不满前方司机不让路 超车又三度刹车 路霸副教授判坐牢
被告王建良。（档案照）
不满马赛地司机不让路，南大副教授超车后，再紧急刹车三次，导致对方撞上。法官斥责，行为是公路路霸！
《新明日报》今年初报道，被告王建良（57岁）是南洋理工大学电子工程系副教授，他面对鲁莽行为危害他人安全、恶作剧与刑事暴力三项控状。受害人是60岁马赛地司机林永顺。
案情显示，前年3月16日傍晚5时50分左右，被告与受害人行驶在靠近裕廊西先驱北路，要进入泛岛高速公路的车道。当时交通拥挤，车辆行驶缓慢。
被告尝试进入车道时，受害人不肯让路，引起被告不满。他刻意加速，在路肩上超车，过后还在一分钟内紧急刹车两次。
随后，被告故意跟随受害人换车道，又突然第三次紧急刹车。这次，受害人来不及停车，撞上被告车子后方防撞杆。事后，被告要求看受害人的驾照，但对方要他依照车牌向陆交局查询，被告气愤难耐，对着受害人大嚷。当受害人回到车上，被告强行打开车门，强拉手臂。受害人推走被告的手，被告手机落地。
受害人过后上车锁门，被告发现无法开门，猛打窗户，之后也狂打引擎盖四次，导致凹陷，阻止受害人离开。受害人的马赛地维修费是4333元，虽然被告有意支付，但遭受害人拒绝。
庭上昨午（5月23日）播放两人车上的行车记录视频，身穿紫色上衣的被告情绪明显激动。法官斥责，被告违例加速又超车，车内外的失态行为构成公路暴力。（人名译音）
《新明日报》
NTU professor gets jail, fine and driving ban for road rage case, intends to appeal
A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) professor who collided with another driver before alighting and hitting the victim's car bonnet was sentenced to a week's jail and fined S$2,000 on Thursday (May 23).
Wang Jianliang, 57, was also given a driving ban of six months, which will take effect after he is released from prison.
The associate professor at NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering intends to appeal and has applied for a stay of execution.
Wang pleaded guilty to one count of a rash act endangering the safety of the other driver, 60-year-old Samuel Lim Yong Soon, and one charge of mischief for hitting Mr Lim's car.
A third charge of using criminal force on Mr Lim by grabbing his arm and pulling it was taken into consideration for sentencing.
The court heard that both men had been driving on a merging lane to enter the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) towards Changi Airport on the evening of Mar 16, 2017.
Traffic was heavy and moving slowly, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Sheryl Yeo. When Wang tried to filter into the merging lane, Mr Lim refused to give away, which "greatly annoyed" Wang.
He sped up intentionally and drove on the road shoulder in order to overtake Mr Lim's car. Video footage from both men's in-car cameras was played in court on Thursday.
With Mr Lim behind him, Wang abruptly jammed on the brakes of his car three times to show his displeasure at Mr Lim not giving way to him earlier.
On the third time, Mr Lim could not brake in time, and collided with Wang.
WANG HITS BONNET, DENTING IT
Both men stopped their cars in the second lane from the left of the five-lane PIE. Footage showed Wang and Mr Lim walking around the cars, gesturing at each other and taking photos of each other's vehicles.
Wang demanded to see Mr Lim's driving licence, but the latter refused and told him to check with the Land Transport Authority using the vehicle's registration number that he had photographed.
Wang flew into a rage and shouted at Mr Lim, who decided to return to his own vehicle. Wang tried to stop him but Mr Lim pushed him away, causing Wang to drop his phone.
As Mr Lim tried to drive away, Wang walked to the front of Mr Lim's car and hit the bonnet four times with force, causing dents that cost Mr Lim more than S$4,000 to repair.
The prosecutor sought a week's jail, six months' disqualification from driving, and a high fine, saying that Wang was "deliberate and persistent in his conduct", which occurred during peak hour on the PIE.
Wang had also been convicted in April 2007 for spitting at another person, the court was told.
His defence lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam said the traffic was moving slowly at the time and there was "no chance of anyone being injured, and no one was injured".
"He's now saying sorry and he won't do it again," said Mr Thuraisingam, pointing out that his client had offered to pay the victim for the damages to his vehicle, but the victim had declined the money.
Referring to the spitting incident, District Judge Christopher Tan said the road rage case was not Wang's first act of aggression. He added that there was a "high degree of danger" in this case, with the packed traffic on the highway.
"The accused accelerated illegally on a road shoulder and cut into the victim's path," he said. "After that, he jammed on the brakes not once, not twice, but three times.
"Looking at the video, the accused's behaviour when he got out of the car was as belligerent as it was while he was behind the wheel.
"I am left in no doubt that this is a road rage case and the principle of general deterrence and safety of our road users is called into play."
An NTU spokesperson said on Thursday that Wang has been suspended, pending the outcome of the university's disciplinary proceedings.
"NTU expects all members of its community to represent the highest ethical standards and to comply with the law at all times."
