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Jail for four foreign students who conspired to shoplift over $1,700 worth of Uniqlo apparel​

One of the shoplifting incidents happened on Oct 12 at the Uniqlo outlet in Orchard Central. PHOTO: ST FILE
Christine Tan

Nov 22, 2023

SINGAPORE - A group of foreign students conspired to steal over $1,700 worth of apparel from retail store Uniqlo by removing the items’ price tags.
The price tags contained radio-frequency identification (RFID), and by removing it, they contrived to steal the items without setting off the store’s security alarm.
They then bought tote bags at the self-checkout area, stuffed the apparel into the bags, and pretended they had paid for all of their items.
On Nov 22, four in the group that were caught – Indian nationals Shihora Ridham Mukeshbhai, 20, Hun Smit Ashokbhai, 21, Kuvadiya Milan Ghansyambhai, 26, and Chauhan Ruchi Sanjaykumar, 25 – were sentenced to between 40 and 65 days’ jail.
The four shoplifters were on student passes in Singapore. They studied at different schools but lived together in the same flat.
The youngest, Ridham, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in dwelling and another count of attempting to commit a similar crime. He was dealt the heaviest sentence.
The other three admitted to one count of theft in dwelling or attempted theft each. Other similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Maximilian Chew told the court that one of the shoplifting incidents happened on Oct 12 at the Uniqlo outlet in Orchard Central.
Three other Indian nationals, identified in court documents as Bhavik, 24, Vishal, 23, and Darshan, 22, were also in on the conspiracy. Bhavik and Vishal planned to steal from the outlet and roped the rest into the plan.
The group went to the store at around 6pm that day. After picking out the apparel and removing the price tags, they went to the self-checkout area and bought three tote bags at $3.90 each to keep the apparel.

The group left at around 7.30pm. They stole 64 pieces of apparel worth $1,788 in total.
Ruchi and Ridham, along with Bhavik and three other Indian nationals – Shivam, 27, Jay, 26, and Mili, 27 – went to the same Uniqlo outlet four days later.
They repeated the same process of shoplifting, but a store security officer noticed them hurriedly packing the apparel into the tote bags at the self-checkout area and asked for a receipt as proof of payment.
Ridham lied that the receipt was with their friend who was elsewhere and walked away. Shivam, who was with him, also walked away quickly, leaving behind the apparel in the tote bags.
They almost got away with 72 items with a total value of $2,271.
A sales assistant later lodged a police report. Police arrested them after trawling through closed-circuit television camera footage.

By this time, Bhavik, Vishal, Darshan and Mili had already left Singapore.
DPP Chew said the offences were planned and premeditated, adding that the items stolen were worth a significant sum of money. He noted that the accused persons did not make any restitution.
All four shoplifters, who attended the hearings via video-link while in remand, pointed their fingers at Bhavik and said he was the mastermind.
Milan and Hun Smit claimed Bhavik threatened that if they did not follow his instructions, he would increase their room rental or evict them, leaving them with nowhere to go.
But they admitted they knew they were committing an offence.
Two other female Indian nationals in the group, Brahmbhatt Komal Chetankumar and Christian Arpita Arvindbhai, both 27, were also scheduled to plead guilty on Nov 22 to the shoplifting offence.
However, they blamed Bhavik and claimed they did not have any intention to steal.
District Judge Teoh Ai Lin rejected their plea of guilt and scheduled their cases for a pre-trial conference on Nov 30.

 

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NTU dropout used fake degree to get hired at Walt Disney, Marshall Cavendish​

Fonseka Wannerichega Hema Ranjini was convicted of two counts of cheating and a count of committing forgery. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Wong Shiying

NOV 24, 2023

SINGAPORE – A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) dropout forged a bachelor’s degree in engineering certificate from the university and cheated at least five companies into hiring her between 2005 and 2021.
On Nov 23, Fonseka Wannerichega Hema Ranjini, 44, was convicted of two counts of cheating and a count of committing forgery. Two similar charges will be taken into consideration for her sentencing.
Using the fake certificate to apply for jobs, Fonseka was hired by companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Marshall Cavendish and Scholastic Education International, earning a monthly salary of between $4,200 and $6,800.
The court heard that Fonseka, whose highest attained educational qualification is GCE A levels, enrolled at NTU to study engineering in 1998, but dropped out in August 2004 as she struggled to pass various modules and pay the tuition fees.
In 2005, Fonseka used a computer programme to design a certificate showing that she graduated from NTU in June 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering with third-class honours.
She told the court on Nov 23 that she made the certificate by adding her name and major to a template she found online. She printed the certificate on cardstock paper and laminated it.
She applied for various jobs using the fake certificate.

In August 2005, Fonseka was hired by publisher Marshall Cavendish as an assistant managing editor with a monthly salary of $4,200.
It is not clear how long she stayed at the company. Court documents stated that she became an acquisition associate at Marshall Cavendish from November 2012 to May 2013, during which she drew the same salary of $4,200 a month.
In July 2015, Fonseka joined publisher Scholastic Education International as an assistant managing editor, earning $4,300 a month. She was promoted to managing editor a year later, and was paid $4,600 a month.

She was laid off from the company in February 2017 due to unsatisfactory work performance, the court heard.
Scholastic paid her a total of $83,800 during the period of her employment.
In 2021, Fonseka applied to entertainment and media enterprise The Walt Disney Company in South-east Asia and was hired as a learning editor in the publishing department from June to December that year.
Her monthly salary there was $6,800 a month and she was given a transport allowance of $1,084 a month, bringing her total remuneration to $7,884 a month.
Her offences came to light when Walt Disney sent her fake certificate to be validated by a third-party vendor shortly after she was hired.

