Much has been said about Singapore's criminal justice system and its effectiveness
in dealing with crime. This site contains well-known cases, cases involving
first-time offenders and crimes involving the internet. The type of offenses
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Last
updated on 6 October 2004. Click here for the latest additions
| What you did | Jail | Cane | Cases | Accused |
| You had a fistfight at a sporting meet, jail sentence of 2 weeks was set aside on appeal | Eldon v PP | |||
| Unusual cases in need of good caption. | Mohd Mohideen v PP S Velasamy v PP Yeow Beng Chye v PP |
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| Story of 2 motorists who refused to give way and ended up fighting instead | 2 weeks | Wong Eng Hua v PP | ||
| At a disco you stole a handbag when the owner is not looking | 3 weeks | Ignatius Kee v PP | M/29 | |
| You failed to stop at the stop sign and got involved in a fatal traffic accident | 4 weeks | Poh Teck Huat v PP | M/23 | |
| You had a fight at a sporting meet | 1 mth | Irvin v PP | M/30 | |
| You drove, unaware that you have already been disqualified from driving | 1 mth | Chng Wei Meng v PP | M/27 | |
| You hit a police officer while being woken from
your drunken stupor Latest 14 Aug 2003: Appeal allowed. Fine $500 |
1 mth |
Jayandran Nelson v PP Miyakoshi Tadao v PP v PP |
M/24 | |
| You intentionally rub your body against a passenger in a crowded bus | 6 weeks | Teo Kim Siong v PP | M/36 | |
| You were suffering from nervous breakdown
when you threw killer litter including a dumbbell from your flat. Jail sentence was reduced to a S$250 fine |
Ng So Kuen v PP | F/42 | ||
| You applied for and renewed your employment pass
by making a false declaration that you have a tertiary degree Getting a fake university certificate for all the worst reasons. Jail term was dropped and substituted with a fine of 2,000 Singapore dollars (US$1,100). |
4 mths |
Abu S Chowdhury v PP Lai Yu Jing v PP |
M/34 F/40 |
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| Upset with your girlfriend, you approached her with a butterfly knife in your hand | 2 mths | Kelvin Phang v PP | M/30 | |
| You uttered death threats while wielding a chopper,
and in doing so, clearly exceeded your right to private self defense A more serious case that resulted in near fatal stabbing |
3 mths 5 years |
4 strokes |
Mary Lwee Kwi Ling vs Quek
Chin Huat Seng Inn Thye v PP |
F/46 M/40 |
| You stole 8 'selar' fish worth S$7.05 (US$4.15)
from the supermarket 2 recent cases which prison sentence was not applied after successful appeals |
10 weeks Fines |
Senthamel Ramanthan v PP Chuan Gin Synn v PP, Chinta Krishna v PP |
F/41 F/29 M/36 |
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| You made uninvited homosexual pass while taking x-rays of a patient's injured left wrist | 3 mths | Ng Huat v PP | ||
| You committed bigamy | 3 mths | Andrew Hong v PP | M/52 | |
| You described dangerous goods as 'spare parts' causing them to be shipped out on a passenger flight | 5 mths | Wong Wai Song v PP | F/62 | |
| You stole from your employer while working as a sales assistant in a jewellry shop | 6 mths | Ng Yen Lin v PP | F/21 | |
| You asked your private investigator to provide false evidence of your husband's adultery | 6 mths | Hou Ai Hui v PP | ||
| You were caught beating the red light and failed to try your best to provide a breath specimen using poor lung condition as an excuse | 6 mths | Madiaalakan Muthusamy v PP | M/39 | |
| Both you and your sister got involved in a job scam by inducing victims to deposit money for non-existing positions | 9 mths | Ong Yin Yin v PP | F/21 | |
| You are found with one tablet of a controlled drug — Nimetazepam — in your organizer | 9 mths | Dawn Tan v PP | F/22 | |
| A mother of 3, you were found guilty of physically abusing your maid with various household objects | 10 mths | Tong Lai Chun v PP | F/32 | |
| Yet another case of how maids are being treated in Singapore. A dominating employer attempts to escape the noose of the law by concocting an alibi. | 5 months | Choy Kok Meng v PP | M/58 | |
| Maid fails in her attempts to frame employer for abuse | Yong Siew Kian v PP | |||
| 2 cases of bullying employers and their maids, resulting in tragic loss of human lives. |
Life |
PP v Sundarti PP v Purwanti |
F/23 F/17 |
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| Your lover spurned you so you took revenge by hijacking her account and sending lewd emails to her friends | 12 mths | Lim Siong Khee v PP | ||
