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A 29 year old man lost his life after two lorries collided at the AYE on Friday night. Police confirmed the accident happened on the AYE towards city after the Jurong Town Hall exit, at around 11:30 pm on Friday.

It was reported that the two lorries were changing lanes at the exact same time, when one of the lorries collided into the back of the other lorry. The man, who was a passenger on one of the lorries, ended up being trapped in the vehicle. SCDF said that they had to use hydraulics rescue tools to free the trapped and injured man out of the vehicle. The man was taken unconscious to the NUH, where he subsequently succumbed to his injuries.

The driver of the same lorry where the dead man was trapped in, also a 29 year old man, was arrested by the police for causing death by a negligent act. The occupants of the other lorry all escaped unhurt.

A 15 month old baby and the maid accompanying the baby in a taxi were both taken to hospital after the taxi they were in collided with a lorry at the junction of Guillemard Road and Guillemard Crescent on Friday night.

Photos of the accident showed the taxi had mounted a kerb. Police said that they were alerted to the accident at 10:19pm on Friday, and both passengers taken to hospital were conscious. The maid was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, while the baby was taken to KKH. It was understood that the maid suffered from pains on her left hand and head, while the injuries to the 15 month old baby was not made known.

The cause of the accident was also not reported, while Police investigations are ongoing.

Chew Eng Han, former City Harvest Church leader has just been found guilty of trying to escape Singapore on a motorised sampan. Chew will be returning to court on 29 Jan 2019 to be sentenced. His charges is either a fine of up to $2,000, six months' imprisonment or both for attempting to flee SINGAPORE.

He can also receive a jail term of up to 3.5 years for attempting to defeat the course of justice.

Chew's lawyer, Adrian Wee argued that Chew had not actually carried out the crime of fleeing as they were still in Singapore waters and that he was actually on the way to a cluster of fishing villages near Pulau Ubin.

The judge was unconvinced by the argument and stated "By the time the accused embarked on the first boat, he was clearly on his way to leaving Singapore from an unauthorised place."

Three other men were also jailed for helping Chew escape.

Chew probably think this through. He could have just accepted his charges instead of increasing his jail term and fines.

A Singaporean man was caught by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers of smuggling sedated puppies in his car boot when entering Singapore from the Tuas checkpoint. The puppies were found heavily sedated and was placed in the car's spare tyre compartment in the boot.

The puppies were found to be weak, and three of them eventually died. The 25 year old Singaporean man was driving a Singapore-registered car, when he was singled out by an ICA officer as they saw some anomalies in the car boot.  The driver was not found with any valid health certificates or import permits for the dog, and he was referred to the AVA for investigation. The remaining dogs which were still alive have also been handed over to AVA for quarantine and care. 

ICA and AVA are still conducting investigations against the man. 

A 61 year old pedestrian was killed after he was hit by a taxi at Upper Thomson Road on Thursday morning. Police have arrested the taxi driver for causing a death by negligent act.

Police said that they were alerted to the accident at about 6:30am on Thursday. The pedestrian was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics. In a video circulating online, police officers can be seen diverting traffic towards the left most lane, while police vehicles are blocking the other two lanes of the road. A blue tent, normally marking a death, was seen in front of the police cars, and a blue Comfort cab is parked by the side of the road behind an ambulance.

The name of the 61 year old man was not released, and how the accident happened was also not indicated. Police investigations are still ongoing.

Residents of a Beach Road HDB flat were left shocked when they found raw meat being hanged out to dry on an air-con compressor vent out of a second storey residental unit. And at the first storey of a nearby block, trays of the same strip of raw meat propped up by overturned plastic stools were also left out to dry.

Investigations showed that these raw meat are being used to make meat jerky for sale, and according to reports, they were allegedly sold directly to customers form the manufacturer's home, as well as his shop located at the nearby Golden Mile Complex. These raw meats reportedly belonged to a 60 year old man, who claimed he sun-dry the meat on a daily basis.

Naturally, the unhygienic practice of sun-drying the raw meat have got the residents at the block angry and disgusted, with most complaining that they had to avoid walking along that stretch of the neighbourhood because of the stench. The raw meat also attracts flies and birds to them, which adds to the unsanitary environment. NEA is currently investigating the issue.