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1. This Act is the Kidnapping Act 1961. Interpretation. 2. In this Act “abduction”, “wrongful restraint” and “wrongful confinement” shall have the meanings assigned to them in sections 362, 339 and 340, respectively of the Penal Code 1871.
Kidnapping of a child is known as child abduction, which is a separate legal category. Kidnapping may be done to demand a ransom in exchange for releasing the victim, or for other illegal purposes. Kidnapping can be accompanied by bodily injury, which elevates the crime to aggravated kidnapping.
May 2, 2024 · Kidnapping, criminal offense consisting of the unlawful taking and carrying away of a person by force or fraud or the unlawful seizure and detention of a person against his will. In all countries it is considered a grave offense punishable by a long prison sentence or death.
Mar 22, 2017 · SINGAPORE - The man who abducted the elderly mother of Sheng Siong supermarket chain founder Lim Hock Chee will be jailed for life and given three strokes of the cane after his appeal was turned ...
Jan 25, 2018 · A spate of media reports played up kidnapping fears after two female students from two international schools in the Dover area separately claimed to have been offered lifts by strangers.
Feb 4, 2020 · SINGAPORE - A man, whose kidnapping in Thailand made headlines in January, has appeared in a district court over charges in a case where he allegedly misappropriated more than $320,000 in 2014.
Dec 1, 2016 · SINGAPORE - Sales executive Lee Sze Yong was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday (Dec 1) after the High Court found him guilty of kidnapping the elderly mother of Sheng Siong supermarket...
Oct 17, 2021 · Kidnapping has long been a scourge in Haiti, with gangs abducting anyone from vegetable sellers to foreign businesspeople for ransoms that range from the hundreds to tens of thousands of...
May 9, 2022 · In the decade from 2010, kidnapping more than doubled in South Africa and there are now 10 kidnappings per 100,000 people, according to the South African think-tank the Institute for Security...
Oct 28, 2022 · The Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Cambodian National Police (CNP) launched joint investigations and traced two victims of staged kidnap scam in two separate cases on 21 and 25 October 2022.
