Outcome of Children and Young Persons Investigated for Offences

Debated in Parliament on 21 Mar 2023.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang requested statistics from the Minister for Home Affairs on the outcomes for children and young persons investigated for offences over the last three years, specifically the numbers issued stern warnings, conditional warnings, charged with discharge amounting to acquittal, charged with discharge not amounting to acquittal, and convicted.
K Shanmugam provided data for 2020 to 2022, showing an annual average of 873 young persons under 16 issued stern or conditional warnings and 94 charged and convicted.
The Minister confirmed that no children or young persons were charged and obtained a discharge, whether amounting or not amounting to an acquittal, during the period.
The debate focused on accountability measures for youth offenders, highlighting the use of warnings as a primary intervention and the absence of discharge outcomes.
The statistics underscored the approach of balancing rehabilitation with legal accountability for minors in Singapore.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Home Affairs of the children and young persons who are investigated for offences in the last three years, how many are (i) issued with stern warnings, (ii) issued with conditional warnings, (iii) charged and obtained a discharge amounting to acquittal, (iv) charged and obtained a discharge not amounting to acquittal and (v) convicted.

K Shanmugam

Between 2020 and 2022, a yearly average of (a) 873 children and young persons under the age of 16 were issued with stern warnings or conditional warnings for offences investigated by the Police or Central Narcotics Bureau; (b) 94 were charged and convicted; and (c) none were charged and obtained a discharge, whether amounting or not amounting to an acquittal.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang requested statistics from the Minister for Home Affairs on the outcomes for children and young persons investigated for offences over the last three years, specifically the numbers issued stern warnings, conditional warnings, charged with discharge amounting to acquittal, charged with discharge not amounting to acquittal, and convicted.
K Shanmugam provided data for 2020 to 2022, showing an annual average of 873 young persons under 16 issued stern or conditional warnings and 94 charged and convicted.
The Minister confirmed that no children or young persons were charged and obtained a discharge, whether amounting or not amounting to an acquittal, during the period.
The debate focused on accountability measures for youth offenders, highlighting the use of warnings as a primary intervention and the absence of discharge outcomes.
The statistics underscored the approach of balancing rehabilitation with legal accountability for minors in Singapore.

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Outcome of Children and Young Persons Investigated for Offences

Debated in Parliament on 21 Mar 2023.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang requested statistics from the Minister for Home Affairs on the outcomes for children and young persons investigated for offences over the last three years, specifically the numbers issued stern warnings, conditional warnings, charged with discharge amounting to acquittal, charged with discharge not amounting to acquittal, and convicted.
K Shanmugam provided data for 2020 to 2022, showing an annual average of 873 young persons under 16 issued stern or conditional warnings and 94 charged and convicted.
The Minister confirmed that no children or young persons were charged and obtained a discharge, whether amounting or not amounting to an acquittal, during the period.
The debate focused on accountability measures for youth offenders, highlighting the use of warnings as a primary intervention and the absence of discharge outcomes.
The statistics underscored the approach of balancing rehabilitation with legal accountability for minors in Singapore.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

K Shanmugam

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang requested statistics from the Minister for Home Affairs on the outcomes for children and young persons investigated for offences over the last three years, specifically the numbers issued stern warnings, conditional warnings, charged with discharge amounting to acquittal, charged with discharge not amounting to acquittal, and convicted.
K Shanmugam provided data for 2020 to 2022, showing an annual average of 873 young persons under 16 issued stern or conditional warnings and 94 charged and convicted.
The Minister confirmed that no children or young persons were charged and obtained a discharge, whether amounting or not amounting to an acquittal, during the period.
The debate focused on accountability measures for youth offenders, highlighting the use of warnings as a primary intervention and the absence of discharge outcomes.
The statistics underscored the approach of balancing rehabilitation with legal accountability for minors in Singapore.

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Outcome of Children and Young Persons Investigated for Offences

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