[h=1]Woman who tried to breach Woodlands Checkpoint gets 4 weeks’ jail[/h] [h=2]Chong Jing Jing, 34, tried to breach Woodlands Checkpoint without valid travel documents, and refused to alight from her car despite immigration officers' repeated requests.[/h]
Traffic from the Johor Bahru checkpoint into Singapore on Sep 30. (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
SINGAPORE: A Malaysian woman who tried to breach Woodlands Checkpoint without valid travel documents was sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Friday (Jul 31).
Upon reaching the checkpoint from her home in Perak, Chong Jing Jing, 34, had tailgated the vehicle in front of her, drove past the immigration counter and through the barrier without stopping.
Immigration officers halted traffic at the checkpoint and repeatedly asked Chong to alight from her car, but she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Officers had to smash the vehicle’s windows to get her out of the car.
Chong, who has been in remand for about four weeks, said in court that she hoped to return home soon. She also appealed for the “minimum sentence prescribed in the law”.
In sentencing Chong, District Judge Adam Nakhoda noted that Chong had committed “relatively serious immigration offences”. “This is not acceptable”, he added.
Channel NewsAsia understands that Chong has a history of schizophrenia, but medical reports have confirmed that she was not of unsound mind when she committed the offences.
For failing to comply with the instructions of an immigration officer, and for failing to present her passport upon entering Singapore, Chong could have been jailed for up to 12 months and fined up to S$4,000.
- CNA/vc
- By Vanessa Paige Chelvan
- Posted 31 Jul 2015 17:50
- Updated 31 Jul 2015 17:51
SINGAPORE: A Malaysian woman who tried to breach Woodlands Checkpoint without valid travel documents was sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Friday (Jul 31).
Upon reaching the checkpoint from her home in Perak, Chong Jing Jing, 34, had tailgated the vehicle in front of her, drove past the immigration counter and through the barrier without stopping.
Immigration officers halted traffic at the checkpoint and repeatedly asked Chong to alight from her car, but she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Officers had to smash the vehicle’s windows to get her out of the car.
Chong, who has been in remand for about four weeks, said in court that she hoped to return home soon. She also appealed for the “minimum sentence prescribed in the law”.
In sentencing Chong, District Judge Adam Nakhoda noted that Chong had committed “relatively serious immigration offences”. “This is not acceptable”, he added.
Channel NewsAsia understands that Chong has a history of schizophrenia, but medical reports have confirmed that she was not of unsound mind when she committed the offences.
For failing to comply with the instructions of an immigration officer, and for failing to present her passport upon entering Singapore, Chong could have been jailed for up to 12 months and fined up to S$4,000.
- CNA/vc
