A former physical education (PE) teacher at a secondary school in Singapore, who committed sexual acts on his student when she was a minor, was sentenced on Sep. 16 to 16 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane.

An earlier report mentioned that the man had pursued the student romantically when she was between 14 and 15 years old.

Pleaded guilty

The Straits Times (ST) previously reported that the 45-year-old man pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor on Jul. 23.

Another 12 sexual offence charges were taken into consideration during sentencing, according to ST.

At the time, the man paused for a while and "heaved a sigh" before replying that he admitted to the statement of facts read out in court by the prosecution, ST noted.

He cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the identity of the victim, who is now 18.

Taught victim in school, got close online

The man taught the victim in 2022. They later followed each other on Instagram.

According to ST, the man began professing his romantic feelings for her and repeatedly asked her to be his girlfriend.

Knowing it was wrong to be in a relationship with a teacher, the girl said that she needed time to think about it.

However, the man insisted that it was not wrong as long as it did not affect her studies, despite their 28-year age gap.

Began relationship

The girl eventually became convinced that it was acceptable for them to be in a romantic relationship.

On Aug. 29, the girl told the man that she felt guilty for making him wait and was willing to be in a relationship with him, ST reported.

The relationship eventually culminated in sexual acts.

On Sep. 11, 2022, the pair met at a hotel where the man carried out various sex acts on her.

He also repeatedly asked her to carry out a sex act on him until she agreed to do so.

Victim ended relationship

On Jan. 29, the girl ended the relationship after feeling that the man was becoming very possessive. According to ST, he cried and threatened to pull out all his hair.

He also texted the victim's friends to find out if she was seeing anyone.

One of the victim's friends eventually told school officials after finding out that she had been in a relationship with the man.

During questioning, he admitted to "heavy petting" but did not mention sexual penetration. He also deleted their Telegram messages.

The man was later arrested after the school informed the victim's parents, and they reported him to the police.

Exploited opportunities: Judge

High Court Judge Kwek Mean Luck agreed with the prosecution that the man's offences were premeditated.

Pointing out that he took steps to convince the girl to "hang out" in a hotel room, the judge said the man caressed the girl.

He then made another five bookings over the next three months for more hotel rooms, ST reported.

Kwek said: "He exploited these opportunities alone with the victim to commit numerous sexual offences against her."

The judge was also of the view that the man entered and left the hotel rooms separately as one of the ways to conceal his offences.

Some athletes, who took part in the Hyrox Beijing event from Sep. 10 to 13, will reportedly be receiving refunds following an incident in which an athlete suffered faecal incontinence during the race and defecated herself.

Photos and videos circulating online showed the Australian athlete, Joanna Wietrzyk, completing exercises despite her legs and garments being visibly stained with faecal matter during the race on Sep. 12.

She subsequently won the women's event of the competition.

According to a report by the New York Times (NYT), Hyrox told competitors in an email that it would issue refunds equivalent to the value of the event ticket to athletes who competed during certain periods on the same day as Wietrzyk.

Refunds for some participants

A screenshot purportedly showing the email sent to participants was posted on the Reddit thread r/hyrox.

In the email, Hyrox said its on-site team had "completed the sanitisation procedures and full turf replacement" following the incident.

The company said it had also conducted a "thorough internal procedural review" and have decided to issue full refunds to two groups of competitors.

The two groups are:

1. Competitors who started their race before 2:40pm on Sep. 12 and were still racing at 2:40pm that day; and
2. Competitors in wave batches starting between 2:40pm and 8:40pm on Sep. 12.

The email also said Hyrox had updated its official rulebook to include an emergency-response protocol for biological-contamination incidents.

The company said the protocol was now in effect globally.

"Moving forward, we are committed to repaying your passion and support for Hyrox with a more seamless and improved race experience," the email read.

According to NYT, Hyrox did not respond to requests for comment.

It was also unclear how many competitors had received refunds or the total amount refunded.

