May 25, 2010
Hawker splashed hot soup
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A WELL-KNOWN beef noodles hawker who threw hot soup at a neighbouring stall causing the stallholder's arm to be scalded was fined $1,500 on Tuesday. Lim Jui Hong, 61, pleaded guilty to committing a negligent act to endanger the personal safety of others at a coffeeshop at Block 233 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 on March 15. The court heard that he and the neighbouring stallholder, Madam Lim Chew Kiok, 42, had not been on good terms due to their disputes on the use of space in front of their stalls.
That morning, Lim was preparing soup at the stall when Madam Lim caused a stack of bowls to fall over. Enraged, Lim threw a container of hot soup over her stall to scare her. The container landed on Madam Lim's right forearm, scalding it. He could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to $2,500, or jailed and fined.