52-year-old Lee Hui Yin, was previously charged on 11 November under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act and the Protection from Harassment Act for her actions during a court hearing on 18 August 2021.

She is now facing an additional 3 more charges, given to her on 28 November, with 2 of them being for her failure to attend to orders served to her by a public servant.

She is facing a total of 7 charges.

She had reportedly failed to show up at the Central Police Division HQ for police investigations on 2 occasions, on 10 August 2021 and 31 August 2021.

Her third (additional) charge is for her failure to appear at the state courts on 15 September earlier this year.

Police’s previous statement on 11 November

The Police will be charging a 52-year-old woman on 11 November 2022 for offences under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act and the Protection from Harassment Act for her actions during a court hearing on 18 August 2021.

On 18 August 2021, the woman was seated in the public gallery at the State Courts during a trial involving Mr Benjamin Glynn. She was asked to step out of a courtroom to adjust her mask, which was askew. She then used insulting words towards a District Judge of the State Courts by shouting “This is [a] ridiculous kangaroo court”, “if the kangaroo court requires me to wear a mask” and “I do not respect the judge”.

The woman will be charged with an offence of using insulting words towards a public servant, which is punishable under Section 6(3) of the Protection from Harassment Act. If found guilty, the woman is liable for enhanced punishment under Section 8(1)(d) of the Protection from Harassment Act as she was previously convicted and sentenced in April 2014 to a mandatory treatment order for committing a similar offence. In addition, the woman had behaved in a disorderly manner in the courtroom on 18 August 2021. Hence, she will also be charged with an offence of disorderly behaviour in the immediate vicinity of a court under Section 20 of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act.

The offence of using insulting words towards a public servant, punishable under Section 8(1)(d) of the Protection from Harassment Act, may be punished with imprisonment of up to two years, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. The offence of disorderly behaviour under Section 20 of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act is punishable with imprisonment of up to six months, a fine of up to $2,000, or both.

In addition, the woman is being investigated for offences of failing to attend in obedience to order from public servants under section 174 of the Penal Code, as well as offences involving the use of criminal force against Police officers under section 353 of the Penal Code.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
11 November 2022 @ 8:53 AM

Recap

Benjamin Glynn, the Briton charged with not wearing his mask on a train and again outside the state courts, was in court on 18 August 2021 to contest his four charges of not wearing a mask, public nuisance and his use of threatening words to a public servant.

One of Benjamin Glynn’s supporters, Lee Hui Yin, was not wearing her mask properly when a security guard told her to do so.

She then reacted to the guard angrily as her mask slipped down and she had her entire mask off her face.

District Judge Eddy Tham then told her to step outside if she was not wearing a mask.

The agitated woman then exclaimed: “This is a ridiculous kangaroo court!”

The security guards then approached her as she told them: “You don’t touch me, I have no contract with you!”

She then said something about this not being about a mask, but about “control”.

A man then tried to admit himself as the accused’s (Glynn) lawyer but failed because he didn’t have a practising license, then told the security guard to refrain from “provoking” the woman.

Judge Tham then ordered the woman to be taken out of the courtroom: “That is enough interruption, please bring her out of the courtroom now.”

Proceedings were halted as the woman was hauled out of court, she then exclaimed as security guards surrounded her (without touching her): “You don’t tell me what to do, I’m a living, breathing woman. Shut up. I do not respect the judge.”

As the judge was away, Glynn continued his taunting remarks at the prosecutor: “Back to law school for you, Mr Koh.”

A 32-year-old auxiliary policewoman was sentenced to 4 weeks imprisonment after pleading guilty on 30 November to providing false information to the police.

She had falsely accused her colleague of raping her in 2020, before being found out after authorities investigated her phone, according to The Straits Times.

What happened?

The woman was exchanging explicit messages in an intimate Whatsapp chat with her colleague in August 2020, planning to sleep with him.

She later lodged a police report the following month (September) against him, claiming that she was raped by the 36-year-old man.

She said in a statement to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that the man had messaged her and invited her to his home.

She claimed that the man persistently called and messaged her even though she declined his request, and she said that she eventually agreed but she later reported that the man assaulted her after she went to his home.

Her phone was then searched and her offences then came to light when her messages were found by the authorities.