Background

In a statement on Sep. 12, Hyrox China said the affected areas and race lanes were closed following the incident.

The areas were also thoroughly disinfected, and equipment affected by the incident was also removed.

Hyrox subsequently released two statements regarding the incident.

In the first statement on Sep. 14, the company acknowledged that concerns raised about hygiene were "legitimate" and said it will "examine what happened and take responsibility for continuing to improve".

However, the statement also said Hyrox would ban individuals identified as being responsible for comments that threatened to harm the athlete.

The statement subsequently drew criticism online, as many felt that the statement did not take into account the impact of the incident on other race competitors.

There were also questions about whether different protocols had been applied to elite competitors and other participants.

Hyrox co-founder, Moritz Fürste, issued an apology later the same day.

In a statement posted on Instagram on Sep. 14, Fürste acknowledged that the organiser had made a mistake "by not reacting immediately during the race":

"I apologise to all that were directly or indirectly affected, as well as to everyone who felt like we did not handle the situation like we should have."

Singapore's Defence Minister and Coordinating Minister for Public Services, Chan Chun Sing, spoke at the 13th Xiangshan Forum on Sep. 16 in Beijing, China.

The Xiangshan Forum is a defence and security forum hosted by the China Association for Military Science and the China Institute for International Strategic Studies.

It bills itself as a track 1.5 platform for Asia-Pacific security dialogue, meaning that it draws its participation from official government personnel as well as non-official representatives from academia or think tanks.

Chan spoke about the period of great change that the world was currently undergoing, but also urged countries to “work together to shape the world we want to see”, saying that Singapore welcomed China's aspiration to be a “responsible major country.”

Evolving distribution of power

Chan said that the world was in flux both technologically and economically, and this was shaping and reshaping perceptions of relative power.

The trends that were concerning all nations at present exerted pressures on countries to preserve and advance their own national power at the expense of others.

Chan said that the world's shared challenge was how to enhance a country's own security without being perceived to be threatening the security of others, or without aggravating the insecurity of others.

Three principles to navigate uncertain times

Chan shared three principles that he considered worth bearing in mind as the world navigated uncertain times.

The first was that domestic stability and external security were mutually reinforcing, and that confidence at home enabled a country to cooperate with partners abroad as well as to act in “enlightened long-term interests” internationally.

The second principle was that interdependence bred stability, allowing disparate countries to expand the pool of common interest and create an incentive to cooperate or at least compete within an agreed set of rules.

“Competition and rivalry, if well managed, can spur all of us to do better.”

Chan's third principle was to "first do no harm."

"In order to build trust, it was important to first not break it."

He said that trust was vital but brittle, built by consistency but lost in a single instant.

With trust, difficult issues can be resolved quietly, but without trust, small misunderstandings can simmer and become major problems.

This was true in physical domains like air and sea, but even more so in invisible domains like cyberspace, where intentions were unclear and attribution was not simple.

The power of example

Overcoming the modern security dilemma required rethinking what winning meant, from outgunning or outlasting a rival to winning over the world through “the power of our example” rather than “the example of our power.”

To achieve this, he said he would offer three practical suggestions.

Altering perceptions

The first was that countries needed to be conscious of how shifts in relative power altered perceptions.

Small countries were naturally insecure and needed more assurance, and thus, great powers shouldered high expectations and responsibilities.

A country growing in strength may assert itself to address long-standing grievances and interests, but that growth could look different to those around it.

Chan quoted in Chinese: "When major powers shoulder greater responsibility, smaller countries have less cause for concern."

And therefore, it was necessary for countries to ask themselves: "How do we see ourselves, and how do others see us?"

Strategic patience

Secondly, Chan advised building trust through strategic patience, which he said was the wisdom to choose the course of action that best served long-term interests despite immediate pressures.

“Not every capability needs to be advertised. Not every advantage needs to be immediately pressed, and not every provocation demands an immediate response.”

Creating value together

Thirdly, Chan said that countries must continuously find concrete ways to create value together.

