PRCs Hit Cabby Get Light Sentence Not Reported in EL1 154th!

[makapaaa]

Was there not a new law to punish those who assault "transport workers"? Why such lenient sentence (1 month!) now? Cos they are PRC FTrash who do not hold the stinking pink IC and have no NS liability? And one of them was allowed to slip back to China like MSK!

http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp081021_528.shtml

德士司机被打 打断司机鼻梁 中国籍男女坐牢
（2008-10-21）

侯启祥 ​

　　两名中国籍男女殴打德士司机，导致对方鼻梁骨折，昨天分别被判坐牢两个月和一个月。
　　24岁的男被告李嘉齐因为在德士上呕吐，弄脏德士司机的街道指南，而他不肯赔偿，与女被告张冰（20岁）及她当时也是来自中国的男友黄伯凯（21岁）联手打伤司机。
　　黄伯凯事发后回返中国没再回来，而李嘉齐和张冰则被控上法庭。两人两个星期前承认共谋轻微致伤罪名，律师要求法官判他们罚款，但法官不同意。
　　罗明柳法官昨天下判时指出，本案有加重刑罚的因素，法庭没理由不遵循高庭对一起上诉案的判决。但考虑到两名被告情况不同，因此所判刑期不同。
　　法官说，先动手打人的是李嘉齐，他扮演主要角色，法庭判他坐牢两个月，而张冰年龄轻，扮演小角色，则坐牢一个月。
法官引述案例
　　在今年7月22日审理的一起上诉案中，高庭制定类似案件须坐牢的判刑标准。维克拉惹法官认为如果受害者是公共行业员工，即使犯案者没案底，所犯的是轻微致伤罪，并且认罪，也必须被判坐牢四个星期。
　　有关上诉案的被告黄海仁（50岁)因在德士里呕吐，受到德士司机责骂而与对方打了起来，司机过后当场暴毙。黄海仁在初庭被判坐牢一个月，上诉后刑期增至三个月。 　　李嘉齐和张冰昨天在朋友陪同下出庭，李嘉齐闻判后神情凝重，张冰脸上流露出忧伤神情，眼眶泛红，休庭后和新结识的男友拥抱道别。
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[makapaaa]

http://sgforums.com/forums/1802/topics/325071

Don’t assault taxi drivers
THOSE who assault public transport workers have been warned: An appeal judge yesterday tripled a businessman’s jail term after he appealed against his one-month jail sentence for punching a taxi driver, who later died of a heart-related condition.
Justice of Appeal V K Rajah said the courts needed to send “a clear signal that any assault against public transport workers will be firmly dealt with”.
On May 19 last year, businessman Wong Hoi Len, 50, had boarded cabbie Toon Chin Joo’s taxi at around 12.30am, after a night of drinking.
Just before reaching his destination, Wong requested to stop the taxi as he needed to throw up. However, before he could alight from the taxi, Wong threw up. Toon, 49, alighted from his taxi and scolded Wong, who responded angrily.
The dispute turned into a scuffle, with punches thrown by both men. Wong then pushed the cabbie to the ground as both men continued to struggle. A while later, Toon became motionless on the ground, and was later pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.
An autopsy report found “deep bruising” on Toon’s face, but said the cabby died of an existing heart condition, known as Thyrocardiac Heart Disease.
In March, a district judge had jailed Wong for a month, and the businessman then appealed against the sentence.
Yesterday, Wong’s lawyer, Mr Tan Siah Yong, appealed for a lighter sentence — a fine or a day’s jail.
While he took into account that Wong had offered to compensate the cabby’s family, Justice Rajah said he “can’t ignore the fact that the extent of the attack was completely disproportionate” to what the businessman claimed had happened between the pair. Wong alleged the cabby had verbally insulted him that morning.
The assault charge that Wong faced was also “comparatively modest, compared to the consequences that followed”, said Justice Rajah. The High Court Judge will be releasing detailed grounds of his decision later.
When contacted, ComfortDelGro spokesperson Tammy Tan said the company — which runs taxis and buses — has seen “several cases” of passengers assaulting cabbies and bus captains in the last few years.
For taxi drivers, “the numbers have gone up slightly this year compared to last year”. Assaults against bus captains seem to have fallen slightly, due in part to an anti-assault campaign the company launched last year, added Ms Tan.
How cabbies can defuse threats
In light of the recent rise in cases of cabbies being robbed, the Land Transport Authority will work closely with all parties, including the police, to boost efforts in enhancing the safety of drivers.
Transport Minister Raymond Lim disclosed this in his reply to a parliamentary question tabled by Member of Parliament Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim.
While hardware installations, such as distress alarms in taxis, are useful, "simple preventive measures" can also be more effective, Mr Lim said.
This includes "educating drivers on the dos and don'ts and the appropriate responses to take when faced with potential threats", he added -- TODAY
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The assault charge that Wong faced was also “comparatively modest, compared to the consequences that followed”, said Justice Rajah. The High Court Judge wil

 

[myo539]

After reading this, the PRC man and woman will not dare appeal against their conviction.

Wonder whether they will be deported after their sentence. Another way to get rid of them is for their employer/school to fire them for having a police record for a criminal offence, and bringing disgrace to their institution.

 

[molly]

MM Lee scared of PRC

 

[HTOLAS]

MM Lee scared of PRC

I urge one of you seriously to write to the Forum Page asking:

• Why the light sentence?
• why the journalistic silence in the English Language press

You should also urge the DPP to appeal against these manifestly inadequate sentences. Please write soon before the period lapses.

I would have written in myself but I think I am on their blacklist of writers who ask too many questions. I am serious about this last point.

 

[SIFU]

<<Yesterday, Wong’s lawyer, Mr Tan Siah Yong, appealed for a lighter sentence — a fine or a day’s jail.>>

his lawyer trying to get the same sentence as CK Tang's kidney shopper..

too bad he ain't has the right connections..