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Inmate who attacked prisons officer jailed, caned
Hannah Teoh
Senior Content Producer
Yahoo News Singapore9 January 2018
Angered that disciplinary action would be taken against him, an inmate attacked a prisons officer, punching and kicking him repeatedly even after the officer had fallen to the ground.
At the State Courts on Tuesday (9 January), Mohamad Farhan Tajuddin, 27, was jailed five years and seven months and given three strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to causing hurt to deter a public servant. He also pleaded guilty to four other charges of criminal intimidation, failing to report for a urine test, possession of a knife and drug consumption.
According to court papers, Farhan had been in remand at Changi Prison when the assault took place on 8 December 2016. At about 3pm that day, Farhan – who was housed in cell 415 – had gone over to cell 416 to speak with another inmate and opened the latch to the other cell’s door. He was not supposed to leave his cell while another inmate was being transferred to his cell.
Prisons officer Sergeant Pouminathan Mayalagu, 55, saw what Farhan had done and warned him that he would be disciplined for his actions.
Farhan tried to negotiate with Pouminathan, telling that latter that this was a small matter, but was ignored.
Pouminathan returned at about 5.15pm to distribute medication to some inmates. As he approached Farhan’s cell, the inmate punched his face and kicked him on his body and legs.
Farhan continued the assault even after Pouminathan had fallen to ground, where he laid motionless. He stopped only after other inmates pulled him away. The entire incident was caught on the facility’s closed-circuit television cameras.
Pouminathan sustained swelling on his neck as well as tenderness on his head, left shoulder, left knee and left ankle. He was given seven days of medical leave.
Inmate who attacked prisons officer jailed, caned
Hannah Teoh
Senior Content Producer
Yahoo News Singapore9 January 2018
Angered that disciplinary action would be taken against him, an inmate attacked a prisons officer, punching and kicking him repeatedly even after the officer had fallen to the ground.
At the State Courts on Tuesday (9 January), Mohamad Farhan Tajuddin, 27, was jailed five years and seven months and given three strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to causing hurt to deter a public servant. He also pleaded guilty to four other charges of criminal intimidation, failing to report for a urine test, possession of a knife and drug consumption.
According to court papers, Farhan had been in remand at Changi Prison when the assault took place on 8 December 2016. At about 3pm that day, Farhan – who was housed in cell 415 – had gone over to cell 416 to speak with another inmate and opened the latch to the other cell’s door. He was not supposed to leave his cell while another inmate was being transferred to his cell.
Prisons officer Sergeant Pouminathan Mayalagu, 55, saw what Farhan had done and warned him that he would be disciplined for his actions.
Farhan tried to negotiate with Pouminathan, telling that latter that this was a small matter, but was ignored.
Pouminathan returned at about 5.15pm to distribute medication to some inmates. As he approached Farhan’s cell, the inmate punched his face and kicked him on his body and legs.
Farhan continued the assault even after Pouminathan had fallen to ground, where he laid motionless. He stopped only after other inmates pulled him away. The entire incident was caught on the facility’s closed-circuit television cameras.
Pouminathan sustained swelling on his neck as well as tenderness on his head, left shoulder, left knee and left ankle. He was given seven days of medical leave.