The object of diplomacy, he said, was not to deny each country's own national interests, but to find where it overlapped with others and build real cooperation within that shared space.

He used the example of Singapore's relationship with China, where Singapore supported China's reform and opening up, advocating for its entry into the predecessor to the World Trade Organisation, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, as far back as the 1980s.

“Hence, despite our differences in perspectives and ideology, history, geography, or even the size of our populations, our leaders found common ground to cooperate for mutual benefit.

“The pragmatic approach continues to guide Singapore today.”

Responsible major country

Chan concluded by admitting that periods of great change can be daunting, as they force countries to adapt.

But it was at these moments that countries could and must work together to shape the world that they wanted to see.

He welcomed China's aspiration to be a "responsible major country", and he credited China's reform and opening up for transforming the lives of China's people and contributing greatly to the prosperity of the region and the world.

A 67-year-old Singaporean woman was hit by a bus and trapped under it while holidaying with her family in Taiwan on Sep. 16.

According to Focus Taiwan, she was using a crosswalk on a road in Taichung when the accident happened.

Images on social media showed a woman lying face down underneath the bus and adjacent to its front left tire.

Emergency personnel tended to her.

Local authorities said she was seriously injured in the accident, suffering a pelvic fracture, open fractures to her right upper arm and left lower limb, and was in a state of cardiac arrest.

Her vital signs were restored while en route to China Medical University Hospital, where she remains under treatment.

LTN reported that the woman was in Taiwan with her family of nine, including her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter.

The 45-year-old bus driver has tested negative for alcohol and drugs.

He was reportedly behind the wheel for just over five hours that day.

According to The Straits Times,  the driver claimed to have done all the necessary checks before making the turn.

He apparently only realised he had hit the woman after he heard screams from people around.

A witness told local media that the bus had been moving very slowly.

With his country battling its most intense wildfires in over a decade, Indonesia's forestry ​minister Raja Juli Antoni warned that the blazes could continue until early November 2026.

According to Reuters, this is due to the likely late arrival of the rainy season.

Efforts to contain seasonal fire outbreaks have been complicated by El Niño-linked dry weather.

Borneo and Sumatra, in particular, have felt the brunt of the conditions with fires raging on both islands over the past weeks.

Raja Juli also urged "individuals, farmers, and corporations alike to refrain from using fire during this very strong El Niño period".

Transboundary haze

Fires in Indonesia are behind the transboundary haze experienced in Singapore and Malaysia.

On Sep. 16, the National Environment Agency updated its haze outlook, writing that many air quality stations in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan are reporting unhealthy to hazardous levels.

At the time of writing, Singapore's 24-hour air quality forecast was stated as "moderate" to "low unhealthy".

Malaysia's deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who will be in Jakarta from Sep. 17 to 20, said he would officially raise the transboundary haze issue.

"Diplomatic measures must be pursued alongside technical efforts involving officials from neighbouring countries and Malaysian states," he said, according to Reuters.

The woman who hacked her adoptive father to death in their Sengkang flat in 2022 has lost her appeal against her 18-year jail sentence.

Tan Qiu Yan, 35, sought a lighter sentence of 12 to 15 years instead.

She argued her motive for the attack was because her father had wanted to kill her.

According to CNA, the Court of Appeal rejected this claim, pointing out that she had not previously brought it up.

When Tan was sentenced on Jul. 14, 2025, it was found that she suffered from a delusional disorder and believed her father, 67-year-old Tan Ah Bang, would kick her out of their flat and leave her homeless.

The court has since upheld that her core motivation was a belief that the older man was preventing her from owning a flat promised to her by her adoptive mother, who died months before the killing.

A judge added that after buying a chopper, Tan was able to delay her decision to kill her father for two months, proving she was able to control her actions, reported CNA.

2022 killing

Background

According to court documents seen by Mothership, Tan was adopted by Koh Li Hua and Tan Ah Bang, when she was less than a year old.

Before Koh died of lung cancer on Aug. 29, 2022, she promised her daughter, then 31, that she would leave her share of the flat to her.

