{
  "id": 2774494,
  "title": "S’porean man, 66, sprays insecticide at a flame to burn roommate, 66, & steals girl's slippers, gets 6 months & 1 week’s jail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/sporean-man-66-sprays-insecticide-at-a-flame-to-burn-roommate-66",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T09:58:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/man-burn-man-steal-girl-slippers-jail/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 66-year-old man named Or Yong Soon was sentenced to six months and one week in jail. The Singaporean man committed two crimes: he sprayed insecticide into a flame to burn his 66-year-old roommate, Steven Tan, and stole a pair of slippers from an 11-year-old girl at a tuition centre. Or faced seven charges, including voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, mischief, and theft. He pleaded guilty to three of these charges and was sentenced on August 18. During the trial, the charges were taken into account. The dispute between Or and Tan occurred on March 22. Living in a rental flat at Block 208A Woodleigh Link, the two men argued over living arrangements. Or grabbed an aerosol spray can containing insecticide and sprayed it at a lighter, creating a flame, and directed the flame at Tan. Tan sustained a burn on his right hand and forearm, about 20cm long and 5cm wide. Or also stole the girl's slippers on November 2, exchanging them with his own upon observing her leaving her slippers outside the tuition centre.",
  "summary": "He also set fire to his room mate's umbrella.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}