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SINGAPORE: Feeling the effects of the pills he had bought in Geylang, a man went to a mosque where he felt “extreme power” and repeatedly undressed despite attempts by others to put on his clothes.
Djamaludin Supadi, 53, was sentenced to six months in prison on Monday (May 11) on four charges including public nuisance, cursing and beating a police officer, and possessing weapons.
A fifth accusation of damaging a drum in the mosque was taken into consideration for sentencing.
The court heard that Djamaludin went to Masjid Darul Aman at 1 Jalan Eunos around 5.40 p.m. March 3, with the intention of praying.
The unemployed man claimed that he saw and heard an angel known as Jibrail and felt “extreme power”. He later admitted to taking “powerful” pills that he had bought from a person in Geylang before going to the mosque, and said that these pills “gave him extra energy.”
At the mosque, Djamaludin first went to a set of drums on display near the prayer hall. He unhooked the string that cordoned off the audience’s drums and picked up a drum known as “kentong,” which is normally used to call the congregation to prayer.
Djamaludin used the kentong to hit a hanging drum with great force, before falling to the ground with the kentong, causing cracks in the instrument that cost S $ 2,000 to repair.
He rolled before getting up, undressing before lying on the ground again.
An imam at the mosque alerted an operations and facilities officer, who went to the scene and found Djamaludin dressed only in his underwear.
THE MOSQUE OFFICER FOLLOWS HIM AROUND, URGING HIM TO DRESS
But Djamaludin soon took off his underwear, threw his clothes out of the area, and went to the bathroom, followed by the officer who asked him to put on his clothes.
Djamaludin apologized to the officer, who asked his colleague to call the police and find a match for the criminal.
Djamaludin began to put his clothes on the front porch, before taking off his clothes again and putting only his pants on.
The officer clung firmly to Djamaludin’s waist to keep the man from taking off his pants again and tried to convince him not to undress anymore.
However, Djamaludin managed to remove the rest of his clothing. The officer immediately put the sarong on and took him to a bench, but Djamaludin took it off and wanted to leave the mosque completely naked.
Along with a colleague, the officer clung to Djamaludin and placed the sarong over his private parts.
Two men called the police. According to the prosecutor, one of the men was so disturbed that he told the police: “I have a naked Malaysian man opening everything. I also see that I cannot bear it.”
There were six to seven people in the mosque at the time, with CCTV footage showing that people were walking when Djamaludin was naked.
His acts caused discomfort to staff members and worshipers at the mosque, the prosecutor said.
When the police arrived and tried to speak to Djamaludin, he got up and hit one of the officers in the ribs.
He also cursed the police before they arrested him in the middle of a violent fight.
After being arrested, two folding knives were found in Djamaludin, along with three knife refill cases with five to seven blades in each case.
AN AGGRAVATED AND EXTENDED DISTURBANCE OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP: THE JUDGE
District Judge Marvin Bay told Djamaludin that his actions “amount to a prolonged and aggravated disturbance of a place of worship.”
“You misused a kentong as a drum and they damaged it. You also undressed on several occasions and were repeatedly rejected by members of the mosque staff to restore decency by dressing you,” the judge said.
He said the sentence “should be sufficient to deter acts of serious crime in sanctified places of worship such as mosques.”
For causing harm to a police officer, Djamaludin could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined or fined.
For possessing offensive weapons, you could have been jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
He could have been fined up to S $ 1,000 for public nuisance.
