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Man jailed for threatening to set wife ablaze over affair
Published on Feb 17, 2012
Coffee shop assistant Tan Boon Seah, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation on Feb 3 for threatening to set his wife on fire. He suspected that his wife had gone to Thailand with her lover and wanted to scare her into ending the affair. For committing criminal intimidation, Tan could be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to two years or both fined and jailed. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
By Khushwant Singh
A coffee shop assistant was sentenced to three weeks in jail for threatening to set his wife on fire after finding out that she had gone to Thailand with her lover.
Tan Boon Seah, 53, had pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation two weeks ago. Before sentence was passed on Friday, defence lawyer Josephus Tan had argued for a one-day jail sentence.
He cited a recent case of a bartender who was jailed for a week for headbutting his wife and breaking her nose. He added that his client's wife, who goes by the single name Halimah, was not hurt.
Objecting to too short a jail term, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ruth Teng pointed out that there was premeditation as Tan had bought the petrol on the day his 31-year-old wife left for Thailand with their two children on Dec 15.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
Coffee shop assistant Tan Boon Seah, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation on Feb 3 for threatening to set his wife on fire. He suspected that his wife had gone to Thailand with her lover and wanted to scare her into ending the affair. For committing criminal intimidation, Tan could be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to two years or both fined and jailed. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
By Khushwant Singh
A coffee shop assistant was sentenced to three weeks in jail for threatening to set his wife on fire after finding out that she had gone to Thailand with her lover.
Tan Boon Seah, 53, had pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation two weeks ago. Before sentence was passed on Friday, defence lawyer Josephus Tan had argued for a one-day jail sentence.
He cited a recent case of a bartender who was jailed for a week for headbutting his wife and breaking her nose. He added that his client's wife, who goes by the single name Halimah, was not hurt.
Objecting to too short a jail term, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ruth Teng pointed out that there was premeditation as Tan had bought the petrol on the day his 31-year-old wife left for Thailand with their two children on Dec 15.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
