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| 23-year-old sentenced to life imprisonment for fatal stabbing Posted: A full-time national serviceman who knifed four women in 2010, killing a mother of two, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Soh Wee Kian, 23, stood expressionless in the dock as he heard his sentence yesterday. Prosecutors had asked for a life term for Soh, who loitered around housing estates with a knife in his pocket, trailing women with long hair and in short skirts. As he followed them, he fantasised about stabbing them in the back, kissing them and touching their breasts. Soh's defence lawyers did not oppose the prosecution's request for a life sentence. They asked the court not to impose caning. On Tuesday, Soh pleaded guilty to culpable homicide for the fatal stabbing of 32-year-old Hoe Hong Lin in Woodlands. He also pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt with a weapon for stabbing How Poh Ling, 28, in Sembawang. Two charges for slashing two other women were taken into consideration. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network |
| Workers cash in on weak currency Posted: Workers from India and Indonesia are scrambling to change money as their currencies languish at multi-year lows. Others are rushing to send funds home after the rupee and rupiah declined sharply over the past week. Remittance shops and money changers in areas such as Serangoon Road said that they had been serving up to double the usual number of customers from both countries since Monday. One Singdollar now buys 8,520 rupiah, up from 8,111 last week, and 50.3 rupees, up from about 48 a week ago. The workers are paid in Singapore dollars and can now exchange their money for more of their own currencies. Those interviewed yesterday said they wanted to cash in on the favourable exchange rates by sending as much money home as possible. They go to the remittance companies with Singapore dollars, convert them into rupees or rupiah, and send them to their families. Other workers said that they are exchanging their Singapore dollars for their countries' currencies, to use when they go home. Some are so anxious to take advantage of the favourable exchange rate that they have been asking for time off work so that they can send money home. Indian construction worker P. Sundar, 41, remitted S$200 (RM515) yesterday at Western Union's Owen Road outlet. "The exchange rate may not be as good if I wait longer," he said. Indonesian maid Purwati, who goes by one name, even asked her employer for two months' pay in advance. The 36-year-old then sent the S$1,000 (RM2,570) to her family in Java. Her employer, 61-year-old housewife Serene Eng, said: "I do not mind giving my maid an advance salary. The exchange rate is so good, it will be a pity if she does not make use of it." Sahakrin Dinika, a customer service officer at Western Union in Owen Road, said about 300 Indian workers had been coming in every day since Monday, double the usual 150. Humayun Kabeer, who owns a currency exchange shop at Paya Lebar's City Plaza, expects another surge in customers on Sunday when domestic workers get a day off. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network |
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