Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.
A 31-year-old Singaporean man has been sentenced to nine years and ten months in jail for systematically abusing primary school children at a private educational facility, with one six-year-old victim suffering critical injuries.
A 65-year-old Singapore man has been jailed for one year and six weeks after attacking a coffeeshop employee with a plastic chair and placing her in a headlock, causing serious injuries including a spinal fracture.
A 29-year-old SAF regular has been sentenced to seven years in jail after defrauding his adoptive father and others of nearly S$1.9 million to support his gambling habit. Tay Yi Cong used biometric fraud and impersonation to drain bank accounts and CPF funds.
Singapore's highest court has dismissed a cybercrime suspect's appeal challenging the police seizure of his belongings, finding his legal approach fundamentally flawed. Wang Yunhe, facing extradition to the United States, will remain in remand.
A Hong Kong mother has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for assaulting a police officer during a violent incident at Changi Airport in June 2024, while her adult son received a 10-day sentence.
A 47-year-old man in Singapore has received a three-week jail sentence after admitting to assaulting his girlfriend at Lucky Plaza. The incident, captured on video, followed an argument about her son receiving money from his biological father.
A Singaporean teenager has been fined S$600 after pleading guilty to being a public nuisance for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and uploading the footage to Instagram, sparking debate about social media accountability.
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.