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A 68-year-old Singapore retiree has been sentenced to three months in jail for deliberately setting fire to community cat shelters at a Bukit Batok void deck, causing over S$900 in damage after his complaints to his MP went unaddressed.
Singapore authorities have charged nine people—eight men and one woman—following investigations into the sexual exploitation of two minors. The woman faces trafficking and related charges, while the men are accused of obtaining commercial sexual services.
Singapore authorities are investigating 255 suspects connected to over 660 scam cases resulting in approximately $5.6 million in victim losses, including e-commerce, phishing, and investment fraud.
A 59-year-old man has been charged with murdering his neighbour at a public housing block near Singapore's Redhill Road. The victim, also 59, was found motionless at a lift lobby and later died at hospital.
A 29-year-old Indonesian woman has been charged in Singapore with abusing two boys aged one and four, and recording voyeuristic videos of a six-year-old girl, with allegations she shared obscene material with her husband.
Singapore authorities are investigating 550 people, including teenagers as young as 16, suspected of involvement in over 1,800 scam and unlicensed moneylending cases that have defrauded victims of more than $17 million.
A Chinese national admitted to burglarizing homes in Singapore's affluent neighbourhoods within days of arriving for the first time, stealing jewellery and luxury items totalling S$105,000 before being arrested.
A 47-year-old Singapore man who received a seven-month jail sentence in June for bribery now faces more than 100 additional charges related to fraudulent investment schemes involving S$50.62 million.
A 31-year-old Singaporean educator has pleaded guilty to systematically abusing primary school pupils at a learning facility, including starving a six-year-old boy and forcing him to consume urine. The victim suffered severe injuries requiring intensive care.
A 55-year-old Singaporean man has admitted to repeatedly raping a 71-year-old widow suffering from severe dementia. The crimes, committed between June 2022 and January 2023, were discovered when her son reviewed CCTV footage.
Singapore police arrested a 46-year-old woman on Saturday night for attacking a 43-year-old acquaintance with a knife at a Housing Board block in Bukit Merah. The victim was hospitalised and a knife was seized.
Singapore's Court of Appeal has increased the prison sentence of a 32-year-old Chinese national from six years, six months to seven years, seven months for attempted rape, citing his troubling conduct during appeal proceedings and complete absence of remorse.
Singapore authorities have arrested 230 suspects, including a 16-year-old, in connection with scams resulting in S$9 million in losses. The two-week police operation uncovered involvement in over 713 fraudulent schemes ranging from e-commerce to job scams.
A violent confrontation outside a nightclub on Singapore's Orchard Road in the early hours of Thursday resulted in two arrests and four hospitalisations, with a knife recovered at the scene.
A 63-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Singapore for the brutal murder of his flatmate, whom he scalded with boiling oil and stabbed 24 times in a premeditated attack stemming from housing disputes.