| You had sex with a fifteen year old whom you met over the Internet | 12 mths | Tay Kim Kuan v PP | M/45 | |
| While on ICQ, you threatened to expose your victim's promiscuity when your advances for sex was rejected | 12 mths | Tay We-Jin v PP | M/22 | |
| You
had oral sex with a 16 year old girl you got to know through Internet Relay
Chat |
12 months |
Annis Abdullah v PP Results after appeal |
M/25 | |
| Your urine was tested positive for Ecstasy at
Woodlands immigration checkpoint Another drug case involving teenaged persons but with different outcome |
12 mths Probation |
Wu Si Yuan v PP Wong Jia Yi v PP |
F/17 F/17 |
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| As KTV mamasan, you drank from your customers glasses and was tested positive for Ecstasy | 12 mths | Sheila Leow v PP | F/39 | |
| A loyal grassroots leader, you were caught illegally accepting soccer bets with a total value of S$456,750 (approx US$250K) | 14 mths & huge fine | Chee Kok Yeong v PP | ||
| You instructed your staff to drive a container truck to PSA and he hit 2 height restriction gantry on his way there | 14 mths | Tan Cheng Kwee v PP | M/47 | |
| Story
of a TV presenter who molested a 30-year-old female colleague whom he took home from a party |
16 mths & 4 strokes |
Shankar Aiyer v PP | M/37 | |
| Your urine show traces of ketamine which you
claimed was the result of someone spiking your drink Another similar case who managed to convince the judge of his innocence |
18 mths Acquital |
Johnson Cheng v PP Tan Loon Lui v PP |
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| A televison actress, you left your handbag unattended and cocaine was found inside your wallet | 18 mths | Low Lin Lin v PP | F/27 | |
| You hit the current boyfriend of your ex's | 24 mths | 6 strokes | Ho Soo Kok v PP | M/21 |
| You got involved in a group fight Another more aggravated case involving accomplices which numbered about 46 who were members of the secret society known as "Sio Kun Tong" or "369". |
30 mths 54 mths |
6 strokes 12 strokes |
Osman B Ramli v PP Mohd Hidayat v PP |
M/17 |
| Gang members brought to justice for their roles where a innocent victim, a national youth soccer player, was stabbed to death | 10 yrs Life |
16 strokes 16 strokes |
Norhisham v PP Hasik Sahar v PP |
M/21 M/21 |
| Through IRC you lured men into compromising position and extorted them | 30 mths | Norhafizah v PP | F/17 | |
| A comical trial. Accused fate was sealed with a "fairy tale" defense aggravated by her atrocious behaviour in court, producing witnesses who gave evidences "any old how" and "any how whack" | 30 mths | PP v Mary Tuen Mary Tuen v PP |
F/53 | |
| A japanese "princess" and 4 guys foolhardy attempts to help her bank in 1.27 trillion yen (about USD 10.6 billions). | 18 ~ 30 mths | Nomura Taiji & Ors v PP | ||
| Being HIV positive did not stop you from pulling a Nigerian scam cheating a former cabinet minister of over US$100,000. | 60 mths | Thomas Beh v PP | M/27 | |
| Hiding evidences out of misguded sense of loyalty- Helping British boyfriend hide evidence of double murders and making their escape to Melbourne, Australia. Murder of a prostitute in Geylang |
12 yrs 6 yrs |
Audrey Ong v PP Chen XiangBao v PP |
F/23 M/23 |
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| You had sex without consent with a drunken girl while she was at your apartment | 8 yrs | 6 strokes | Chang Ying Leong v PP | M/23 |
| At age 16, you went on a mugging spree targeting
students plus violent assault while on bail Jail sentenced was enhanced to 14yrs on appeal |
9yrs 6 mths | 24 strokes |
PP v Chen WeiXiong Chen WeiXiong v PP |
M/17 |
| Despite being in the police wanted list, you managed to evade arrest while going in and out of the country for one and a half years, altogether committing 109 myraid offenses while on the run | 10 yrs | PP v Bernadette Lucia | ||
| You assaulted your ex's lawyer in front of the judge | 10 yrs | Louis Gilbert v PP | M/51 | |
| You agreed over the Internet to sell 1 (one) Ecstasy tablet to an undercover officer |
5 1/2 yrs | 5 strokes |
Jeffrey Ong v PP | M/30 |
| You were caught smuggling drugs containing no less than 8.47 gms of pure heroin (weight of less than 4 US cents) | 10 yrs | 10 strokes |
Yap Chek Long v PP | M/26 |
| Feeling unjustly treated, you devise a devious prank by spiking a bottle of mineral water with pesticide causing death and injury | 15 yrs | Quek Loo Ming v PP | M/56 | |