After NTU confirmed that it did not award Fonseka with a degree, Walt Disney’s human resources department asked the accused for an explanation.
She claimed that she withdrew from NTU in her final year of undergraduate studies, but the university issued a certificate at her request to prove she was enrolled there for a period of time.
In October 2021, an NTU employee lodged a police report over the fake certificate. Fonseka resigned from Walt Disney in December 2021. The company paid her about $47,300 during the period of her employment.
According to court documents, she was also hired by publishing firm Cengage Learning Asia, and design and communications firm Oxygen Studio Designs in 2018.
She will be sentenced on Dec 6.
For cheating, Fonseka can be jailed for up to three years and fined. For committing forgery, she can be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

 

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NTU dropout used fake degree to get hired at Walt Disney, Marshall Cavendish​

Fonseka Wannerichega Hema Ranjini was convicted of two counts of cheating and a count of committing forgery. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Wong Shiying

NOV 24, 2023

SINGAPORE – A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) dropout forged a bachelor’s degree in engineering certificate from the university and cheated at least five companies into hiring her between 2005 and 2021.
On Nov 23, Fonseka Wannerichega Hema Ranjini, 44, was convicted of two counts of cheating and a count of committing forgery. Two similar charges will be taken into consideration for her sentencing.
Using the fake certificate to apply for jobs, Fonseka was hired by companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Marshall Cavendish and Scholastic Education International, earning a monthly salary of between $4,200 and $6,800.
The court heard that Fonseka, whose highest attained educational qualification is GCE A levels, enrolled at NTU to study engineering in 1998, but dropped out in August 2004 as she struggled to pass various modules and pay the tuition fees.
In 2005, Fonseka used a computer programme to design a certificate showing that she graduated from NTU in June 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering with third-class honours.
She told the court on Nov 23 that she made the certificate by adding her name and major to a template she found online. She printed the certificate on cardstock paper and laminated it.
She applied for various jobs using the fake certificate.

In August 2005, Fonseka was hired by publisher Marshall Cavendish as an assistant managing editor with a monthly salary of $4,200.
It is not clear how long she stayed at the company. Court documents stated that she became an acquisition associate at Marshall Cavendish from November 2012 to May 2013, during which she drew the same salary of $4,200 a month.
In July 2015, Fonseka joined publisher Scholastic Education International as an assistant managing editor, earning $4,300 a month. She was promoted to managing editor a year later, and was paid $4,600 a month.

She was laid off from the company in February 2017 due to unsatisfactory work performance, the court heard.
Scholastic paid her a total of $83,800 during the period of her employment.
In 2021, Fonseka applied to entertainment and media enterprise The Walt Disney Company in South-east Asia and was hired as a learning editor in the publishing department from June to December that year.
Her monthly salary there was $6,800 a month and she was given a transport allowance of $1,084 a month, bringing her total remuneration to $7,884 a month.
Her offences came to light when Walt Disney sent her fake certificate to be validated by a third-party vendor shortly after she was hired.

After NTU confirmed that it did not award Fonseka with a degree, Walt Disney’s human resources department asked the accused for an explanation.
She claimed that she withdrew from NTU in her final year of undergraduate studies, but the university issued a certificate at her request to prove she was enrolled there for a period of time.
In October 2021, an NTU employee lodged a police report over the fake certificate. Fonseka resigned from Walt Disney in December 2021. The company paid her about $47,300 during the period of her employment.
According to court documents, she was also hired by publishing firm Cengage Learning Asia, and design and communications firm Oxygen Studio Designs in 2018.
She will be sentenced on Dec 6.
For cheating, Fonseka can be jailed for up to three years and fined. For committing forgery, she can be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

Likely she will be fined $500 as a CECA Indian, able to stay in Singapore to work permanently

 

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Jail for four foreign students who conspired to shoplift over $1,700 worth of Uniqlo apparel​

One of the shoplifting incidents happened on Oct 12 at the Uniqlo outlet in Orchard Central. PHOTO: ST FILE
Christine Tan

Nov 22, 2023

SINGAPORE - A group of foreign students conspired to steal over $1,700 worth of apparel from retail store Uniqlo by removing the items’ price tags.
The price tags contained radio-frequency identification (RFID), and by removing it, they contrived to steal the items without setting off the store’s security alarm.
They then bought tote bags at the self-checkout area, stuffed the apparel into the bags, and pretended they had paid for all of their items.
On Nov 22, four in the group that were caught – Indian nationals Shihora Ridham Mukeshbhai, 20, Hun Smit Ashokbhai, 21, Kuvadiya Milan Ghansyambhai, 26, and Chauhan Ruchi Sanjaykumar, 25 – were sentenced to between 40 and 65 days’ jail.
The four shoplifters were on student passes in Singapore. They studied at different schools but lived together in the same flat.
The youngest, Ridham, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in dwelling and another count of attempting to commit a similar crime. He was dealt the heaviest sentence.
The other three admitted to one count of theft in dwelling or attempted theft each. Other similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Maximilian Chew told the court that one of the shoplifting incidents happened on Oct 12 at the Uniqlo outlet in Orchard Central.
Three other Indian nationals, identified in court documents as Bhavik, 24, Vishal, 23, and Darshan, 22, were also in on the conspiracy. Bhavik and Vishal planned to steal from the outlet and roped the rest into the plan.
The group went to the store at around 6pm that day. After picking out the apparel and removing the price tags, they went to the self-checkout area and bought three tote bags at $3.90 each to keep the apparel.

The group left at around 7.30pm. They stole 64 pieces of apparel worth $1,788 in total.
Ruchi and Ridham, along with Bhavik and three other Indian nationals – Shivam, 27, Jay, 26, and Mili, 27 – went to the same Uniqlo outlet four days later.
They repeated the same process of shoplifting, but a store security officer noticed them hurriedly packing the apparel into the tote bags at the self-checkout area and asked for a receipt as proof of payment.
Ridham lied that the receipt was with their friend who was elsewhere and walked away. Shivam, who was with him, also walked away quickly, leaving behind the apparel in the tote bags.
They almost got away with 72 items with a total value of $2,271.
A sales assistant later lodged a police report. Police arrested them after trawling through closed-circuit television camera footage.