The woman then made another statement in December maintaining that she was raped, but the authorities then referred to the intimate messages between the two, and she then eventually admitted that she was not raped.

Netizens shared how there was an “explosion” heard at the Tampines West MRT station on 25 November at about 12am, according to a forum post on Hardwarezone and STOMP.

SBS Transit address the explosion and said that there was a “very loud noise” from one of the train cars that had stopped at the station.

The Vice President (Special Grade), Customer Experience and Communications, SBS Transit, Grace Wu, said that the passengers were evacuated from the train as a precautionary measure, and no injuries were reported.

She added that train services remained in operation while they are investigating the incident, and that they apologise to affected passengers.

A netizen told STOMP that there was smoke coming out from the door following the explosion, and people were panicking and rushing out of the train.

She added that the police and SCDF were seen arriving at the scene, and that they were all badly traumatised.

The SCDF also confirmed that they had received a call for assistance at 651 Bedok North Road, but their assistance was not required.

Another account on Hardwarezone

MRT explosion at Tampines West

Was on the last train from DT Expo towards Chinatown direction and there was a loud explosion sound at the door beside me just when door was closing.

Some smoke and everyone quickly rush out of the train.

Didn’t stay around to see what’s wrong.

I suspect it’s a battery explosion. No fire seen. The whole train was shaking.

I have very bad experience with food Panda. I ordered food last night. The status showing delivered after I waited for an hour, but the food was not delivered to me.

I contact the helpdesk thru chat, the onky platform available. The staff picked up the issue and said will check but get hold for so long and finally said wait for 2-3 mins then after 10 mins, just ended the chat said technical problem.

I login another chat and pick up with opening and ended again. So i thought it’s really have system issue. I just follow up again and ask for refund.

the answer nothing they can do as it’s delivered to registered address despite knowing the fact I didn’t receive it.

The rider also didn’t call me if they can’t find address or whatever.

I don’t have experience the food was not delivered to me before , means my address is correct recorded so why this time penalised me for their mistake?

So they can just put status delivered , the customer didn’t receive it , it’s not their problem??? It’s kinda cheating case for me.

Please be careful using Pandafood. For me, I will ban this platform and will never use them anymore..

48-year-old Xavier Yap Jung Houn, who is being accused of murdering his twin sons Aston Yap Kai Shern and Ethan Yap E Chern on 21 January, has hired new lawyers to represent him.

His new lawyers, Patrick Nai, Choo Si Sen and Choo Yean Lin from Tan Lee & Partners; and Muhammad Razeen Sayed Majunoon from Advance Law, will be replacing his previous lawyers Anil Singh Sandhu of Kertar & Sandhu.

He is expected to return to court on 28 February 2023 and faces the death penalty if convicted of murder.

Recap

Xavier Yap Jung Houn, 48 years old, was charged in court on 24 January with murder following the death of his two 11-year-old twin sons.

The two boys’ bodies were found in a canal near the playground along Greenridge Crescent, at Upper Bukit Timah.

Yap appeared in court via a video link and his charges were then read out to him.

His lawyer, Mr Anil Singh Sandhu, said that the grieving family was still in mourning of the loss of the two young boys.

The police said on Saturday that they had received a call for help at about 6.25pm on 21 January from a man along Greenridge Crescent.

Police officers arrived and the man’s two 11-year-old sons were found lying motionless and subsequently pronounced dead by a paramedic.

The death of the two boys sparked the deployment of the police’s Gurkha and K-9 units, as they conducted a search in the forests near Toh Tuk Road, in Upper Bukit Timah.

The police then followed up on all the possible leads and investigations were conducted around the clock, Yap was then subsequently arrested by the police.

The offence of murder carries the death penalty.

A 43-year-old cyclist died on the morning on 30 November after an alleged hit and run accident along Adam Road.

He was discovered by the police at about 6.29am yesterday, unconscious along the road heading towards Lornie Road before the exit to PIE.

He was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries and died, and two men are currently assisting the police with investigations.

The Straits Times reported that the 2 men who are assisting with investigations are the owner of a white Mercedes who was involved in the accident, and the man’s acquaintance.

The deceased was a member of the Australian and New Zealand Association (ANZA) cycling club.

Appeal for witnesses