Updated: 10/31/2013 17:40 | By Channel NewsAsia
Man jailed 3 months for fighting in public
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SINGAPORE: A man has been jailed three months for fighting in public.
27-year-old Kiong Chan Kyam was sitting at Gourmet Street Coffee Shop at Clementi West Street 2 at about 1am when he got into a dispute with Mr Fong Fock Foo in May this year.
Kiong, a Malaysian, was with a friend while 63-year-old Mr Fong was accompanied by his brother.
Kiong then hit Mr Fong with a beer bottle and fractured the victim's nose.
For fighting in public, Kiong could have been jailed up to one year and fined S$5,000.
As for causing hurt with a beer bottle, the maximum penalty is a jail term of two years and fine of S$5,000. - CNA/nd