Arguments between father and daughter soon began, including during Koh's wake, when Tan and her father quarrelled over financial assets multiple times.

On one occasion, Ah Bang got angry and told his daughter that she had to move out.

She retorted that her mother had left the flat to her and began to cry.

Ah Bang relented, and promised his daughter that he would transfer the whole house to her.

Housing dispute

The younger Tan did not trust her father and came to believe he would chase her out of the house so he could have the whole house to himself.

On Sep. 4, 2022, a few days after the funeral, she purchased the biggest chopper she could find from the FairPrice outlet at Nex.

She intended to use the 18cm-long weapon to kill her father if he did not keep his promise.

After the funeral ended, Ah Bang made an appointment with his lawyers to settle matters pertaining to Koh's estate.

They subsequently realised that Ah Bang had automatically become the sole owner of the flat.

On Nov. 2, 2022, Tan asked her father when he was free to go to the Housing and Development Board office to add her as a co-owner.

But he demurred, and they began to quarrel.

Ah Bang scolded her for not telling him she'd received her mother's Central Provident Fund monies, and for going to check on the status of Koh's investment.

He also chided her for meddling with household matters, and for stopping him from throwing Koh's belongings away.

In the midst of the argument, Ah Bang said he would not leave her the flat after his death, threatening to donate it instead.

At that moment, Tan considered killing her father with a pair of scissors on the table.

She decided against it as she did not think they would be sharp enough, but continued to contemplate his death.

She also considered merely injuring him, to scare him into transferring ownership of the flat to her.

But she dismissed this in the end, as she believed she would be sent to prison, while Ah Bang would still get to keep the flat.

After lunch the next day, she began to practise using the chopper.

She also tested its sharpness on a banana.

Killing

Tan decided to give her father "one last chance".

On the afternoon of Nov. 3, 2022, she went to the bathroom, where he was scrubbing her work uniforms.

She asked if he would share ownership of the flat 50-50 with her but he refused and told her not to bring up the matter anymore.

Tan then decided to kill him, plotting to catch him by surprise in the common toilet.

After dinner that evening, she waited for him to take a shower.

The moment he opened the door, Tan swung the chopper at his neck.

He tried to say something to her, but she ignored him.

Over the next 10 minutes, she hacked at his neck at least 45 to 50 times.

She continued to hack at him even after he fell backwards and became motionless.

By the end of her onslaught, the chopper had become blunt, and the blade was chipped.

After murdering her father, Tan cleaned up the mess and changed into new clothes as she was covered in blood.

She also watched anime and looked through photos of herself as a child with her parents before finally calling the police.

"My father passed away at home. Can police come please," she said over the phone.

Appeal

Tan pleaded guilty in July 2025 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

She was then sentenced to 18 years' jail, with the judge calling the killing a "shocking and brutal act of violence" against her adoptive father.

According to CNA, Tan submitted a letter of appeal arguing against the judge's claim that her father doted on her as he cooked for and washed her clothes.

These were "not the truth", she said.

She also wrote that she had hoped to have a "happy ending" by becoming closer to her father after her mother's death, but this did not happen as he loved money instead of his family.

The Public Defender's Office sought a lower sentence of 12 to 15 years, reflecting a higher degree of mental impairment.

He argued that Tan had interpreted her father's kindness right before the killing as his treating her well before killing her.

She also believed he had wanted to kill her to keep the disputed assets, the lawyer claimed.

However, the Deputy Public Prosecutors called for the judge to uphold the 18-year sentence as a reflection of her culpability and decision to take her father's life, despite the case being a tragic one.

There was also nothing wrong in principle with the sentence, they said.

A 90-year-old man, who sought spousal maintenance from his 89-year-old former wife, has had his claim rejected by a family court in Singapore, with the judge noting that both of them are in "the twilight of their lives".

In a judgement published on Sep. 16, the judge said both parties would receive substantial sums following the division of their matrimonial assets, with the man set to receive about S$2.4 million.

