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Man Found Guilty For Fatally Stabbing Mom

He said it all started when his 56-year-old mother asked him for money.

When he denied her request, Sujay Solomon Sutherson said his mother then grabbed his hair and scratched him.

He also said something else: That she tried to undress him, saying “I want a son”.

The quarrel violently: Sujay, 34, stabbed his mother, Madam Mallika Jesudasan, in the neck three times with a knife and came close to decapitating her.

He said he had acted in self defence when his mother attacked him on May 27, 2012.

But Judicial Commissioner Hoo Sheau Peng did not accept Sujay’s arguments of self-defence, or what is known as private defence, when he fatally stabbed his mother at the family’s Bukit Batok East flat.

Yesterday, Ms Hoo convicted Sujay of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Sujay will be sentenced in September.

Source: www.tnp.sg

August 12, 2015
Driver Jailed 2 Weeks For Killing Woman At Pedestrian Crossing

He was making a right turn onto Jurong Town Hall Road when he failed to spot the elderly woman crossing the road.

His car ploughed into her, flinging her onto his windscreen before she landed on the road.

Madam Leong Yew Choo, 65, died hours later in hospital.

Yesterday, logistics manager Kuah Kok Hoon, 47, was sentenced to two weeks’ jail and banned from driving for five years for the negligent act on Sept 16 last year.

At 8.10pm that day, Kuah was driving on the rightmost of three lanes of Jurong East Central Road.

He stopped his vehicle at a traffic junction as he prepared to make a right turn onto Jurong Town Hall Road. Kuah’s car was the first vehicle at the stop line and he had an unobstructed view of the pedestrian crossing at the junction.

When the lights turned green in his favour, he made a right turn but failed to keep a proper lookout and spot Madam Leong, who was midway through a pedestrian crossing with the green man flashing in her favour.

A witness, who was in a car behind Kuah, said Kuah did not slow down or brake when he made the right turn.

After the collision, Madam Leong was seen in a semi-conscious state and breathing heavily.

She was also suffering serious head injuries and was taken unconscious to National University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10.20pm.

SKULL FRACTURE

An autopsy revealed that she suffered a skull fracture and brain injury.

Yesterday, District Judge Salina Ishak said that the accident had occurred at a pedestrian crossing where Madam Leong had the right of way.

The judge added that the court has emphasised that motorists should look out for pedestrians – a duty that Kuah had failed to do.

While the judge noted that the weather was fine and visibility was fair, she accepted that shadows cast by some nearby trees could have compromised Kuah’s view – a mitigating factor that Kuah’s lawyer had earlier raised.

For committing a negligent act resulting in death not amounting to culpable homicide, Kuah could have been jailed up to two years and/or fined.

Source: www.tnp.sg

August 12, 2015
Animal Activist And ACRES Founder, Louis Ng, May Be Fielded In Nee Soon GRC

Each candidate contesting a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) must bring strengths to the team, and if animal activist Louis Ng was part of his team standing in Nee Soon GRC, his experience in activism and the grassroots would come in useful, says Minister for Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam.

Speaking to TODAY last night at a Meet-the-People Session at Chong Pang ward, Mr Shanmugam, however, would not confirm whether Mr Ng would indeed contest in the five-man GRC in the upcoming elections.

“If Louis was part of the team, he will bring, as you can tell, his rich experience as an activist, as someone who has advocated a variety of causes including animal rights causes,” said Mr Shanmugam, who is the People’s Action Party’s anchor minister for Nee Soon GRC and also Minister for Law.

Mr Ng, 37, the founder of wildlife rescue group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), has been helping out in the grassroots in Chong Pang ward since 2008, and was also present at last night’s Meet-the-People Session.

He announced his joining the PAP in October last year, when he started helping out at the Kembangan-Chai Chee ward in the Marine Parade GRC.

Recent speculation that he could stand in Joo Chiat SMC has fizzled out after it emerged that current Moulmein-Kallang GRC Member of Parliament Edwin Tong would contest there instead.

And with Mr Ng helping out at Chong Pang again, word has it he could be fielded in the ward.

“He has experience in dealing with people, engaging people and doing things for people. That spirit and that idealism will be brought for the benefit of residents,” said Mr Shanmugam.

“All his life he has trained to be that, so he brings that, if he is part of the team,” he added.

When asked about the PAP’s prospects at the upcoming polls, given that this is the first time all constituencies would be contested, Mr Shanmugam replied that it is not a matter of how many seats are contested, but a matter of who can best serve the residents.

“Who are the five, and can they run your town council? Will they be honest, or will they take your money?” he said, adding that voters would be most concerned about whether or not candidates can deliver their promises.

“Second, you are also selecting them to go into Parliament to form as part of the Government. Do you want them to be part of the Government?” Celene Tan.

Source: www.todayonline.com

August 12, 2015
DPP To Contest Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Under SPP Banner

The team from two opposition parties that will contest in Bishan-Toa Payoh in the coming General Election (GE) will do so under the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) banner.

Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) secretary-general Benjamin Pwee said his party is happy to contest in the five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) under the SPP’s banner, as requested by SPP chairman Lina Chiam.

“The (SPP) brand name is a lot more recognised here, Hamim and I also ran under the SPP the last time (in the 2011 elections). And the SPP is still very much identified with Mr Chiam (See Tong, its secretary-general),” he told the media at both parties’ first joint walkabout outside Bishan MRT Station today (Aug 11).

Mr Pwee and DPP chairman Mohamad Hamim Aliyas — who left the SPP with several others after the 2011 GE — will be among DPP’s candidates put forward for the joint team, which will be selected by both parties, Mr Pwee said.

The SPP team led by Mr Chiam in 2011 lost the contest with 43.07 per cent of the votes. Both parties agreed after last week’s talks among Opposition parties to field a joint team for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.

The SPP is also looking to contest in Hong Kah North, Mountbatten and Potong Pasir single-seat wards in the coming election.

The DPP is awaiting the SPP’s confirmed candidates for Bishan-Toa Payoh, and both sides will pick the “best five”, said Mr Pwee.

Both parties, which met up yesterday, are working on a joint manifesto for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.

Mr Pwee said some municipal issues they would highlight include the sweeping of monsoon drains and the presence of dengue hot spots.

Activists from both parties handed out flyers to the public today stating that the joint team is keen to serve and would like to hear from residents on issues such as housing, education and employment. The SPP’s central executive committee members Kumar Appavoo and Williiamson Lee, as well as members including Mr Ravi Philemon, were present today. Mrs Chiam was not at the walkabout as she was engaged in outreach at Potong Pasir, said Mr Philemon.

In a statement on its Facebook page last night, SPP said the joint team would offer voters in Bishan Toa-Payoh GRC a stronger alternative, but the partnership would not extend beyond the GRC. “The SPP will continue to put up our strongest candidates for Potong Pasir, Mountbatten and Hong Kah North SMC. Our candidates will continue to be guided by SPP’s party manifesto,” the party said.

Source: www.todayonline.com

August 12, 2015
‘Mystery Beauty’ At NDP Live Telecast Identified – She’s Not Local

On Sunday, one woman stood out from the crowd at the National Day Parade as the cameras lingered on her five times during the 3-hour long live telecast.

The mystery beauty turned out to be Miss Emma Lee, 29, a China national who is so bowled over by Singapore that she wants to apply for permanent residency and settle here.

The beauty has drive, too, working as a managing director for a company, SinMetal, which she set up.

Previously, she had watched the fireworks at Marina Bay in 2012 and 2013 , so she was eager to go for the NDP this year, for a personal reason – it was her birthday.

Source: www.tnp.sg

August 12, 2015