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The Singapore Medical Association (abbreviated SMA) is a professional association representing the interests of medical professionals in Singapore. It was established on September 15, 1959, replacing the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association. [2] As of 2020, it had over 8,200 members. [3]
Suicide is a significant non-medical cause of death in Singapore. Attempted suicide was an offence punishable with jail under section 309 of the Penal Code . [ 24 ] However, on 6 May 2019, the law was amended to decriminalise suicide.
On 8 November 1973, the High Court's two judges - D. C. D'Cotta and Choor Singh - accepted the prosecution's arguments and thus sentenced both Neoh and Lim to death for murder after rejecting the two men's defences of accidental shooting and lack of intention to cause death. Neoh and Lim were both hanged on 27 June 1975 after the failure of ...
Divorce proceedings of civil marriages are carried out in the Family Court, while divorce proceedings of Muslim marriages are carried out in the Syariah Court. [9] One can obtain a divorce in Singapore's Family Court if one or both spouses is a Singapore Citizen, has lived in Singapore for at least three years, or is domiciled in Singapore.
1 June: Thirty-seven-year-old Chong Keng Chye was sentenced to 20 years' preventive detention and nine strokes of the cane for abusing a seven-year-old boy to death and for cheating six people out of S$284,000. He manipulated the boy's mother (his 40-year-old girlfriend Sung Peck Imm, who had an IQ of 80) to assist him in abusing the boy for ...
She quipped, “Somebody else was though,” seemingly hinting at infidelity on Waititi’s part and adding that she “didn’t know” until years later.Us Weekly
More than 400 people were executed in Singapore, mostly for drug trafficking, between 1991 and 2004. Statistically, Singapore has one of the highest execution rates in the world relative to its population. [1] Science fiction writer William Gibson famously described Singapore as "Disneyland with the death penalty".
Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg have called it quits. The former Mentalist star and his wife have split after 29 years of marriage. The two confirmed their separation in a joint statement on Friday ...