By this time, Bhavik, Vishal, Darshan and Mili had already left Singapore.
DPP Chew said the offences were planned and premeditated, adding that the items stolen were worth a significant sum of money. He noted that the accused persons did not make any restitution.
All four shoplifters, who attended the hearings via video-link while in remand, pointed their fingers at Bhavik and said he was the mastermind.
Milan and Hun Smit claimed Bhavik threatened that if they did not follow his instructions, he would increase their room rental or evict them, leaving them with nowhere to go.
But they admitted they knew they were committing an offence.
Two other female Indian nationals in the group, Brahmbhatt Komal Chetankumar and Christian Arpita Arvindbhai, both 27, were also scheduled to plead guilty on Nov 22 to the shoplifting offence.
However, they blamed Bhavik and claimed they did not have any intention to steal.
District Judge Teoh Ai Lin rejected their plea of guilt and scheduled their cases for a pre-trial conference on Nov 30.

should jail them longer

 

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Cop in fatal maid abuse case seen in CCTV footage standing by during assaults​

Kevin Chelvam was the registered employer of Ms Piang Ngaih Don, who died on July 26, 2016 in his Bishan flat, following prolonged abuse while under his employment. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Christine Tan

NOV 29, 2023

SINGAPORE – After his then wife dragged their Myanmar maid to the kitchen toilet and poured water all over her body, police staff sergeant Kevin Chelvam entered the kitchen.
He glanced at the toilet where Gaiyathiri Murugayan and her mother, Prema S. Naraynasamy, towered over the maid, Ms Piang Ngaih Don.
But Chelvam simply folded his arms and did nothing.
A month after this 2016 incident, Ms Piang Ngaih Don, 24, would die at the hands of Gaiyathiri, 43, and Prema, 64, after a vicious assault.
This scene from closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage was played in court on Nov 29, the 10th day of Chelvam’s trial in the fatal maid abuse case.
Chelvam, 45, who has been suspended from the police force, was the registered employer of Ms Piang Ngaih Don.
The maid died on July 26, 2016, in his Bishan flat, following prolonged abuse while under his employment.

He is being tried for four charges, including one charge of voluntarily causing hurt and another charge of abetment of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Ms Piang Ngaih Don by starvation.
The other two charges are of giving false information to a police officer and removing CCTV cameras – which recorded the abuse – from his home.
Part of the CCTV footage was played in court on Nov 29 at District Judge Teoh Ai Lin’s request. Taken from late June to July 2016, it gave a harrowing glimpse of Ms Piang Ngaih Don’s ordeal in the last month of her life.

Gaiyathiri and Prema are seen repeatedly kicking, slapping and assaulting the emaciated maid as she did her work. The maid takes the blows without retaliation. When she falls, she struggles to get up on her stick-thin limbs.
Though her body seemed to be weakening, the footage captured her continuing with housework till as late as 11pm.
She also had to change her clothes with the toilet door open while Gaiyathiri watched her. In some instances, Chelvam walked past the toilet without batting an eyelid.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Stephanie Koh said previously in her opening address: “(Chelvam) was complicit in Gaiyathiri’s and Prema’s offences by his conscious indifference to the deceased’s plight, which he allowed to continue unabated until her death.”
Other than witnessing these moments, Chelvam had also participated in the abuse, the prosecutors said.

CCTV footage of June 24, 2016, shows Prema kicking and slapping Ms Piang Ngaih Don, as the maid slowly eats from a plate while seated on the kitchen floor.
Chelvam, who is seen washing dishes, does not stop his mother-in-law. Neither does Gaiyathiri, who comes to the kitchen carrying her son in her arms.
Then, Chelvam snatches the maid’s plate away and pulls her up by the hair, lifting her entire body off the ground.
The maid weighed 39kg when she worked for the family and was a mere 24kg when she died.
Her meals often consisted of sliced bread soaked in water, cold food straight from the refrigerator, or some rice at night.
Doctors who testified in Chelvam’s trial said Ms Piang Ngaih Don’s limbs looked like they were just skin wrapping bone, and she had a body mass index similar to someone suffering from advanced cancer or from extensive and widespread tuberculosis.
In the last 12 days of her life, she was tied to the window grille at night while she slept on the floor in the same room as Prema, who slept on the bed.
She died from a brain injury following severe blunt trauma to the neck.

Chelvam, who is represented by lawyer Pratap Kishan, remained expressionless behind a black mask as he watched the footage.
Chelvam and Gaiyathiri divorced in 2020. They have two children, who were aged one and four at the time.
Prema is currently serving 17 years’ jail for her role in the fatal abuse.
Gaiyathiri was sentenced in June 2021 to 30 years in prison – the longest jail term meted out in a maid abuse case in Singapore.
Both of them testified as prosecution witnesses in Chelvam’s trial. Gaiyathiri said her former husband had hurt the maid.
Prema said that Chelvam was not involved in the maid’s abuse. But the prosecution is seeking to impeach Prema as a witness, as her court testimony was inconsistent with what she had initially told the police.
A witness is impeached if it is proven that his or her former statements are inconsistent to evidence given in court. The witness is considered less credible and what he or she says in court will be given less weight by the judge.
The trial continues on Nov 30.

 

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By the way, last year 1 racist singaporean-indian was charged in Court for harrassing and making abusive words against a China bus captain.

This case was this siungaporean-indian did not wear mask and he insists on boarding a bus and the china bus captain was only doing his job by telling him no wear mask cannot board the bus but this racist singaporean kept making vulgar abusive insults against the china bus captain and the indian guy also made sweeping racist insults against china people.

Just curious, what's the update and what's the sentence that this racist singaporean-indian got?




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Jail for two more foreign students who shoplifted from Uniqlo​

The group left at around 7.30pm and stole 64 pieces of Uniqlo apparel worth $1,788 in total. PHOTO: ST FILE
Christine Tan

Dec 1, 2023

SINGAPORE - Two more foreign students involved in a conspiracy to shoplift over $1,700 worth of Uniqlo apparel were jailed on Dec 1.
Indian nationals Brahmbhatt Komal Chetankumar and Christian Arpita Arvindbhai, both 27, at first claimed in a previous court mention that they had no intention to steal.
But the two women eventually pleaded guilty to shoplifting offences and were sentenced to 40 and 45 days’ jail respectively.
District Judge Eugene Teo called their acts “disgraceful” and told them not to commit such offences again.
Komal and Arpita were on student passes in Singapore and lived together in the same flat with four other foreigners. Along with other individuals, the group conspired to steal Uniqlo apparel together.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Maximilian Chew told the court previously that one of the shoplifting incidents happened on Oct 12 at the Uniqlo outlet in Orchard Central.
Three other Indian nationals, identified in court documents as Bhavik, 24, Vishal, 23, and Darshan, 22, were also in on the conspiracy. Bhavik and Vishal planned to steal from the outlet and roped the rest into the plan.

