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Oct 13, 2009
Jail for hitting MOM officers <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table>
A CHINESE national convicted of four charges of assaulting women officers from the Ministry of Manpower two years ago was sentenced to a total of two months' jail on Tuesday. After a 16-day trial, Xu Chun Hong, 41, unemployed, was found guilty of hurting the MOM officers at the temporary holding area counter at MOM (Foreign Manpower Management Division) on July 30, 2007. She is out on $12,000 bail, pending her appeal against conviction and sentence. She had earlier been found guilty of scratching the right arm of MOM investigation officer Vikki Ho; kicking the left leg, biting the right arm and kicking the left shin of three other inspectors that day. The court was told that Xu, who used to work in a factory, had turned up at the Kim Seng Road office to assist in investigation. She was placed in the lock-up. Later when the officers wanted to take her out for a raid at her home and were trying to handcuff her, she resisted and injured the victims. She claimed she did not do anything wrong and did not know what she was arrested for. She could have been jailed for up to five years and/or fined on each charge.
Oct 13, 2009
Jail for hitting MOM officers <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table>
A CHINESE national convicted of four charges of assaulting women officers from the Ministry of Manpower two years ago was sentenced to a total of two months' jail on Tuesday. After a 16-day trial, Xu Chun Hong, 41, unemployed, was found guilty of hurting the MOM officers at the temporary holding area counter at MOM (Foreign Manpower Management Division) on July 30, 2007. She is out on $12,000 bail, pending her appeal against conviction and sentence. She had earlier been found guilty of scratching the right arm of MOM investigation officer Vikki Ho; kicking the left leg, biting the right arm and kicking the left shin of three other inspectors that day. The court was told that Xu, who used to work in a factory, had turned up at the Kim Seng Road office to assist in investigation. She was placed in the lock-up. Later when the officers wanted to take her out for a raid at her home and were trying to handcuff her, she resisted and injured the victims. She claimed she did not do anything wrong and did not know what she was arrested for. She could have been jailed for up to five years and/or fined on each charge.
