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A former Singapore television journalist has been released on a S$5,000 personal bond after spending more than five months in remand. Haseenah Koyakutty faces six charges including criminal trespass and alleged harassment.
A Singapore court will review an active arrest warrant for lawyer Lim Tean on August 17. Tean was due to surrender July 20 to serve a three-month-plus jail sentence for unauthorised legal practice and misconduct involving client funds.
Singapore authorities have charged nine people—eight men and a woman—following investigations into the sexual exploitation of two minors. The woman faces trafficking charges while the men are accused of procuring commercial sexual services from children.
A 19-year-old Singaporean has been fined S$600 after pleading guilty to causing public nuisance by licking a straw from an iJooz vending machine and posting the incident on Instagram, prompting the juice company to replace 500 straws.
Singapore authorities will charge a company and its director for registering a ship blacklisted by the UN Security Council for transporting prohibited North Korean cargo, marking a significant enforcement action against sanctions evasion.
A 19-year-old Singapore resident was fined S$600 after pleading guilty to being a public nuisance for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and sharing the footage on Instagram.
Singapore's Court of Appeal has increased the jail sentence of a Chinese national from six years six weeks to seven years seven months for attempted rape, after he unsuccessfully challenged his conviction and made baseless claims during his appeal hearing.
An Indian court has rejected a lawsuit against directors of Singapore-based Lee Kim Tah (Pte) Ltd, ruling the case was filed in the wrong jurisdiction and ordering its return for refiling before a competent forum.