A man heard a voice telling him to kill someone.

Chua Jing Yuan, 27, later brought a knife and a claw hammer to Kallang Wave Mall and wandered around for an hour.

He decided to target a 31-year-old woman, slashing and stabbing her before fleeing.

Chua pleaded guilty on Nov. 2 to attempted culpable homicide causing hurt over the attack, reported CNA and The Straits Times.

Two charges for possessing offensive weapons in public was taken into consideration during sentencing.

Chua was originally charged with attempted murder but was assessed to be suffering from major depressive disorder with psychotic features, which allowed him a defence of diminished responsibility.

He was ultimately sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment.

Mental illness

According to court documents seen by Mothership, Chua was first seen at Jurong Polyclinic in May 2021 for anxiety.

He was then referred to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital where he was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder with obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

He attended treatment but defaulted after his last appointment on Mar. 20, 2023, when he was observed to have improved.

Subsequently, his mental state deteriorated, and he reported hearing a voice telling him to kill someone else and to end his own life by drinking bleach.

Spotted victim

Sometime on Jul. 13, 2025, Chua decided to act on the instructions of the voice.

According to him, the voice insisted that he dress completely in black clothing and buy bleach, a knife, and a hammer.

Chua bought the items at Jurong Point, then went to a stairwell where his sister lived to pack them into a backpack.

He changed and placed his old clothes into a riser compartment so that his family could find them after he died.

On Jul. 14, 2025, Chua went to Kallang Wave Mall at about 12:30am to find a suitable target.

At about 1:20am, he spotted the victim, who was going to the restroom after drinking with her boyfriend and an acquaintance.

He decided to kill her and uttered “wait a moment” in Mandarin.

The victim stopped in her tracks.

Chua then quickly took the knife from his backpack and slashed the victim on the left side of her neck and stabbed her once in her right chest.

He believed this was the fastest way to kill her.

Chua then fled and searched for another location to commit suicide by drinking bleach.

The victim rushed to her boyfriend and acquaintance, who gave chase and later restrained Chua.

Passers-by at the scene also helped to subdue Chua and called the police.

Threatened to kill himself

When police officers arrived at around 1:30am, Chua asked them to shoot him.

He told the police: "I kill her so that you can shoot me".

He also started banging his head on the ground, threatening to kill himself.

Victim underwent surgery

The victim was taken to the hospital, where she underwent surgery.

She suffered a stab wound over her chest wall and a laceration over her neck.

The victim remained well post-operatively, and she was discharged the next day, on Jul. 15, 2025.

She was later reviewed in August 2025 and found to have no significant disability.

She incurred medical expenses over S$2,510, of which S$1,590 was reimbursed by insurance.

Major depressive disorder

Chua was assessed at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), where he was found to be suffering from major depressive disorder with psychotic features.

The doctor found that this was significantly contributory to his offending as it severely compromised his judgment.

He was reticent, with poor concentration and eye contact, appeared severely depressed and had mood-congruent auditory hallucinations, the doctor said.

However, Chua was found fit to plead in court as he was "not of unsound mind" at the time of the offence.

Chua's condition, however, would have qualified him for a defence of diminished responsibility, as his depression was severe and had badly compromised his judgment.

For attempted culpable homicide causing hurt, Chua can be jailed for up to 15 years, fined, caned, or a combination of the three.

Helplines

If you or someone you know are in mental distress, here are some hotlines you can call to seek help, advice, or just a listening ear:

• National mindline.sg Hotline: 1771 (24 hours)
• National mindline.sg WhatsApp: 66691771 (24 hours)
• SOS 24-hour Hotline: 1-767
• Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019
• Centre for Domestic Employees: 1800 225 5233 (24 hours)
• Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training: 1800 339 4357 (24 hours)
• HOME (migrant worker): +65 6341 5535 (WhatsApp / Viber / SMS)
• HOME (domestic worker): +65 9787 3122 (WhatsApp / SMS / Call)
• SHECARES@SCWO: Call: 8001 01 4616 | WhatsApp: 8985 5528 (For targets of online harms)
• National Anti-Violence and Sexual Harassment Helpline (NAVH): 1800-777-0000

On Oct. 26, 2026, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at Changi Airport Terminal 4 profiled four arriving foreigners for further checks and found a total of 5,272 vaporisers and related components in their luggage.