The group went to the store at around 6pm that day. After picking out the apparel, they removed price tags containing radio-frequency identification (RFID), which could set off the store’s security alarm.
They then bought tote bags at the self-checkout area, stuffed the apparel into the bags, and pretended they had paid for all of their items. The group left at around 7.30pm. They stole 64 pieces of apparel worth $1,788 in total.
The authorities were alerted to the conspiracy when a second group – including some members of the first group – attempted to steal $2,271 worth of clothes from the same outlet days later.
The second group failed in their attempt after a store security officer had noticed their suspicious behaviour. The police arrested members of the group after trawling through CCTV camera footage. By then, Bhavik, Vishal and Darshan had left Singapore.
Komal and Arpita, who have been remanded since their arrest, attended the court hearing on Dec 1 via video link. They were represented by Ms Lim Lei Theng of Allen & Gledhill under the Enhanced Guidance for Plea Scheme.
Ms Lim said the two women were looking forward to returning home and asked if Judge Teo could write a note to the prison authorities permitting them to call their mothers.
Four others in the group – Shihora Ridham Mukeshbhai, 20, Hun Smit Ashokbhai, 21, Kuvadiya Milan Ghansyambhai, 26, and Chauhan Ruchi Sanjaykumar, 25 – were sentenced to between 40 and 65 days’ jail on Nov 22.

 

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Indian Expat From PwC Gives “Advice to People on How Bad Singapore is Overall”​

• Posted Byby ChinHan
• November 29, 2023

Indian Expat working at PWC Singapore Digvijay Pandey (@itsanopenaccount – edit: he changed his Instagram to @overseasdesiinsg) has been using his Instagram to publish videos criticizing Singapore. He made a series called “de-influencing Singapore” complaining about how everything is too expensive. He also tells his viewers that “Singapore is boring”, “Reasons why you shouldn’t waste money visiting Singapore or it’s tourist spots” and “giving advice to people on how bad Singapore is overall”.

Who is Digvijay Pandey?​

Digvijay Pandey is 28 years old and he is an Indian Hindu based in Singapore. He is currently a Senior Consultant at PwC South East Asia Consulting, and he moved here in June 2022. Before this, he was based in India (Gurugram, Haryana) and worked for Bain & Company and Deloitte. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from St Xavier’s College in India, in 2018.

From his since-deleted Linkedin

We must not let such foreigners come in to sow discord in our society!​

Instead of trying to fit in and appreciate Singapore, he repeatedly uses his race, while complaining that other people are racist. He repeatedly highlights that he “just want(s) my(his) Indian brothers to excel at everything they do”. Only selectively wanting Indians to do well, isn’t that racist in itself?
Moreover, he came here and started an Instagram series just to tell everyone how bad Singapore is. Is this the kind of foreign talent we want?

 

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Cleaner deployed at DHL Singapore tricked friend into giving her S$5,000 to secure fake jobs there, gets jail​

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• Jayanthi Subramaniam, 31, was deployed to work as a cleaner at DHL Singapore
• She tricked a friend she met on TikTok into paying her S$5,000 to secure non-existent jobs for foreign workers at the logistics company
• She convinced him that the jobs were genuine by sending photographs and videos of DHL's premises
• She was sentenced to six weeks' jail for cheating

JASMINE ONG​

Published December 5, 2023

SINGAPORE — In need of money for her ailing mother, a woman tricked a friend she met on TikTok into paying her S$5,000 to secure fake jobs for two foreign workers at DHL Singapore.
Jayanthi Subramaniam, a 31-year-old Malaysian, was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Tuesday (Dec 5) after she pleaded guilty to a charge of cheating.
State Prosecuting Officer (SPO) Ng Chee Wee told the court that at the time of the offence, Jayanthi was deployed by a cleaning company to work at the logistics company.
Investigations revealed that she met the victim, Mr Rajappan Balakrishnan, through the video-sharing application TikTok in 2021. They kept in contact through phone calls, text and voice messaging, but never met in person.
Sometime in August, Jayanthi devised a scheme to cheat her friends after she ran into financial difficulties and was unable to repay her loans.

She planned to lie that she had job opportunities at DHL Singapore, since she had been deployed there as a cleaner.
On Aug 29, she contacted Mr Rajappan, an India national, to tell him that she was working for DHL and that there were job opportunities for foreign workers.
She offered to submit work pass applications for these workers even though she did not work for DHL and there were no such jobs, SPO Ng said.
Mr Rajappan then contacted his friend who recommended two acquaintances for the non-existent jobs.
When Mr Rajappan informed Jayanthi about the individuals, she asked for S$5,000 each to process their job and work pass applications.
Mr Rajappan was suspicious because the requested amount was high, but Jayanthi managed to convince him that it was a genuine opportunity by sending photographs and videos of DHL's premises.

She then said that she would accept S$2,500 for each person as a deposit.
Believing her, Mr Rajappan then asked his friend to help transfer S$5,000 into her account.
SPO Ng said that after the amount was transferred, Jayanthi tried to ask Mr Rajappan for more money but he asked for some formal documentation before doing so.
She then stopped asking for money and instead, repeatedly gave him excuses about the job opportunities.
Mr Rajappan filed a police report on Oct 1 and Jayanthi was arrested three days later.
The sum was not recovered because Jayanthi had used it to repay her debts and personal expenses, which she claimed were for her mother's medical bills.

