Crime

Man who assaulted pre-school boy gets 14 weeks’ jail; victim had shown him a lewd hand gesture

Muhammad Firdhaus Mokhtar was sentenced to 14 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one count each of assault and using criminal force on another person.

Civil Service College employee charged with theft, given conditional warning for stealing wallet

Milton Pang Jianqin was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal for the theft charge.

Slovak school stabbing kills teacher, injures two

Police guard the entrance to a school in Staskov, north-western Slovakia after a knife attack on Sept 29.

Woman and man face multiple charges over abuse of domestic helper in unrelated cases

Tay Seok Kheng was handed 13 charges, while Mohamad Azwan Sohaimi was handed three.

Indonesian police question trio over fake S$10,000 notes used at RWS casino

The investigation follows the case of an Indonesian businessman who allegedly used counterfeit $10,000 notes over three visits to the RWS casino in June.

Jail for man who allowed unlawful remote connection to government-managed laptop

Janarthanan Tamil Kovan, 42, was sentenced to 28 weeks’ jail on Sept 28 after he pleaded guilty to one count each of misusing a computer system and an offence under the Official Secrets Act.

Six to face charges after allegedly taking part in unlawful assembly at Changi Prison, State Courts

The group includes four individuals who were previously investigated for similar offences.

Tenth woman found dead in South Africa’s string of killings

People protesting in the city of Kempton Park, South Africa, on Sept 19, following a string of murders of women east of Johannesburg.

Man to be charged with allegedly starting a fire in front of mosque at UOB Plaza

Police said they were alerted to a fire outside a mosque located at 80 Raffles Place at around 9pm on Sept 25.

Ukrainian charged with murder over Polish abbey stabbing

Three clergy members and two laypersons were attacked on the grounds of a Benedictine Sisters monastery in Jaroslaw, Poland, on Sept 24.

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