| Story of a hard-core drug offender. Can they ever be rehabilitated? | 15 years | 24 strokes |
Neo Thiam Seng v PP | M/42 |
| You performed fellatio on 8 young victims Another case involving a caring tutor and his young charges 2 cases involving "crime against nature" |
20 yrs 18 years |
Adam Darsin v PP Lim Beng Cheok v PP Tan Kuan Meng v PP Kwan Kwong Weng v PP |
M/32 M/52 |
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| You sexually abused not one but three of your siblings in various ways on various occasions over a number of years. | 20 yrs | 10 strokes |
Roszaili Safarudin v PP | M/15 |
| An effective, simple con that prey on the elderly |
15 yrs | PP v John Lee | M/49 | |
| A callback operator who cheated S$.5 million
by exploiting software bugs. A "best convicted person, best qualified"
the CJ have ever come across. Sentence was later upped from 12 to 20 yrs |
20 yrs |
Salwant Singh vs PP | M/41 | |
| You cheated 1,153 Chinese foreign workers
of some S$8.7 million of their hard-earned money |
22 yrs | Lam Chen Fong v PP | M/30 | |
| Almost every day for 13 years, you embezzled from your employer, stealing a total of S$34.9 million (US$20 million) | 24 yrs | Teo Cheng Kiat v PP | M/47 | |
| A criminal genius who committed the largest case of commercial fraud in the history of Singapore. For 4 years you managed to cheat 4 banks collectively of about S$117.1 million (USD 70m), squandering S$62m at casinos around the world. | 42 yrs | Chia Teck Leng v PP | M/44 | |
| Posing as a heartbroken teenager, you posted messages on Teen Channel Internet chat room to find young girls to rape | 23 yrs | 24 strokes |
Raymond Pok v PP | M/26 |
| Judgements on mental patients who kill | Chia Moh Heng v PP Ong Wee Teck v PP |
M/52 M/40 |
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| Upset with his companion for knocking your
car window and failing to catch him, you instead went after and bludgeoned
a deaf mute to death. (Sentence was reduced to life on appeal) |
10 years |
Tan Chun Seng v PP | M/28 | |
| Working away from your own country and living in cramped quarters, tempers flared resulting in a stabbing death. Arun Prakash, Jin Yugang appeals rejected | Hanged | Arun Prakash v PP, Jin Yugang v PP |
M/23 M/36 |
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| Featured capital drug trials Australian sentenced for drug smuggling |
Hanged Death |
1,2,3 Nguyen Tuong Van v PP |
M/23 |
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| Famous trials in Singapore | ||||
| The famous Micheal Fay case — who spray painted graffiti on 2 cars | 4 mths | 6 strokes | Fay v PP External Link |
M/18 |
| Jimmy Chua, who murdered his sister-in-law and attempted murder of her son. | Hanged | Jimmy Chua v PP | M/25 | |
| Anthony Ler — who masterminded the murder of his estranged wife by instigating a 15-year-old boy to stab her | Hanged | Anthony Ler vs PP | M/35 | |
| The Bulgarian Murder Case — Accused repeatedly stabbed his victim and believing that she was dead, dumped her in a canal where she drowned | Hanged | Shaiful Adam v PP | M/22 | |
| Flor Contemplacion, a mother
of 4 who was hanged for the murder of another fellow Filipina maid and her
ward, a six year-old boy. The hanging resulted in a huge public outcry back in her country in the Philippines. A movie was made of her story. |
Hanged | Flor Contemplacion v PP | F/42 | |
| John Martin Scripps - "The tourist from hell" | Hanged | External link | M/35 | |
| Adrian Lim Toa Payoh Ritual Killings Trial. Adrian Lim, his wife, and his girlfriend were convicted in 1983 of murdering 2 children. The macabre ritualistic killings included drinking the children's blood, trances, and electric shock treatments. | Hanged | Tan Mui Choo & Anor v PP | M/46 F/34 F/33 |
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| Mimi Wong Trial. Former cabaret queen who, with the help of her estrangled husband, stabbed to death the wife of her Japanese lover. | Hanged | Mimi Wong v PP | F/32 | |
| Sunny Ang, who was found guilty of murder even though there is no direct evidence and victim's body not found | Hanged | Sunny Ang v PP | ||
| Gold Bars Triple Murders. Nine men who were indicted and seven hanged for the murders. | Hanged | Andrew Chou & Ors vs PP | ||
| Pulau Senang Prison Riot. About 70 to 90 criminal law detainees rioted on a prison island. 4 persons were brutally killed. 18 were sentenced to death. | Hanged | |||
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