She made a full restitution on Dec 4.
During mitigation, Jayanthi cried as she pleaded with the court to forgive her and give her a chance.
"My mother is a dialysis patient and I had asked for this money because of her medical expenses," she said.
She added that she committed the offence only for her mother and will not make such a mistake again.
For cheating, she could have been jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

 

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NTU dropout who forged bachelor’s degree certificate, duped firms into hiring her gets jail​

Fonseka Wannerichega Hema Ranjini pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating and a count of committing forgery. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

Dec 6, 2023

SINGAPORE - A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) dropout, who forged a bachelor’s degree in engineering certificate from the institution and duped multiple firms into hiring her, was jailed for eight months on Dec 6.
By using the fake certificate, Fonseka Wannerichega Hema Ranjini was hired by companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Marshall Cavendish and Scholastic Education International, earning a monthly salary of between $4,200 and $6,800.
On Nov 23, the 44-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating and a count of committing forgery. Two other charges were considered during sentencing.
Before handing down the sentence on Dec 6, District Judge Terence Tay noted that her offences had deprived more deserving people from getting the jobs she clinched.
Fonseka, whose highest attained educational qualification is GCE A-levels, enrolled at NTU to study engineering in 1998, but dropped out in August 2004 as she struggled to pass various modules and pay the tuition fees.
In 2005, she used a computer programme to design a certificate showing that she had graduated from NTU in June 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering with third-class honours.
After that, she used the bogus document and applied for various jobs.

In August 2005, publisher Marshall Cavendish hired her as an assistant managing editor with a monthly salary of $4,200.
In July 2015, Fonseka joined publisher Scholastic Education International as an assistant managing editor, earning $4,300 a month. She was promoted to managing editor a year later, and was paid $4,600 a month.
Scholastic paid her a total of $83,800 during the period of her employment. But in February 2017, she was laid off due to unsatisfactory work performance.

In 2021, Fonseka applied to entertainment and media enterprise The Walt Disney Company in South-east Asia and was hired as a learning editor in its publishing department from June to December that year.
Her monthly salary there was $6,800 a month and she was given a transport allowance of $1,084 a month, bringing her total remuneration to $7,884 a month.

Her offences came to light when Walt Disney sent her fake certificate to be validated by a third-party vendor shortly after she was hired.
Walt Disney’s human resources department asked Fonseka for an explanation after NTU confirmed that it did not award the offender with a degree.
Fonseka then claimed that she withdrew from NTU in her final year of undergraduate studies, but it issued a certificate at her request to prove she was enrolled there for a period of time.
In October 2021, an NTU employee alerted the police; Fonseka resigned from Walt Disney in December 2021. The company paid her about $47,300 during the period of her employment.
On Dec 6, Deputy Public Prosecutor Melissa Heng urged Judge Tay to sentence her to up to 10 months’ jail.
The DPP also stressed that Fonseka had put in considerable effort to make the fake certificate appear genuine, and that she had earned considerable salaries.
Defence lawyer Foo Cheow Ming pleaded for his client to be given either a fine or a “very brief” jail term.
He told the court that Fonseka’s mother had abused her physically and mentally, and that the affected firms did obtain services from his client.
For each count of cheating, an offender be jailed for up to three years and fined.

 

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Jail for lorry driver who smuggled 750 e-vaporisers into Singapore from Malaysia​

The items were discovered during a routine check at Tuas Checkpoint on Oct 20 when ICA officers detected anomalies in the scanned images. PHOTO: HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY

Fatimah Mujibah

Dec 7, 2023

SINGAPORE - A Malaysian lorry driver has been sentenced to 40 days’ jail for smuggling e-vaporisers into Singapore.
Maran Seger was caught with 750 e-vaporisers and 3,150 related components, valued at around $73,000, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a joint statement on Dec 7.
The items were discovered during a routine check at Tuas Checkpoint on Oct 20 when ICA officers detected anomalies in the scanned images of the lorry Maran was driving, which led to a more thorough search and the subsequent discovery of the items hidden among shampoo product cartons.
Maran, 31, who made deliveries of cosmetic products to Singapore twice a week, had been smuggling the illegal items from August to October.
He would receive a notification from his employer on the delivery details and proceed with the delivery of the items into Singapore.
HSA has issued a stern warning to transport companies and drivers against bringing in unknown items and prohibited tobacco products into the country. Offenders will be detained in Singapore during investigation and, upon conviction, may be barred from entering the country.
Those with information on the illegal import, distribution, sale or offer for sale of e-vaporisers can report to HSA’s Tobacco Regulation Branch. Repeat offenders could face a fine of up to $20,000, a jail term of up to one year, or both.

All prohibited tobacco items will be seized, the authorities added.

 

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Doctor accused of molesting woman in Marina Bay Sands compensates victim and gets acquittal​

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

DEC 19, 2023

SINGAPORE – A doctor accused of molesting a woman at a Marina Bay Sands lounge has been given a discharge amounting to an acquittal after compensating the victim.
Dr Dheeraj Prem Khiatani had the matter compounded in a district court on Dec 18, which means the 35-year-old cannot be charged again over the same offence.
Under the law, only certain offences can be compounded, such as causing hurt and outrage of modesty.
Compounding an offence requires an agreement with the victim to have the matter compensated, usually with a payment or an apology.
The public prosecutor will also need to consider the public interest, circumstances of the offence and whether there are any aggravating factors before agreeing to the terms.
In a statement to The Straits Times on Dec 19, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said Dr Khiatani had sought to compound the offence, in lieu of prosecution.
“The victim accepted the terms offered by the accused person.


“Having reviewed the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the victim’s agreement, the prosecution decided to accede to the request to have the matter compounded,” said a spokesman for the AGC, which did not disclose details about the compensation terms.
Dr Khiatani, a Singaporean, was accused of molesting a woman at the Avenue Lounge at around 3am on June 25.
The Singapore Medical Council’s database shows that he practises at The Integrative Medical Centre by The Iron Suites in River Valley Road.
Offenders convicted of molestation can be jailed for up to three years, fined, caned or receive any combination of such punishments.

 

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10 months’ jail for lorry driver who fatally hit elderly woman at zebra crossing​

Samuel Devaraj

DEC 21, 2023

SINGAPORE – A lorry driver with a history of errant driving hit a 79-year-old woman who was walking across a zebra crossing in Marine Parade.
Ms Bernadette Mah Sui Har died from a head injury on the same day in February.
On Dec 20, the driver, Indian national Sivalingam Suresh, 40, was sentenced to 10 months’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of driving without due care and attention causing death.
He will also be disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for eight years after his release.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Benedict Teong said Sivalingam was on his work shift at about 11.30am on Feb 28 and was driving his lorry along Marine Terrace towards Marine Crescent.
The prosecutor said Sivalingam failed to notice Ms Mah as he approached a zebra crossing alongside Ngee Ann Primary School, colliding into her.
Ms Mah was taken to Changi General Hospital.

