Violent Crime news in Safra Jurong Singapore
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Six Malaysians admit armed gang robbery of $4.9m at King Albert Park bungalow
Six Malaysian men pleaded guilty in Singapore's High Court to armed gang robbery and money laundering over a $4.9 million heist at a good class bungalow in King Albert Park during a high-stakes poker game in April 2024. The masked robbers, armed with machetes and baseball bats, tied up 11 people and fled to Malaysia with cash, valuables and cryptocurrency. A seventh suspect remains at large, and sentencing is set for Monday.
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Man, 51, pleads guilty to raping teen daughter, surrendering after spotting her at police post
A 51-year-old Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Sep. 7 to raping his 15-year-old daughter in their Choa Chu Kang flat. The victim reported the assault at a neighbourhood police centre, and her father later surrendered there. He also faces charges for misappropriating S$23,000 from his employer.
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British man in Singapore gets 5-day detention, 100 hours community service for assaulting PHV driver
A 22-year-old British man, Oruche Morgan Fidelis, was sentenced in a Singapore court to a five-day short detention order and 100 hours of community service for using criminal force on a 66-year-old private-hire vehicle driver. The driver suffered a skull fracture in the June 2024 incident and died from natural causes about a year later. The court amended the original charge after finding the cause of the fracture could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt.