Andrew Wong

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Andrew worked in several newsrooms, including CNBC, Xinhua News Agency and CNA, before joining The Straits Times’ crime desk. His work on Singapore’s biggest money laundering case was named the publication’s Story of the Year in 2023.

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Over 2 years’ jail for man behind ‘deplorable, sadistic’ acts of stabbing 4 cats, killing 2 others

On April 10, Ryan Tan Yi Bin was sentenced to two years and seven months’ jail after pleading guilty to three counts of animal abuse.

4 years’ jail for man who helped register 574 SIM cards for scam syndicate

Over a period of four months, Al Hafirqan Al Hadisht became linked to the registration of 574 SIM cards used to perpetuate scams by helping to recruit runners and middlemen.

Fatal Chinatown accident: Woman charged with causing death of 6-year-old girl; gag order issued

The car driver who allegedly caused an accident at Chinatown on Feb 6 leaving a six-year-old girl dead and her mother seriously injured was charged on April 8.

2½ years’ jail for man wanted by FBI for facilitating oil supply to North Korea

Kwek, a Singaporean, indirectly helped to provide some US$6.9 million (S$9.5 million) worth of gasoil to Pyongyang.

11½ years’ jail for man with three-decade criminal history after he attacked stranger with sickle

Lau was also previously charged with the consumption of controlled or specified drugs on eight occasions between 1981 and 2018.

Warrant of arrest for Charles Yeo extended; disbarred lawyer fled S’pore in 2022 while out on bail

Former lawyer Charles Yeo had absconded in July 2022 while out on bail over allegations of criminal breach of trust and forgery.

CFO of local tech firm becomes fourth executive to be charged in Nvidia chips probe

Jenny Lim, the 51-year-old chief financial officer of Aperia Cloud Services, was handed one charge for fraud by the District Court in Singapore on April 2.

Foreign couple jailed after falsely claiming to be snatch theft victims

On March 27, Hewa Sahabanduge Waruna Kanishka (left) was sentenced to five months’ jail, while his wife Jayasekara Gamlath Ralalage Yehelichathurika was sentenced to two months’ jail.

Man accused of conspiring to smuggle 60 pets, confining them in cramped cages; handed 124 charges

Ho Choon Wei, who did not enter a plea on March 27, will return to court on May 8.

Jail for man who broke his wife’s nose after she found out about his affair

On March 26, the man was sentenced to 11 months’ jail and one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to his wife.

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