The 39-year-old man pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated sexual assault by penetration and one charge of outrage of modesty.

<For members only> In this second Criminal Justice Forum, Justice Aedit Abdullah will deliver a keynote address on the evolving disclosure obligations by the Prosecution. A panel discussion will also explore topics which includes court expectations regarding discovery obligations and unused disclosed evidence by the Defence. 

Former lawyer Leong Wai Nam, now 56, was struck off the rolls in 2010.

Opposition leader Pritam Singh was charged on March 19 with two counts of lying to the parliamentary committee.

Chinese national forfeits $8m of assets to the state as part of plea offer.

One was that youth were being exposed early to sexually explicit materials or adult sexual activity, and the other was their access to inappropriate or inaccurate information about sexual behaviours and relationships.

The verdict will be delivered on May 10.

<For members only> In this second Criminal Justice Forum, Justice Aedit Abdullah will deliver a keynote address on the evolving disclosure obligations by the Prosecution. A panel discussion will also explore topics which includes court expectations regarding discovery obligations and unused disclosed evidence by the Defence. 

Among the six new charges that Wang Baosen faces is one charge of allegedly lying to the authorities during investigations. 

Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said people understand that the law is very targeted and there are safeguards in place.

Two men convicted in Singapore’s largest money laundering case surrendered more than $170 million worth of assets in total to the state, after they pleaded guilty earlier this week.

Recently, the High Court acquitted a father accused of 13 charges of various types of sexual abuse and statutory rape against his daughter when she was between five and 12 years old has caused some consternation among commentators.

<For members only> In this second Criminal Justice Forum, Justice Aedit Abdullah will deliver a keynote address on the evolving disclosure obligations by the Prosecution. A panel discussion will also explore topics which includes court expectations regarding discovery obligations and unused disclosed evidence by the Defence. 

Cypriot national Su Haijin will forfeit over $165m, or 90% of his assets, to the state.

Su, originally from China, became a Cambodian national on Oct 7, 2019. In addition to a Cambodian passport, he also holds passports from China and Vanuatu. 

The court added that Seet did not qualify for the alternative sentence of life imprisonment as the man has never claimed that he was a mere drug courier. 

The gambling restrictions apply to those receiving criminal legal aid from the Public Defender's Office or under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme administered by Pro Bono SG.

Widely known as Section 55, the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act was enacted in 1955 to deal with Singapore’s gang problem. It now covers secret societies, unlicensed moneylending, drug trafficking, kidnapping and organised crime.

Making online spaces less anonymous makes it easier to hold individuals accountable for harmful actions and deter others from engaging in similar behaviour, says this law expert.