On Friday, an 18-year-old teenager admitted guilt for the killing of a fellow schoolmate with an axe that occurred two years prior.
The 2021 tragic incident at River Valley High School elicited a widespread emotional response of grief and shock from the public.
A 15-year-old girl took her grandfather’s life in their Bukit Batok residence before ending her own in June last year.
The tragic incident, detailed by coroner’s court, unveils a series of harrowing events and unanswered questions.
The lengthy civil suits alleging public fund misuse at Aljunied-Hougang town councils have come to an end with town council directed to pay S$388,800 in appeal costs to the defendants.
Eight defendants, including Workers’ Party leaders and former town officials, were part of these suits.
A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in jail and nine strokes of the cane for exploiting a vulnerable 16-year-old girl.
Under the guise of a “healing” touch, the man sexually groomed the teenager before regularly assaulting her.
Former Leighton Holdings CEO faced trail in Sydney for alleged improper payments made by Singapore-based Leighton Offshore.
The company allegedly funneled bribes through entities associated with UAB businessman and Unaoil to secure a $US1.46 billion contract.
In 2016, Australian media investigations uncovered Unaoil’s engagement in bribery activities allegedly aimed at assisting Keppel in securing contracts.
Unaoil considered Keppel an attractive client due to its purportedly lenient anti-corruption measures compared to Unaoil’s other multinational partners.
Additionally, Unaoil believed Keppel possessed connections with allegedly corrupt officials in the Kazakh government.
Keppel refuted these allegations in April 2016.
Jimmy Lai’s trial in Hong Kong is a litmus test for the city’s autonomy. Delays and legal obstacles raise concerns about fairness. Lai, a pro-democracy figure, could face life in prison under the national security law, emphasizing global importance in monitoring Hong Kong’s commitment to the rule of law amid China’s influence.
Hong Kong’s largest trial involves 47, including scholar Benny Tai, accused of subverting state power via a 2020 primary. Joshua Wong’s “resistance camp” opposed the security law. Witness testimony implicates Tai. Voter Gordon Ng, unrelated to organizers, faces charges for promoting the primary’s alleged conspiracy.
The Singapore court ruled in favor of Ministers K Shanmugam and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan in their defamation suits against Lee Hsien Yang and granting an injunction on LHY from sharing the defamatory statements.
Damages will be assessed in a subsequent hearing, along with fixed costs.
A Singaporean woman pleaded guilty to charges of cheating and forgery for fabricating an Nanyang Technological University (NTU) engineering degree.
Using the forged credentials, she secured positions at four different companies, earning monthly salaries ranging from S$4,300 to S$6,800.
A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs faced charges for abusing diplomatic bags.
Allegedly, he concealed the true contents of a Panadol shipment to Beijing and encouraged a colleague to send luxury watches from China to Singapore through diplomatic channels.