The first meeting since 2014 between the Causeway rivals produces a goalless scoreline despite home side Singapore dominating proceedings.
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ElderShield review committee named, report due Dec 2017
SINGAPORE – The long-awaited review of the ElderShield insurance scheme is set to get under way, with the Ministry of Health (MOH) announcing the composition of the 14-member committee on Friday (Oct 7), as well as its terms of reference.
The review was…
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Local video game Masquerada is truly a work of art
It uses a rustic art style inspired by French comic books while boasting a cast of prominent voice actors from the US.
But under the beautiful mask of Masquerada: Songs and Shadows lies a heart that was conceived and built…
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Yoshitaka Naito Successfully Defends ONE Strawweight World Championship in Yangon
It was not the best performance of his career, but ONE Strawweight World Champion Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito of Chiba, Japan, would gladly take the win, having survived a spirited performance from the young Joshua Pacio of Baguio City, Philippines.
Naito and Pacio engaged in a scheduled five-round ONE Strawweight World Championship contest in the main event of ONE: STATE OF WARRIORS, which took place 7 October at the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.
For three intense rounds however, it seemed as if the champion had met his match. Surprisingly, the 20-year-old Pacio took the fight straight to Naito, firing off combinations from his world-class wushu sanshou skillset.
Team Lakay had made numerous improvements to their overall grappling game recently, and it certainly showed with Pacio’s performance as he was able to stuff multiple takedown attempts by Naito.
Pacio dominated striking exchanges, causing visible damage to Naito’s face as the bout wore on. When Naito was able to successfully take Pacio down, however, the young gun did well in striking from guard. He even did more damage than Naito was able to do in a dominant position. Pacio also executed escapes extremely well, impressing fans and observers at cageside.
In round two, Pacio dropped Naito with a solid right hand, continuing to pour on the punishment as Naito became desperate and a sense of urgency filled his expression. Struggling to keep up with Pacio’s striking, Naito knew he had to somehow get Pacio to the ground more often and work on a submission.
Towards the end of the third round, Naito came out of nowhere and was able to take Pacio down, secure his back, and lock in a rear naked choke to force the tap.
It was a come-from-behind win for Naito in the literal and the figurative sense, narrowly escaping defeat by pulling a submission out of his back pocket. With the victory, Naito will enjoy a well-deserved rest after a rough bout, and maintains a perfect 12-0 record.
“Definitely the happiest and the best fight ever. This is definitely my best fight. I just did what I came to do. I showed Myanmar what I can do, all my skills, and I won,” stated Naito in the post-fight interview inside the cage.
Despite the loss, Pacio impressed with his performance and is young enough to learn from this experience. He suffers the first defeat of his burgeoning 8-1 career.
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Nathan Hartono runner up of Sing! China
SINGAPORE – Nathan Hartono has emerged as the runner-up in the finals of popular Chinese reality singing competition Sing! China.
The 25-year-old singer was declared runner-up after two rounds of voting during the show, which was held at Beijing National…
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Count ‘em all — with Pokemon
SINGAPORE – Jumping onto the Pokemon Go bandwagon, an abacus teacher started using Pokemon to teach seniors how to use the ancient calculating tool to count.
Ms Phyilly Wong, 50, made a metre-long abacus with 20 rows of Pokemon figurines two weeks ago. She…
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Aung La N Sang Earns Rousing Unanimous Decision In Hometown Fight
It was another successful homecoming for the “Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang.
Myanmar’s very own MMA hero had his arm raised in front of his fellow countrymen at a roaring Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, as he earned a unanimous decision victory over former light heavyweight contender, Michael Pasternak, in the local main event of ONE: STATE OF WARRIORS.
Though the fan favorite was clearly the better fighter on the night, Pasternak presented a constant threat throughout the course of the three-round middleweight affair.
