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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 ...
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.
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]
Media portrayals of autism and violence negatively influence public opinion on autism [27] and foster negative impressions of autistic people by linking ASD with criminal behavior. [33] For example, an analysis of 100 French and Italian works of children's and young people's literature published between 1995 and 2005 featuring a main character ...
On 21 January 2022, at a playground in Greenridge Crescent, located in Singapore's Upper Bukit Timah, 11-year-old twin brothers Ethan Yap E Chern (Chinese: 叶育成; pinyin: Yè Yùchéng) and Aston Yap Kai Shern (Chinese: 叶凯胜; pinyin: Yè Kǎishèng), who were both diagnosed with autism, were murdered by their 48-year-old father Xavier Yap Jung Houn (Chinese: 叶俊宏; pinyin: Yè ...
Singapore retains both corporal punishment (in the form of caning) and capital punishment (by hanging) as legal penalties. For certain offences, the imposition of these penalties is mandatory. More than 400 people were executed in Singapore, mostly for drug trafficking, between 1991 and 2004.
From 2020 to 2022, at least 240 people were convicted of money laundering offences (largely related to domestic scams) and a total of $1.2 billion worth of assets were seized. [78] In August 2023, the police arrested ten foreign nationals on suspicion of committing offences such as forgery and money laundering. [ 79 ]
The Vandalism Act 1966 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that criminalizes a number of different acts done in relation to public and private property, namely, stealing, destroying or damaging public property; and, without the property owner's written consent, writing, drawing, painting, marking or inscribing on property; affixing posters, placards, etc., to the property; and ...