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47 year-old Yulianto was working in Hotel Ciputra Semarang when he reached for his phone in his front shirt pocket... little did he expect the phone to explode in white flames and set him and his clothes on fire!

Foreign domestic worker Listi was not paid her salary for 10 months despite not being given any rest days. She was not allowed to change employer and is now forced to go back to Indonesia. How can liddat?

20 year-old Stephen Albert took a taxi and was so drunk, he went to sleep in a taxi driver's car. When the taxi driver called the police to help him wake him up, he turned violent and spat at and racially abused a police officer who arrested him!

20 fighter jets flew past Marina South on Thursday in the shape of the number "50" in celebration of the golden jubilee in relations between Singapore and Indonesia.

Boat captain Mr Shoo Chiau Huat has finally returned to Singapore after being detained in Indonesia for illegal fishing. He experienced jail, paying fines and "house arrest" before the court dismissed his illegal sailing charge in May. Altogether, he spent close to 1.5 years away from home and is happy to be reunited with his family once more.

In the final loop of the 42.195km race, Soh and Indonesia’s Agus Prayogo were leading the pack when Prayogo missed his drink at a designated hydration point. Noticing this, Soh offered the remainder of his own isotonic drink to Prayogo.

The 47-year-old Indonesian was first spotted walking between the water pipelines along the Causeway towards Singapore by the Police Coast Guard, who alerted the ICA officers at Woodlands Checkpoint around 7.30pm. The man was arrested after he was found with a “cylindrical flotation device,” according to a statement released by the ICA today.

A Malaysian daily also printed Indonesia's flag upside down, while the Games organisers were criticised for using the wrong flag for two Brunei athletes at a synchronised swimming event. The swimmers, Jacqueline Lim and Nur Hafizah Ahmad, were shown next to what appeared to be a flag for Brunei's armed forces.

A 9 year old girl from Indonesia needs help for cancer treatment in Singapore as she is not entitled to subsidies. She needs to operate ASAP as the cancerous cells have spread to her lungs and she may not be able to make it. The bill is expected to go up to $250,000. #GetWellSoon :(

After winning every single game in the SEA Games water polo tournament since they began competing in 1965, the Singapore men's team finally failed to win a match. Their perfect winning record came to an end after they managed only a 4-4 draw with Indonesia on Friday morning.