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SINGAPORE - As the streets of Little India near Desker Road burst into life at around 9pm on Nov 30, the noise drowned out the hum of small machines hovering above.

Two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, were being operated covertly by police officers from a nearby vantage point overlooking the rows of shophouses lining the streets.

On the ground, a quiet back alleyway nestled between a bustling eatery and a provision store had been cordoned off by the authorities.

The drones were being deployed by the police in an anti-vice raid led by the Central Police Division.

The media was invited to observe this on the sixth and last day of the operation.

It saw a total of 194 people arrested for employment and drug offences, offences under the Women's Charter and possession of weapons. Four others are being investigated for forgery and cheating offences.

On Nov 30, a shophouse in Little India was raided, and seven men aged between 23 and 61 were arrested for suspected vice activities at the unit, located just a few minutes' walk from a neighbourhood police centre.

Six of the men were dressed in women's clothing.

One man, believed to be a caretaker, was arrested for employing foreign employees without a valid work pass. The six other men were arrested for working without a valid work pass.

As a team of officers breached the shophouse's door, four UAV pilots from the Aerial Response Team operated two drones from above.

The UAVs had thermal imaging sensors to detect heat signatures, so officers could see if any suspects tried to flee from the rooftops.

To aid ground officers, the drone operators could relay real-time information on people's movements at all entry and exit points of the shophouse.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Esther Koh, head of operations at Central Police Division, said the drones were effective in complementing the urban operations.

The shophouse's entrance and exit were through a dimly lit back alleyway. The back door to the brothel was lit up with a faint red fluorescent bulb.

The front door was shuttered, while the windows were covered with plastic sheets.

Inside, pink and purple lights and safe-s*x posters greeted visitors.

The first level of the three-storey shophouse held eight service rooms partitioned by thin plaster walls. Each room was big enough to fit only a small makeshift bed and a wash basin on the floor. Used condom packets were found in many rooms.

A potty, kitchen and six bedrooms, partitioned by thin plaster walls, were on the second floor. The corridors were wide enough for only one person to move through at a time.

The seven men nabbed lived on the second floor. Each room could accommodate a single bed, a wardrobe and side table.

The living conditions inside the shophouse were spartan, with only basic amenities like ceiling fans available.

All seven were whisked away in a police vehicle.

The police have been using drones during their operations.

On New Year's Day 2023, they deployed drones at the Marina Bay area to keep tabs on crowd size and movement.

The drones had speakers to broadcast sirens and public safety messages, including instructions on what to do in an emergency.

Drones will also be used to deal with terror situations.

On the anti-vice raid, DSP Koh said: "We will continue to conduct such enforcement operations and those engaging in unlawful activities will face stern actions in accordance with the law."

!chuds !asians

@Turkeyvann youtube embeds give an error

The one beside is called a Michael Jackson because it's soy milk + grass jelly which is sort of a white and black drink combination lol

!chuds !trump2024

The CoCane Store

!chuds What a fricking r-slur "hmm today I shall damage vehicles where there are cameras all around"

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SINGAPORE - A man who allegedly deflated the tyres of five cars at two multi-storey carparks in Woodlands was charged on Nov 21 with being a public nuisance.

Benjamin Chia Yit Loong, 23, purportedly committed the offences between 10am and noon on Nov 19 at the multi-storey carparks at Block 517A and Block 519A Woodlands Drive 14. He also allegedly placed fliers on the windscreens of the five vehicles.

Charge sheets state these acts caused annoyance to the public.

Police said on Nov 20 that a car owner alerted them when she found the tyres of her vehicle deflated at one of the carparks.

Chia was arrested within eight hours. Preliminary investigations showed that at least four other vehicles nearby were similarly damaged.

According to a photo of the flier that was left on the vehicles, the acts were purportedly carried out in the name of a climate activist group that is against the use of sport utility vehicles. This is believed to be the first case in Singapore linked to the group.

Chia has been remanded at Woodlands Division and attended court proceedings through video-link on Nov 21. The bespectacled and bearded man was clad in a blue T-shirt and handcuffed.

A police prosecutor requested that the case be adjourned for investigations, and added that Chia would likely face more charges.

His lawyer Anil Sandhu said Chia is a student at NUS and it was now the exam period. Mr Sandhu asked for the next mention of the case to be after his client's exams. The lawyer added that Chia's parents were in court and would bail him out.

Chia asked if he could say something about the adjournment period, to which District Judge Lorraine Ho said he could speak to his lawyer. Judge Ho set his bail at $5,000, and his case will be heard again on Dec 9.

An NUS spokeswoman told The Straits Times on Nov 21 that it takes a serious view of student misconduct, including criminal offences committed off campus. The university will take the necessary disciplinary action following court proceedings, she added.

If convicted, Chia can be jailed for up to three months, fined up to $2,000, or both.

