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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 51

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim

High Court conviction for aggravated sexual assault by penetration, criminal intimidation and perverting the course of justice, with complainant credibility and corroboration upheld.

  • Aggravated sexual assault by penetration
  • Criminal intimidation
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Corroboration of complainant testimony
  • Consent
  • Medical evidence on sexual assault
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 264

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v KOH LEE HWA

The High Court convicted Koh Lee Hwa of outrage of modesty, rape, and sexual assault by penetration, rejecting his consent defence and imposing 12 years and three weeks' imprisonment plus 13 strokes.

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault by penetration
  • Outrage of modesty
  • Consent
  • Corroboration
  • Sentencing frameworks
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 249

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Lev Panfilov

The High Court convicted Lev Panfilov of outrage of modesty, sexual assault by penetration, and two rape charges, rejecting his consent defence and imposing 11 years 6 months’ imprisonment and 12 strokes.

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault by penetration
  • Outrage of modesty
  • Consent
  • Credibility assessment
  • Totality principle
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 219

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Fok Jin Jin Dhanabalan

The High Court convicted the accused of rape, finding the complainant lacked capacity to consent due to intoxication and did not in fact consent.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Capacity to consent
  • Intoxication and bac evidence
  • Witness credibility and corroboration
  • Audio/cctv evidence
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Personal data protection [2025] SGHC 173

Martin Piper v Singapore Kindness Movement

The High Court held that SKM breached the PDPA by disclosing the complainant’s identity, but dismissed the appeal because no actionable loss or damage was proven.

  • Personal data protection act 2012
  • Deemed consent (s15)
  • Statutory tort (s48o)
  • Consent
  • Investigation exception (s17)
  • Purpose limitation (s18)
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 140

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DGH & Anor

Trial judgment convicting two accused persons of multiple sexual offences, intimate image possession, and obstructing justice arising from events in a Singapore hotel room.

  • Consent
  • Capacity to consent
  • Alcohol‑induced blackout/greyout
  • Witness credibility and 'unusually convincing' standard
  • Admissions (vri)
  • Forensic evidence
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 106

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CFE

The court admitted the accused's challenged VRI statements as voluntary after rejecting allegations of threats and inducements; the CCTV footage, the complainant's consistent testimony and parts of the accused's admissions collectively proved the physical elements of charges 1 (penile-vaginal), 3 (sucking breast/touching vagina), 4 (penile-oral) and 5 (licking vagina) beyond reasonable doubt while charge 2 (digital penetration) lacked independent corroboration and was acquitted; the complainant did not consent due to incapacitation and inability to resist; s 73(1) Penal Code applied (no s 73(…

  • Consent
  • Voluntariness of statements
  • Vulnerability of domestic workers
  • Enhanced sentencing under s 73 penal code
  • Cctv corroboration
  • Forensic evidence
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Contract [2025] SGHC(I) 1

MARKETLEND PTY LTD v QBE INSURANCE (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Trade credit insurance claims were dismissed after the court found an unauthorised assignment, breaches of cooperation and disclosure terms, and insufficient proof of genuine trades.

  • Assignment
  • Consent
  • Estoppel
  • Hearsay
  • Business records exception
  • Condition precedent
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 265

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Raj Kumar S/O Bala

The High Court convicted the accused of outrage of modesty and rape, accepted the complainant’s account as credible and corroborated, and imposed a global sentence of 13 years and 4 weeks’ imprisonment plus nine strokes.

  • Rape
  • Outrage of modesty
  • Harbouring
  • Consent
  • Voluntariness of statements (vri)
  • Credibility assessment
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 240

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CHJ

The High Court convicted CHJ of two counts of sexual assault by penetration and one count of obstructing the course of justice, imposing eight years' imprisonment and six strokes.

  • Sexual assault by penetration
  • Consent and mistake of fact (s79 penal code)
  • Obstruction of course of justice (s204a)
  • Corroboration and impeachment of witnesses
  • Sentencing framework for sexual offences
  • Abuse of trust
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