A keen walk-in visitor to the Flower Market by CJ Hendry was left disappointed and upset after showing up bright and early before the event's opening on Jun. 13 morning, only to be informed that walk-ins were no longer permitted over the weekend.

The visitor expressed frustration, saying that the change in walk-in admission policy was made by organisers at the eleventh hour after many had already made their way to the event.

She also said her comment asking about the last-minute policy change on an Instagram post by the organiser, IMBA, was deleted.

The Flower Market by Australian artist Cj Hendry made its Southeast Asian debut at Gardens by the Bay, showcasing plush flowers.

Originally scheduled for Jun. 10 to 14, it has since been extended to Jun. 15.

Admission is free, and visitors can pick the first plush flower for free.

Additional flower stems can be purchased by visitors at S$7 each.

Turned up, but turned away

Speaking to Mothership, the visitor, Dee, shared that she had made her way to the Flower Market at around 8:30am on Jun. 13, ahead of the event's opening at 9am.

She had relied on information published on the organiser's Instagram page, which stated that walk-ins were "welcome", and would be made available "subject to venue capacity".

However, upon arrival, Dee and other visitors were informed that walk-ins were closed.

Dee said she showed the staff on the ground the organiser's social media posts which stated that walk-ins were permitted.

However, she added that these posts were deleted shortly after, and the organisers published a notice on Instagram at around 9:20am announcing that walk-ins were closed over the weekend "due to overwhelming response".

Dee took issue with the post, stating: "Many of us arrived before opening time, so this was not a case of arriving late after walk-in capacity had already been exhausted during operating hours."

The post also stated that entry over the weekend on Jun. 13 and 14 "will be limited to guests with confirmed registrations only".

Dee shared that she commented under the organiser's Instagram post questioning why the new policy was not communicated earlier.

However, she said her comment was later deleted and commenting on the post was disabled.

As the comments on that post were disabled, similarly disgruntled visitors shared their unhappiness on another of the organiser's posts.

Exceptionally strong demand: IMBA CEO

Checks by Mothership showed that there were no more registration slots left for the rest of the Jun. 13 and 14 weekend.

Responding to Mothership's queries, Michael Lee, CEO of IMBA, said, "Flower Market has seen exceptionally strong demand through its run, with visitor numbers exceeding expectations."

Lee shared that additional registration slots have progressively been released over the past few days.

Capacity management measures have also been implemented to accommodate as many visitors as possible while maintaining a "safe and manageable experience" for all guests, Lee explained.

Similar measures have been implemented periodically throughout the event whenever visitor numbers reach operational limits.

Lee also said:

"As demand continued to grow, we made the decision to reserve weekend entry for registered guests. To accommodate additional demand, Flower Market has also been extended by one day and will now run until Monday, Jun. 15, with additional registration slots released.

We understand that some visitors may have been disappointed they were unable to visit over the weekend, and we appreciate their patience and understanding."

Once a Singapore Airlines air stewardess and model, 35-year-old Chen Shi Qi left all that behind to learn the ropes of fish-mongering in a bid to turn around a failing business.

The business selling seafood wholesale was started together with her ex-boyfriend, who had claimed to be good at business.

However, after they started the venture together and Chen got pregnant, her ex-boyfriend spent most of his time gambling instead.

After their daughter was born, Chen also found out that he had been unfaithful.

The seafood venture eventually became plagued with debt.

Now, Chen is taking things into her own hands to make good on the money she invested, and for herself and her daughter.

Ex-boyfriend

Chen said: "Sure, I have to put up with the stench, but at least people here won't cheat me of my money. I'm also making an honest living with my own two hands."

In an interview with Shin Min Daily News, Chen shared that it all began in 2023.

Chen's ex-boyfriend claimed to be good at business. So, the two took the money meant to buy a house and sunk it into a seafood venture instead with Chen putting in a hefty S$170,000.

However, the business stayed in the red.

When she was five months into her pregnancy, Chen stopped putting money into the business. Instead, she saved up in preparation to raise her child.

"In the end, he turned a blind eye to the business. He even left me at the fishery port to go gambling," Chen told Shin Min.

Things got worse in 2024 after Chen gave birth to her daughter.

Her ex-boyfriend cheated on her, and their relationship fell apart.

Chen was left with a failing business that was in a heap of debt with suppliers.

As the business was registered under her name and because she wanted to recoup her total investment of S$170,000, Chen grit her teeth and pressed on, with her daughter in mind.

Learning the basics

Chen had to start from zero — she worked at a fishmonger stall at a wet market for two months to learn the ropes, from slicing fish to understanding the market.

She also picked up on the basics such as learning about the types of fishes and weighing and packaging.

