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A 41-year-old former teacher in Singapore has been jailed for two years after being convicted of indecent acts and sexual grooming involving a teenage female student. The abuse included physical contact and inappropriate online communication.
A Singapore corporate services provider has been sentenced to 32 weeks in jail for fabricating financial records to assist foreign nationals in a S$3 billion money laundering scheme. Wang Junjie's role in helping multiple offenders conceal illicit activity highlights vulnerabilities in corporate compliance.
A Singapore court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to nine years and seven months' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for sexually abusing two 13-year-old girls. He deceived both victims about his age before offences.
A 47-year-old Singapore director sentenced in June for S$58,000 in bribes now faces more than 100 additional charges linked to an alleged S$50 million fraudulent investment scheme involving forged documents and unlicensed securities offerings.
A Singapore man has pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping a 71-year-old widow with severe dementia whom he met after his wife found her lost near their home in June 2022.
A 63-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his elderly flatmate in a one-room rental unit in Singapore, a case that illustrates the volatile tensions that can emerge in shared housing arrangements among lower-income residents.
Police arrested two men after a violent brawl erupted outside a nightclub on Singapore's Orchard Road, leaving four others injured. Authorities recovered a knife at the scene.
A 28-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to 16 months and five weeks in jail for possessing over 800 etomidate-laced vape pods and attempting to drive away from Health Sciences Authority officers during a July 2025 raid in Bishan.
A 19-year-old French national in Singapore is expected to plead guilty on July 13 to charges of mischief and public nuisance after allegedly licking a straw from a vending machine, filming the act, and sharing it online.
Singapore authorities charged 41 drink drivers in a single day, including three men accused of falling asleep behind the wheel while intoxicated. Two were repeat offenders facing stricter penalties and extended driving bans.
A Singapore court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to two years and eight months' imprisonment and two strokes of the cane for distributing intimate videos of his ex-girlfriend without consent, in what prosecutors termed an egregious revenge porn case.
A 59-year-old Singapore man received a 12-week jail sentence after admitting to touching a woman's thigh at a supermarket and subsequently exposing himself to a female police officer during a body search at Woodlands Police Divisional Headquarters.
A 36-year-old Singapore resident has been charged with driving under the influence of methamphetamine and causing injuries after a collision with a taxi in Kallang that left two people hurt.