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A 38-year-old Singapore man has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail plus nine strokes of the cane for stabbing a Catholic priest during evening mass at St Joseph's Church in November 2024.
A Malaysian High Court has rejected an appeal against a 5-year prison sentence handed to a businessman convicted of assaulting bodyguards during the Ramadan fasting period, with the judge finding no grounds for intervention.
Singapore's High Court has slashed former actor Edmund Chen's jail sentence from five days to just one day for his involvement in a March 2025 traffic accident that injured a motorcyclist. The appellate court found the original custodial term manifestly excessive.