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/r/sg redditor is outraged that he is discouraged from reporting someone that is smoking in his own apartment on our local snitching app. The app even says it's not against the law.

: Posting here again..govt logic is: if we can't report then the problem doesn't exist. It's not entirely true because sometimes u can report but u just lose energy and faith

I live in a point block and neighbours smoke non stop at the rubbish chute areas so every surrounding units get second hand smoke. It wasn't just smoking. They littered the area with cigarette butts and the floors are black. I reported on oneservice app and it got bounced around by HDB, TC, and NEA. After weeks NEA called me to say they are helpless as smoking is at random times of the day and they are unable to place anyone just to catch people smoking. They asked me to snap photos or videos of them. Can u believe this? They want me to snitch on myself so the neighbours all hate me? Later on they called again (as I was still reporting) to tell me the only other way is to write a report and bring it to court.

After this I just gave up reporting. And till this day the smoking and littering continues

: Ok lor I don't recommend this solution because it's not the best, but when my neighbours' smoke comes into my house I will shout out the window "WHO'S THIS SMOKING MF WANT TO GIVE US ALL CANCER" until they're too uncomfortable to continue.

The reason I don't recommend is because it can become a noise issue which may force the authorities to take notice, then at that point the smoke issue can be brought up. But each to their own.

My neighbour actually stopped smoking, but one guy smoking at the playground shouted back and almost fought with me. So use this at your own risk....

: When I'm out with my kids I always super passive aggressively say "come, walk faster; got inconsiderate smokers here" extra loud for everyone to hear. Smokers are too shameless to gaf, but most other passersby give a knowing smirk

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An international student was stabbed to death in the early hours of Thursday morning in central Brussels. Two suspects have been arrested and charged with murder.

A 25-year-old Singaporean student was stabbed on Rue Saint-Pierre in the city centre at around 02:30 on Thursday morning. The street runs parallel to Rue Adolphe Max, a popular shopping street.

Officers from the Brussels-Ixelles police zone arrived to the scene and discovered the victim with a stab wound in his abdomen. Police provided first aid until paramedics arrived. The victim was hospitalised but he did not survive the incident.

According to police, the victim was approached by two suspects and was stabbed after a short conversation. The suspects, both men aged 18, have been detained following house searches. They were charged with murder on Friday afternoon.

The Public Prosecutor's Office, an investigating judge, a forensic doctor and the Federal Judicial Police have all examined the site of the incident.

The Public Prosecutor has stated that "the exact circumstances of the events have yet to be clarified" and will not comment further while the investigation is ongoing.

But seriously, frick the dementia-ridden orange hemorrhoid. Fricking POS, him and all his fricking cronies. I'm so worried for all my US friends, especially the women, the LGBTQ folks, the trans folks, and the non-white people.

Also I have been labelled a troll by the UN. Not only do I hate the antichrist the antichrist hates me.

"Small Hours of the Night," by Singapore director Daniel Hui, has been removed from the lineup of the Singapore International Film Festival.

The city-state's authorities have refused the film a release certificate, meaning that it is effectively banned and that the festival cannot go forward with the docu-drama's planned screening in its Undercurrents section. The festival has made no public statement, but its website shows the film as not available for screening.

In the early years of Singapore's independence (from the British Empire in 1963 and from Malaysia in 1965), Tan Chay Wa had been an armed activist, possibly a Communist, who rejected the two countries' separation. By the time that authorities caught up with him in 1976 he was working as a bus driver. He escaped from Singapore, but was caught with a loaded gun in Malaysia and was hanged in 1983.

"Small Hours" involves a real-world court case that followed Tan's brother's attempt to follow Tan Chay Wa's last wishes and have a revolutionary poem inscribed on his grave. The case scandalized the establishment and the brother was jailed for advocating acts prejudicial to the security of Singapore.

"In consultation with the Ministry of Law and the Attorney-General's Chambers, IMDA has assessed the film to have content that is potentially contrary to the law, i.e. illegal. It would be likely to be prejudicial to national interests to approve it for screening," said the InfoComm Media Development Authority.

"As the director of this film, the irony does not escape me that a film about censorship is itself being censored. I am of course very disappointed that people all around the world can see this film, but not in Singapore. However, I remain hopeful that one day, we will have a discursive space in Singapore that is gracious and generous enough to include diverse voices and points of view," said Hui in a statement.

The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam earlier this year, its North American premiere at Doc Fortnight MoMA, its Asian premiere at Taipei International Film Festival, and was most recently screened as part of the Experimenta Strand at the BFI London Film Festival.

It was produced by Tan Bee Thiam and Hui, through 13 Little Pictures with the support of Purin Pictures and White Light Studios. It was first presented as a project at FIDLab 2016 and Berlinale Talents Doc Station 2017. It also received funding from the Tan Ean Kiam Foundation --- SGIFF Southeast Asian Documentary Grant in 2020, administered by the festival.

Hui's next project is again to receive funding from Purin Pictures.