36-year-old Lavan, who bore a resentment against the Central Narcotic Bureau (CNB), had mistaken a man for being a CNB officer at an HDB estate and punched the guy, before attacking another person about 20 minutes later with a pair of scissors, according to The Straits Times.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of affray and another charge of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, as well as two other charges for missing urine tests, and he was sentenced to 9 months and 6 weeks imprisonment on Monday (8 May).
What happened?
The incident(s) happened on 31 December 2022 after Lavan had drunk about 1.5 bottles of rice wine and was intoxicated at the time.
Lavan was near Block 337 Jurong East Avenue 1 along the sheltered walkway at about 4.35pm in the afternoon when he noticed the victim, 44-year-old Daniel Tan Yeow Boon, whom Lavan had mistaken for being a CNB officer.
He then approached and confronted the victim, uttering vulgarities at the latter and telling him: “You CNB ah? You think you CNB I scared ah?”
He then threw a punch at the victim, who then retaliated and fought back.
A motorcyclist then noticed the fight and tried to step in to break up the fight, but after he left the scene, the two then resumed their fight before Lavan then walked away.
Lavan then proceeded to a carpark near Block 340 Jurong East Avenue 1 when he chanced upon Tan once again, this time at the carpark trying to drive a vehicle.
Lavan then stood in front of Tan’s vehicle to confront him once more, but Tan was able to drive away. However, in the process, Lavan had used a pair of scissors that was in his possession at the time to slash at Tan’s vehicle, scratching one of the car doors.
Following the incident, Tan suffered fracture(s) on his finger as well as a bruised forehead in the fight with Lavan and received 14 days of hospitalisation leave.
Not the end, still got second victim
After the first victim had driven off, Lavan then noticed 47-year-old Mohammad Faizal Khan Sherin Khan near Block 339 Jurong East Avenue 1.
He approached the victim from behind and stabbed him in the back. Faizal turned around and tried to confront Lavan but the latter simply ignored him and left.
Faizal suffered a puncture wound on his back that measured 0.5cm and received 2 days of medical leave, a police report was also lodged against Lavan, who was eventually arrested.