Feeling that his neighbour was too noisy, a 62-year-old man set fire to the window of her Toa Payoh flat.
When the neighbour escaped the flat with her three young kids, she saw the man standing outside the flat holding a knife.
The police eventually arrested Tee Gee Chuan at a nearby coffee shop, where they had to taser him as he resisted arrest.
Tee was sentenced to 17 months and four weeks in jail on Jan. 16, 2024.
Started a fire as neighbour 'talked too loudly'
Shin Min Daily News (Shin Min) reported that the incident occurred at Block 149 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 on Mar. 24, 2023, at around 7:30pm.
The man's neighbour, her husband and three children, aged between five and nine, were at home when they smelled a burning stench from outside.
The neighbour then realised that Tee was standing in the corridor outside her flat, holding a few papers and a lighter.
She yelled at him to leave and shut the door.
However, Tee did not do so.
Instead, he burned the papers and put them in her window area.
Smelling smoke, the neighbour opened her door to check and realised, to her horror, that the windows were on fire.
She also saw Tee standing near her door with a knife in her hand.
Her family immediately evacuated the flat, and she reported the matter to the police.
His arrest
Police found Tee at a crowded coffee shop at Block 177 Toa Payoh Lorong 7.
After spotting the officers, he took out a knife and, despite police warnings, tried to rush them.
He was tasered but continued to resist arrest while on the ground.
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