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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]
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.
Crime rates in Singapore are some of the lowest in the world, with petty crimes such as pickpocketing and street theft rarely occurring, and violent crime being extremely rare. [1] Penalties for drug offences such as trafficking in Singapore are severe, and include the death penalty .
Roach was extradited on 16 March 2020 from the United Kingdom to Singapore and subsequently charged with robbery and unlawfully removing the money out of Singapore. He was given a five-year imprisonment and six strokes of the cane; however, arrangements made by the Attorney-General of Singapore allowed to secure his extradiction, and his caning ...
9–24 December: A plot by the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) to bomb several embassies in Singapore and the Yishun MRT station was discovered by the Internal Security Department, leading to the arrests of 15 Singapore-based JI members. Over the next few years, about 40 more JI-linked individuals were arrested.
The general principles of criminal law, as well as the elements and penalties of general criminal offences such as assault, criminal intimidation, mischief, grievous hurt, theft, extortion, sex crimes and cheating, are set out in the Singaporean Penal Code.
List of major crimes in Singapore; List of major crimes in Singapore (1990–1999) List of major crimes in Singapore (2000–2009) List of major crimes in Singapore (2010–2019) List of major crimes in Singapore (2020–present) List of major crimes in Singapore (before 1990)
The two robbers - 28-year-old Neoh Bean Chye and 23-year-old Lim Kim Huat - fled to Penang, Malaysia after the crime, but they were both being arrested by the Malaysian authorities and being sent back to Singapore, where they were charged with the murder of Chew Liew Tea.