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40. Charged. 33. The 2013 Little India riot took place on 8 December 2013 after a fatal accident occurred at SST 21:23 at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road in Little India, Singapore, causing angry mobs of migrant labourers from South Asia to attack the bus involved and emergency vehicles that had by then arrived at the location.
12 July 1963. Location. Pulau Senang, Singapore. Outcome. 58 rioters charged with murder in a 64-day jury trial. 18 found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in 1964. 18 found guilty of rioting with deadly weapons and sentenced to three years' jail. 11 found guilty of rioting and sentenced to two years' jail. 11 found not guilty of all ...
Colony of Singapore. Colony of Singapore (1946-1963) 11 December 1950 - Maria Hertogh riots (18 dead, 173 injured) 13 May 1954 - 1954 National Service riots (26 injured) 12 May 1955 - Hock Lee bus riots (4 dead, 31 injured) 26 October 1956 - Chinese middle schools riots (13 dead, more than 100 injured) 22 April 1963 - City Hall riot [6]
8 December 2013: A riot broke out in Little India shortly after 33-year-old Sakthivel Kumaravelu, a construction worker from India, was killed in a traffic accident. This was the first time a riot happened in Singapore since the 1969 race riots.
Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singapore law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...
The July 1964 racial riots played a significant role in shaping some of Singapore's fundamental principles such as multiculturalism and multiracialism once it had gained independence from Malaysia in 1965. The Singapore Constitution emphasised the need to adopt non-discriminatory policies based on race or religion. [ 29]
Sook Ching[ d] was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation. However, Japanese soldiers engaged in ...
The 2013 Little India riot took place after a fatal accident occurred at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road in Little India, Singapore. 2014: 12 January: Beginning construction of the new Thomson–East Coast MRT line (Thomson stretch) consisting of 31 new stations (including 7 interchanges). 30 June