The three men, aged between 19 and 21, are accused of punching and kicking the man in his chest and body, some time between April 26 and May 5.

All three are also said to have forced him to perform oral sex on them in the cell on several occasions between April 27 and May 5. One of them, Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff, 20, also allegedly sodomised him in the cell on April 28.

Read K.C. Vijayan's full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.