The sum was "more than sufficient to meet the needs of a 90-year-old retiree for the remainder of his life", the judge said.

Assets in matrimonial pool

The couple had been married for more than 64 years and have three children.

They were granted an interim judgement for divorce in September 2024, and there were no issues of custody or child maintenance since their children are all aged 60 and above.

The couple’s only jointly owned asset was their matrimonial home, valued at about S$5.8 million.

Assets held in the man's name and included in the matrimonial pool were valued at about S$14,500, largely comprising his Central Provident Fund savings.

About S$80,000 in assets belonging to the ex-wife were also included in the pool, including almost S$20,000 in CPF savings.

The ex-wife claimed that she had contributed entirely to the purchase of the matrimonial home.

She said she had previously bought a property under the Teacher's Estate housing scheme, and that the proceeds from its sale were used to purchase the couple's matrimonial home.

The man disputed this, arguing that he had contributed towards both properties.

As such, he sought an equal division of all the matrimonial assets.

The judge noted, however, that neither party’s account was supported by documentary evidence.

Ex-wife argued that she was the main provider

The ex-wife sought an 80:20 division of the matrimonial assets in her favour, arguing that she had borne virtually all the family’s financial and non-financial responsibilities throughout the marriage.

She said that during the first 32 years of the marriage, she was the main financial provider.

Among other things, she paid for a domestic helper to care for the children, and also paid for their tuition, courses, weddings, and family holidays.

She also gave their son S$50,000 to start a business, which later failed, she said.

She added that following her retirement in 1992, she funded the household from a monthly pension of about S$2,400, half of which she gave to her ex-husband.

The ex-wife also said she was the children’s primary caregiver.

Her responsibilities included cooking for the family, engaging and supervising domestic helpers, managing the household, paying her son’s medical bills, and organising outings and meals for the children and her ex-husband’s extended family.

The ex-husband sought an equal or near-equal division based on their indirect contributions.

He said that until their retirement, the couple had pooled their incomes in joint accounts.

After retirement, household expenses were paid from their pooled savings and subsequently from joint accounts the ex-wife held with their son and eldest daughter.

He also said he had done his "fair share" in caring for and bringing up the children.

Ex-husband "does no more than assert in general terms that he did his fair share"

The judge said the parties’ indirect financial contributions during the first half of their marriage were difficult to determine because of their differing accounts and the lack of objective evidence.

However, the position was clearer for the second half of the marriage, after both parties had retired, the judge said.

It was undisputed that the ex-husband had no income other than a monthly annuity of S$485.75 from insurer NTUC Income.

The ex-wife's monthly pension of about S$2,400 was the couple’s only other income stream, and she gave half of it to her ex-husband.

The ex-wife also produced records showing that she had paid the property tax bills up to 2024, as well as household bills she continued to pay herself.

On indirect non-financial contributions, the judge found that the ex-wife had made the greater contribution.

She provided detailed evidence of her role as the children’s primary caregiver from birth.

Even while working, she helped them with their homework and managed their schooling and activities.

She also ran the household, cooked for the family, organised gatherings, and trained and supervised the domestic helpers they employed.

"The husband, on the other hand, does no more than assert in general terms that he did his fair share," said the judge. "He descends to no particulars of caring for the children, their schooling, their health or their emotional needs."

The judge also noted that the husband did not dispute most of the ex-wife's account of what she had done for the family, nor provide a competing account of his own contributions.

He assessed the parties’ indirect contributions at 70:30 in favour of the ex-wife.

Ex-husband illegally excluded her from the matrimonial home

The ex-wife also alleged that her former husband had illegally excluded her from the matrimonial home from March 2025 by placing a padlock on the gate.

On this basis, she sought a 2 per cent increase in her share of the matrimonial assets.

However, the ex-husband argued that his ex-wife and their eldest daughter had moved out of their own accord.

The judge noted that the allegation of illegal exclusion was raised for the first time in written submissions.

