Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.
A 40-year-old Singapore man has been charged with child abuse following two separate incidents involving his young children—one at a Housing Development Board block and another at Changi Airport.
A 70-year-old Singapore man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 11 children over three decades, including family members. He faces 32 to 36 years imprisonment, with sentencing set for September 7.
A 45-year-old secondary school PE teacher in Singapore has admitted to sexually abusing a student between ages 14 and 15 after methodically grooming her through social media platforms.
A 29-year-old Indonesian woman has been charged in Singapore with five counts of child ill-treatment and three counts of voyeurism involving three young children. She also faces charges of electronically transmitting obscene material.
Malaysian police are investigating serious child abuse allegations at a Kuah childcare centre in Langkawi, where children were reportedly denied food and confined in toilets. The case highlights ongoing safeguarding concerns in the childcare sector.
A 66-year-old wheelchair user in Singapore has been sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in jail for systematically sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy over three years, leveraging cash and cigarettes as inducements.
A South Korean appellate court has increased the prison sentence of a Chinese man to 22 years for fatally beating his 14-year-old daughter with a hammer following a domestic dispute in Gyeonggi Province.
A 31-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty to abusing primary school pupils at an educational facility. He starved children, beat them with a clothes hanger, and caused one six-year-old severe injuries requiring intensive care.
A Singapore court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to 22 years' imprisonment and caning for the systematic rape and sexual exploitation of a 13-year-old girl over two months, including coercion into prostitution.
The Christian Brothers, which once operated over 100 Australian schools, has secured a court order freezing abuse compensation cases, citing financial ruin. The order has already paid A$480 million to victims since 1980.