SINGAPORE – A man, 21, has been arrested after allegedly attacking his father with what police say was a sharp object in Commonwealth Avenue West on Monday night (May 10). The father, 41, suffered multiple injuries. He was conscious when taken to the hospital, the police said. The police were alerted to the incident at about... » read more
BARCELONA (AFP) – The agent and father of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland visited Barcelona on Thursday (April 1) to meet with the Spanish club’s newly elected president Joan Laporta, local media reported. “Barca’s interest in the player has been confirmed in this meeting and they will enter the bidding,” wrote Catalan daily Sport,... » read more
SINGAPORE – A 46-year-old man of unsound mind was ordered to be detained at the President’s pleasure on Tuesday (Nov 30) after the High Court found, following a trial, that he had killed his 75-year-old father. Justice Valerie Thean concluded that Tan Kok Meng, who was left alone for three hours with his father at... » read more
A man befriended a 13-year-old boy who had disciplinary issues and promised the latter’s father that he would “guide and advise” the teenager. Instead, the 25-year-old man molested the boy on two occasions in March. The Singaporean offender was yesterday sentenced to two years’ jail with five strokes of the cane and a fine of... » read more
A cousin of Mustafa Centre boss Mustaq Ahmad told the High Court yesterday that his father came home crying “like a baby” one day in 2004, after making a will stating that he held a 15.12 per cent stake in the company. Mr Fayyaz Ahmad said his father, Mr Samsuddin Mokhtar Ahmad, felt hurt and... » read more