SINGAPORE, April 25 -- A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to six years and 10 months' jail and 12 strokes of the cane in Singapore after a violent back-alley fight in Geylang left a 67-year-old man dead, according to The Straits Times.

Zubir Mohamed pleaded guilty to four charges, including voluntarily causing grievous hurt, using abusive words against a public service worker, and two counts of theft, the report said.

The court heard that on August 3, 2024, Zubir and his wife had gone to a back alley at 669 Geylang Road to buy illicit medication. Claiming it was their birthday, Zubir tried to get free cough syrup or pills from a man identified as Tan, but was refused.

He then turned to 67-year-old Sivarajoo Pitchay Pillai, who handed...