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Thursday #sgroundup: Singaporeans crowd fund compensation for Vietnamese tourist

Singaporeans aid Vietnam tourist victim of phone scam


Tourists walk along the Nicoll bridge in Singapore on October 15, 2014. People have raised thousands to compensate a Vietnamese visitor who was scammed
Tourists walk along the Nicoll bridge in Singapore on October 15, 2014. People have raised thousands to compensate a Vietnamese visitor who was scammed


Singaporeans outraged by an electronics shop that left a Vietnamese tourist in tears after a phone-sale scam have raised thousands of dollars to compensate him on a crowd funding site.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singaporeans-aid-vietnam-tourist-victim-phone-scam-063419421.html

China warns tourists to be careful when buying electronics in Singapore

Sim Lim Square
Sim Lim Square

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a notice on their website on Wednesday evening asking Singapore-bound tourists to exercise caution when buying electronics from merchants who have received many complaints.


https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-warns-tourists-to-be-careful-when-buying-electronics-in-singapore-063803475.html

Singapore car dealer smells something 'fishy' about payment


A Chinese national was paid $1,010 in coins by a Sim Lim Square shop after she demanded a refund.
A Chinese national was paid $1,010 in coins by a Sim Lim Square shop after she demanded a refund.

A luxury car dealer in Singapore complained that his showroom smells like a market after an "unhappy" customer paid him Sg$19,000 ($15,200) in coins smelling of fish. "He did this deliberately because he was unhappy," Tang told AFP.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-car-dealer-smells-something-fishy-payment-082243850.html

 

Hong Kong democracy protesters in fresh clashes with police

In this Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 photo, pro-democracy protesters spread a yellow banner with the words reading: "I want genuine universal suffrage" at a rally in the occupied areas outside government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty. Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong stretched into a fourth week, as student leaders pushing for a greater say in choosing the territory's chief executive met with government officials but agreed on little. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

For the first time in more than two weeks, Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in the densely populated district of Mong Kok early Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-democracy-protesters-fresh-clashes-police-025812580--finance.html;_ylt=AwrSyCTAOVtU92AAtyYo4gt.

AC/DC drummer accused of trying to arrange deaths

A television frame grab shows AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, attending a hearing in court in Tauranga, New Zealand on November 6, 2014
A television frame grab shows AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, attending a hearing in court in Tauranga, New Zealand on November 6, 2014

The 60-year-old drummer for Australian rock band AC/DC whose hits include "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" was accused Thursday of trying to arrange two killings as well as possession of drugs.


http://news.yahoo.com/ac-dc-drummer-accused-trying-arrange-deaths-050636907.html;_ylt=AwrTWVW1P1tU7XoAMkMo4gt.