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A 37-year-old Singapore man has been jailed for nine months after pushing a 78-year-old assailant to the ground, resulting in the man's death from head injuries. The incident occurred during an unprovoked umbrella attack on Yar's elderly father.
An Indonesian consignment store operator in Singapore has been sentenced to eight months in jail for misappropriating nearly S$140,000 from five customers who left luxury bags for sale. She has already repaid S$41,000.
Singapore-based lawyer and opposition politician Lim Tean was arrested in Johor Baru and deported to Singapore after evading a six-week jail sentence imposed for practising law without a valid certificate.
Singapore's Court of Appeal has rejected a cybercrime suspect's attempt to challenge the legality of police seizures, ruling his legal approach was procedurally improper and dismissing his claims of unlawful confiscation.
A 27-year-old Singaporean man has been charged with insulting the Muslim community after posting offensive TikTok videos in March. He was deported from Malaysia and arrested upon returning to Singapore.
A Hong Kong mother has been sentenced to six months imprisonment and her adult son to ten days after a violent clash at Changi Airport involving attacks on a police officer and a bystander.
A 27-year-old Singaporean will be charged in court for posting insulting videos targeting the Muslim community on social media. The man was deported from Malaysia and arrested on arrival in Singapore, facing up to five years imprisonment if convicted.
A former Singapore television journalist who spent over five months in remand has been released on a S$5,000 personal bond. Haseenah Koyakutty faces six charges including criminal trespass and causing alarm through insulting remarks.
A 68-year-old retiree in Singapore's Bukit Batok has been sentenced to three months jail for deliberately setting fire to cardboard cat houses at a residential void deck, damaging property worth over S$900.
A warrant of arrest review is scheduled for August 17 for Singapore lawyer Lim Tean, who was due to begin a jail sentence on July 20 for practising law without a valid certificate. His case involves multiple convictions and disciplinary matters.
Singapore authorities have charged eight men and a woman in connection with the sexual exploitation of minors. The woman allegedly facilitated commercial sexual services and profited from the arrangements, while the men are accused of paying for sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Singapore authorities have arrested and charged nine people—eight men and one woman aged 20 to 41—in connection with the sexual exploitation of two minors. The woman faces trafficking charges; the men face procurement offences.
A suspended Singapore police officer's jail sentence has been increased to 11½ years following a High Court appeal over his role in the fatal abuse of a Myanmar domestic worker, marking the final conviction in a landmark case.
Singapore's Law Society will push for Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh to be struck off the legal rolls at a disciplinary hearing on August 13, following his conviction for perjury before Parliament's privileges committee.
Singapore's High Court has dramatically reduced the jail sentence of former actor Edmund Chen from five days to one day, finding the original custodial term manifestly excessive in a traffic accident case involving a motorcyclist.
Nearly 49% of Singapore civil divorces cite unreasonable behaviour as the reason, making it the dominant ground. Adultery accounts for under 1%, reflecting legal differences rather than marital patterns.
A 58-year-old Singaporean has been sentenced to five weeks in jail and disqualified from driving for 2½ years after crashing his car into Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth while under the influence of alcohol.