Fatal Chinatown accident: Woman charged with causing death of 6-year-old girl; gag order issued

SINGAPORE - The car driver who allegedly caused an accident in Chinatown on Feb 6 that left a six-year-old girl dead and her mother seriously injured was charged on April 8.

Accompanied by her husband, the woman, 38, arrived at the State Courts around 8.25am.

She was handed two charges.

One was for driving without due care and attention, causing the death of the girl, and the other for driving without due care and attention, causing grievous hurt to the girl’s 31-year-old mother.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Vishnu Menon had asked for the case to be adjourned for six weeks as investigations into the case remain ongoing.

The case has been fixed for a pre-trial conference on May 13.

Mr Vishnu did not object to the defence’s application for a gag order to be imposed under the Children and Young Persons Act, as the woman’s son was in the car at the time of the incident and is a potential witness.

Said the prosecutor: “Due to her relationship with the child, the gag order for his protection must extend to her as well.”

The woman’s lawyer, Mr Navin Thevar, had argued that the gag order was necessary to protect her six-year-old son from the glare of unwanted public scrutiny and further embarrassment.

“The dangers and risks are particularly acute in the circumstances of the present case because there have been many (online) posts against my client and the boy, which are not only untrue, but are of a xenophobic nature,” said Mr Navin.

The woman is accused of failing to keep a proper lookout while making a right turn as she exited the open-space carpark in Spring Street in Chinatown at 11.50am.

As a result, she allegedly collided with both pedestrians who were crossing the street near the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.

Sheyna Lashira Smaradiani and her mother, Ms Raisha Anindra Pascasiswi, who are Indonesians, were taken to the hospital. They were holidaying in Singapore when the accident happened.

Sheyna was pronounced dead at the hospital and her remains were repatriated to Indonesia on Feb 8 and buried that day in south Jakarta.

Ms Raisha has since been discharged.

Those who drive without due care and attention, causing death, can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to $10,000, or both.

If convicted of driving without due care and attention, causing grievous hurt, an offender can be jailed for up to two years, fined up to $5,000, or both.

The offender also faces disqualification from driving all classes of vehicles.

Road traffic fatalities are at a 10-year high, with 149 such deaths recorded in 2025 compared with 141 in 2016.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/fatal-chinatown-accident-woman-charged-with-causing-death-of-6-year-old-girl-injuring-mother

Not chio. NEXT!

In SG you either work till you drop dead, or you drop dead whilst working. This is the painful, sobering reality confronting many middle-class folks these days.

Gee, what a way to check out. Rest in pieces, Supergirl.

Driver in Tampines crash that killed 2, including JC student, set to plead guilty on April 1

SINGAPORE – The driver who is accused of causing a six-vehicle collision in Tampines that killed two people, including a junior college student, in 2024 is expected to plead guilty on April 1, 2026.

The new date comes after at least three court adjournments since he was first set to admit to his offences in October 2025.

Court records on March 4 did not state why his case was previously adjourned.

Muhammad Syafie Ismail, 44, is set to plead guilty almost two years after the accident on April 22, 2024, at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Tampines Avenue 4.

On April 25, 2024, Syafie was handed four charges, including dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing hurt and failing to stop after an accident. In June 2025, he was handed another dangerous driving charge.

Syafie was offered bail of $30,000 when he was first charged.

According to court documents, Syafie allegedly failed to stop at a red traffic light, which resulted in his car colliding with two cars before surging forward to crash into another car.

Meanwhile, the first car Syafie crashed into spun before overturning, which caused it to collide with a van. The van then collided with a minibus.

The impact is said to have caused the deaths of Madam Norzihan Juwahib, 57, and Afifah Munirah Muhammad Azril, 17, a student at Temasek Junior College.

Charge sheets also stated that six others, including two 11-year-old boys, were injured in the accident.

Those convicted of dangerous driving causing death can be jailed for up to eight years and be disqualified from driving.