All four were referred to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and will face higher penalties under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act (TVCA).

The haul was part of enforcement actions taken between Oct. 26 and 29.

Over the course of four days, ICA detected 50 cases of travellers found in possession of vaporisers.

More than 5,476 vaporisers and related components were seized in total.

ICA said that about 68 per cent of the cases involved short-term visitors and 32 per cent were Singapore residents, comprising citizens, permanent residents, and long-term pass holders.

"These checks aim to detect and deter attempts to smuggle vaporisers into Singapore. Vaping is illegal in Singapore. Foreigners who visit or reside in Singapore must abide by our laws," ICA said.

Short-term visitors who re-offend will be banned from re-entering Singapore, while long-term pass holders who re-offend may have their passes revoked on a third offence and be deported and banned from re-entering Singapore, ICA added.

A 51-year-old man, who raped his daughter in 2024, was sentenced to 14 years’ jail on Nov. 2.

The sentence included four months in lieu of caning as he is above the age of 50, The Straits Times reported.

The victim, then 15, fled to a police station afterwards while the man was in the shower.

When he came out and realised the victim was missing, he went out to look for her and saw her inside the police station in the neighbourhood.

He then went back home to change into a pair of jeans before going back to the station to surrender himself.

The man pleaded guilty on Sep. 7, 2026, to one charge each of rape, outrage of modesty and criminal breach of trust.

Investigations later revealed that he had also taken two photographs of the victim's chest between 2021 and 2023.

His charge for criminal breach of trust involved embezzling money from his employer while he was the company’s general manager.

Raped daughter

According to court documents seen by Mothership, the victim had lived in the same household as the man since she was five years old.

As she was growing up, her father often got angry at her and he would use physical violence on her.

On the night of Aug. 10, 2024, the man confronted her over the cleanliness of their home.

He became enraged, swept the items on the dining table onto the floor, and told her to go to her room.

He subsequently dismantled the CCTV cameras in the flat before going to bed.

The following morning, the man went to the victim's room to wake her.

When she did not respond, he lifted one end of the blanket covering her and molested and raped her.

The girl was shocked but did not react as she feared that doing so would anger him.

Victim ran to police station

After the assault, the man went to shower.

The victim then ran to Choa Chu Kang neighbourhood police centre and reported the incident.

When the man realised that she was no longer in the flat, he went looking for her.

He walked past the police centre and saw the girl sitting inside.

He then returned home, changed into jeans and walked back to the police centre, where he surrendered.

He was arrested and taken into custody on Aug. 11, 2024, and had remained in custody since.

A man was charged with two counts of voyeurism for allegedly recording videos of 410 male victims in toilets from Feb. 24, 2025, to Dec. 23, 2025.

Gary Teo Yong Jie, 24, is also accused of taking a video of a male victim using a urinal on May 26, 2023.

Chargesheets stated that Teo allegedly filmed 369 similar videos of the 410 male victims.

Teo was charged on Oct. 30 and did not enter a plea.

His next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 27.

For one count of voyeurism, he can be jailed for up to two years, fined, caned, or receive any combination of the three.

Flowers and notes have been left at the scene of the Oct. 29 Tampines hit-and-run accident, where a married couple, both aged 24, died.

Mothership had previously reported that the wife was one month pregnant with their second child.

The couple was laid to rest next to each other at Choa Chu Kang Muslim Cemetery on Oct. 30.

They left behind a six-year-old son. Over S$429,000 has been raised on a Give.Asia fundraiser as of 11:30am on Nov. 2 to support the orphaned boy.

Notes and bouquets

Members of the public left bouquets lining the pavement, accompanied by notes reading "rest in peace".

One of the bouquets also held a note written in Chinese that appeared to be written by Lee Tay Lang, known by his ordained name Venerable Shi Fa Rong, a Buddhist monk who prays for victims of accidents and tragedies.