A scan revealed she had suffered multiple injuries, including a skull fracture and bleeding on the surface of her brain.
She was pronounced dead at about 7pm.
DPP Teong noted that the traffic flow was light and the road surface damp at the time of the accident. He also said the weather was fine with good visibility.
There was no evidence to suggest that possible mechanical failure of the lorry – which was sent for a mechanical inspection after the accident – could have caused or contributed to the accident.
DPP Teong asked the court to sentence Sivalingam to 10 to 11 months’ jail and impose a driving ban of eight years.
He cited Sivalingam’s history of driving offences, which included inconsiderate driving and failure to conform to a red light.
During his mitigation plea, Sivalingam, who did not have a lawyer, expressed his remorse at causing the death of the elderly woman.
He said he was the breadwinner of his family in India. They include his two-year-old son and wife who severed her hand in an accident.
“It depends on me to support my family by driving in Singapore. I’m very reliant on this job, Your Honour,” he said.
For causing death by driving a vehicle without due care and attention, Sivalingam could have been jailed for up to three years and fined up to $10,000.

 

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Jail for man who duped 20 victims of about $2.5m in investment scam​

Murali Krishnan Naidu had duped them into thinking that their money would be invested in a moneylending business set up by his wife. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

Jan 22, 2024

SINGAPORE – A man cheated 20 people, including his family friends and acquaintances, of some $2.5 million in total in an investment scam between 2008 and 2013.
Murali Krishnan Naidu had duped them into thinking that their money would be invested in a moneylending business set up by his wife.
Most of the victims had drawn from their retirement savings to fund the “investments”, according to court documents.
The 53-year-old Singaporean, who has made no restitution, was sentenced to seven years and four months’ jail on Jan 22, after he was earlier convicted of 17 counts of cheating linked to nine people.
Another 43 charges, including those involving the remaining victims, were considered during sentencing.
The prosecution said that in August 2006, Murali’s wife incorporated in Singapore a licensed moneylending company known as San Tee Credit (STC).
She was its sole proprietor while he was a manager there.

Before STC was established, Murali worked at another moneylending company known as Diamond Credit from 2003 to 2006.
He was familiar with how such firms raised funds for their moneylending operations.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Jordon Li and Yeow Xuan said Murali knew it was common for moneylending companies to borrow cash from investors through investment agreements.

They would then lend out these monies to their customers.
The firms would pay the investors interest on the sums borrowed, which would typically be lower than the interest which they charge on loans.
One of Murali’s victims was a 69-year-old woman who had entered into six investment agreements totalling $335,000 with STC. She had funded the investments with her life savings.
His other victims included a 49-year-old woman who entered into two investment agreements totalling nearly $120,000 with STC. She funded them by refinancing her home in Malaysia.
The prosecution said Murali had made false representations to the victims by saying their monies would be invested in STC’s moneylending business.

He typically promised the victims returns of between 2.5 per cent and 3 per cent that would be paid out monthly, along with a repayment of their investment capital one year from the date of the investment agreement.
Murali then induced his victims to hand over their money, but completely stopped paying dividends to them in early 2013.
To date, it is unclear how he had utilised the victims’ money, said the prosecutors.
Screenings by the Registry of Moneylenders showed STC had not concluded any moneylending transactions between 2011 and 2013.
The DPPs told the court: “Despite the absence of any business activities undertaken by STC, the accused continued to pay the requisite fees to renew STC’s moneylending licence with the Registry of Moneylenders.
“This fortified the accused’s representations that STC was a legitimate and live moneylending business.”
It is not stated in court documents what happened to STC after 2013.
Court documents also did not disclose how the offences came to light, but Murali was charged in court in 2019.
The DPPs had urged the court to sentence him to at least seven years and 10 months’ jail.
“While the accused has claimed to have made some payments of ‘investment returns’ to the victims, the existence of such payments should be accorded minimal mitigatory weight,” they said.
“The returns were paid so as to lend a veneer of legitimacy to the scheme, and to encourage investors to continue pooling money in the scheme.”
They also said his offences had involved a high degree of premeditation and planning.
For each count of cheating, an offender can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

 

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Jail for man who impersonated brother and acquaintance to get medical treatment​

Logeswaran Mohandas at the State Courts in April 2023. He had impersonated his brother on nine occasions and an acquaintance on eight occasions. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Samuel Devaraj

JAN 08, 2024

SINGAPORE – A man with back pain visited multiple hospitals and polyclinics across Singapore for medical treatment.
Instead of registering as himself, Logeswaran Mohandas pretended to be his brother and an acquaintance, who ended up being charged for his medical bills.
The 42-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to six weeks’ jail on Jan 8 after he pleaded guilty to six charges, including five for cheating by personation.
Logeswaran had another 19 charges – most of which were for similar offences – taken into consideration in his sentencing.
The court heard that the various bills with the hospitals have since been settled, and that Logeswaran has repaid his brother via instalments, while his acquaintance did not wish for any restitution.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Chan Yi Cheng said Logeswaran and his acquaintance, who first met at a temple, had not seen each other since 2011.
Since then, Logeswaran would occasionally contact the acquaintance to borrow money.

In 2015, Logeswaran contacted the acquaintance and asked for a copy of his identity card and name card, claiming that he could register him as a transport contractor with the hotel that he was working for at the time.
After the acquaintance sent photographs of his IC and name card, Logeswaran did not contact him with any job opportunities with the hotel.
Instead, Logeswaran visited Alexandra Hospital and Changi General Hospital, as well as the polyclinics in Bedok, Bukit Merah, Geylang, Queenstown and Outram, on eight occasions between April 29, 2016, and March 6, 2018.

He gave his acquaintance’s IC number to the staff for registration.
Logeswaran then consulted the doctor for his back pain and was given medication.
Over the eight occasions, Logeswaran incurred bills totalling $421.74. The acquaintance, who received multiple letters informing him of the outstanding medical bills, notified the police.
Logeswaran had similarly impersonated his brother on nine occasions at the National University Hospital (NUH) between May 1, 2018, and Sept 16, 2019, and incurred bills totalling $945.35.
This included a $430 bill for an MRI scan on Sept 6, 2019.
After receiving bills from NUH, Logeswaran’s brother made a police report on Feb 10, 2020.