She said, "During that period, after I finished working at the fishery at night, I'd go work at the wet market. I would go without sleep for more than 30 hours."

She would often arrive at the Jurong Fishery Port at 11pm and leave the next morning at 5am, she told Shin Min.

Breaking even

Tapping on her experience as a gaming livestreamer, Chen attracts customers by documenting her everyday life as a fishmonger and selling her products on social media.

"I'm relying on this to gain regular customers," Chen commented.

She had once considered calling it quits.

In December 2025, Chen was left with S$300 in her bank account while the next supplier delivery was due.

However, the thought of giving up came and went quickly. "If I give up now, I will lose my S$170,000 forever," she said.

She cut costs wherever she could — to save on S$10 of transport fees, Chen would make deliveries herself.

Bit by bit, she managed to break even.

Only young female fishmonger at Jurong

Shin Min reported that Chen was the only young female fishmonger at Jurong Fishery port.

Chen's outfit at the fishery is often a dri-fit tank top paired shorts.

Although some might find this is too casual, Chen explained that there are no fans at the fishery port.

The environment is also hot and humid.

"You'll also see that a lot of the male vendors here will go topless. It's very normal," Chen said.

She added: "If I wear cotton apparel, the fishy smell will stain the clothes and it'll be hard to get rid of."

When asked about how challenging the line of work is, Chen retorted: "Honestly, I think being together with my ex-boyfriend was the hardest. What I'm going through now is nothing compared to that phase of life."

Daughter is her driving force

Chen said that her daughter is still her greatest motivation.

No matter how busy she gets, daytime is reserved for her daughter.

"Even if I usually get home at 4am or 5am, I'd try to wake up at 9am to look after my daughter. I'll also try my best to make lunch or dinner for her," Chen said.

Her daughter is also one of the reasons why she's determined not to go back to being an air stewardess.

"I do enjoy being an air stewardess. But now, I don't think about going back to it. The work schedule is too unpredictable. I have more time for my daughter if I run my own business," Chen told Shin Min.

A 56-year-old Malaysian ride-hailing driver was attacked and had his tooth knocked out after allegedly telling three drunk passengers to put on their seat belts.

Drunken passengers

The assault was made public by the driver’s son, Kelvin Goh, via social media.

Goh said his father had picked up three Burmese men in the Seri Yaacob Industrial Area in Skudai, Johor at about 9:30pm on Jun. 10.

The Star reported that the men became unhappy with him reminding them not to make too much noise.

Goh added that his father had told the three men to put on their seat belts, but rather than doing so, they continued to drink and began to argue with Goh’s father.

The argument got increasingly heated, and at one point Goh’s father was scolded for being rude.

A video shared by Goh showed his father bleeding from the mouth and being held down by a man in the backseat, while another man in the passenger seat appeared to hit him.

Goh said all three passengers participated in the assault.

The three men fled when they saw a motorcycle approaching, reported The Straits Times (ST).

Injuries

Goh's father made a police report at around 11am the next day, reported The Star.

Goh said that his father had suffered serious facial injuries during the fight, and Weird Kaya reported that he lost a tooth in the melee.

The older man had to be taken to the hospital, where he got three stitches above his eyebrow, wrote ST.

The car that he was driving was accidentally engaged as well, causing it to roll into a nearby drain.

Pictures taken after the incident showed drops of blood around the driver’s side doorway, and blood on his father's phone.

Goh lamented the situation, saying that if the passengers had not been satisfied they could have stopped the ride or canceled the trip.

He also urged other ride-hailing drivers to be cautious and to install dash cams in their own vehicles.

Police statements taken

Member for health and environment of the Johor State Executive Council Ling Tian Soon also visited the driver.

Pictures showed the man with bruising and swelling around his eyes.

Members of the ride-hailing drivers' association also delivered a care package to the him.

Ling said that the police had taken statements as well as requested the camera footage from the car and were looking to bring the culprits to justice.

Ling also called upon the Iskander Police District to solve the case as soon as possible.

A woman was suspected of getting her hand caught in a blender at The Tropica condominium at Tampines Ave 1 on Jun. 10.

Members of the public told Shin Min Daily News that they saw fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars arriving at the location that morning.

Shin Min understands that the woman's hand was not broken.

In response to Mothership's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force stated that they received a call for assistance at 51 Tampines Avenue 1 on Jun. 10 at about 7am.

One person was conveyed to Changi General Hospital.

After getting into an accident in Johor, the driver of a Singapore-registered car told the other party that he would not run away.

He later stepped on the gas and drove off.

Smiled and posed for camera

A video and photos of the incident were shared on a Johor-Singapore causeway Facebook group on Jun. 11.

The user who posted the footage, Sheena Tow, wrote that it was her sister who took the video.

