Australians living in the home of the country’s parliament will be allowed to grow and possess small amounts of cannabis from next year under a new law passed Wednesday. While the possession of small amounts has been decriminalised in some parts of the country, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) — home of Canberra, the nation’s capital — is going a …

An estimated 200 students clashed with riot police in Indonesia’s capital as demonstrators hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at authorities who shot tear gas into the crowds on the third day of protests. The demonstrations erupted in response to a proposed criminal-code overhaul that includes everything from criminalising pre-marital sex and restricting sales of contraceptives, to making it illegal to …

Harvard economics professor Li Shengwu has just posted an update on his Facebook page, stating that the Singapore government is still prosecuting him “after all this time”. Mr Li’s update is in response to his friends who have been asking about his situation. He further adds that he has just filed his defence affidavit. According to Mr Li who is …

by Joseph Nathan When I read about some “experts” commenting on the risks of foreign intervention, some of them are sounding like as if we have a few paranoids are on the loose in Singapore. It is good and desirable to be cautious but when stretched to the extreme, it is sounding like another antic of Donald Trump. As a …

On Tuesday morning (24 Sep), a 72-year-old woman was rescued from the lake at Bukit Batok Town Park after two British tourists spotted her in the water. Mr Simon and Mrs Lesley Brewin, who are reportedly in Singapore to visit their children, were strolling along the park and noticed something wasn’t right when they caught sight of a small stool …

In his National Day Rally speech this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that climate change is “one of the gravest challenges facing humankind”. During the section of his speech on preparing for climate change, Mr Lee said that Singapore has to understand, mitigate, and adapt to this problem. However, he noted that a global solution for climate change …

What is the legal test to be applied when evaluating the evidence of an eyewitness to any crime? Would the evidence of an eyewitness be generally less reliable compared to that of the victim itself? These are the legal questions which the Court of Appeal faced on Wednesday (25th September), in the context of a criminal reference filed by the …

On Saturday (21 September), a 65-year-old woman was knocked down after her bicycle collided with an e-scooter, driven by a 20-year-old, in Bedok North Block 539 at about 10.30pm. Madam Ong Bee Eng, a logistic assistant packer, was rushed to Changi General Hospital (CGH) in an ambulance after she fell unconscious due to the collision. She suffered a serious brain …

Sin Eng Cleaning Services Pte Ltd was fined $190,000 on Tuesday (24 September) under section 12(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) for failing to take adequate safety measures to ensure the safety of an employee who was performing tree cutting work. In a press release on Wednesday, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) stated that in early August …

Retired general medical practitioner and long-standing advocate of LGBTQ+ rights in Singapore, Dr Roy Tan, has filed a constitutional challenge of Section 377A of the Singapore Penal Code. The constitutional-era law criminalises acts of “gross indecency between men, with a penalty of up to two years imprisonment. In a statement, Dr Tan said he has filed a case at the …