Unemployed man jailed for punching bus driver, ordered to pay $200 compensation

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Unemployed man jailed for punching bus driver, ordered to pay $200 compensation

Published on Oct 14, 2014 6:41 PM
By Elena Chong

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SINGAPORE - An unemployed man who attacked a bus driver when he was drunk was jailed for two months on Tuesday.

Soon Yiam Hwa, 57, who pleaded guilty to punching the head and stomach of Mr Su Ji Liang, was also ordered to pay $200 compensation to the 38-year-old victim.

A court heard that Soon boarded the SBSTransit bus service No 186 along Havelock Road on June 4. When he tapped his EZlink card, it was not detected and the card reader started beeping.

Mr Su told him to tap again. Soon became agitated and started abusing the victim. Other passengers who were trying to boarding the bus told him to move on and he did.