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3 October 2025 First Forays Into Extraterritoriality and Jurisdiction in Singapore Criminal Law - Ng Kok Wai v Public Prosecutor [2024] 3 SLR 1516 [Case Note] Wiesiek Khoo Published on e-First 3 October 2025 Text (PDF)128KB*First Forays Into Extraterritoriality and Jurisdiction in Singapore Criminal Law - Ng Kok Wai v Public Prosecutor [2024] 3 SLR 1516 [Case Note] - Wiesiek Khoo - Published on e-First 3 October 2025 Abstract:** Does the Singapore criminal law apply to acts committed outside Singapore? And do Singapore courts have jurisdiction to try accused persons who commit such extraterritorial acts? In Ng Kok Wai v Public Prosecutor [2024] 3 SLR 1516, a three-judge coram of the General Division of the High Court considered some of these matters. This case note analyses the main points considered in the case.

3 October 2025

First Forays Into Extraterritoriality and Jurisdiction in Singapore Criminal Law - Ng Kok Wai v Public Prosecutor [2024] 3 SLR 1516 [Case Note]

Wiesiek Khoo

Published on e-First 3 October 2025

Text (PDF)128KB***First Forays Into Extraterritoriality and Jurisdiction in Singapore Criminal Law - Ng Kok Wai v Public Prosecutor [2024] 3 SLR 1516 [Case Note] - Wiesiek Khoo - Published on e-First 3 October 2025

Abstract:
Does the Singapore criminal law apply to acts committed outside Singapore? And do Singapore courts have jurisdiction to try accused persons who commit such extraterritorial acts? In Ng Kok Wai v Public Prosecutor [2024] 3 SLR 1516, a three-judge coram of the General Division of the High Court considered some of these matters. This case note analyses the main points considered in the case.