Singapore court fines driver S$5,000 over waste left outside neighbour’s flat
A Singapore court fined private-hire driver Martin Chua Kim Soon S$5,000 after he pleaded guilty to twice leaving urine and faeces outside a neighbour’s flat. The 67-year-old said he believed a lorry driver in the same neighbourhood had punctured his tyres, according to the supplied report.
A Singapore court fined a 67-year-old private-hire driver S$5,000 after he pleaded guilty to twice leaving urine and faeces outside his neighbour’s flat, the South China Morning Post reported. The fine was equivalent to US$3,920 in the supplied account. The man was identified as Martin Chua Kim Soon.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting behaviour under Singapore’s Protection from Harassment Act and paid the fine in full on Tuesday. The court heard that Chua believed a lorry driver living in the same neighbourhood had punctured his tyres. The source material does not provide further details about the alleged tyre damage or explain whether the lorry driver was identified.
Chua was working as a private-hire driver with Tada at the time of the offences and lived in the same neighbourhood, according to the report. The supplied material does not state the exact dates of the incidents, the neighbour’s identity or whether any other penalties were imposed.
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