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A 40-year-old Singapore man has been charged with two counts of child ill-treatment following separate alleged incidents involving his 10-year-old son at a public housing block and his eight-year-old daughter at Changi Airport.
A suspended police corporal entered a not guilty plea at Ampang Sessions Court to two charges of sexually assaulting his 11-year-old daughter in May, marking a rare case of a law enforcement officer facing trial for such allegations.
A 70-year-old Singaporean man has admitted to sexually assaulting 11 children, including his daughter and granddaughters, over 30 years. He faces up to 36 years imprisonment.
A Singapore secondary school physical education teacher has admitted to sexually abusing a 14-year-old student he met through Instagram. The 45-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor, with incidents occurring between 2022 and 2023.
A former Singapore teacher has been handed a two-year prison sentence for sexually abusing an underage female student through grooming tactics. He was convicted on three counts of indecent acts with a child and one count of sexual grooming.
A 29-year-old Indonesian woman has been charged in Singapore with five counts of child ill-treatment, three counts of voyeurism, and transmitting obscene material involving three young children over a two-month period.
Authorities in Kedah are investigating serious allegations against a childcare facility in Kuah, Langkawi, following reports that children suffered deliberate neglect and were confined to toilets, raising urgent questions about regulatory oversight.
A 66-year-old wheelchair user in Singapore has been sentenced to 12 years and 11 months' jail for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy over a three-year period. Judge Audrey Lim imposed additional jail time in lieu of caning.
A South Korean appellate court has increased the prison sentence to 22 years for a Chinese man convicted of fatally beating his 14-year-old daughter at their home in Ansan. The court rejected mitigating factors and condemned the extreme brutality of the attack.
A Singapore tutor hired to teach primary students pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child abuse, including beating children with a hanger, forcing one six-year-old into extended punishment positions, and subjecting him to degrading treatment that caused serious medical injuries.
A Singapore court sentenced a 27-year-old man to 22 years' imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane for systematically raping a 13-year-old girl and coercing her into prostitution between May and July 2023.
Australia's Christian Brothers order has paused abuse compensation cases, citing financial ruin, after disbursing A$480 million since 1980. The move has drawn sharp criticism from victims' advocates.