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SINGAPORE: Singer Mohamad Aliff Aziz, 29, was sentenced to two weeks in jail and a fine of $ 500 Singaporean on Tuesday (September 15) for robbing an Indonesian celebrity and behaving in a disorderly manner outside Orchard Towers.
Aliff, who is represented by four attorneys, including lead attorney Murali Pillai, agreed that a third count of theft of a cigarette pack and a lighter be taken into consideration.
Mr. Murali, from the Rajah and Tann Law Firm, had taken up the case with attorney Daniel Ho and two other attorneys as investigative advisers. His request for an evaluation to see if Aliff was eligible for a mandatory treatment order had been granted, but Aliff was found to be unfit.
A mandatory treatment order orders an offender with treatable psychiatric conditions to undergo psychiatric treatment instead of going to jail.
Aliff had pleaded guilty to stealing around S $ 300-1,000,000 Indonesian rupees (S $ 93.70) from a bag belonging to Indonesian Raja Yunika Perdhana Putri while in her hotel room in June last year.
He had met with her to discuss how he could help her advance her singing career in Indonesia.
A few months after this, Aliff made a scene while drunk near Orchard Towers, screaming loudly and drawing a crowd.
Police asked him to calm down and followed him to make sure he didn’t cause any more trouble, but Aliff started yelling loudly again and kicked the bumper of a taxi around 6.25am.
He later got into a fight with an acquaintance and was arrested by the police.
Deputy Prosecutor Pavithra Ramkumar requested at least two weeks in jail and a fine, noting that Aliff was previously fined for theft in 2014.
Murali said he was “happily in agreement” with the prosecutor, as the defense had asked for a short jail sentence and a fine, which would be “sufficient fair merits.”
He said that while a mandatory treatment order was not recommended for Aliff, the psychiatrist found that the singer suffered from adjustment disorder at the time of the crimes, which is relevant on the issue of guilt.
The prosecutor responded that the psychiatrist had also noted that this “minor mental condition” was unrelated to Aliff’s crimes and behavior.
District Judge Victor Yeo said he took into account Aliff’s guilty plea, his expression of remorse and the fact that he made full restitution to the victim.
For theft, he could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined. For being disorderly in a public place, he could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to S $ 2,000, or both.
