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A 33-year old man, Sim Kian Soon, was sentenced to a total of 11 months’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine in respect of multiple illegal betting and bookmaking offences under the Betting Act and Common Gaming Houses Act. The Prosecution proceeded on 10 charges out of the total of 75 charges …
11 Months’ Imprisonment and $250,000 Fine for Illegal Football-Betting OffencesRead More
A 50-year old man pleaded guilty in the High Court to a charge of aggravated statutory rape of a 12-year girl and he was sentenced to to 15-years’ imprisonment. The man was spared the mandatory minimum sentence of 12 strokes of the cane because he was more than 50-years old at the time of …
15-years’ imprisonment for statutory rape of 12-year old girlRead More
A 38-year old male teacher who was convicted of having oral sex with a minor (a 14-year-old boy) has successfully appealed against his original sentence of 25-months’ imprisonment. Paul Tan Sze Aik had faced a total of five charges and pleaded guilty to two charges of committing an obscene …
Imprisonment term reduced on appeal for man who had oral sex with boyRead More
After the Remote Gambling Act was passed in October 2014 with the aim of restricting all aspects of remote gambling (i.e. gambling activities conducted through the phone or Internet), the Gambling Regulatory Unit of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has now started to block many gambling websites, …
Gambling websites blocked after enactment of Remote Gambling ActRead More
A man facing multiple cheating charges relating to the misappropriation of more than $40 million has succeeded in persuading the High Court to reduce his bail amount from $4 million to $1 million. Ewe Pang Hooi, a 61-year old Malaysian and Singapore permanent resident, faces 693 charges …
