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A fire broke out late on Wednesday night at Geylang, engulfing two shophouses in the process. The fire first broke out at the building at Geylang Lorong 14, at about 8:35pm, and the fire was so huge that twelve emergency vehicles and 70 firefighters were deployed to the scene, The area was also cordoned off by the police to facilitate the firefighting.

A Chinese man, who was caught scrawling graffiti on walls and pillars around the Geylang area has been sentenced to 13 months jail and 9 strokes of the cane. Among the graffiti he scrawled were also racist words like "Malay Mati" at the Geylang area, which is predominantly an area where most Malays congregate for shopping and marketing.

Ms Vanessa Ho, director of sex workers' rights group Project X, believes increased police raids on unlicensed brothels in Geylang could have resulted in businesses moving to public housing. "We know a handful of sex workers who work out of HDB flats, and I estimate that there must be hundreds of such brothels," she said. Enforcement action since January shows at least 82 women have been arrested for suspected involvement in vice activities within residential areas and units.

It was understood that the man and the woman knew each other, and the weapon used was a penknife. An eyewitness said the attack occurred at Geylang Lorong 18, and that the woman was brutally attacked with her head heavily bandaged in the aftermath.

A 80 year old cardboard-collecting man was bullied by 2 shopkeepers who accused him of stealing tissue paper and demanded that he pay $200 as punishment. Police had to intervene in the matter, which was finally resolved after the old man offered to pay $1.90 for the cost of the tissue.

In the alleys between Geylang Lorong 16 and 12, the throngs of women who used to line the streets to tout their game have long gone, with ever increasing police raids and patrols putting a dampener on what once was a vibrant red light district. Prostitution is legal in Singapore, but it is an offence to solicit in public.

A netizen is appealing for witnesses for an accident that took place along Sims Avenue near Lorong 27 Geylang on 5 July, 2.45PM to 3PM.

44 foreign workers were stuffed into a 4-room Geylang flat which had been converted illegally into a dormitory.

According to some eye-witnesses, the man was seen trying to stop a fight between two groups. It was not known what transpired between the two groups, or whether the dead man had any connections with either group.

A netizen has written in to complain about the dangerous conditions of roads traveling in and out of Geylang in response to a tragic accident where an cyclist riding on an electrical bicycle was crushed beneath the giant tires of a prime mover.