Logeswaran’s lawyer Danny Nah said in mitigation that his client suffered a slipped disc following a holiday in India, and required Tramadol to relieve his regular back pain.
Mr Nah said the primary motivation around Logeswaran’s offences involving the hospitals was to seek relief for the pain and not capital gains. He added that his client had various other health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
District Judge Lim Tse Haw said while a fine may appear sufficient, given the amount in each charge involving cheating the hospitals was small, the totality of Logeswaran’s conduct justified a jail term.
The judge also said the various hospitals and polyclinics that Logeswaran had targeted accepted him in good faith, and noted that if they were to tighten their procedures following the offences, it would create a lot of inconvenience for genuine patients.
For each charge of cheating by personation, Logeswaran could have been jailed for up to five years and fined.

 

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Jail, caning for man who carried woman to field and molested her​

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

JAN 19, 2024

SINGAPORE – What started out as a night of merrymaking for a 21-year-old woman at a Turf Club Road restaurant turned into a nightmare when a man carried her out of the premises and took her to a nearby field.
Indian national Erugula Eswara Reddy, who was in Singapore on a student pass, then lay the woman, a British national, on the ground and undressed himself after molesting her.
One of the woman’s male friends went to the field when he heard a scream and saw that Erugula was naked with the partially dressed victim lying face up nearby and weeping.
The friend alerted the police and officers arrived at the scene to arrest the offender.
On Jan 19, Erugula, 25, who pleaded guilty to a molestation charge, was sentenced to four years’ jail and six strokes of the cane.
The woman cannot be named due to a gag order to protect her identity.
In the evening of Aug 20, 2022, shortly before the incident, the woman had met up with some friends for drinks, and consumed some alcoholic beverages.

At around 11pm, they went to the Festivo @ Mr Gallop restaurant in Turf Club Road near Dunearn Road. The woman felt tipsy, but was still able to walk unassisted and was aware of her surroundings.
She had thrown up, and sat on a chair in the eatery to send a text message to a male friend who was supposed to be there. She also shared with him her live location at the time.
Erugula then approached her and started talking to her, causing her to feel uncomfortable. She told him that she was fine and did not need any help.

At 1.40am, she sent another text message to her friend, telling him about her encounter with Erugula.
Deputy Public Prosecutor John Lu told the court: “The accused then lifted the victim off her chair, held her face-to-face and carried her out of Festivo. The victim could not see where the accused was taking her, as her back was facing the direction in which they were moving.
“During this time, the victim asked the accused not to take her and to let her go, but the accused persisted with his actions. The accused also took the victim’s handphone from her.”
Erugula took the woman to a nearby field, placed her on the ground and hovered over her. She told him to stop and stay away but her cries fell on deaf ears.
Despite this, she managed to convince him to return her mobile phone. At around 1.50am, she used the device to send a few messages to her friend, asking for help.
Erugula took away the mobile phone and molested the woman before undressing himself.

Her concerned friend, who had arrived at Festivo, received the messages and left the restaurant with a party of searchers to look for the woman.
He heard a faraway scream as he was walking near some tennis courts and saw the silhouettes of two people, who turned out to be Erugula and the victim, at the open field in the distance.
The friend and his group then made their way there. As they came forward, Erugula, who was in the nude, moved away from the crying victim.
The friend called for the police at around 2am and Erugula was arrested soon after.
On Jan 19, DPP Lu urged the court to sentence Erugula to four years’ jail and six strokes of the cane, adding: “During his interaction with the victim, the accused must have noticed that the victim was drunk, alone and vulnerable, which is why the accused chose to take advantage of her.”
For committing the offence, Erugula could have been jailed for between two and 10 years, and caned.

 

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Lawyer suspended for falsely attesting that documents were signed in her presence​

Ms Kasturibai Manickam, who has more than 25 years’ experience as a lawyer, had acted for a pair of siblings who were the registered owners of a condominium unit. PHOTO: ST FILE

Selina Lum
Senior Law Correspondent

JAN 17, 2024

SINGAPORE – A lawyer who falsely attested that she had witnessed the signing of several documents, even though they had not actually been signed in her presence, was handed a one-year suspension on Jan 16.
The Law Society of Singapore had argued for 30 months’ suspension for Ms Kasturibai Manickam.
But the Court of Three Judges, led by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, said this was an instance of a “grave error of judgment” rather than a character defect.
There was no dispute that the documents were signed by the intended signatories, said the Chief Justice.
He said Ms Kasturibai’s error was to decide to attest that she witnessed the signing of the documents because she knew the parties and thought no harm would ensue.
Ms Kasturibai, who has more than 25 years’ experience as a lawyer, had acted for a pair of siblings who were the registered owners of a condominium unit.
Ms Santha Devi V. Puthenveetil Kesava Pillay and her brother, Mr Raman Puthenveetil Kesava Pillay, had sold the property in September 2020 to two individuals.

Ms Kasturibai’s firm, East Asia Law Corporation, had previously acted for the siblings in several matters prior to the sale of the property. Mr Raman’s wife was also a long-time employee of the law firm.
In the course of acting for the siblings, Ms Kasturibai prepared six documents for the transaction, which were all signed by Ms Santha Devi.
Between Sept 7, 2020, and Nov 5, 2020, Ms Kasturibai signed as a witness to Ms Santha Devi’s signature, even though the lawyer did not in fact witness the signing.

Five of the documents, including a transfer instrument, a seller’s stamp duty declaration, and a letter of authority for the sale proceeds to be paid to the firm, were sent to the law firm acting for the purchasers.
Ms Santha Devi later lodged a complaint with the Law Society against Ms Kasturibai, and a disciplinary tribunal was appointed in May 2022 to formally investigate the matter.
The tribunal’s report, issued in October 2022, did not elaborate on the events leading to the complaint.
During the tribunal hearing, Ms Kasturibai admitted that she signed as a witness to Ms Santha Devi’s signature despite not having witnessed the signing.
Ms Kasturibai’s lawyer, Senior Counsel N. Sreenivasan, argued that she did not act for her personal benefit and that her motivation for doing so was to help her elderly clients avoid travel during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also argued that there was very little harm caused, as the transaction was legitimate.