He also considered that both parties would receive substantial sums from the matrimonial pool regardless.

As such, he declined to increase the ex-wife's share.

Division of assets at 60:40

Taking into account the parties’ direct and indirect contributions, the overall division was assessed at 60:40 in favour of the ex-wife.

The ex-wife was awarded about S$3.5 million, while the ex-husband was to receive about S$2.4 million.

The ex-husband subsequently sought maintenance as an incapacitated former husband under the Women’s Charter.

He cited his medical and mobility issues, inability to earn a livelihood, minimal income and the fact that the ex-wife had left the matrimonial home, leaving him to meet its expenses alone.

Alternatively, he sought a 5 to 10 per cent increase in his share of the matrimonial assets as a lump sum in lieu of spousal maintenance.

The judge rejected both requests.

He said both parties were "in the twilight of their lives", with neither having any earning capacity or realistic expectation of improving their financial position through employment.

He noted that the pair relied on monthly pensions or other payouts as their sources of income, and both would receive substantial sums from the matrimonial pool.

"The husband alone will take more than S$2,000,000 from the matrimonial pool," said the judge. "That is a sum more than sufficient to meet the needs of a 90-year-old retiree for the remainder of his life."

As such, he found that an order for maintenance against the ex-wife, who was a retiree living on a pension, would not be just or necessary.

Both parties to bear their own costs

The ex-husband also sought reimbursement from the ex-wife's share for property tax he had paid for the 2025 and 2026 years of assessment.

He argued that she had paid nothing towards the property tax after moving out in March 2025.

The judge rejected the argument that the ex-husband should bear the full tax simply because he lived in the property, or that the ex-wife should bear it because she had moved out.

The couple continued to own the matrimonial home as tenants-in-common in equal shares even after the ex-wife moved out, he noted.

The property tax for the 2025 and 2026 years of assessment would therefore be borne equally by both parties, he said.

The judge also ordered that each party bear their own legal costs for the ancillary matters.

The matrimonial home is to be sold on the open market within six months, with both parties having joint conduct of the sale.

The Singapore police will be charging a 44-year-old man for his involvement in a case of vandalism that took place at Police Cantonment Complex.

On Sep. 15, 2026 at about 10:55pm, the police were alerted to a case of vandalism at Police Cantonment Complex.

A man had allegedly thrown a rock weighing almost half a kilogram at the glass door of its main entrance.

The man was immediately arrested at the scene by responding officers.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the man, who was believed to be intoxicated, had thrown the same rock twice, causing the glass door to shatter.

The rock was seized as a case exhibit.

The man will be charged in court on Sep. 17 with the offence of vandalism.

The offence carries a fine of up to S$2,000 or up to three years' jail, as well as three to eight strokes of the cane.

One woman in Singapore believes she has "swiped to the end of the stacks" on dating apps and is now asking TikTok to find her a husband instead.

32-year-old Dionis Liaw laid out her case in a video posted under the handle @dionislovespink.

"I have officially run out of men in Singapore on dating apps"

In the video, Liaw said she had been actively dating since March.

In her search for the 'one', she has paid for premium subscriptions on a multitude of dating applications like Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge, Bumble, Facebook Dating and Matchcatch, spending over S$1,000.

"I have officially run out of men in Singapore on dating apps," she lamented.

She added: "I'm outsourcing my husband's search to TikTok now. TikTok, you find me one then."

@dionislovespink I spent $1,000+ on dating app premium, swiped to the end of the stacks… so fine, TikTok you find me one then 😭😂 I literally only need ONE. If you’re genuinely single, marriage-minded, want kids and think we might actually be compatible — form is in my bio 💀 If not, send this to your suspiciously eligible single friend pls 😂 #DatingInSingapore #SingaporeTikTok #FindMeAHusband #DatingApps #dionislovespink ♬ original sound - Dionislovespink - Dionis 🐈‍⬛🐈💕

Frustration and challenges

Although her decision to film a TikTok video was spontaneous, she said that the "frustration... had been building for months".