Source: CNA/l
南大四天内传出第二起 洗澡遭偷拍事件
新加坡国立大学女学生马芸洗澡遭偷拍风波还未平息，南洋理工大学则在四天内传出第二起学生洗澡遭偷拍事件。
据了解，这起偷拍事件发生在南洋理工大学罗望子宿舍（Tamarind Hall），事发时间是本月17日深夜10时左右。
一名20岁的女学生当时在宿舍一间公用厕所里洗澡时，发现洗澡隔间上方出现了一台手机，令她感到震惊，立即穿好衣服尝试逮到偷拍者，但偷拍者已逃之夭夭。
她随后向一名友人倾诉遭遇，两人当晚就向南大校园保安人员举报。
南洋理工大学发言人告诉《今日报》，闭路电视画面显示，嫌犯是一名南洋理工大学学生。校方的关怀团队在事发后，已立即向被偷拍的女学生提供全力协助和支持。
警方也在今天（26日）证实，上述嫌犯是居住在罗望子宿舍的一名在籍学生，正在接受调查。
～联合早报网～
南大宿舍男生洗澡被偷拍 目击者绘述：青年手机伸门缝3人将他围捕
国大女生遭偷拍事件还余波荡漾之际，南大宿舍上周日竟发生男生洗澡被偷拍事件，目击者告诉《新明日报》，当时看到19岁青年手机伸入门缝偷拍，随后和另两人携手力阻对方逃跑，青年当场被捕。
国大女学生马芸事件多天来引发各界关注。正当大家对宿舍安全以及偷拍刑罚有所疑虑之际，如今又发生一起大学宿舍偷拍事件，而这次则是南洋理工大学的宿舍。
这起事件发生在本月21日（星期日）下午1时11分，地点为南大的第三宿舍，据本报探知，受害者是一名住在宿舍的23岁男生。
记者走访现场，就读机械工程系的一名22岁男生绘述，他当时刚好上厕所，赫然看到一名青年在偷拍另一人洗澡，于是立刻上前阻止，怎料对方尝试离开厕所。
“刚好有另两名同学经过，我们三人就拦住他，直到警方到场，被偷拍的同学直到出来后才知出事。”
国大宿舍处罚条例曝光 用异性厕所处分 与抽烟喝酒相同 学生盼检讨
警方受询时表示，当局在接到通报，指一名男子正在洗澡时遭另一人拿出手机偷拍照片。过后，一名并非宿舍住户的19岁青年，在刑事擅闯的罪名下接受调查。
学生爆料上月也发生 男厕偷拍事件
有学生爆料，上个月也曾发生宿舍男厕偷拍事件。
另一名不愿具名的学生告诉本报，自己的学长在3月左右曾遭殃。
“他当时在宿舍男厕洗澡，后来感觉不对劲，才发现被偷拍，赶紧套上衣物就往外追，但却追不上偷拍狂。”
后来，学长将此事发布在微信朋友圈，提醒身边人注意类似事件，切勿让对方再得逞。
《新明日报》
19-year-old man investigated for peeping Tom incident in male toilet at NTU residential hall
A 19-year-old man is being investigated for criminal trespass after a peeping Tom incident was reported at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) over the weekend, the police said on Wednesday (Apr 24).
A call for assistance was made through the 999 hotline at about 1pm on Sunday, after a man allegedly took photographs of another man in the male shower at a residential hall, said the police.
An NTU spokesperson told CNA that several students had helped to detain the man, who is neither a student nor an employee of the university.
The case comes in the wake of a separate sexual misconduct case at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The issue of sexual harassment on campus came into the spotlight after NUS undergraduate Monica Baey took to social media last week to call for tougher action against a student who had filmed her having a shower at her hostel.
Since then, NUS, NTU and Singapore Management University have come out to say that they are reviewing their approaches to such cases.
NTU had also told CNA earlier on Wednesday that apart from reviewing its disciplinary framework, it will start a new online module on anti-harassment in July for all freshmen and student organisers of transition and orientation programmes.
"Creating a safe campus environment is a top priority at NTU. NTU believes in building a culture of mutual support where students are encouraged to watch out for one another," the university said in a statement on the police investigation.
It added that CCTVs cover most of the common areas in its halls of residence. Additionally, campus security regularly patrol the halls and are stationed at every hall between 9pm and 9am.
NTU said it is assisting the police in their investigations.
Source: CNA/jt(aj)
NTU scientists invent hand-held device that can measure water quality
Marrying biology with engineering, scientists at a local university have drawn inspiration from a process naturally occurring in the human body to come up with a hand-held device that measures water quality.
When heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic are found in the blood, a natural substance known as the chelating agent is activated to identify the metals and bind to them.
The agent prevents the metal from interacting with other substances and the metal is then excreted from the body. Drinking water contaminated by heavy metals is harmful to health.
Two scientists from Nanyang Technological University's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering replicated the process in the portable device.
They added a chelating agent into the device's sensor so that the agent will bind with the dissolved metals to find out the amount of trace metals in drinking water samples.
Only a few drops of water are needed for the test, which takes about five minutes to produce results.
