Here are the articles under Category: Criminal.
NUS Peeping Tom case: Age a key factor in deciding such cases, say lawyers
23 April 2019As the debate rages on online about whether the perpetrator in the NUS Peeping Tom case has been sufficiently...
Chief Justice dismisses appeal for higher sentence for man with fetish for stealing women’s wallets
18 April 2019An offender who previously stole leather wallets from unsuspecting women to fulfil his fetish, steals again. But this time,...
Just Makan: Justice is Served
30 March 2019We are immensely honoured and proud to have been a sponsor of Just Makan: Justice is Served - a...
CNA Commentary: Even criminals deserve justice – and other reasons why lawyers defend them
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain who was sentenced to 22 months'...
Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9
17 February 2019In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”) had convicted Zamri Bin Mohd Thair (“Zamri”) of being in possession of...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on five high-profile cases this year
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
Capital punishment — a little more conversation on a matter of life and death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
Worries faced by foreign parents of Singaporean boys over National Service-related issues
31 August 2018In the wake of the recent conviction of 24-year-old Thai national Ekawit Tangtrakarn for defaulting on his National Service obligations...
NUS Peeping Tom case: Age a key factor in deciding such cases, say lawyers
23 April 2019As the debate rages on online about whether the perpetrator in the NUS Peeping Tom case has been sufficiently...
Chief Justice dismisses appeal for higher sentence for man with fetish for stealing women’s wallets
18 April 2019An offender who previously stole leather wallets from unsuspecting women to fulfil his fetish, steals again. But this time,...
Just Makan: Justice is Served
30 March 2019We are immensely honoured and proud to have been a sponsor of Just Makan: Justice is Served - a...
CNA Commentary: Even criminals deserve justice – and other reasons why lawyers defend them
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain who was sentenced to 22 months'...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on five high-profile cases this year
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
Capital punishment — a little more conversation on a matter of life and death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
Worries faced by foreign parents of Singaporean boys over National Service-related issues
31 August 2018In the wake of the recent conviction of 24-year-old Thai national Ekawit Tangtrakarn for defaulting on his National Service obligations...
PP v Lam Leng Hung and Others [2018] SGCA 7 – Implications for Accused Persons Previously Convicted of an Offence under Section 409 of the Penal Code
18 April 2018Our Suang Wijaya's "Public Prosecutor v Lam Leng Hung and Others [2018] SGCA 7 – Implications for Accused Persons Previously Convicted...
Judge acquits man of assaulting condo neighbour
14 April 2018We acted for a man who was charged with assaulting his neighbour by thrusting a stick at him when...
Drug convict hanged after final bid to reopen case fails
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd in his...
Fourth foreigner jailed over use of forged passes for Ed Sheeran concert in Singapore
13 December 2017Our Suang Wijaya represented an Australian man who was charged for the use of forged Ed Sheeran concert passes...
Court orders review of drug conviction
2 August 2017The conviction of an alleged Nigerian drug trafficker was ordered to be reviewed, after we successfully argued before the...
Given clear evidence, drug buyer should not be punished like drug trafficker: High Court Judge
14 July 2017In a landmark ruling, we persuaded the High Court to overturn the conviction of a man who had asked...
Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam defends people who might face the death penalty
7 November 2016Our Eugene Thuraisingam was featured in The Straits Times for his work in defending accused people who might face...
Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9
2019In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”) had convicted Zamri Bin Mohd Thair (“Zamri”) of being in possession of...
Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112
2018We act for the applicant in the case of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112 ("Nagaenthran"),...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Liew Zheng Yang v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 157
2017We acted for the appellant in this case, successfully arguing that the District Court’s conviction of the appellant for...
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Attorney-General v Ting Choon Meng and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 373
2017We acted for the Singapore current affairs website, The Online Citizen, successfully responding to the Government’s appeal to the...
Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 257
2017We acted for the 2nd appellant in the Court of Appeal. In its grounds of decision, the Court of...
Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
Ting Choon Meng v Attorney-General and another appeal [2016] 1 SLR 1248
2016We acted for The Online Citizen. We successfully argued before the High Court that the Government was not a...
Quek Hock Lye v Public Prosecutor [2015] 2015 2 SLR 563
2015This was a Constitutional Law case heard by the Court of Appeal which dealt with the issue of whether...
NUS Peeping Tom case: Age a key factor in deciding such cases, say lawyers
23 April 2019As the debate rages on online about whether the perpetrator in the NUS Peeping Tom case has been sufficiently...
