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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times / ANN): A Taiwanese woman, who intentionally sneezed at a security guard after being denied entry to the Ion Orchard Mall amid the Covid-19 outbreak in April, was sentenced on Thursday ( September 10) to 11 weeks. prison.
Sun Szu-Yen, 46, had said then: “Do you understand? You already understand!”
After that, she took her passport out of her bag and added, “I am China. I am Taiwan.
Sun, who was in Singapore on a long-term pass, pleaded guilty in district court in June to one count of reckless act and one count of unrelated harassment.
On April 12, security guard Devika Rani Muthu Krishnan, 56, was dispatched to one of the Ion Orchard entrances in Lift Lobby A on the fifth floor.
One of the Singaporean’s tasks was to make sure that shopper details were recorded in a contact tracing form. He also had to make sure they were wearing masks before entering the mall.
Sun, who was not wearing a mask, arrived around 12:40 p.m. and filled out a form.
Deputy District Attorney Deborah Lee had previously stated: “The victim reminded the defendant to wear a mask before entering the mall. However, the defendant used his scarf to wrap his mouth.
“When the victim did not allow the defendant to enter the mall, the defendant took another scarf from her bag and indicated that she wanted to use it as a mask.”
Sun then sneezed in Devika Rani’s direction when the security guard refused to let her pass. The Taiwanese took the form and wrote on it to erase their data.
When Devika Rani tried to stop her, Sun told her to “shut up” and added, “Do your job.”
A closed circuit television camera captured the incident. Sun left the facility shortly after.
Furthermore, the court heard that around 10 pm on June 4 last year, Sun felt “stressed and frustrated” while at home in her third-floor condo unit near Bukit Timah Road. No reason was mentioned for her to feel this way.
To vent his frustration, he took several items, including a vacuum cleaner and a glass bottle, and threw them out a window. A security guard at the property alerted police after she refused to calm down.
DPP Lee had previously told the court that, according to a report from the Institute of Mental Health, Sun has a mood disorder.
For doing a reckless act, Sun, who represented herself in court, could have been jailed for up to six months and fined up to $ 2,500.
For harassment, an offender can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $ 5,000.
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