A bangladeshi shared a photo showing a mess made by workers from India. He said:
I am a bangladeshi working in Singapore. I live at Kaki Bukit Road 3 and on Monday morning I took these photos of the area. The area become so dirty because of those workers that come from India. They litter all over and leave bottles everywhere.
This happens every Sunday night and makes the area dirty. I love to see my world beautiful.
Source: AllSingaporeStuff
Two workers from Bangladesh died after they were run over at a Mandai construction site on Thursday (Nov 3).
A tipper truck reversing towards a work area within the Mandai Depot that is under construction ran over them, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) found in preliminary investigations.
This is the second reported fatal accident at the depot work site for the Thomson-East Coast Line this year.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that they were alerted to the accident at 20 Lorong Lada Hitam at 1.15pm.
A 36-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 47-year-old man was seriously injured.
He was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, and the hospital was alerted to be on standby to receive the patient.
He later died in the ambulance on the way to hospital, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said.
The workers were taking a nap on the ground when a lorry reversed over them, according to an ST reader who did not want to be named.
“They were both sleeping on the ground after lunch. But they were not supposed to rest there. The lorry didn’t see them and reversed into them,” said a worker from the same site.
Both workers were employees of Gammon Pte Ltd, a contractor responsible for fire protection and electrical works.
LTA said it will work with Gammon and Jurong Primewide, the main contractor, to assist the affected workers and their families.
A spokesman added that they are “deeply saddened” by the fatal accident.
Police told The Straits Times that a 54-year-old driver was arrested for “causing death by negligent act”.
MOM and the police are investigating the incident.
In May, Mr Riyade Hussain, a 23-year-old construction worker, died after he became pinned under a truss which fell from a trailer.
Mandai Depot is being built for the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line and is expected to be ready in 2019. It will also house a bus depot.
Source: The Straits Times
A Bangladeshi who instigated others to rob a compatriot of $75,000 in Little India almost two years ago was sentenced to the minimum three years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Monday .
Sree Krishna Mondal Omar Chan Mondal, 44, the eighth and last man to be dealt with in the case, admitted to abetting Sathasivam Balakrishnan, 28, to rob construction worker Md Rashel Md Sorpan, 25, with at least two others in November 2013.
Mr Md Rashel was robbed of his laptop bag containing cash of $75,000 and other items along Serangoon Road by Sathasivam and six others at about 9.30pm on Nov 17 that year. The six are brothers Rubenkumar Lakshmanan, 22, his 25-year-old brother Sathya Kumar, Rajkamal Selvanathan, 26,Dinesh Kumar, 25, Mano Ranjan Rajendran, 22, and Vishnunad Bhaguan, 24, all Singaporeans.
A district court heard that Sree Krishna had asked Sathasivam three days earlier if he was keen to commit robbery. He said the target would be collecting money in the Tekka area and carrying more than $50,000.
Sree Krishna also told Sathasivam to bring at least two other persons along and to meet him at the open field beside Anguillia Mosque on Serangoon Road on Nov 17.
Sathasivam took Mano and Vishvunad to meet Sree Krishna at the latter’s house that evening. The four then went to the open field along Serangoon Road where Sree Krishna pointed out Mr Md Rashel, who was then with his uncle and cousin and surrounded by many other Bangladeshi workers.
Meanwhile, Rubenkumar and three others were nearby looking for a potential victim to rob when he learnt about the trio’s plan and decided to join them and share the money equally.
At about 9.30pm the robbers saw Mr Md Rashel, his uncle and cousin walking towards the traffic junction. Sathya came from behind and punched the victim, who fell. All the accomplices then tried to kick and punch Mr Md Rashel and his witnesses. Sensing that something was wrong, the victim fled with the laptop bag, chased by the robbers.
When Mr Md Rashel fell on the pavement on the opposite side of the road, Sathya, Rubenkumar and Dinesh caught up with him and began assaulting the victim. Rubenkumar snatched the black laptop bag with cash and other items inside.
Rubenkumar took part of the bundle of cash and boarded a bus. He was later arrested. Cash of $5,243 was eventually recovered.
The accomplices have each been sentenced to between three years and 41/2 years’ jail plus caning.
Source: www.straitstimes.com