The driver of the Singapore-registered car apparently reeked of alcohol at the time.

In the video, the woman behind the camera, presumably the other party involved in the accident, could be heard asking the driver of the Singapore car, a man in a blue T-shirt, for his identification card.

In response, the man said filming him was enough.

His speech sounded slurred.

The airbags in the driver and passenger seats of the man's car were deployed.

The male driver repeated several times that he will not "run away."

He later smiled and posed for the camera.

At one point, the man also stuck out his tongue at the camera.

Drives off after saying "bye bye"

About 1 minute and 15 seconds into the video, the man could be heard saying, "Bye bye", before he reached for the car door and drove off.

The woman behind the camera was heard suggesting that he wouldn't get far as he would probably get into another accident soon after.

A photo in the post showed the damage sustained by the other car involved, with dents along the driver-side door and right front fender.

According to Tow, her family has made a police report.

It is not clear from the post when and where the accident took place.

The post has since garnered over 1,300 shares and 1,400 likes.

Many commenters expressed their anger, with a number of them tagging the Facebook pages of Singapore authorities, including the Singapore Police Force.

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A woman's dismembered body was found stuffed in a plastic box in a Bangkok apartment on Jun. 12.

Bangkok police believe the woman to be a 34-year-old restaurant server from Myanmar.

The discovery was made after the woman's relative reported her missing and visited her apartment with police officers.

The woman's 35-year-old husband, who is also a Myanmar national, is suspected of murder and wanted for questioning by police.

Police are also searching for missing body parts, including the head.

Believed to have been dead for several days

According to the Bangkok Post, police received a report about the dismembered remains on Jun. 12 at 1:35am.

When police officers visited the apartment on the second floor of a three-storey residential building in Makkasan of Bangkok's Ratchathewi district, they found a large plastic box enclosed with a lid.

A strong odour emanated from the box.

The dismembered remains were found in the box, with the abdomen cut open.

Belongings were also found scattered throughout the apartment.

The victim is believed to have been dead for several days, Bangkok Post reported.

Closed-circuit television footage showed the victim's husband leaving the apartment with a large suitcase.

Police are in the midst of locating the man, who works as a cook at a pub.

They believe the killing arose after the man discovered the wife had become involved with another man.

As the World Cup 2026 opener on Jun. 11 drew closer, one coffee shop owner in Hangzhou had his hands full putting together a big bash.

Zhao Chong had begun preparations to host the screening two weeks before Mexico and South Africa faced off.

Thinking that a large crowd would grace his humble store near the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, he racked up a bill worth thousands of yuan for snacks and beer.

Rallying the crowd

Zhao's plans were broadcast on social media, with daily reminders and calls to “bring like-minded people together”, said South China Morning Post.

The evening before the match, he messaged 4,000 contacts and dozens of friends, urging them to join the party.

Nobody turned up.

As the festivities of the match kicked off at 3am on the big screen, food and drinks remained the sole occupants of his tables.

Zhao eventually settled back to enjoy the show himself.

You'll never walk alone

“Since I announced I would host a World Cup screening, I couldn’t just close early because nobody showed up,” he said.

He told local media that if even a single person showed up, he would give them free-flow beer and all-you-can-eat snacks, reported SCMP.

The man found some consolation in a lottery ticket he’d bought, betting 40 yuan (S$7.59) on a draw and a South Africa win, according to reports.

As dawn broke, Zhao witnessed Mexico clinch a 2-0 victory with just his beer for company.

"Although my shop’s location is a bit remote, I thought that as long as I established this service, people would eventually come," he added.

However, he noted that "even though [he] didn't make any money or gain any popularity, watching the game and sunrise is a reward in and of itself".

Jun. 12 saw a marginally more successful turnout, with two customers showing up for the viewing party.

According to Sinchew, Zhao's place usually sees 200 to 300 customers on the weekends.

He remains confident about more customers turning up over the weekend, stating: "No customers today doesn't mean no customers tomorrow. I will persevere."

A Singaporean tycoon has reportedly bought a HK$563 million (S$92.3 million) property in the exclusive Hong Kong enclave of Shek O.

Singaporean buyers

Bloomberg reported that a Hong Kong Land Registry filing showed that the mansion at 14 Shek O Road was sold to Jennifer Tzelee Teo.

Teo is believed to be married to China-born billionaire Zhang Lei, founder of investment firm Hillhouse Capital.

Both Zhang and Teo are naturalised Singaporean citizens, and Bloomberg reported that Teo changed her legal name from Zhao Li after becoming a Singaporean citizen.

Zhang also owns a condominium near Orchard Road.

1930s-era mansion

The property purchased in Hong Kong is a 1930s-era mansion at 14 Shek O Road, also known as The Round House, on the Hong Kong Island’s southeastern coast.