After an initial feeling out period to open up the first round, Aung La N Sang — a product of Maryland-based Crazy 88 MMA — landed solid leg kicks and beautifully countered Pasternak’s wild punches with sharp crosses and overhand rights, eventually opening a cut near the Polish fighter’s eye.
Notably, at the four-minute mark, Pasternak — a Polish ADCC Champion who trains out of Okninski MMA — rushed in with one of his wild combinations and ate a few strikes on his way to tackling the hometown hero. But seconds later, the “Burmese Python” got right back up and clinched his opponent to end the stanza.
This would be somewhat of a theme. In the second stanza, Pasternak immediately ran at N Sang in hopes of securing a takedown and, finally, a minute into the round, he pulled off a double leg. The Myanmar snake proved to be slippery, however, as he slid out, went for a rear-naked choke and, later, surrendered the submission hold for a chance to deliver some ground and pound strikes.
While Aung La N Sang seemed to be in control, a fatigued Pasternak made it to his feet and exchanged punches with the hometown hero before scoring a desperate takedown. But with nearly 70 seconds left, he could not do much other than maintain top position and attack the body.
By the third round, a heavy-breathing Pasternak peppered N Sang with a sporadic jab, but his Myanmar opponent continued connecting with his much more advanced counter punching.
The crowd favorite kept stuffing takedowns and, with two minutes left, put Pasternak on his back and dominated him from side control where he bided his time, maintained position, and dropped elbows and the occasional knee when the opportunity presented itself.
Aung La N Sang might have gotten the victory, but, as he told Peter Davis after the decision was read, he has his eyes firmly on Vitaly Bigdash’s ONE Middleweight World Championship Belt.
“Myanmar wants the world championship title,” he declared, much to the crowd’s delight. However, whether or not he gets a title shot next remains to be seen.
In the meantime, he improves his record to 19-9 and is now riding a four-fight win streak. As for Pasternak, who lost in his middleweight ONE debut, he drops his second straight and falls to 11-2.
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Ex-teacher tricked girl, 13, into sending him 57 nude pictures and videos
SINGAPORE – A secondary school teacher who preyed on a girl four times his junior and got her to send him more than 50 nude photos and videos over a nine-month period was jailed for 22 months on Friday (Oct 7).
A district court heard that Kuang Liang Yong, 47, had embarked on a sustained campaign of deception and emotional manipulation. He crafted a fake identity of a man who suffered from erectile dysfunction to gain the 13-year-old’s sympathy and got her to send the nude photographs and videos to him in 2012 and 2013.
His WhatsApp messages to her ran into more than 400 pages over two years.
The offences took place on 13 occasions over a nine-month period, involving a total of 57 pictures and videos.
Kuang had also stalked a 12-year-old girl by pretending to be a Primary 6 boy in August and September 2015. He persistently sent her lengthy reams of text messages throughout the day, expressing his love for her and pestering her to respond.
Apart from the jail sentence, Kuang was also fined $500 for behaving in a disorderly manner, one of the five charges proceeded. Ten others were taken into consideration in sentencing.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Amanda Chong Wei-Zhen had told the court that in early 2012, Kuang was with his family at a games arcade at Sun Plaza in Sembawang when he overheard the first victim, then 12, telling a counter staff that she had lost her mobile phone.
He let her use his phone to try and locate her mobile, and saved her number without her knowledge as he found her “adorable” and took a liking to her, said DPP Chong.
He subsequently contacted her over WhatsApp messenger, and identified himself as “Sean Romeo”. He did so over WhatsApp for almost two years – commencing before February 2012 and ceasing only in December 2013.
Sometime in August 2012, he misrepresented to the victim, then 13, that “Sean Romeo” had been in a motor accident and was unable to have sex.
He feigned depression and said he wanted to give up on life because of his erectile dysfunction.
As a result, the victim complied with his request and sent him three nude photographs of herself as she was very sympathetic and wanted to help him.
Kuang responded, saying he loved her for she “really sacrifice for me”.
