An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man for committing Rash Act and Voluntarily Causing Hurt with Dangerous Weapon.
On 10 December 2013 at about 6.13 pm, a 25-year-old male Indian Construction Engineer called “999” and reported that a man had assaulted him with an umbrella and also threw a glass bottle at him in the vicinity of Serangoon North Avenue 6. The victim also alleged that the man had hurled vulgarities at him and told him that: “You Indian go back to India”.
Following the report, officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted extensive inquiries and through follow-up investigations, the identity of the suspect was established. The suspect was eventually tracked down and arrested in the vicinity of Serangoon North Avenue 3 on 17 January 2014.
The suspect will be charged in Court on 20 Jan 2014 for the offence of Rash Act under Section 336(a) of the Penal Code, Chapter 224 and Voluntarily Causing Hurt with Dangerous Weapon under Section 324 of the same Act. The offence of Rash Act carries an imprisonment term of up to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $2500/- or with both. The offence of Voluntarily Causing Hurt with Dangerous Weapon is punishable with imprisonment of a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments.
Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Assistant Commissioner Keok Tong San, commended the officers for their doggedness and resolve, adding that
Police will not hesitate to track down those bullies who target innocents and ensure that they face the full brunt of the law. Police will protect all law-abiding persons, citizens or not.
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