Talk:Criminal law of Singapore
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[edit] Crime rate
A lot of the Singapore articles state that 'Singapore has a very low crime rate', yet I can't find any figures to back this up. Anyone has an idea of the crime rate in Singapore, as well as a comparison to other countries?AtikuX 01:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I have two, one of which I included. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/people/crimeinspore.html and https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=63288 I had a third that I can't find. Anecdotally I have been there and feel safe at night, although the nightlife ends soon after midnight, perhaps lack of late night drinking deters crime? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlosmontoyay (talk • contribs) 14:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Deletion of "Developments" section
I've deleted the "Developments" section, as without dedicated editors working on it regularly it is very difficult to keep up to date. If it is thought that the information is useful to retain, I would suggest that new articles entitled "Developments in Singapore law in 2006", "Developments in Singapore law in 2007", etc., be created. The removed text is set out below. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 01:12, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Developments March 2007
- It was announced that the police are conducting a pilot project to allow accused persons in remand for a week or more to meet their lawyers before investigations are completed. However, the accused persons are not allowed to discuss their case with their lawyers. Said Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee said in Parliament on 2 March 2007: "If you start allowing the lawyer to discuss the case, in the experience of other countries, it would make the interview harder in extracting the truth. My starting point is to get the truth. And really an innocent person doesn't need a lawyer there to tell the truth. We need to strike a balance between an accused person's rights and the protection of public interest to ensure that the Police is able to effectively investigate the case."[1]
- The Law Society of Singapore's legal aid review committee, which was set up in January 2006 to improve the Society's Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS), has recommended that the individual income ceiling to qualify for criminal legal aid under the scheme be raised from S$1,000 to S$1,700. The change coincides with modifications to the government Legal Aid Bureau (LAB) announced in Parliament. The committee has also proposed the appointment of a director to co-ordinate pro bono legal work and to set minimum quality standards for legal assistance provided, and that law firms pledge to arrange for lawyers to perform a minimum of 25 hours of pro bono work a year to accommodate the expected increase in demand for legal assistance once the income ceiling is raised. In 2006, CLAS took up 319 cases out of 841 applications for legal aid. This was a large increase from the average in previous years of about 150 cases out of 700 applications.[2]
