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Jan 5, 2011
Charged for insulting, threatening ST reporter
By Khushwant Singh
Amy Chua Kwan Ming (above), 34, is said to have sent Ms Joanne Lee Li Li, 36, five email messages that either harassed or distressed the recipient between August 2008 and September 2009. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A DESIGNER was charged on Wednesday for allegedly sending insulting and threatening messages via email, voicemail and a letter to a newspaper correspondent for a period spanning more than a year.
Amy Chua Kwan Ming, 34, is said to have sent Ms Joanne Lee Li Li, 36, five email messages that either harassed or distressed the recipient between August 2008 and September 2009.
Chua also mailed an insulting letter as well as left two threatening messages on Ms Lee's voicemail in the office.
According to the charges, the designer, who works freelance for a structural design firm, is said to have made threats at the 36-year-old correspondent, which included hiring a private investigator to check on her.
At Wednesday's hearing, Chua declined to undergo a psychiatric assessment at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) that was suggested by the police prosecutor.
Instead, she asked District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan to impose a fine to settle the matter.
Pointing out that it had not come to that stage yet, the judge adjourned the case to Jan 19, so as to allow for further investigations. He also ordered Chua not to approach Ms Lee.
