{
  "id": 3237972,
  "title": "Singaporean who filmed couple on rooftop and demanded sex, cash gets jail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/singaporean-who-filmed-couple-on-rooftop-and-demanded-sex-cash-gets",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T09:42:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365202/singaporean-who-filmed-couple-rooftop-and-demanded-sex-cash-gets-jail"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A man who hid behind some plants to film a couple having extramarital sex at a rooftop garden in Singapore later used the video to threaten the woman while asking for sex and cash. When the police began investigating, the offender asked the woman to drop the case, even approaching her sister at a supermarket. Despite this ongoing investigation, the man targeted another couple having sex in a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Independent Singapore",
        "title": "Singaporean gets 14-day jail sentence for insulting Islam during JB ride-hailing trip",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/singaporean-gets-14-day-jail-sentence-for-insulting-islam-during-jb",
        "published": "2026-08-24T12:03:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}