Tag: sexual offences
Singapore to raise penalties for sex crimes
Singapore will increase penalties for some sex crimes, officials said Friday, after an outcry over students at elite universities being given punishments criticised as...
Nepalese monk who molested woman vendor in Geylang gets 5-month jail sentence
Singapore—Forty-two-year-old Tamang Dawa, a visiting monk from Nepal, pleaded guilty on September 24, Tuesday, to one count of molestation of a female vendor in...
AWARE says better public education needed to address recent spate of teachers sexually abusing...
Singapore—In the last six months, there have been five cases of teachers sexually abusing their students. The Association of Women for Action and Research...
Former NSF pleads guilty to sexual assault
On Wednesday, July 31, a former full-time national serviceman (NSF) with the Singapore Police Force pleaded guilty to seven charges of sexual offences committed...