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A Singapore man has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail plus nine strokes of the cane for stabbing a Catholic priest during a children's mass at St Joseph's Church in November 2024.
A Hanoi court has sentenced 50 defendants in connection with an extensive drug trafficking operation centred on a karaoke establishment, with the bar's operators receiving combined sentences totalling 24 years imprisonment.
A 22-year-old man in Singapore has been sentenced to 17 months' imprisonment for striking a knife-attack victim with a chair during a violent September 2024 brawl. Three other accused remain under investigation.