An Indian-origin man, who was imprisoned for shouting “corona, corona” during the pandemic, has been jailed again for seven months for harassment and using criminal force against a public servant in Singapore.<\/p>\n
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Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh, 54, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of harassment and one count of using criminal force on a public servant.<\/p>\n
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Singh had gone to Changi General Hospital’s accident and emergency department on August 22 to seek treatment for a condition, Deputy Public Prosecutor Stephanie Koh was quoted as saying in The Straits Times.<\/p>\n
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Sitting on a wheelchair, he pulled a 25 year-old auxiliary policewoman’s staff pass that was then attached to a lanyard around her neck, Koh informed the court.<\/p>\n
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An agitated Singh was heard shouting vulgarities and threw his belongings on the floor, thus annoying the hospital staff and other patients.<\/p>\n
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“The accused also caused damage to the intravenous pole of the hospital wheelchair that he was using,” Koh told the court.<\/p>\n
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Cops who were called to the scene immediately after the ruckus discovered that Singh reeked of alcohol.<\/p>\n
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He was also heard hurling vulgarities at a male nurse who tried to help him.<\/p>\n
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“You watch out outside. I will remember you and will wallop you up,” Singh told the nurse.<\/p>\n
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He also used vulgar language against the investigating officer who turned up to record a statement, The Straits Times reported.<\/p>\n
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When the policeman told Singh that he was going to serve him charges for offences, including using criminal force on a public servant, Singh abused him and declined to give statement, the report said.<\/p>\n
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For each count of harassment, an offender can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $5,000 in Singapore.<\/p>\n
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In 2020, he yelled “corona corona”, smashed a plate and spat onto the floor of Azur restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel after a waitress told him that the eatery was closed.<\/p>\n
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He was sentenced to two months’ jail after being convicted of one count each of committing a rash act and being a public nuisance.<\/p>\n
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He was also ordered to spend an additional 55 days behind bars at the time, as he had breached a remission order in 2020.<\/p>\n
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He spent 13 weeks and 12 days behind bars in August 2021 for hurting religious sentiments of a person and being drunk in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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