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Tort [2026] SGHC 63

CHUA JUN YANG v KANG MAY TENG, MARIA OLIVIA

The High Court allowed an appeal in a battery claim arising from alleged sexual digital penetration, finding the evidence did not prove the assault on balance of probabilities.

  • Assault and battery
  • Digital penetration
  • Corroboration
  • Standard of proof
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Delay in reporting
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 102

HAJI MUHAMMAD FAISAL BIN JOHAR v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence for two outrage-of-modesty charges, upholding the findings largely but treating one contact detail as influenced.

  • Outrage of modesty
  • Witness credibility and contamination
  • Delay in reporting
  • Sentencing principles (totality, consecutive sentences, caning)
  • Outrage-of-modesty
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 175

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CJK

The High Court convicted the accused of rape and two counts of outrage of modesty involving a child complainant, finding her testimony unusually convincing.

  • Rape
  • Molestation
  • Consent
  • Corroboration
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Delay in reporting
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Criminal law [2023] SGHC 93

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TAN CHEE BENG

The High Court held that the complainant’s evidence on four sexual offences was unusually convincing and corroborated, set aside three acquittals, and imposed a global 12-month sentence.

  • Outrage of modesty (s354(1) penal code)
  • Insulting modesty (s509 penal code)
  • Corroboration
  • Unusually convincing testimony standard
  • Adverse inference for silence
  • Abuse of position of trust
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Criminal law [2022] SGHC 91

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v BZT

The High Court allowed joinder of similar sexual offence charges and found two child victims’ evidence unusually convincing, convicting the accused on the proceeded charges.

  • Outrage of modesty
  • Joinder of similar offences (s133, s146 cpc)
  • Impeachment of witness credit (s147, s157 evidence act)
  • Unusually convincing standard
  • Sexual offences against children and consent (s90(c) penal code)
  • Delay in reporting
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Criminal law [2020] SGHC 267

TAN WAI LUEN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence for sexual assault by penetration, finding the complainant’s evidence unusually convincing and the sentence fit Pram Nair.

  • Sexual assault by penetration
  • Sentencing principles
  • Credibility assessment
  • Abuse of trust
  • Delay in reporting
  • Sexual-assault-by-penetration
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Criminal law [2019] SGCA 47

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v MOHD ARIFFAN BIN MOHD HASSAN

The Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal on five sexual offence charges, finding the complainant was not unusually convincing and the evidence did not remove reasonable doubt.

  • Rape
  • Sexual penetration
  • Corroboration
  • Delay in reporting
  • Identification of vehicle
  • Fresh evidence application
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Criminal law [2018] SGHC 125

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Roger Yue Jr

The High Court convicted Roger Yue Jr of seven sexual offence charges involving a juvenile victim, admitted his police statement as voluntary, and imposed a global 25-year sentence.

  • Rape
  • Sexual penetration of a minor
  • Voluntariness of statements
  • Corroboration of witness evidence
  • Adverse inference for non-production
  • Sentencing guidelines (terence ng, bab, pram nair)
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Criminal law [2002] SGHC 305

Public Prosecutor v Ang Johnny

The High Court convicted Ang Johnny of aggravated rape and outrage of modesty, finding the victim and B credible and rejecting the accused’s consent and alibi defences.

  • Aggravated rape (s 376(2)(a))
  • Outrage of modesty / wrongful restraint (s 354a(1))
  • Witness credibility
  • Delay in reporting
  • Mobile phone / sms evidence
  • Loss of cctv / hotel records
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Criminal law [2002] SGHC 275

Public Prosecutor v C

The High Court acquitted a father facing rape, attempted rape, and outrage of modesty charges involving his teenage daughter, finding the evidence left reasonable doubt.

  • Rape
  • Attempted rape
  • Outraging modesty
  • Standard of proof
  • Corroboration
  • Identification evidence
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