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Woman hoses down debt collectors, leaving one man drenched, “So fierce spray water dun need pay…”

 

Photo: FB screengrab/Ag Adler Oper

Singapore — When two men showed up at her house, to collect a debt, a woman turned her garden hose on them.

“Wah now debtors owe money dun pay n come out with many patterns… but this’ll teach us to be even tougher n wiser tq,”  wrote their supposed company Ag Adler Oper in a video posted on social media.

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China’s Communist Party throws shade at Wang Leehom over divorce scandal

 

Photo: FB screengrab/ wangleehom

Singapore — The scandal of Mandopop star Wang Leehom’s acrimonious split from his wife Lee Jinglei that exploded last weekend has everyone and his neighbour talking, and now,  even the Communist Party of China.

“The recent case of the collapse of a celebrity’s image has once again proven that the words and actions of public figures receive a lot of attention and their actions make an impact on society,” wrote the CCDI.

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Man lifts sleeping ex-girlfriend’s eyelids for eye scan to unlock cellphone, steals S$33,000

 

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A man, 28, named Huang by the Chinese media, cooked a meal for his ex-girlfriend and spiked the food with cough medicine to get her drowsy. When she was fast asleep, he manipulated her hand to get a fingerprint, so he could unlock her Huawei cellphone.

He then lifted her eyelids to get an eye scan, so that he could access her account on Alipay, a third-party mobile online payment platform widely used in China. It uses facial recognition software to unlock the account of her digital wallet. Then the crook changed her password.

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Passionate kissing scene between Taecyeon of 2PM and Kim Hye Yoon in ‘Secret Royal Inspector & Joy’

 

Photo: Instagram screengrab/tvn_drama

South Korea — In Secret Royal Inspector & Joy, Taecyeon of 2PM passionately kisses Kim Hye Yoon.

Secret Royal Inspector & Joy is a historical comedy-drama featuring Taecyeon from 2PM as Ra Yi Eon, a young gourmand who is appointed a secret royal inspector (a government officer who travels covertly to home districts to investigate corruption) against his will.

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Netizens caution Singaporeans against buying property in Batam: “More often than not, it’s thug law”

 

Photo: FB screengrab/ED ED

Singapore — A letter to TISG, which we published on Monday (Dec 20), was resonant with many netizens, hundreds of whom have left comments on The Independent Singapore’s Facebook page.

The letter, which we published under the title ‘Repossession of Apartments owned by Singaporeans in Batam,’ has since gone viral with over one thousand shares.

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