Singapore man fined for public pee

August 7th, 2009 USDA fined $30K for storage tanks in Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for alleged improper maintenance of underground storage tanks in Puerto Rico.

August 6th, 2009 Hypnotist fined for stealing a kiss on a dateSEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean hypnotist has been fined for stealing a kiss on a blind date with a woman he thought he had successfully put in a trance, news reports said Thursday. The 32-year-old man suggested hypnotizing his 27-year-old date during their first meeting arranged by a matchmaking agency in August last year, according to the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper and Yonhap news agency.

July 17th, 2009 Octuplets hospital again fined over privacy breachLOS ANGELES — The Southern California hospital where Nadya Suleman's octuplets were born has been fined $187,500 for failing to protect their medical privacy, state health officials said Thursday. The California Department of Public Health said it was the second time Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower hospital was fined under new legislation designed to protect patients' medical records.

May 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Australia's far-north burnished its reputation for outrageous behaviour Friday when a Darwin court fined a man for driving while having sex with his girlfriend. The 33-year-old builder, Brad Milne, was also convicted of drink driving and not wearing a seatbelt.

May 12th, 2009 Man fined for beheading wax HitlerBERLIN — A Berlin court has fined a 42-year-old man $1,220 (euro900) for beheading a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at the Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds. A Berlin district court convicted Frank Lachner of property damage and bodily harm for lightly injuring a security guard on July 5 when he jumped over a desk behind which the Hitler figure was seated and knocked off its head in what he said at the time was an act of protest.

May 8th, 2009 DUBAI - Australia's stand-in captain Brad Haddin and all-rounder Shane Watson have been fined for showing dissent at umpiring decisions in Thursday's Twenty20 game against Pakistan in Dubai. Watson was fined 25 percent of his match fee and Haddin 15 percent after pleading guilty to level one breaches of the International Cricket Council's code of conduct.

May 8th, 2009 DUBAI - Australia's stand-in captain Brad Haddin and all-rounder Shane Watson have been fined for showing dissent at umpiring decisions in Thursday's Twenty20 game against Pakistan in Dubai. Watson was fined 25 percent of his match fee and Haddin 15 percent after pleading guilty to level one breaches of the International Cricket Council's code of conduct.

April 30th, 2009 SINGAPORE - A couple who entertained open-air diners in Singapore with a naked stroll through an area known for its popular nightspots received Thursday the maximum fine of 2,000 Singapore dollars ($1,350) each for an obscene act, media reports said. Jan Philip, 21, an exchange student from Sweden, and Eng Kai Er, 24, an ethnic Chinese Singaporean who attends university in Sweden, walked naked in what they said 'to seek thrills', court papers stated.

April 10th, 2009 SINGAPORE - A teenager who had sex with a 10-year-old girl was placed on 18 months of probation after a guilty plea, a newspaper reported Friday. Xia Yun, 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of carnal connection after having sex with the girl in his home in November 2007 when he was 17, the Straits Times said.

April 6th, 2009 SINGAPORE - A 32-year-old woman was accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student on seven occasions last May, reported the Straits Times Monday. The woman, who was not named to protect the boy's identity, has pleaded guilty to two charges.

March 19th, 2009 ROME - Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho was fined but not suspended following the dismissal he received at the weekend late in the Serie A game his side won 2-0 over guests Fiorentina. A sports judge Tuesday fined the 46-year-old Portuguese $13,000 'for openly criticising the referee's officiating, stepping out of his designated area'.

March 19th, 2009 SINGAPORE - A Singapore justice Thursday fined an editor of The Wall Street Journal 10,000 Singapore dollars ($6,600) for three articles that the city-state's government said showed contempt of its judiciary, a news report said. Melanie Kirkpatrick, a deputy editor of the New York-based business newspaper's editorial page, had acknowledged responsibility for the publication of the articles in The Wall Street Journal Asia that the justice found to be in contempt of court.

February 10th, 2009 HELSINKI - A court has fined an ex-girlfriend of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen for writing an explicit book on their relationship. The Helsinki Appeals Court Tuesday ruled that Susan Ruusunen violated his right to privacy by publishing the book.

January 22nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Czech starlet Nicole Vaidisova was so disgusted with her first round loss that she refused to attend the mandatory post-match press conference. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has fined her $2,000 for the no-show.

January 9th, 2009 SINGAPORE - An ailing retail magnate who was jailed for one day last year for attempting to buy a kidney has received the organ legally from an executed murderer, according to a news report here Saturday. Tang Wee Sung received a kidney from former organised crime boss Tan Chor Jin, who was hanged in a Singapore prison Friday morning for the 2006 killing of a nightclub owner, reported the Straits Times.