Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.
Malaysian-based lawyer and opposition politician Lim Tean was arrested in Johor Baru and handed over to Singapore authorities after failing to surrender for a six-week jail sentence. The 61-year-old founder of Peoples Voice had fled Singapore rather than report to court in August.
Singapore opposition politician and lawyer Lim Tean was arrested in Johor Bahru by Malaysian police after failing to surrender on August 3 to serve a jail sentence for practising law without a valid certificate.
A 27-year-old Singaporean will face court charges for posting insulting videos targeting the Muslim community on social media. He was deported from Malaysia and arrested upon return, with authorities also investigating a separate case involving a Quran desecration video.
A Singapore court will review an active arrest warrant for lawyer Lim Tean on August 17. Tean was scheduled to begin a three-month-plus jail sentence on July 20 for practising law without proper credentials.
A 31-year-old Singaporean woman has been sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment and fined S$2,400 after abandoning her crashed car to go for supper with friends in Bugis. She also faces a one-year driving ban.
Singapore's High Court has reduced the jail sentence of former actor Edmund Chen from five days to one day for his involvement in a traffic accident that injured a motorcyclist. Justice Hri Kumar Nair ruled the original sentence manifestly excessive.