Today's top Malaysian news, sport and lifestyle.
Singapore police have arrested nine people—eight men and one woman aged 20 to 41—over the alleged sexual exploitation of two minors. The woman faces trafficking charges; the men face charges of obtaining commercial sexual services from a minor.
A 47-year-old man in Singapore has been sentenced to three weeks in jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend at Lucky Plaza shopping mall in February. The attack was filmed and went viral.
A 53-year-old Indonesian domestic worker has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of murdering her elderly employer's father in Singapore. The killing occurred after financial pressures and theft allegations triggered the attack.
A Singapore-based scammer allegedly defrauded six foreign nationals of more than S$14,000 by posing as a film producer and selling forged work permits. The scheme unravelled when verification failed, prompting investigations by authorities.
A 70-year-old Singapore man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 11 children, including his daughter, granddaughters and nieces, over three decades. He faces up to 36 years imprisonment when sentenced in September.
A 59-year-old man has been charged with murdering his neighbour at a Singapore residential block following an incident on July 20. The victim was found unresponsive at a lift lobby and died after hospitalisation.
A 66-year-old double amputee in Singapore has been sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in jail for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy over a three-year period, with the court imposing additional jail time in lieu of caning.
A Singapore corporate services operator has been imprisoned for 32 weeks after admitting he fabricated financial records for shell companies connected to the city-state's largest money laundering scandal involving S$3 billion.
A Singapore court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to nine years and seven months' imprisonment, 12 strokes of the cane, and a S$3,000 fine for sexually abusing two 13-year-old girls. He misrepresented his age to both victims.
A 41-year-old Chinese man has admitted to burgling luxury residences in Singapore worth S$105,000 during his initial visit to the country, targeting wealthy enclaves after researching affluent areas online.
Singapore authorities have charged four people in connection with an elaborate scheme involving gold smuggled into the island-state concealed within signal converters, part of a transnational VAT fraud operation linked to a Hong Kong-based criminal mastermind.
A Singapore man has pleaded guilty to raping a 71-year-old woman with severe dementia whom he encountered through his wife's act of kindness. The crimes, spanning seven months, were discovered when the victim's sons reviewed security camera footage.
A 27-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane for raping a 13-year-old girl, forcing her into prostitution, and subjecting her to violent sexual abuse including burning her with cigarettes.
A 55-year-old Singapore resident was tasered and arrested after brandishing a saw near a Housing Board block in Bedok North on July 5, following his refusal to comply with police warnings.
Singapore police arrested a 46-year-old woman for stabbing a 43-year-old acquaintance with a knife at a Bukit Merah Housing Board block. The victim was hospitalised and remains conscious; investigations continue.
A Chinese PhD student in Singapore has seen his prison sentence extended to seven years and seven months after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal and increased his term, finding he had abused the judicial process.
A Singapore Traffic Police officer has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for illegally accessing government databases and sharing details about a woman who reported his friend to authorities. The friend subsequently made death threats.
A violent altercation outside a Singapore nightclub on Orchard Road resulted in two arrests and four hospitalisations. Police seized a knife and are investigating the incident amid rising knife-crime concerns.
A 63-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the March 2023 murder of his flatmate in a one-room Redhill rental unit. The killing followed mounting tensions over shared living space and lifestyle disputes.
Singapore police arrested a 36-year-old man in Toa Payoh on Sunday morning after he committed an obscene act in a coffee shop and assaulted an officer during his arrest, leaving the 19-year-old constable with minor injuries.
A 19-year-old French national in Singapore is expected to plead guilty on July 13 to charges of mischief and public nuisance after allegedly licking a straw from a juice vending machine, filming it, and posting the video online.