{
  "id": 873608,
  "title": "12 months’ jail for man who set childhood friend on fire, attacked girlfriend while on bail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/12-months-jail-for-man-who-set-childhood-friend-on-fire-attacked",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:46:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-set-childhood-friend-on-fire-fled-spore-for-5-years-attacked-girlfriend-while-on-bail"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "He fled Singapore for five years after attacking his friend, and was detained in Thailand in 2024.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}