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Believing that a lorry driver in the same neighbourhood had punctured his tyres, a private-hire driver twice left urine and faeces outside his neighbour’s flat in Singapore.
Martin Chua Kim Soon, a 67-year-old Singaporean, was fined S$5,000 (US$3,920) by a court on Tuesday.
He paid the fine in full after pleading guilty to two counts of insulting behaviour under the Protection from Harassment Act.
The court heard that Chua was a private-hire driver with Tada at the time of the offences and lived in Bukit Batok Central.
He suspected that the victim, a 73-year-old lorry driver, had punctured his tyres. The victim lived in the block across from Chua.
At around 2am on April 28, Chua went to the victim’s flat and threw a mixture of urine and faeces outside.
He returned to the flat again at around 3.15am on May 4 and repeated his actions.
The victim was alarmed when he discovered the substances and called 999 both times, saying someone had poured “smelly stuff” outside his flat.
Chua, who was arrested on May 4, has no prior convictions.
He did not say anything in his oral mitigation.
For insulting behaviour under the Protection from Harassment Act, he could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$5,000, or both.
This story was first published by CNA


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Martin Chua, who pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting behaviour, suspected that the victim had punctured his tyres


Martin Chua, who pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting behaviour, suspected that the victim had punctured his tyres.


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Singaporean fined US$3,920 for dumping urine, faeces outside neighbour’s flat

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Martin Chua, who pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting behaviour, suspected that the victim had punctured his tyres

Martin Chua, who pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting behaviour, suspected that the victim had punctured his tyres