SINGAPORE, April 16 — A 36-year-old Singaporean man who forcefully pressed a pillow against his adoptive mother’s face, knowing it could kill her, was sentenced today to four years and two ...

Yong Chun Hong, who spent around $1,000 on each visit, took loans from unlicensed moneylenders and asked his elderly adoptive mother to sell her home to raise money for his financial woes.