Indian-origin man jailed for assaults and racist comments in Singapore
India Today
An Indian-origin man in Singapore was sentenced to jail on Wednesday for assault, harassment and hurling racist comments at police officers.
An Indian-origin Singaporean was jailed for 21 months and four weeks by a court here on Wednesday for several offences committed last year, including assault, harassment and hurling racist comments at police officers.
Sanjeevan Maha Lingam, 43, on his birthday last year, September 24, punched a cleaning worker and fractured his jaw during an argument over the victim sleeping in a bin centre.
He pleaded guilty to a total of five charges one for voluntarily causing grievous hurt, two for using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty, and two under the Protection from Harassment Act, according to a report by The Straits Times newspaper.
Court documents do not mention whether Sanjeevan was working at the time of his offences.
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Deputy Public Prosecutor Jordon Li said the cleaner had finished work at about 7 pm and went to sleep on a sofa in the bin centre at Block 1 Jalan Kukoh housing estate. Sanjeevan woke the cleaner up at about 11.15 PM, and they got into a dispute over the cleaner resting in the bin centre.
“In the course of the dispute, (Sanjeevan) punched the victim once on his left cheek, with the intention of causing grievous hurt to the victim,” said prosecutor Li.
