Prabakaran Chinnappa

A 24-year-old Indian was yesterday sentenced to 31 months in jail and three strokes of cane for rioting and abetting others during the Little India riots, becoming the 18th Indian to be jailed for his involvement in the country's worst street violence in 40 years.

Fresh charges were today slapped on four Indians, part of 25 alleged rioters who participated in Singapore's worst outbreak of violence in over 40 years.

A 24-year-old Indian was yesterday sentenced to 31 months in jail and three strokes of cane for rioting and abetting others during the Little India riots, becoming the 18th Indian to be jailed for his involvement in the country's worst street violence in 40 years.

Fresh charges were today slapped on four Indians, part of 25 alleged rioters who participated in Singapore's worst outbreak of violence in over 40 years.