SINGAPORE: A High Court judge on Monday (May 20) struck out an application that 36 death row inmates filed over a legal aid scheme’s policy not to provide assistance for post-appeal applications. In an application on May 9, the inmates said that the policy of the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO) was not … Read more
SINGAPORE, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Government of Singapore and the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain signed a bilateral Treaty on 20 March 2024 to establish a new Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC) in Bahrain and a designated body in Singapore to hear appeals from the BICC. The Treaty was signed by Singapore’s … Read more
SINGAPORE: Suspicious that his girlfriend was cheating on him and facing financial troubles at work, Lim Song Chua resolved to kill the woman and then himself. He splashed acid on her face while she slept, slashed her arms with a knife and left her to bleed on their bed. Lim then took sleeping pills and … Read more
