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A 37-year-old Singaporean has been sentenced to nine months' jail after an elderly man died from head injuries sustained when Yar pushed him to the ground during a street confrontation. The incident occurred after the assailant attacked Yar's elderly father.
Singapore's High Court has reduced former actor Edmund Chen's jail sentence from five days to one day for a traffic accident that injured a motorcyclist. Justice Hri Kumar Nair ruled the original penalty manifestly excessive.
A 66-year-old double amputee in Singapore has been sentenced to 12 years and 11 months imprisonment for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy over a three-year period, exploiting the child with cash and cigarettes.
A Singapore court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to nine years and seven months in jail, plus caning and a fine, for sexually abusing two 13-year-old girls. The case highlights persistent online grooming dangers affecting Southeast Asian youth.
A 58-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to five weeks in jail and banned from driving for 2½ years after ploughing his car through the Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City while under the influence of alcohol in July 2024.