Police report lodged after elderly man shoved to ground in dispute over patting girl's head
After publishing: 2 headlines quietly rewritten2 changes
- Channel News Asiaseen 24 Aug, 03:14headline rewritten
Commentary: Roxy Square shoving incident - how would I react if a stranger patted my child on the head?Commentary: Don’t settle for easy explanations after a pat on a child’s head turns into shoving incident - South China Morning Postseen 8 Oct, 10:39headline rewritten
Helper arrested for allegedly slapping 5-year-old boy after he refuses to eatHelper arrested for allegedly slapping five-year-old boy after he refuses to eat
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How it spread - 46 original reports
Sun, 16 August 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia07:22first to report
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at a food court in Roxy Square mall along East Coast Road.
- Channel News Asia07:22
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at a food court in Roxy Square mall along East Coast Road.
Mon, 17 August 2026
3 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)04:18
SNIMKA nadzorne kamere incidenta, koji se dogodio u subotu, proširila se društvenim mrežama i izazvala brojne reakcije.
- South China Morning Post06:30
A simple pat on a child’s head has sparked debate in Singapore after an elderly man was shoved to the ground by a girl’s father. Police said on Sunday they had identified a 40-year-old man in connection with the incident at a food court on Saturday afternoon, CNA reported. “Members of the public are advised not to speculate on the incident or its circumstances, and to allow the police to conduct investigations and establish the facts of the case,” they told the broadcaster. The incident on...
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)08:43
Snimka iz Singapura je postala viralna, a mnogi osuđuju nasilnu reakciju mlađeg muškarca
Tue, 18 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia09:00
The man had also abused his elder daughter by leaving the girl outside and depriving her of milk.
Fri, 21 August 2026
4 reports- Channel News Asia07:04
The 31-year-old man beat his youngest victim with a hanger more than 600 times, forced him to hold a push-up position for hours and made him sleep in the toilet and drink his own urine.
- Channel News Asia09:05
Mr Yeo Song Khoon is mostly seated at his stall but occasionally walks unsteadily to the back of the shop. His family previously told the media that Mr Yeo has had difficulty walking for years.
- South China Morning Post12:29
A man was sentenced to nine years and 10 months’ jail, and eight strokes of the cane on Friday for abusing multiple young boys who were under his care. The man beat his youngest victim – a six-year-old boy – with a hanger more than 600 times, forced him to hold a push-up position for hours, and made him sleep in the toilet and drink his own urine. The boy suffered severe injuries as a result, including to his ribs, lungs and kidneys, and was hospitalised for 46 days. The 31-year-old...
- Channel News Asia22:00edited after publishing
previously
Commentary: Roxy Square shoving incident - how would I react if a stranger patted my child on the head?Children need to know their boundaries matter, but violence is not the lesson we want to teach, says CNA's Charlene Tan.
Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- asiaone.com04:59
What's your take on the recent Roxy Square incident?Well, actor-turned-hawker and father of two children Huang Yiliang has weighed in on the altercation, which happened at Bei-ing Wanton Noodle's Roxy Square outlet on Aug 15.The incident involved the stall's 73-year-old owner Yeo Song Khoon, who patted a child on the head, leading to a confrontation with her father where the...
Thu, 27 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia05:45
The offender's father and the deceased had a history of altercations and had each received warnings from the police for their behaviour.
Mon, 31 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia06:53
Thinking that the boy was smirking at him, the 43-year-old man, who practises the martial art form of silat, struck the boy in the face and kicked and pushed him until he fell.
Tue, 1 September 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia05:35Man gets jail, caning for raping stepdaughter; victim not believed by family, placed in welfare home
The abuse began when the victim was 16 and continued for about nine months before she confided in her boyfriend.
- thestar.com.my14:24
SINGAPORE: Four men were charged with molestation on Tuesday (Sept 1), including a 77-year-old accused of targeting a 16-year-old girl who has global developmental delay and severe intellectual disability.
Fri, 4 September 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia10:15
Maria Inggrid Seran’s 69-year-old victim was non-communicative and relied primarily on the maid for care.
Tue, 15 September 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia03:45
The teen spent about three years in a boys' home before returning to his family.
Wed, 16 September 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia09:51
The 35-year-old woman hacked her father to death after a dispute over the ownership of the family flat, which she believed her mother had left to her.
- Channel News Asia10:11
The prosecution said the man was "so emboldened by his hotel trysts" with the victim that he also committed sexual acts with her at school.
Thu, 17 September 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia04:37
The judge noted that the jail term should not be crushing or amount to a life sentence for the 71-year-old man, who suffers from a rare blood cancer called myelofibrosis.
- South China Morning Post08:12
A diagnosed paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls over 33 years, with the acts ranging from molestation to rape, was sentenced by a Singapore court on Thursday to 21 years’ jail. The victims were as young as five, and included his daughter, granddaughters, nieces and students at an enrichment centre he ran with his wife. The judge noted that the jail term should not be crushing or amount to a life sentence for the 71-year-old man, who suffers from a rare blood cancer called myelofibrosis....
Tue, 22 September 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia08:46
The two adult men engaged in sex acts with the 15-year-old boy at a multi-storey car park in Punggol.
Wed, 23 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post07:32
A Hong Kong man has admitted to repeatedly raping his daughter over six years, using threats and promises to ensure her cooperation. The defendant, identified in court only by his initials, FKY, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 14 counts of rape for the persistent sexual abuse of his daughter between December 2015 and November 2021, when she was aged six to 11. But the High Court heard that the actual number of offences could be much higher. The girl said she was raped almost weekly after the...
Mon, 28 September 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia08:02
Heng Choo Hwi said he had the liberty to do his "own things" but the judge said one's liberty is subject to the law.