The tribunal found that Ms Kasturibai’s act of false attestation involved an element of dishonesty and constituted grossly improper conduct.
The tribunal found that the case was serious enough to be referred to the court, which has the power to suspend or disbar lawyers.
During the court hearing on Jan 16, Mr Sreenivasan said Ms Kasturibai would like to tender her deepest apologies to the court and to the profession.
The court allowed the suspension to take effect on March 7, to give her time to find another lawyer to take over her files.

 

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Indian Expat From PwC Gives “Advice to People on How Bad Singapore is Overall”​

• Posted Byby ChinHan
• November 29, 2023

Indian Expat working at PWC Singapore Digvijay Pandey (@itsanopenaccount – edit: he changed his Instagram to @overseasdesiinsg) has been using his Instagram to publish videos criticizing Singapore. He made a series called “de-influencing Singapore” complaining about how everything is too expensive. He also tells his viewers that “Singapore is boring”, “Reasons why you shouldn’t waste money visiting Singapore or it’s tourist spots” and “giving advice to people on how bad Singapore is overall”.

Who is Digvijay Pandey?​

Digvijay Pandey is 28 years old and he is an Indian Hindu based in Singapore. He is currently a Senior Consultant at PwC South East Asia Consulting, and he moved here in June 2022. Before this, he was based in India (Gurugram, Haryana) and worked for Bain & Company and Deloitte. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from St Xavier’s College in India, in 2018.

From his since-deleted Linkedin

We must not let such foreigners come in to sow discord in our society!​

Instead of trying to fit in and appreciate Singapore, he repeatedly uses his race, while complaining that other people are racist. He repeatedly highlights that he “just want(s) my(his) Indian brothers to excel at everything they do”. Only selectively wanting Indians to do well, isn’t that racist in itself?
Moreover, he came here and started an Instagram series just to tell everyone how bad Singapore is. Is this the kind of foreign talent we want?

this type of fucking chow cheebai gutter college can come here and work? Suck whose cock? Work as what? even he were to work as a basker sucking his own dick no one would watch.

 

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Man, 61, gets jail for molesting maid in lift, assaulting stranger with metal chain while out on bail​

• Singaram Palianeapan, 61, followed a domestic worker into a lift after he met her at a coffee shop
• While in the lift, he touched her inappropriately and kissed her forehead without consent
• Singaram tried to get her to go home with him but she refused
• When he was out on bail for the offence, he reoffended by assaulting a man with a metal chain wrapped around his fist
• He was sentenced to 10 months' jail

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JASMINE ONG​

Published January 26, 2024

SINGAPORE — After meeting a domestic worker at a coffee shop, Singaram Palianeapan followed her into a lift where he molested the young woman while keeping her trapped for nearly 90 seconds.
About a month later, while he was out on bail, Singaram punched a man at a bicycle shop three times with a metal chain wrapped around his right fist.
Singaram, 61, was sentenced to 10 months' jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a person, and a charge of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon.
Four other similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
The domestic worker cannot be named under a court order to protect her identity.

Court documents showed that on the morning of Sept 28 in 2022, the domestic worker was buying food at a coffee shop when she was approached by Singaram, who offered her S$2 to buy herself a drink.
Since she did not know Singaram, she initially refused his offer but later accepted the money when he insisted.
After getting her food, she proceeded to head back to her employer's residence as Singaram followed her.
The two reached the lift lobby of the housing block where the worker was living and she entered the lift even though Singaram did not live there.
He then pressed the button for level 17 but when the worker tried to press the button for level five, Singaram stopped her. The pair were alone in the lift.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Jordy Kay said that once the doors closed and the lift started to move, Singaram began to molest the worker and kiss her forehead without her consent.

He also tried to touch the victim's chest area but was unsuccessful when she pushed his hand away.
Feeling very frightened by Singaram, the woman tried to push him away and distance herself from him.
The lift eventually arrived at level 17 and Singaram stood by the lift doors to ask the victim to follow him.
When she refused, he went back into the lift and selected the seventh floor.
As the lift moved, he continued to touch her without her consent by rubbing her back and stroking her hand.
Once again, the woman tried to push him away and quickly made her exit when the lift reached level seven.

Singaram was in the lift with the victim for about a minute and 28 seconds, and all of his actions were captured on the lift's closed-circuit television camera.
When the victim arrived home, she told her employer what had happened and a police report was filed.
Singaram was arrested on Sept 28 and released on bail the next day.

PUNCHING MAN AT BICYCLE SHOP​

About a month later, on the evening of Oct 28 in 2022, Mr Yeoh Su Kai was at his friend Hu Jianpeng's bicycle shop located along Woodlands Close.
Singaram had gone down to Mr Hu's shop to confront him about the problems he was facing with the personal mobility device (PMD) that he bought from Mr Hu.
A dispute broke out between the two as they shouted at one another.
When Singaram started to hit Mr Hu, Mr Yeoh tried to calm Singaram down.
His intervention was unsuccessful as Singaram retrieved a metal chain from his PMD and wrapped it around his right fist before punching Mr Yeoh in the face three times.
Mr Yeoh fell to the floor and was later taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where he was found to have sustained a 2cm-long superficial wound over his left upper eyelid as well as tenderness over his neck and right buttock area.
He was discharged from the hospital on the same day with three days of outpatient medical leave.
Seeking a jail term of between nine and 11 months, DPP Kay argued that even though the degree of sexual exploitation was low since there was no intrusion of private parts, there was still an attempt to touch the domestic worker's chest area.
DPP Kay also addressed the assault on Mr Yeoh, highlighting that the metal chain used was serious given that the injuries were to the victim's head, which is a vulnerable part of the body.
He added that Mr Yeoh was attacked in a public place and was just a bystander who was trying to stop Singaram from hitting the shop owner.
Anyone who voluntarily causes hurt with a dangerous weapon could be jailed for up to seven years or fined or caned, or be given any combination of these punishments.
Anyone using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a person could be jailed for up to three years or fined or caned, or receive any combination of these punishments.