A 62-year-old retiree and his 31-year-old son were jailed for three weeks each for beating up and choking a young boy over an argument about football being played at a multipurpose hall, a court heard on Monday (April 18). The duo had choked the boy, who was 13 at the time, and slammed his head […]
After two weeks of online chat, a 17-year-old girl was invited to play guitar at a home in the middle of the night. She was then raped while she was asleep. The youth who sexually assaulted her was sentenced to seven years in prison and four strokes of the cane. Defendant Johnson Hong Siang Yeu […]
AWARE, a gender equality advocacy group, shared in their social media platforms the story of a man who was sexually assaulted by a male masseuse while getting a message in 2010. The man said the masseuse touched him inappropriately and asked him if he liked it. The man who was not identified in the video […]
The local Rock ‘n’ Roll community is celebrating the selection of Minister Lawrence Wong’s selection by the People’s Action Party (PAP) to lead the 4th Generation of its people. With the selection (and if all goes as planned), Wong is all set to become the 4th Prime Minister of Singapore and replace Lee Hsien Loong. […]
UPDATE: A family member of Norfauziana Bte Nordin said in his Facebook that Norfauziana passed away on 15 April. TISG offers the family of Madam Norfauziana Bte Nordin our deepest condolences. — Facebook user Amanda A Atan said on April 12 that her niece was struggling for life after being stricken with a rare, but […]
The woman has received flak from animal lovers after footage of the incident was shared by a TikTok user. At one point in the video, the dog appears to wobble and hangs its head under the weight of the woman’s leg. TikTok user with the handle of @jefflittlemoutain appeared to shoot the video from his […]
The Straits Times (ST) on 10 April, ran a story on a large Chinese family of 10. In highlighting the See family as an example of big families which were growing in number after the pandemic hit in 2020, the newspaper said that the family lived frugally to make ends meet. In their article, ‘Feeding […]
A Malaysian man who pestered a woman with questions before following her into the train and exposing his genitals to her twice was today (11 April) sentenced to four weeks’ jail and a fine of $500. Earlier this year, the Malaysian man, Makesvaran Visuranatham, pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal force, intentionally exposing himself to […]
Dr Tomoya Obokata, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tweeted on 6 April that he issued country visit request to Singapore and that he looks forward to receiving positive responses from the Singapore Government to conduct independent investigation and promote constructive dialogue. Besides the Singapore Government, Dr Obokata has also written to […]
