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A Singaporean police vehicle. In Singapore, law enforcement is principally led by the Singapore Police Force (SPF), and supported by other agencies including the Singapore Prison Service, Central Narcotics Bureau, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, Internal Security Department, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and Singapore Customs ...
The Penal Code defines the elements of each offence and prescribes the maximum, and occasionally also the minimum, penalties for it. The basic form of an offence (commonly referred to as the 'simple offence' or, using Latin terminology, as the 'offence simpliciter') has the lowest penalties. More serious forms of the offence are defined as ...
Ang was charged with a 12.5-year imprisonment in July 2015 to one charge of manslaughter, one charge of misappropriating Ng's money and one charge of providing false information to the police. [ 28 ] 28 December 2011: In a high-profile case involving an online vice syndicate, 48 men, most of which were civil servants, were charged for having ...
The penal code has since been amended several times. In 1973, punishments for certain offences were enhanced. The Penal Code (Amendment) Act 1984, [6] which came into effect on 31 August 1984, imposed mandatory minimum penalties for certain offences. A major review of the Code was launched in 2006, which was updated in 2008. [7]
2 December 2024: The case of a 30-year-old woman found dead in a flat along Dover Road was classified as murder by the Singapore police. A 34-year-old man, suspected of being involved in the murder, left Singapore prior to the police receiving a call for assistance. The suspect and the victim were known to each other.
Holding a lieutenant and driver hostage, Liew escaped to his girlfriend's workplace at a textile factory in Boon Keng before the girlfriend persuaded him to surrender to the police. Liew was charged with the murder the next day and after a trial lasting twelve days, Liew was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death on 25 October 1974 ...
The following is a list of major crimes in Singapore.They are arranged in chronological order. Major crimes such as murder, homicide, kidnapping, rape and sexual assault, as well as firearms- and explosive-related crimes, are dealt with by the Major Crime Division of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police Force. [1]
29 August 1991: 21-year-old Angel Mou Pui Peng, a Macau-born Hong Kong resident with Portuguese citizenship, was caught at the Changi Airport for importing 4 kilograms of heroin into Singapore. She was charged for the offence the next day, and on 11 March 1993, Mou was found guilty as charged and sentenced to death, and had failed in her ...