The offence of dangerous driving causing hurt carries a penalty of up to two years’ jail, a fine of up to $10,000 or both.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/driver-in-tampines-crash-that-killed-2-including-jc-student-set-to-plead-guilty-on-april-1

P or M?

https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/woman-baby-found-dead-foot-block-mum-was-worried

Perhaps she was squabbling with a fellow Pinay maid over some Bangla cock and couldn't think straight, hence her ass opting for the easy way out

Couple found dead in Punggol HDB flat; police investigating

SINGAPORE – A husband and wife were found dead in a Punggol Housing Board flat early in the morning on Feb 27.

In response to queries, police said they were alerted to the incident at Block 408B Northshore Drive at about 6.25am.

When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman lying motionless in a residential unit, the police said. The pair were later declared dead by a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic.

There was blood on the floor of the flat as well.

The man was 71 and the woman was 66, the police said.

Police have classified the case as one involving unnatural death.

When The Straits Times arrived at 12.25pm, there were at least four police investigators outside the unit. They were wearing shoe covers and standing in an area cordoned off by the police.

At about 12.40pm, two more plainclothes investigators arrived at the unit, carrying cameras, brown paper bags and a toolkit.

The couple’s godson, who declined to be named, arrived at the unit at about 2.10pm.

Police officers were seen talking to him and comforting him.

Choking back tears, he said: “I only found out what happened when I saw it on the news. I saw the block number and the floor and thought – it’s not possible that it’s about them, but it is.”

He added that he last saw them before Chinese New Year.

“We would often meet for meals. They would even wait for me to finish work before having dinner together. I don’t know how this happened,” he said.

Mr Mike Liew, who lives three doors away from the couple, said he found out what happened only when he saw police officers along the corridor.

The retired executive, 73, said: “It’s a shock to me. I have lived here for five years and there’s never been any commotion. I didn’t even hear anything out of the ordinary this morning either.”

Describing the couple as friendly, he said: “They moved in around the same time that I did. I would always see them at the lift lobby or even at the nearby mall. They would always smile and say hello to me.

“The husband retired a while ago and loves to keep potted plants outside his home, but I remember he cleared them away recently. I know his wife used to work part-time at Covid-related jobs. I’m not sure if she eventually retired.”

Mr Liew also said the woman who died was generous, and gave his foreign domestic worker a $20 hongbao for Chinese New Year.

He said: “Their home was always the one with the most elaborate Chinese New Year decorations. I know they looked forward to this time of the year.”

The exterior of the dead couple’s flat was still festooned with streamers, banners and pineapple-themed decorations for Chinese New Year, which fell on Feb 17.

Another neighbour, logistics worker Muhd Shariyan, 33, said his wife heard shouts coming from the unit around 5am on Feb 27.

“It was a woman shouting. But we couldn’t hear what she was saying. We only realised something happened when we saw SCDF officers outside the couple’s home this morning,” he said.

Mr Shariyan added that he and his wife had not seen the couple in the past two months.

“Before that, we usually saw them quite often. They have even been to our home before. But recently, the auntie told me her husband fell sick and was very weak.

“I’m very shocked and very sad about what happened. We were quite close to them,” he said.

At about 3.45pm, a group of six people arrived at the flat. Two of them told the police that they were the dead couple’s children.

They spoke to the police for about 20 minutes before leaving, but declined to speak to reporters.

Around 5.40pm, an investigation officer left the unit holding a large evidence bag estimated to be 1.3m long.

More investigators left the flat holding bags of evidence 10 minutes later. One bag was labelled “biohazard waste”.

Around 7.20pm, both bodies were removed from the unit.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/couple-found-dead-in-punggol-hdb-flat

Without doubt there are two Singapores now - one for the elites and filthy rich, the other for the rest of us chao peasants who are being freely trampled upon on a daily basis by you know who.

Expect many more suicides by S'poreans who are no longer able to cope with the spiralling costs of living in one of the most expensive cities in the world. SG appears to be a first world country on the surface, yet the overwhelming majority of us ordinary folks are only drawing third world wages. A whole lot more will inevitably see no way out of their predicaments, mark my words.

Vote the dense motherfucker out at the next GE, problem solved

Upgrading my ride to this monster for better protection against buses now!!!!!

😰😰😰

南无阿弥陀佛。。。