Rioting in Singapore Sunday Dec 08,2013

The hour-long disturbance broke out after an Indian migrant worker was knocked down and killed by a bus.

Police cars and other vehicles were set alight during the unrest in Little India. It was Singapore's first riot in more than 30 years, police said

Police in Singapore have charged 24 Indian nationals with rioting after violent protests on Sunday night over the death of a migrant worker.

If convicted, the accused could face seven years in prison and caning.

They were remanded in custody for a week after appearing in court, where an interpreter read the charges to them in Tamil.

The Singapore Govt has ordered a special committee to investigate the causes of the riot, in which about 400 foreign workers took to the streets.
About 40 people were hurt, most of them police officers, before the violence was brought under control. Some 25 vehicles, 16 of them police cars, were damaged or burnt

Singapore to deport 53 foreign workers over riot 

Singapore says it will deport 53 foreign workers for their involvement in the country's worst riot in more than 40 years.Another 28 face criminal charges for the riot, which broke out on Sunday Dec 08,2013 in Singapore's Little India district. 

The men facing deportation consisted of 52 Indian nationals and one Bangladeshi national, Police Commissioner Ng Joo Hee said

Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said: "We have taken strong and decisive action to charge and to repatriate those who took part in the riot, to send a strong signal that we will not tolerate actions by anyone which threaten law and order in Singapore."

The violent protests broke out after an Indian national was knocked down and killed by a bus

The outbreak of public disorder is rare in strictly-governed Singapore