She explained that the challenge with dating apps was not a "shortage of people", but finding someone whose life goals and lifestyle aligned with hers.

She said:

"You can match because you find each other attractive and have chemistry, then only later discover that one person doesn't want children, doesn't want marriage, has a completely different communication style or sees relationships very differently."

She emphasised that she is "quite intentional about dating", and said she would rather ascertain if there is compatibility early on, as opposed to "spending months dating someone only to discover that we want completely different futures".

As such, since her "dating app judgement had clearly failed [her]", Liaw has resorted to creating a matchmaking form.

"The execution is a bit ridiculous, but the intention is real," she quipped.

She explained: "No, I'm not choosing a husband on this Jotform, I'm just literally deciding who might be worth one date."

What she is looking for

Liaw described herself as 32, separated, and with no kids.

She is dating to marry and hopes to have two children.

"I know quite clearly what I’m looking for," she told Mothership.

In a partner, she is looking for someone who wants marriage and kids, is financially stable with a "provider mindset, drive, doesn't smoke and likes cats".

She also said she would like someone who "preferably knows how to communicate like a functioning adult".

The form includes about 20 questions, covering basic details, and applicants' thoughts on marriage, kids, and their communication style.

Some of the questions include whether a man is okay dating a separated woman whose divorce is not yet final, when they would ideally want to get married, how they feel about having two children, and how they feel about cats.

The form notes that submissions are private, and that submitting does not guarantee a reply or a date.

79 submissions and counting

Speaking to Mothership, Liaw said she has received about 79 submissions so far, 65 through the original Jotform and another 14 through a newer Tally form.

She said the submissions have been mixed — a number appear to be genuinely serious, while some appear to have been submitted as a joke.

"Some of the answers have made me laugh and some people have taken the application much more seriously than I expected."

"Send this to your suspiciously eligible single friend"

She is still screening potential suitors with a careful eye though.

Liaw reiterated that does not want to meet someone just because they filled in the form, and that there has to be enough compatibility for her to genuinely want to know them.

In her video, she ended off on this note: "TikTok, please find me what S$1,000 worth of dating app premium couldn't."

The video has since passed 125,000 views, far more than she expected.

And her efforts beyond the apps appear to have worked somewhat — Liaw told Mothership she has spoken to several respondents.

In fact, she has a first date lined up already.

Three men who went to a nightclub to drink and sing ended up assaulting another customer after he poured away a drink they had offered.

The 50-year-old victim did not know the three assailants.

Toh Soon Heng, 63, has since pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt on Sep. 16 and was sentenced to eight weeks' jail.

The other two men, Cheng Chee Hiong and Wee Keng Mong James, were previously sentenced to three months' jail and six weeks' jail, respectively.

Prosecutors said this was a prolonged and one-sided group attack fuelled by alcohol, which resulted in moderate harm being caused to the victim.

Victim threw away drink

Toh was drinking with Cheng and Wee, along with some other friends at GG KTV Nite Club on Jul. 30, 2025 at about 6pm, according to court documents seen by Mothership.

They bumped into the victim when he came out of the toilet, and one of them offered him a beer.

He accepted the beer but poured it away, triggering the group to start the assault on him.

About half a minute after the assault started, Toh and Wee exited the KTV room and joined in the assault.

Wee grabbed a pack of tissue paper and hit the victim on his head once, whilst Cheng and Toh punched and kicked the victim multiple times.

Assault continued

The victim eventually fled the pub towards a nearby restaurant.

However, the assault continued on his way to the restaurant.

Wee kicked the victim once on his back, causing him to stumble forward.

Later at the restaurant, Cheng threw a large coconut at the victim, though it missed.

Toh also punched the victim once on his face.

Throughout the altercation in the pub and at the restaurant, the victim did not retaliate, court documents said.

The victim was taken to Changi General Hospital, where he was found to have suffered multiple injuries, mainly on his face and head.

The victim was issued a 34-day medical certificate.