Singapore courts

Prosecution calls for maximum 3 years’ jail for man who failed to report for NS enlistment in 1997

Edmond Yao Zhi Hai pleaded guilty on April 28 to three charges under the Immigration Act.

Man charged over alleged anti-Jewish content on WhatsApp

Woman who asked cop for information about ex-husband’s case avoids jail time on appeal

The High Court judge said the amount of information disclosed was limited and Tran Thi Tien did not use the police report number to cause any harm.

Cop unlawfully obtained info for friend who later threatened woman behind police report

Shivasuria Maniam Kesaval (left) shared the unlawfully obtained information with Brayden Ong Ying Shan.

$2k fine for man who did not report address change, used old data to borrow cash from moneylenders

On April 24, Low Gin Chean was fined $2,000 after he admitted to failing to report a change of his residence to the authorities within 28 days, as required by the law.

Man charged over allegedly operating unlicensed money transfer business linked to over $38m

More than $314,000 in cash and 30 ATM cards were seized, among other items, during a raid of the operations on April 8.

Few reports of alleged misconduct involving LPAs in S’pore, but disputes expose family tensions

Out of the 405,000 LPAs made in Singapore in 2025, about 40 reports alleging misconduct by donees were received by the Office of the Public Guardian.

Man previously jailed over post on then President Halimah charged with using criminal force on cops

Vickreman Harvey Chettiar was charged with failing to attend a court session on July 23, 2025, without reasonable excuse, after being released on bail.

Teen who allegedly licked iJooz straw before putting it back in machine charged with mischief

Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was also charged with being a public nuisance after he allegedly filmed himself performing the act and uploaded the clip on social media.

Man who sold real Rolex thinking it was fake: Why was he jailed when victim suffered no losses?

Italian national Singh Deepak tried to cheat a retailer by exchanging his purportedly counterfeit watch (right) with three genuine Rolex watches (left).

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