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  • Wife Of Man Shot By Police In Shangri-La Incident Say They Were Planning New Life Together

    Wife Of Man Shot By Police In Shangri-La Incident Say They Were Planning New Life Together

    At 4.20AM on Sunday, Ms Nassida Nasir woke up in panic.

    Her husband, Mohamed Taufik Zahar, was not at home as they had argued – and something felt wrong.

    Frantic, the 32-year-old starting calling and texting him.

    “C u nvr pick up my cal..im suspecting a lot of things… as long u are safe,” read one message at 4.22am.

    Minutes later, Taufik, 34, would be stopped at a police checkpoint in Ardmore Park near Shangri-La Hotel, where a summit attended by defence chiefs was being held.

    When he crashed his red Subaru Impreza through the roadblock, the police opened fire, killing him.

    Officers found packets of heroin in the car. Taufik’s two passengers – Mohamed Ismail, 31, and Muhammad Syahid Mohamed Yasin, 26 – were arrested and, on Monday, charged with drug trafficking.

    The police said Taufik was wanted for failing to attend court for an offence of criminal intimidation. He also had a criminal record.

    The incident that made international headlines cost Ms Nassida the father of her young child. Yesterday, at her parents’ flat in Tampines, she told The Straits Times in a shaky voice about how she first met him in primary school, lost touch, but met again and started dating him two years ago.

    Back then, Ms Nassida was a club dancer and Taufik worked as a nightclub bouncer.

    “I danced at clubs, and he was a bit of a gangster,” she said. They would party nightly and take party drugs.

    Then their relationship turned serious. “We stopped partying and started staying at home to enjoy each other’s company,” said Ms Nassida.

    She became pregnant last year and they got married two months ago, just after their daughter was born.

    “He’s stubborn. We were prepared for him to go (to prison) for a year,” said Ms Nassida, referring to his offence of criminal intimidation.

    After that, they planned to start a new life.

    Meanwhile, Taufik worked as a logistics mover, making about $60 a day.

    He was passionate about cars but did not have a driver’s licence, she said. “He took the driving test three times and failed. Maybe God knew something like this would happen.”

    Since she had a licence, Ms Nassida rented a Subaru for $260, planning to take the family to Sentosa on Sunday. Instead, they argued just after midnight and he stormed off with the car.

    “I think what the police did was right but it’s not fair to me,” she said.

    “I didn’t get a chance to kiss him goodbye. My daughter won’t get to see him when she grows up.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Police Report Lodged Against Unle Who Jumped On Car’s Bonnet

    Police Report Lodged Against Unle Who Jumped On Car’s Bonnet

    Pilot Adrian Choo was driving home along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 on Wednesday afternoon when he noticed an elderly man waving at him.

    “I thought he was most probably a jaywalker,” said Mr Choo, 44, who slowed his car to a stop for the man.

    But instead of crossing the road, the man ran towards Mr Choo’s car and jumped on his bonnet.

    Fearing it might be a ruse to cheat unsuspecting drivers out of money, Mr Choo submitted video footage of the bizarre incident, captured on his dashboard camera, to citizen journalism website Stomp.

    In the 20-second video, the old man, dressed in a loose white T-shirt and shorts, is seen hurling himself at the stationary vehicle. He is then seen removing his spectacles, rolling off the car, and walking away.

    Mr Choo said he did not get out to confront the man partly because he did not wish to hold up traffic. “I also wasn’t sure if he was mentally unstable,” said Mr Choo, who was in the car with his 11-year-old daughter.

    He added that he believes the man left because he spotted the dashboard camera.

    “It was quite shocking. What if I didn’t have a camera? It would just be my word against his,” said Mr Choo, adding that he made a police report on the matter yesterday.

    “I hope other drivers will be aware of him. Judging from his demeanour, it seems like he’s practised.”

    Yesterday, residents in the vicinity identified the man as an 80-year-old resident of Ang Mo Kio.

    “He cycles around the area. He’s quite strong,” Mr Jack Tan, 54, told The Straits Times.

    Mr Lim Kay Chuan, 52, who is unemployed, said: “He usually sits at the void deck of Block 203, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3. Sometimes he plays mahjong there.”

    When contacted, a police spokesman confirmed that a report had been lodged, and said they were looking into the matter.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Vehicle SJT1444Y Is Not Registered With Uber

    Vehicle SJT1444Y Is Not Registered With Uber

    Ride-booking service Uber said on Monday that the driver involved in an alleged case of overcharging – which is going viral online – is not one of theirs.

    This is in response to a Facebook account by a passenger, who said he was offered a ride in a private Honda car and ended up paying $97 for a trip from Beach Road to Yio Chu Kang.

    Uber said that the car, with a licence plate SJT 1444Y, was not registered with the company, and it has filed a police report over the incident.

    Mr Joverst Lee, 22, who made the Facebook post, told The Straits Times that he was waiting for a taxi along Beach Road on Sunday afternoon, when he was approached by a driver who claimed to be from Uber.

    Mr Lee, who was with his wife, 21, and his daughter, 3, and one-month-old son, said he was told there would be a flat rate of $3.90 along with a $0.70 charge for every kilometre.

    However, Mr Lee said he was in for a rude shock when during the journey, he noticed that the fare – which was being displayed on a phone app – had amounted to $50.

    Mr Lee said they were on the Central Expressway then, and he told the driver to drop them off at the nearest exit, which was at Yio Chu Kang, instead of going directly to his home in Woodlands.

    The final bill amounted to $97, with the driver changing his tune to say that the charge was $8 per kilometre instead.

    Mr Lee, who works in the construction industry, said he was concerned with the safety of his family then. “I didn’t want to do anything harsh, I paid him the money and just go,” he added.

    Mr Lee’s story has gone viral on Facebook, being shared more than 9,600 times as of 11pm on Monday, with over 1,700 likes.

    An Uber spokesman said this is the first case of its kind here, and that all of its rides are booked through the Uber app and the company does not allow street hails.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com