SINGAPORE: After being denied entry into Singapore at Changi Airportokebet, a Bangladeshi man offered an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer S$200 (US$152) to let him through. When another ICA officer was called to assess the situati

SINGAPORE: A 55-year-old man who was on the run for 12 years was on Friday (Oct 18) sentenced to 16 years' jail over the fatal stabbing of a club patron in 2010.  Lee Heng Wong, then 40, was a bouncer and manager at a disco club in Geylang when he s

In November, after voters decide whether to return Donald J. Trump to the White Houseeu9, the judge who oversaw his criminal trial could send him to jail. And despite Mr. Trump’s political status, the judge has ample grounds to do so, a New York Tim

SINGAPORE: A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) took to the High Court on Tuesday (Oct 1) to appeal against his one-week jail term for lying to the ministry over his use of diplomatic bags. Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan, 45, had pleaded

KLANG: A teacher at a religious school that has been linked to the Muslim conglomerate Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) was sentenced to 10 years’ jail on Thursday (Sep 26) after he pleaded guilty to inflicting physical injuries t

At the Somerset County jail in rural Maineslotbet, prisoners addicted to opioids used to receive a daily pill to keep cravings in check. But as soon as they were released, their access to the medicine ended. As their cravings surged, they were re-en