Shek O is described as a "tightly held luxury residential district" by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

The mansion was previously home to John Marden, the former chairman of Wheelock & Co.

It was previously held by Marden's widow, the philanthropist Anne Marden, until she died in 2022.

The mansion is on land surrounding the Shek O Country Club and covers around 6,163 sqft, or about 573 sqm.

Exclusive mansions

Due to the unique ownership structure of the residences surrounding the Shek O Country Club, prospective buyers need approval to become members of the community before a transaction can proceed, reported SCMP.

Existing members are also given the opportunity to object to applications.

This means that purchases there are affected by more than financial means alone.

Teo will join a number of prominent tycoons who hold property in this area, such as Pony Ma, co-founder and CEO of Tencent, and Richard Li, head of the Pacific Century Group Investment Company.

Bloomberg notes that Hong Kong has seen several luxury home sales in the past year, as property prices rebound due to demand from mainland buyers.

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A 67-year-old Malaysian man was arrested on Jun. 10, 2026 after he admitted on video to raping his 13-year-old granddaughter.

The Star reported that the girl was living with her paternal grandparents in Batu Pahat after her parents had divorced, while her mother lived in a northern state.

The girl initially stayed with the grandparents, after which she moved in with her mother.

The alleged assault was discovered by the girl’s mother when she noticed messages her daughter sent to an acquaintance.

The girl was initially reluctant to speak on the matter, but then revealed to her mother that her grandfather had raped her.

Video online

A video on social media showed the 67-year-old man being confronted by family members in his living room.

According to the New Straits Times (NST), the man confesses in the video, saying "Yes I did it," while the mother cried in anguish in the background.

He then told his family members to lodge a police report against him.

The mother made a report on Jun. 8, 2026.

Preliminary investigations found that the alleged abuse occurred throughout 2025, with the final alleged incident occurring in December 2025, NST reported.

Malaysia's Berita Harian reported that the police are investigating and that the man was remanded for six days.

A 32-year-old Thai national was fined S$15,000 on Jun. 12, 2026, after he flew a drone without the required permits and recorded footage of military areas in the west of Singapore.

Charge sheets and court documents seen by Mothership stated that Prayut Rittichaipornkul pleaded guilty to two offences under the Air Navigation Act and Air Navigation (101 - Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations.

Five other charges of similar nature were taken into consideration during sentencing.

He is based in Bangkok, Thailand, and works as a freelance photographer for various companies, CNA reported.

Bought drone

Court documents stated that some time in 2025, Prayut, who was in Thailand, bought a DJI Mavic 4 Pro drone for his photography work and recreation purposes.

CNA reported that before March 2026, the Thailand office of C&R Interiors engaged Prayut's photography services.

A Singapore-registered company, its office is located at 20 Joo Koon Crescent, near Pasir Laba Camp and SAFTI Military Institute, both of which are listed as protected areas.

It also has offices in Thailand and Malaysia.

Sometime in March 2026, he was invited by an employee of C&R Interiors to attend the opening ceremony of a subsidiary company in Malaysia.

Deployed drone

CNA reported that Prayut decided to visit Singapore before going to Kuala Lumpur, and arrived here on Apr. 20.

At the employee's invitation, he visited the Singapore office the next day.

Prayut was asked to take photographs and videos of the Singapore office to be used in marketing materials in Thailand.

He initially used a handheld camera. However, being dissatisfied with the quality of footage and photographs, he decided to deploy his drone.

Did not have permit

Court documents stated that at about 8:20am on Apr. 21, 2026, Prayut began to operate the drone at the Singapore office, where he intended to take aerial videos of the exterior building.

The drone, which he operated for about 26 minutes at a maximum altitude of 459m above mean sea level, flew over protected areas comprising SAFTI Military Institute and Pasir Laba Camp.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force then detected an unidentified drone flying into the protected areas at about 8:23am, according to CNA.

After alerting the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), CAAS traced the drone to Prayut's location at the Singapore office of C&R Interiors, CNA reported.

AETOS Auxiliary police officers were then dispatched to the location.

Drone seized, penalties

Prayut had not been requested by C&R Interiors to operate an unmanned aircraft (UA) in Singapore

He also did not check official sources if he was permitted to operate a UA here, which requires a Class 1 activity permit, according to court documents.

CNA reported that the drone was found to contain at least 18 video recordings, three of which had captured parts of the protected areas.

The deputy public prosecutor sought a fine of S$15,000, which was imposed by court.

For operating an unmanned aircraft for business without a permit, a person may be fined up to S$50,000, or jailed for up to two years, or both.

A person who operates an unmanned aircraft over a protected area without a permit may face the same maximum penalty.