When Mothership visited the scene on the evening of Nov. 1, some of the victims' friends stood vigil.

The accident

The accident involved two cars and a motorcycle.

Eyewitnesses reportedly saw the couple on the motorcycle flung into the air after a blue Audi crashed through the centre divider and pummelled into the motorcycle, before hitting another car.

Authorities were alerted to the accident at Tampines Avenue 12 around 10:35pm.

The public freed the pair trapped in the Audi only to watch them flee towards the nearby blocks.

Traffic police officers established the identities of the couple, consisting of a man aged 30 and a woman aged 29, using police cameras, CCTV footage and extensive ground enquiries.

On Oct. 30, they were arrested in the vicinity of West Coast Road.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death alongside eight other charges, including driving under disqualification as a repeat offender, failing to render assistance, and displaying a false licence plate.

A 36-year-old Malaysian man was seen slapping a woman in a Kuala Lumpur shopping mall on Nov. 1.

According to Sinar Daily, he allegedly did so after the unknown woman shoved his seven-year-old son from behind, causing him to fall, and hit the back of his two-year-old daughter.

The family was walking around the mall.

In a viral clip shared on Threads, the man is seen confronting a woman in a yellow top and black skirt, while mall security guards stand around them and try to defuse the situation.

The two can also be heard shouting at each other.

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After a few seconds, he stepped forward and pushed her back, prompting her to hit him twice on the chest and face.

He then slapped her in the face, causing her to stumble back and fall to the ground.

In the second video shared in the post, the man is seen being held back by police officers as he continues to shout in the woman's direction.

Why did this happen?

Another user shared a WhatsApp conversation purportedly between the man in the video and a friend.

It explained that the woman in yellow pushed his son and slapped his daughter.

In the background of the video, the man's son, dressed in a blue shirt and brown pants, can be seen crying while two women comfort him.

Malaysian police said that they received a report from the man on Nov. 1, reported Bernama.

He told the police that he was walking around the mall at 3pm with his two-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son when the woman suddenly approached them from behind.

She allegedly pushed his son to the ground and hit his daughter on the head.

The police added that they were investigating the incident and called on the public to refrain from speculating.

Another post claimed that the woman had slapped her friend in the face and walked away, right before the incident with the man occurred.

The man accused of stabbing another man to death in Telok Blangah Heights was brought back to the crime scene on Nov. 2.

Gabriel Foong Shi Cheng, 32, was charged in court for murder.

A 73-year-old man died after being stabbed on Oct. 5 evening near Block 61 Telok Blangah Heights.

A 53-year-old man was also allegedly injured by Foong.

Scene visit

Foong arrived at the scene for the visit at around 9:15am.

Prior to this arrival, police officers cordoned off the area around the block where the incident allegedly happened.

He was accompanied by investigation officers and dressed in a red polo shirt, dark blue shorts, and transparent slippers.

His hands and legs were in restraints.

He was seen pointing at the ground at one point and spoke to the investigation officers at the scene.

Investigation officers marked out certain areas.

Foong remained expressionless as investigators asked questions and brought him around the area.

The visit lasted around 15 minutes before he was brought back to the police van.

Background

Police said they received multiple calls for assistance on Oct. 5 at about 6pm at Block 61 Telok Blangah Heights.

On arrival, they found the 73-year-old motionless.

He later died at the hospital.

A doctor from the nearby clinic who attended to the 73-year-old shared that the man had suffered injuries to his neck and chest areas.

A 53-year-old was also injured by Foong and had a wound on his left shoulder.

He was conveyed conscious to the hospital.

According to the police, Foong later turned himself in.

Eyewitnesses shared that the two injured men ran from the direction of Block 56 to the Block 61 coffee shop.

Help was then sought from the doctor at a nearby general practitioner clinic.

Residents of an apartment complex in Geylang raised concerns after allegedly seeing multiple men entering and leaving a unit.

A woman would often be seen picking the men up from the ground floor and bringing them up, leading to concerns that the unit was being used as an illegal brothel.

The complaints led to the landlord requesting an inspection of the unit.

However, its tenant disappeared the next day.

