Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.
A 68-year-old Singaporean retiree has been sentenced to three months in jail after deliberately igniting cardboard cat shelters near his Bukit Batok home, damaging property worth more than S$900.
A 19-year-old Singaporean has been fined $600 after pleading guilty to causing public nuisance by filming himself licking a straw from an iJooz vending machine. The incident went viral on social media.
A Singapore-based scammer allegedly defrauded six Indian nationals of over S$14,000 by selling them forged work permits and training passes. The mastermind, posing as a film producer, is now under investigation by authorities for multiple offences.
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 59-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his neighbour at a public housing block near Redhill Road in Singapore. The victim, also 59, was found unresponsive and later died at the National University Hospital.
An Indian tourist has been sentenced to two years and two months in jail for stealing a S$200,000 diamond from a Singapore jewellery store in an elaborate scheme involving a fake gemstone swap at Chinatown's Dianoche store.
A Singapore corporate services provider has been sentenced to 32 weeks in jail for falsifying financial records and helping foreign nationals evade tax authorities. Wang Junjie's firm was central to the city-state's largest money laundering case involving S$3 billion.
A 22-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to nine years and seven months' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for sexually abusing two 13-year-old girls. He misrepresented his age to both victims before committing the offences.
A 58-year-old Singaporean has been jailed for five weeks after driving his car into the Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City while intoxicated. The incident in July 2024 caused nearly S$64,600 in damage and narrowly avoided injuring construction workers.
Singapore police are investigating 550 suspects—including teenagers as young as 16—for involvement in over 1,800 scam and unlicensed moneylending cases. Forty-six arrests were made during a recent operation.
A 41-year-old Chinese national has admitted to burgling homes in Sentosa and Serangoon Gardens during his first visit to Singapore, stealing jewellery and valuables worth S$105,000 within days of arriving.
A Singapore man convicted of bribery in June now faces more than 100 additional charges related to a fraudulent investment scheme allegedly involving S$50 million. Nazarisham Mohamed Isa, 47, is accused of operating shell companies that promised returns but generated no legitimate income.
Singapore authorities have charged four men in connection with a complex money-laundering operation that used disguised gold shipments hidden in electronics to defraud Chinese tax authorities of substantial VAT refunds.
A Singapore man has pleaded guilty to raping a 71-year-old widow with severe dementia over seven months. The victim's sons uncovered the abuse after reviewing home CCTV footage, leading to his arrest in January 2023.
Singapore police arrested a 46-year-old woman for attacking an acquaintance with a knife at a Bukit Merah HDB block on Saturday evening. The victim was conscious when taken to hospital.
A Singapore porridge restaurant owner has been charged with evading nearly S$3.8 million in taxes and money laundering involving a Lamborghini, property, and S$2.4 million in cash across multiple offences.
Singapore police have launched investigations into 230 individuals, including a 16-year-old, suspected of involvement in scams totalling S$9 million in losses across over 700 cases.
Two men have been arrested following a violent altercation outside a nightclub on Singapore's Orchard Road in the early hours of Thursday. Four others were hospitalized with injuries sustained during the incident.
A Singapore court has sentenced a 63-year-old man to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his flatmate in March 2023, involving deliberate scalding with heated oil and multiple stab wounds.
A 65-year-old former bank manager in Singapore is to be charged after allegedly taking S$1.8 million from a bank vault over 16 months, with funds used for personal loans and gambling activities.
Singapore police arrested a 36-year-old man in Toa Payoh on Sunday morning after he committed an obscene act in a coffee shop and assaulted a 19-year-old police officer during arrest, leaving the officer with minor injuries.
A 28-year-old vape peddler in Singapore received a 16-month jail sentence after attempting to flee from enforcement officers during a July 2025 raid in Bishan, endangering multiple HSA staff members.
A 30-year-old Malaysian has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for joining a Cambodian-based scam syndicate. He lasted only three days on the job, failing to defraud any Singaporeans before being fired by the ring's leadership.