"Using a chelating agent in the device ensures that its sensor is as sensitive in detecting heavy metals as the body's natural defence mechanism against metal poisoning," said Associate Professor Yong Ken-Tye, one of the two scientists. He was speaking to the media about the device at NTU on Monday (April 15).
The invention, which was published in scientific journal ACS Sensors last year, was funded by NTU's Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute and NTUitive, the university's innovation and enterprise company.
Given serious water pollution in parts of Asia such as China, Pakistan and India, the scientists are aiming to make the device commercially available in about two years.
"In remote areas, villagers can use the device to monitor the quality of water collected from the wells,"said Prof Yong.
It costs between $2,000 and $3,000 to build the device in the lab. With mass manufacturing, Prof Yong reckoned the price of each device could drop to between $800 and $1,000.
There are similar devices currently in the market, but as the water sample must be mixed with a buffer solution first, the test is more time-consuming.
Their sensors must also be used within 30 minutes because of sensitivity to air, heat and humidity.
In contrast, the NTU device can withstand high temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius.
It can also identify 24 types of metal contaminants, double the number of heavy metals that commercially available devices can detect.
The NTU team,which took three years to come up the device, spun off a company last year to commercialise the device.
The company, Waterply, is currently working with a firm in China to shrink the device to the size of a smartphone and to also include more functions such as measuring pH levels and soil moisture.
The scientists are also developing an app to store data from lakes and rivers in parts of Asia so that countries can track the changes in water quality over time.
"For instance, officials in India can test the water quality of a pond during the monsoon season," said Prof Yong.
"The data collected in the app will show a trend in the amount of heavy metals in the water body over the months. The trend will help them predict the water quality over the next few months and for the next monsoon season.
~News courtesy of Straits Times~
Driverless electric bus launched by NTU and Volvo in 'world first'
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Volvo Buses on Tuesday (Mar 5) launched a 12-metre autonomous electric bus in what they said was a world first.
The launch comes as part of a development programme between the two, under NTU's partnership with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to develop and conduct autonomous vehicle bus trials for fixed routes and scheduled services.
The single-deck Volvo 7900 Electric bus, which can take about 80 passengers and has 36 seats, is a zero-emissions vehicle and requires 80 per cent less energy than an equivalent-sized diesel bus, according to a news release announcing the launch.
It is equipped with numerous sensors and navigation controls that are managed by an artificial intelligence (AI) system.
This includes light detection and ranging sensors, stereo-vision cameras that capture images in 3D and an advanced global navigation satellite system which uses multiple data sources to give location accuracy of up to 1cm.
The sensors and navigation platforms will be managed by an AI system developed by NTU researchers, which also enables the vehicle to navigate autonomously through dense traffic and tropical weather conditions.
"Ensuring maximum safety and reliability, the AI system is also protected with industry-leading cybersecurity measures to prevent unwanted cyber intrusions," added the news release.
The bus, which has undergone preliminary rounds of testing at the Centre of Excellence for Testing and Research of Autonomous vehicles at NTU (CETRAN), will begin trials on within the university's campus before subsequently being extended to other roads.
President of Volvo Buses Hakan Agnevall (left), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) President Professor Subra Suresh and Land Transport Authority (LTA) Deputy Chief Executive Goh Teck Seng. (Photo: Gwyneth Teo)
A Volvo AB 7300 electric autonomous bus drives on the track of Centre of Excellence for Testing & Research of Autonomous Vehicles after being launched in Singapore. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
A second bus will undergo tests at a bus depot managed by SMRT in April, where it will also be tested on its ability to autonomously navigate into vehicle washing bays and park safely at charging areas.
The transport operator will also play a "key role" in determining the roadworthiness of autonomous vehicles on public roads, said the news release.
This is Volvo's first fully autonomous and electric bus in public transportation.
"We are very proud to be showcasing our electric bus featuring autonomous driving technology," said President of Volvo Buses Håkan Agnevall. "It represents a key milestone for the industry and is an important step towards our vision for a cleaner, safer and smarter city."
A researcher keeps watch over the vehicle's performance while in the bus. The red button by his computer is an auxiliary brake as backup. (Photo: Gwyneth Teo)
This fully autonomous electric bus will "play a role in shaping the future of public transportation", said Professor Subra Suresh, NTU President.
"This research project not only involves cutting-edge science, technology and AI but also an excellent example of close partnership among academia, industry and Government agencies in translating basic research into products and services for the benefit of Singapore and beyond," he said.
The university has been a testbed for driverless vehicle technologies over the last few years.
The Volvo electric driverless bus is put through its paces at a testing track in Singapore. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
Last year, it was announced that NTU researchers made a breakthrough in the field of light detection and ranging sensors, key components in autonomous vehicles, which could see it becoming 200 times cheaper.
The university also has fully automated minibuses plying its roads, as part of a project involving SMRT Services and Dutch autonomous vehicles manufacturer 2getthere.
Source: CNA/nc(mn)
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/driverless-electric-bus-launched-by-ntu-and-volvo-in-world-first-11311838