Suspicions

According to Shin Min Daily News, the real estate agent who made the rental transaction at the Guillemard Road unit, 46-year-old Lim Yao Hui, said the tenant was a Singapore permanent resident in his 30s.

The tenant had been given the keys to the unit at the beginning of September. "There was nothing suspicious about it," said Lim.

However, about 10 days after the lease began, neighbours reported seeing a woman bringing people into the unit daily, mostly middle-aged men.

It was especially noticeable as she would have to bring them up in person due to a faulty intercom system.

Lim called the tenant directly to ask if illegal activities were being conducted in the unit, but the tenant denied it, Shin Min reported.

He also claimed that the male visitors were colleagues who were there to attend meetings, while the woman was a part-time cleaner he had engaged.

Lim found this suspicious as the men would leave one at a time, instead of as a group.

As there was no concrete evidence at the time, he and the landlord decided to continue observing the unit's activities.

Witnessed woman bringing men up

Later, a neighbour was able to film a woman bringing a man into the unit.

On Sep. 30, Lim and the landlord witnessed the same scene at the apartment.

He contacted the tenant again, informing him of the complaints and stating that he would inspect the unit on Oct. 2.

Lim said he was worried that something might happen to the tenant, so he called the police on the day of the inspection.

However, they found the apartment empty.

Condoms and lubricants found

A police report was made, and the tenant's one-year lease was terminated on suspicion that he was involved in illegal prostitution.

His deposit would also be forfeited, and he was required to return to retrieve his personal belongings.

The empty apartment was reportedly strewn with condoms and lubricants.

Two mattresses in the room were also covered in stains and had to be replaced.

Lim said it was the first time he had encountered such a situation, though it was apparently not uncommon, according to his colleagues.

He declined to comment on whether new tenants had moved into the unit, but reminded landlords to pay attention to tenants' behaviours when renting out property.

Signs can include tenants being in a hurry to rent the unit without asking for details, or insisting on paying the rental and deposit in cash, he said.

A 47-year-old hawker briefly touched on how he had been helping an elderly man who had been coming to his stall for years.

In a Facebook post on Oct. 16, second-generation hawker Melvin Chew, who is the owner of Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck and Kway Chap at Chinatown Complex and the founder of the Facebook group Hawkers United, said the elderly man comes weekly for “free kway chap, after eating give him $5”.

“Recently he want eat pig blood. Just give la lol. 🫶,” the post caption read.

Reception

The post has garnered positive reactions, with commenters praising Chew for his actions.

“Thank you for your graciousness towards this elderly man 👍🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼”, one comment read.

“Your kindness will be rewarded”, another read.

Newspaper seller

In response to Mothership's queries, Chew said he had known the elderly man when he sold newspapers at Tiong Bahru Market.

“After some time, we give him some kopi money for him to buy drinks. Been visiting my stall for over 10 years,” Chew said.

Chew added that they would give him additional money to buy food.

“There's a time when he walk pass my stall. He wanna eat kway chap, and he only want braised egg, salted veg and tau pok. So I treat him eat. Then he come once or twice a week,” he recalled.

Chew continued to treat the elderly man as he “doesn't ask for much”.

Positive vibes

When asked how he felt about being praised for his actions, Chew said he felt blessed as social media can be “toxic”.

“Happy to see many positive comments and sending positive vibes to people,” he said.

He added that he would be happy if his actions encouraged more people to help the needy.

Former Member of Parliament (MP) Amrin Amin's 2026 Halloween costume has sparked quite a conversation.

Amrin posted a picture of his costume on his social media while attending the Chip Bee Gardens Halloween street party on Oct. 31.

He shared that he was dressed as a foodpanda delivery rider, wearing a foodpanda shirt and a pink helmet.

He added that he was "still waiting for [his] delivery backpack".

He ended the post stating that "real riders keep our orders coming, through heat, rain or haze".

"Go easy on the ratings if they're running a little late. Much respect."

Criticism

Some online users criticised Amrin's costume, arguing that it is people's jobs and his post came across as "tone deaf".

However, others pointed out that it is common to see others dress up as various occupations, like doctors and nurses.

Mothership has reached out to Amrin for his comments.