Chief Justice dismisses appeal for higher sentence for man with fetish for stealing women’s wallets
18 April 2019An offender who previously stole leather wallets from unsuspecting women to fulfil his fetish, steals again. But this time,...
CNA Commentary: Even criminals deserve justice – and other reasons why lawyers defend them
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain who was sentenced to 22 months'...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on five high-profile cases this year
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
Capital punishment — a little more conversation on a matter of life and death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
Worries faced by foreign parents of Singaporean boys over National Service-related issues
31 August 2018In the wake of the recent conviction of 24-year-old Thai national Ekawit Tangtrakarn for defaulting on his National Service obligations...
Judge acquits man of assaulting condo neighbour
14 April 2018We acted for a man who was charged with assaulting his neighbour by thrusting a stick at him when...
Drug convict hanged after final bid to reopen case fails
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd in his...
NUS Peeping Tom case: Age a key factor in deciding such cases, say lawyers
23 April 2019As the debate rages on online about whether the perpetrator in the NUS Peeping Tom case has been sufficiently...
Chief Justice dismisses appeal for higher sentence for man with fetish for stealing women’s wallets
18 April 2019An offender who previously stole leather wallets from unsuspecting women to fulfil his fetish, steals again. But this time,...
CNA Commentary: Even criminals deserve justice – and other reasons why lawyers defend them
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain who was sentenced to 22 months'...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on five high-profile cases this year
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
Capital punishment — a little more conversation on a matter of life and death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
Worries faced by foreign parents of Singaporean boys over National Service-related issues
31 August 2018In the wake of the recent conviction of 24-year-old Thai national Ekawit Tangtrakarn for defaulting on his National Service obligations...
Judge acquits man of assaulting condo neighbour
14 April 2018We acted for a man who was charged with assaulting his neighbour by thrusting a stick at him when...
Drug convict hanged after final bid to reopen case fails
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd in his...
Fourth foreigner jailed over use of forged passes for Ed Sheeran concert in Singapore
13 December 2017Our Suang Wijaya represented an Australian man who was charged for the use of forged Ed Sheeran concert passes...
Court orders review of drug conviction
2 August 2017The conviction of an alleged Nigerian drug trafficker was ordered to be reviewed, after we successfully argued before the...
Given clear evidence, drug buyer should not be punished like drug trafficker: High Court Judge
14 July 2017In a landmark ruling, we persuaded the High Court to overturn the conviction of a man who had asked...
Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam defends people who might face the death penalty
7 November 2016Our Eugene Thuraisingam was featured in The Straits Times for his work in defending accused people who might face...
Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9
2019In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”) had convicted Zamri Bin Mohd Thair (“Zamri”) of being in possession of...
Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112
2018We act for the applicant in the case of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112 ("Nagaenthran"),...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Liew Zheng Yang v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 157
2017We acted for the appellant in this case, successfully arguing that the District Court’s conviction of the appellant for...
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Attorney-General v Ting Choon Meng and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 373
2017We acted for the Singapore current affairs website, The Online Citizen, successfully responding to the Government’s appeal to the...
Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 257
2017We acted for the 2nd appellant in the Court of Appeal. In its grounds of decision, the Court of...
Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
Ting Choon Meng v Attorney-General and another appeal [2016] 1 SLR 1248
2016We acted for The Online Citizen. We successfully argued before the High Court that the Government was not a...
Quek Hock Lye v Public Prosecutor [2015] 2015 2 SLR 563
2015This was a Constitutional Law case heard by the Court of Appeal which dealt with the issue of whether...
Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9
2019In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”) had convicted Zamri Bin Mohd Thair (“Zamri”) of being in possession of...
Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112
2018We act for the applicant in the case of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112 ("Nagaenthran"),...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Liew Zheng Yang v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 157
2017We acted for the appellant in this case, successfully arguing that the District Court’s conviction of the appellant for...
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Attorney-General v Ting Choon Meng and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 373
2017We acted for the Singapore current affairs website, The Online Citizen, successfully responding to the Government’s appeal to the...
Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 257
2017We acted for the 2nd appellant in the Court of Appeal. In its grounds of decision, the Court of...
Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
Ting Choon Meng v Attorney-General and another appeal [2016] 1 SLR 1248
2016We acted for The Online Citizen. We successfully argued before the High Court that the Government was not a...
Quek Hock Lye v Public Prosecutor [2015] 2015 2 SLR 563
2015This was a Constitutional Law case heard by the Court of Appeal which dealt with the issue of whether...
