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SINGAPORE – Police arrested a 40-year-old woman for refusing to wear her mask correctly and assaulting a police officer who had approached her at the Sun Plaza shopping center on Thursday (May 7).
The Singapore woman also allegedly insulted the mall’s staff and threw vulgarities at a security officer who was trying to get him to put on the mask correctly, police said in a press release on Friday.
A widely shared video of the incident also showed the woman taunting a mall employee, asking him to remove his mask to speak to her.
The mall’s staff called the police for help around 2:10 p.m., but when the police arrived and asked to see their identity, they allegedly began removing the address tag on their identity card.
“When one of the police officers tried to stop her, the woman assaulted the police officer and did not cooperate,” police said, noting that the woman had previously been fined $ 300 on April 29 for not wearing a mask on it. shopping center in Sembawang. .
“Everyone should take circuit breaker measures seriously. The police will not tolerate such blatant disregard for the law and deliberate violations of safe distance measures.”
Investigations are ongoing.
Those convicted of causing harm voluntarily to dissuade a public servant from carrying out public functions shall be subject to a maximum prison sentence of seven years and a fine or caning, provided that in exceptional circumstances it is not necessary to impose imprisonment.
If found guilty of harassment through the use of insulting or abusive language, the perpetrators face up to six months in prison, a fine of up to $ 5,000, or both.
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