced between S$148 and S$388.

Pre-sales began on Jun. 3 for Army Membership Presale holders on Weverse, followed by a Live Nation member pre-sale on Jun. 4.

General sales opened at noon on Jun. 5 via Ticketmaster.sg, with a simultaneous Klook sale.

Ahead of ticket sales, the Singapore Police Force had reminded the public to stay vigilant against concert ticket scams, which typically emerge on messaging apps and social media platforms such as Telegram, Carousell, X (formerly Twitter), Xiaohongshu and Facebook.

This is not the first time Carousell has taken such action.

The platform imposed a similar suspension for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Singapore back in 2024.

A tow trucker in Singapore has shared what he said was the explanation given to him by the husband of the driver whose car turned turtle in a Woodlands multi-storey car park.

The TikToker, @ghxst..t, who posted the video on Jun. 5, said he had spoken to the car owner while they were in the tow truck on the way to a workshop after the car had been flipped back over.

Wife misjudged the pedals

According to the tow trucker, the man told him that his wife had been driving the car and was on the way to send their children to tuition.

@ghxst..t This was what her Husband told me inside the truck. #Woodlands #sgtiktok ♬ Beat - beaty

“She was rushing off [lah] to send the kids to tuition,” he said.

He added that she allegedly misjudged the pedals when reaching the ramp, and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes.

The tow trucker claimed that the car then hit the kerb, mounted it, and overturned.

“At a speed where it’s enough to overturn a car due to its, uh, momentum,” he added.

He further explained that the rear bumper allegedly hit the right side of the wall before the car came to rest on its left side, which was why photos of the incident showed the car lying on the left side of the ramp.

Husband was “devastated”

The tow trucker also said the husband appeared affected by what had happened, during the ride to the workshop.

“Throughout the journey he was devastated, I would say,” he said.

The tow trucker added that the cost of recovering and towing the car was not cheap, but the husband still paid it.

He ended the video by saying he hoped the explanation clarified some of the questions people had about the incident.

Online users react

The tow trucker’s explanation drew a number of amused reactions from TikTok users, with several commenters focusing on the fact that the children still went for tuition after the accident.

Other users saw the humour of the situation:

Car overturned at Woodlands multi-storey car park

The incident happened at about 6:50pm on Jun. 2, 2026, at a multi-storey car park at Block 622A Woodlands Drive 52.

Photos of the car lying on its side in the car park had circulated online, leading some commenters to question how a car could have overturned in such a tight space.

The car was believed to have self-skidded, and the 41-year-old driver sustained injuries but refused conveyance to hospital.

She is assisting with investigations, and police investigations are ongoing.