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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 113

JEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

High Court upheld one-week concurrent jail terms for false information and false address reporting, holding the custodial threshold was crossed and the sentence was not manifestly excessive.

  • Giving false information to a public servant
  • False reporting of change of address
  • Custodial threshold
  • Amalgamated offence
  • Primary 1 school registration
  • General deterrence
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Criminal law [2026] SGCA 23

Low Sze Song v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court of Appeal dismissed two drug trafficking appeals, upheld the convictions, and confirmed mandatory death sentences after rejecting challenges to knowledge and chain of custody.

  • S 18(1) presumption of possession
  • S 18(2) presumption of knowledge
  • S 33b alternative sentencing (courier exception and certificate of substantive assistance)
  • Chain of custody
  • Mandatory death penalty
  • Drug-trafficking
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 80

TRAN THI TIEN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court set aside a one-week jail sentence for unauthorised receipt of confidential information under the Official Secrets Act and substituted a S$1,500 fine.

  • Sentencing framework
  • General deterrence
  • Unauthorised receipt of confidential information
  • Section 5(2) osa
  • Section 17(2) osa
  • Parity in sentencing
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Criminal law [2026] SGCA 10

TAN JINXIAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Court of Appeal dismissed a drug-trafficking appeal and a fresh-evidence motion, upholding convictions and the mandatory death sentence for capital trafficking.

  • Trafficking
  • Possession
  • Presumption of knowledge under s 18(2) mda
  • Mandatory death penalty s 33(1) mda
  • Alternative courier regime s 33b
  • Adducing fresh evidence
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 69

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TEO HWEE PENG

High Court appeal in a PCA case: Teo’s convictions on eight corruption charges were upheld, while the Prosecution’s appeal against three acquittals succeeded.

  • Prevention of corruption act s6(a) and s8 presumption
  • Witness credibility and corroboration
  • Hearsay and admissibility
  • Duplicity of charges
  • Standard of proof for untested statements (unusually convincing)
  • Prevention-of-corruption-act
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 37

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Tan Jinxian

The High Court convicted Tan Jinxian of four drug charges, imposed death for trafficking over 15g of diamorphine, and 14 years’ aggregate imprisonment on the others.

  • Possession for purpose of trafficking
  • Trafficking
  • Presumptions of knowledge and trafficking (s18(2), s17 mda)
  • Courier exception (s33b)
  • Sentencing (death penalty, life, imprisonment, caning)
  • Drug-trafficking
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 239

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Iswan Bin Ali

High Court drug-trafficking trial concerning 61.19g of diamorphine. The court upheld the chain of custody, applied the trafficking presumption to most exhibits, and altered the charge.

  • Trafficking
  • Chain of custody
  • Presumption of trafficking (s17 mda)
  • Bailee defence
  • Consumption defence
  • Exhibit handling
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 223

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Muhamad Akashah Aizad Bin Hasni

The High Court applied a modified Sentencing Guidelines framework to a cannabis importation plea, capping the stage-1 discount at 10% and imposing 24 years' imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane.

  • Plea discount
  • Sentencing guidelines application
  • Mandatory minimums
  • Importation/trafficking
  • Caning
  • Drug-importation
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 209

MUHAMAD ZULHILMI BIN MOHAMAD SAPARI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed a sentence appeal arising from drug and weapons offences, holding that the individual and aggregate sentences were not manifestly excessive.

  • Misuse of drugs act
  • Cesowa
  • Prisons act
  • Enhanced sentence/remission regime
  • Totality principle
  • Mandatory minimum sentence
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 99

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ravivarma Govindan

The High Court convicted Ravivarma Govindan of importing cannabis and methamphetamine, finding he knew contraband was in the car and failed to rebut MDA presumptions.

  • Importation of controlled drugs
  • Possession and knowledge
  • Presumptions under the misuse of drugs act
  • Courier exception and alternative sentencing under s33b
  • Sentencing - capital and non-capital offences
  • Drug-importation
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