The day's essential Malaysian news, briefed.
A 58-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to five weeks in jail and banned from driving for 2.5 years after his car crashed through barriers and plunged into the Suntec City Fountain of Wealth in July 2024.
Opposition politician Lim Tean was arrested in Johor Baru on August 6 and transferred to Singapore authorities on August 11 after evading a jail sentence for practising law without a valid certificate.
Singapore's highest court has dismissed an appeal by cybercrime suspect Wang Yunhe challenging the police seizure of his belongings, citing fundamental procedural errors in his legal challenge.
A 27-year-old Singaporean has been charged with insulting Islam after posting offensive videos on TikTok in March. He was deported from Malaysia and arrested upon returning to Singapore, with investigations ongoing into a separate incident.
A Hong Kong mother has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for attacking a police officer during a violent confrontation at Changi Airport in June 2024. Her adult son received a 10-day sentence.
Haseenah Koyakutty, a former Singapore television journalist, has been released on a S$5,000 personal bond after spending over five months in remand. She faces six charges including criminal trespass and allegedly causing alarm through insulting remarks.
A 40-year-old Singaporean has been fined S$5,000 and disqualified from driving for six months after allowing his two young sons to sit on the rear boot of his Porsche while driving along Dairy Farm Lane in October.
Two Singaporean doctors and a woman are defending charges of planning a drug consumption gathering at a hotel, an offence carrying maximum 20-year sentences. All three deny premeditation.
A 66-year-old wheelchair user in Singapore has been sentenced to 12 years and 11 months imprisonment for systematically sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy between 2020 and 2023, exploiting the child with small payments and cigarettes.
Two co-founders of Fullerton Healthcare Corporation have been fined a combined S$160,000 for submitting false entertainment claims worth over S$211,000. The money was intended to benefit a third party rather than enrich the doctors themselves.