Tue, 29 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post08:19
Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced a man with a triad background to three years and two months in prison after he attacked an associate with a hammer, leaving the victim bleeding on the street before he died of an overdose hours later. The court heard on Tuesday that Mo Tai-fung, 42, was initially charged with murdering the 33-year-old, having struck him on the head 11 times at about 2am on July 28, 2024, outside a building on Pilkem Street in Yau Ma Tei. Prosecutors amended the charge at...
Wed, 30 September 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia04:56
The offender pursued the four-year-old to a nearby bus stop after becoming angry when the boy pointed his middle finger at him.
- South China Morning Post07:26
A man became angry after a four-year-old boy pointed his middle finger at him while he was picking up his son from preschool in Singapore. He pursued the boy to a nearby bus stop that was crowded with other young kids, grabbed the boy by the arm and slapped him hard on both cheeks. The boy, who was his son’s schoolmate, suffered bruises on his face and ringing in his ear, on top of emotional trauma that lingered for months and required his parents to change his preschool. The aggressor,...
Sun, 4 October 2026
1 report- BBC News World22:11
The BBC spoke to one of three residents at a care home who were sexually assaulted by a staff member.
Mon, 5 October 2026
4 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)04:23
RAVNATELJ doma za osobe s invaliditetom u Južnoj Koreji osuđen je na 15 godina zatvora zbog silovanja štićenica. Slučaj je otkrio teške propuste u sustavu skrbi i pokrenuo nacionalnu raspravu.
- Channel News Asia04:44
The victim, a 15-year-old student at the time, suffered from nightmares and struggled to trust adults after what happened.
- Channel News Asia04:44
The victim, a 15-year-old student at the time, suffered from nightmares and struggled to trust adults after what happened.
- Channel News Asia09:19
The woman struggled with her mental health and had trust issues growing up following her father's sexual abuse.
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia09:32
The 37-year-old man suffered from treatment-resistant schizophrenia and claimed a voice told him to place the pork and note outside the flat so he could be arrested.
Wed, 7 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia01:20
Gabriel Foong Shi Cheng will be remanded for a psychiatric assessment to determine if he had any abnormality of mind that substantially impaired his mental responsibility for the acts.
Thu, 8 October 2026
3 reports- South China Morning Post02:46edited after publishing
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Helper arrested for allegedly slapping 5-year-old boy after he refuses to eatHong Kong police have arrested a foreign domestic helper for allegedly slapping a five-year-old boy who refused to eat his meal at a Kowloon City flat. Police received a report at about 11.57pm on Wednesday from the boy’s mother, who said her son had been ill-treated by her 37-year-old helper at their home on 97 Hau Wong Road. Police said the woman checked the flat’s surveillance cameras after her son told her he had been slapped by the helper. The footage allegedly showed the helper hitting...
- Channel News Asia06:25
The victim suffered serious head injuries from the assault and died in hospital 10 days later.
- Channel News Asia10:23
The first victim, who was molested in 2008, did not lodge a police report because her mother did not believe her, and she thought the police would follow suit.
Fri, 9 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post07:02
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former university student to seven years in prison for raping and sexually targeting five women, with some of the crimes taking place at orientation camps. The 31-year-old defendant was sentenced on Friday at the High Court after a jury found him guilty of one count of rape, another of voyeurism and three counts of indecent assault. The five convictions concerned offences committed between January and August 2023. The defendant, identified only by his...
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia10:58
The 45-year-old Singaporean man is accused of intentionally recording a female victim at the school in 2023.
Wed, 14 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post05:11
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former assistant warden at a care home for people with intellectual disabilities to 13 years in prison for raping a female resident five times, with the judge condemning the assaults as “extremely despicable”. High Court Judge Douglas Yau Tak-hong on Wednesday sentenced Chung Pui-kei, 38, who was found guilty of five counts of raping the 23-year-old resident at Hong Chi Pinehill Integrated Vocational Training Centre Kwong Fuk Hostel in Tai Po. “The...
Thu, 15 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post11:10
A 19-year-old teenager has admitted splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean tourist in Hong Kong last year, leaving her with second-degree burns. The High Court on Thursday heard the guilty plea from Anson Kew, who was 17 when he threw a corrosive solution at 36-year-old Jiang Wen, who was visiting the city, on June 9 last year. Jiang was getting into a vehicle in Wan Chai when Kew, dressed in black and wearing a mask, ambushed her. She screamed in pain and collapsed after feeling an...
Mon, 19 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia03:46
The girl was between 10 and 13 when she was sexually abused by her father.
Wed, 21 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia08:54
On Oct 6 this year, the 68-year-old woman surrendered to ICA as she had no means of sustaining herself in Singapore.
Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post10:49
A Hong Kong tertiary student convicted of sexually assaulting at least four underage girls has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with the judge slamming him as a “very sick individual” who showed no remorse. High Court Judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai on Thursday noted from the assessment reports that Fan Chi-yuen, 22, had shown no remorse or empathy towards his victims. They included a 14-year-old girl who was so distressed after Fan attempted to rape her that she subsequently committed...
Wed, 28 October 2026
1 report- dailypost.co.uk12:27
Joaquim Leitao, from Wrexham, must register as a sex offender for 10 years
Thu, 29 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post04:58
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a teenager with triad links to eight years in prison for splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean tourist last year in return for a promised payment of HK$10,000 (US$1,280). Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai of the High Court said on Thursday that defendant Anson Kew, 19, had caused a “lifelong impact” on Jiang Wen, 36, who suffered second-degree burns in the attack on June 9, 2025. Kew, who was aged 17 at the time, threw a corrosive solution on the victim as...