Friday, 15 Jan 2021 10:56 AM MYT
While on duty at the Police Coast Guard Brani Base, a 27-year-old Malaysian punched and kicked his girlfriend, who was also his supervisor, several times. Reuters pic
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SINGAPORE, Jan 15 An auxiliary police officer began dating his supervisor, but a horoscope reading several months later ended their relationship when they were found incompatible for marriage.
Upset with the breakup, he beat her up in a pantry at their workplace the Police Coast Guard’s Brani Base. He later threatened to kill her and post nude photographs of her online.
The 27-year-old Malaysian was sentenced to six weeks jail on Thursday (Jan 14) .
He had been convicted in December last year of one count of voluntarily causing hurt and two charges of criminal intimidation.
The man and his victim cannot be identified due to a gag order to protect the woman s identity.
Court documents state that they became a couple in mid-2018. But by Nov 29 that year, they had broken up.
In her written submissions, Deputy Public Prosecutor Shana Poon said that the man was unhappy with his victim over the break-up. This was a relationship which was marked by considerable inequality in power - the accused did not like (the woman) using social media, made her write down mistakes he thought she had made, and agreed that (the woman) was the one who was begging for his affection and attention, added the DPP.
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A man who was sentenced to jail in August received another jail term yesterday, this time for an unrelated charge of molest.
Indian national Sethu Selvaraj, 44, was sentenced to two years in jail and two strokes of the cane for molesting a domestic helper.
This comes after he completed a 13-week jail term for unlawfully leaving home during the circuit breaker period in April.
Sethu, a permanent resident, pleaded guilty to the charge of molest.
In June last year, he spotted the victim, a 37-year-old Indonesian domestic helper, at a Bukit Panjang coffee shop and wanted to get to know her. When she left the coffee shop, he followed her and asked for her name and mobile number.
Indian man sentenced to jail for molesting Indonesian woman in Singapore
Selvaraj was at a Bukit Panjang coffee shop at around 8 pm on June 6 when he tried befriending the 37-year-old woman as she was walking back
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SINGAPORE: A 44-year old Indian national was sentenced to two years jail and two strokes of the cane on Tuesday for molesting an Indonesian domestic worker here, according to a media report.
Sethu Selvaraj, a permanent resident here, had completed his earlier 13-week jail term over offences under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act after he was convicted in August 2020.