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SINGAPORE – A man who was jailed in April after spitting on a hotel lobby floor and yelling “crown, crown” is back behind bars for new crimes, including harassment.
Among his latest crimes, Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh made obscenity and racist comments at a security officer and also hurt the man’s religious feelings.
Singh, who was found to have alcohol use and antisocial personality disorders after an examination by the Institute of Mental Health, was sentenced on Wednesday (October 14) to 20 weeks in jail.
The 52-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty to one count of stalking, committing a reckless act and hurting someone else’s religious feelings.
During the sentencing, three other charges were taken into consideration, including a crime under the Covid-19 Law (Temporary measures).
Singh was previously sentenced to two months in jail in April after pleading guilty to one count of reckless act and being a public nuisance.
On March 3, he broke a plate and spat on the floor of the Azur restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel after a waitress told him the restaurant was closed.
After that, he spat on the floor of the hotel lobby and yelled “crown, crown.”
Singh did not learn his lesson after his release from prison and returned to offending soon after.
For his latest offenses, he went to the Suntec City Mall around 11 a.m. on June 28 after consuming at least 20 cans of beer and causing a riot there.
The 31-year-old security guard approached Singh, who told him that he had found a pair of boxers on the ground. Singh also told the young man that he suspected rape may have occurred.
The security guard, who noted that Singh was aggressive and reeked of alcohol, replied that the mall’s security team would follow up on the claims and advised him to leave the premises.
Singh verbally abused the man in vulgar language before being escorted to a nearby taxi rank. Singh boarded a taxi only to return to Suntec City in the same vehicle around 12:15 p.m., the court heard.
The taxi was turning into a different taxi rank when it threw a glass bottle from the moving vehicle. A closed circuit television camera captured the incident and the security guard alerted the police.
Singh got out and was drinking more beer when two police officers approached him around 1pm. The security guard also joined them at the scene.
The officers arrested Singh after he spit on the ground and yelled, “I will wake up every day and kill you.”
For hurting someone else’s religious feelings, he could have been jailed for up to three years and fined.
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