Less than a month later – on Oct 8 – he told her to remove her clothes for him. He pestered her to send him more nude pictures and videos of her doing a sexual act. She sent him six photos and three videos of the indecent act.
The victim was 14 when she sent him one nude photo and a video on June 21, 2013. This was a day after he had messaged her, claiming that he was going to kill himself when she threatened to stop contacting him as she was frustrated that he had not told her more about himself.
The offences came to light when the second victim’s father lodged a police report on Sept 6, 2015 that his 12-year-old daughter had been having a WhatsApp conversation with an unknown person saved in her contacts as “Guardian Angel”.
Kuang had engaged in a course of conduct which involved acts associated with stalking, by persistently sending the Primary 6 pupil messages in which he made unwanted advances to her and keeping her under surveillance. He had posed as a 12-year-old Primary 6 boy from a poor background to gain sympathy for himself.
In his oral grounds of decision, District Judge Terence Tay ticked off Kuang for masquerading as “Sean Romeo” on a reprehensive agenda by sexually exploiting a naive young girl.
He said he generally agreed with the aggravating factors cited by the prosecution such as Kuang’s predatory conduct, pre-meditation and the degree of exploitation.
He said he was particularly disturbed by the fact that Kuang had tried to broaden his sphere of influence by asking the victim to ask for the phone numbers of three other girls.
Kuang, who is married with two children, has resigned from the education service. He was represented by Mr Paul.
This article was first published on Oct 7, 2016.
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Increase in number of child sex abuse cases a worrying trend in S’pore
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Man took upskirt videos of girls aged 6 to 10
SINGAPORE – A 28-year-old man took a video of a young girl’s underwear at the baby-product section of a supermarket in April last year, a court heard. The eight-year-old had been sitting in a shopping cart with her legs parted.
A shopper who sensed something amiss shouted for help and a security guard detained Wong Jia Wei. Police later found many other upskirt videos, taken of unknown young girls, in his mobile phone.
On Friday (Oct 7), Wong, a Malaysian, was jailed for 20 weeks. He pleaded guilty to 10 out of 18 charges of insulting the modesty of a woman.
The remaining counts, along with one charge each of having an obscene film and a film without a valid certificate, were taken into consideration in sentencing.
The court heard that since 2012, Wong had been recording upskirt videos whenever he got the chance.
Said Deputy Public Prosecutor Sharmila Sripathy-Shanaz: “Wong revealed that he had taken numerous upskirt videos of young Chinese girls between six and 10 years of age when he chanced upon them sitting in a manner that inadvertently exposed their panties… he has been taking upskirt videos since 2012.”
He would cover the screen of his Sony Xperia phone with a phone cover, while filming, so that others would not suspect his actions.
On June 30, 2013, Wong saw a girl seated with her legs apart on a parapet near a grass verge at Bugis Village with her family. He took a video which showed her face, inner thighs and panties.
He also recorded an upskirt video of a girl, who was seated on a chair with her legs apart, outside the Starbucks outlet in Bugis Junction on Sept 15, 2013.
The next year, on April 12, 2014, he filmed a girl sitting on the floor reading at Serangoon Public Library with her legs apart.
A month later, on May 10, 2014, he saw a girl, who was with her mother, sitting with her legs apart on board a public bus. He took a video, which showed her face, inner thighs and panties.
He also filmed girls sitting inside shopping trolleys in NTUC FairPrice outlets. He took an upskirt video at Bedok Mall on Dec 15, 2013; at Ang Mo Kio Hub on Jan 26 last year; and at Nex on March 27 last year.
Wong has been diagnosed with voyeuristic disorder, with a pedophilic tendency.
The maximum penalty for insulting the modesty of a woman is one year’s jail and a fine.
This article was first published on Oct 7, 2016.
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Singapore take on Malaysia in Causeway Challenge
This is the first time the Causeway Challenge is being held at the National Stadium.
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