A 25-year-old Russian woman, Daria Sevostianova, who was arrested after being drunk outside Orchard Towers on 15 May 2021, had used vulgarities on a policewoman while she was in lock-up.

She was fined $1,600 on 26 April after pleading guilty to one charge of harassment, with another 2 charges being considered during her sentencing.

The incident happened on 15 May 2021 at about 11pm, with the police receiving a call about two women fighting in a toilet on the first floor of Orchard Towers.

Daria was later seen drunk outside Orchard Towers at about 12.02am, and she was then arrested for being a public nuisance and brought to a lock-up at Cantonment Complex.

During her medical examination at the triage area of the lockup, she used vulgarities on a policewoman, who then warned her about her use of foul language.

She also threw a bloodstained tissue paper at the officer.

The Malaysian drug trafficker Datchinamurthy Kataiah, was set to be hanged today at dawn (29 April) was granted a last-minute stay of execution following a High Court ruling on 28 April.

He had represented himself at the High Court, as well as another hearing at the Court of Appeal.

Kokila Annamalai, a local activist, shared news of Datchinamurthy’s stay of execution onto her Facebook page

Here is what she said

“Stay of execution granted for Datchinamurthy Kataiah!

Datch just told his sister over a televisit after the hearing that he won – he was granted a stay of execution, on the grounds that he has a civil case pending before the court. The judge asked the prosecution if they intend to appeal, and the prosecution said they hadn’t decided.

Datch argued this case on his own. He had no lawyer, no family or well-wishers present for moral support. He was in prison, by himself, facing off against public prosecutors. He spoke up to the judge, made his case, and persuaded the judge to grant him a stay of execution.

This is what it looks like when we rise up. It is Datch’s courage, and his family’s unflinching perseverance, that made this happen. Today Datch achieved what no Singapore lawyer dared to try. The fight is far from over. Datch’s life is only safe until his civil case is over.”

She later shared an update on the case, with an appeal by the prosecution against his stay of execution, saying

Here is what she said

“UPDATE: The prosecution’s appeal was heard by a three-judge bench at the Supreme Court and dismissed!! Take that, AG!

Alarming update on Datch’s case:

Mere minutes after we received the incredibly relieving news that Datch won himself a stay of execution, the AGC filed an appeal, and the hearing was set immediately, for 2.30pm today. If the AGC wins this appeal, Datch can still be executed at dawn tomorrow.

Datch was not given a chance to secure a lawyer for this appeal. He won, and was almost immediately brought back via teleconference for the 2.30pm hearing at the Supreme Court, via teleconference. The hearing is ongoing as I write this.”

Utheyakumar Nallathamby, 65-years-old, was sentenced to 5 days imprisonment after admitting to a cheating by personation charge on 27 April.

He was unvaccinated and had used another person’s TraceTogether app to enter a bar at Sentosa last year.

The person to allowed Nallathamby to use his app, Kiran Singh Rugbhir Singh, a 37-year-old Malaysian, was also jailed 5 days in February for letting Nallathamby pose as him.

Singh and his girlfriend met Utheyakumar on 9 September last year for a drink in Hougang.

The three of them later went to Sentosa to drink some more and they then went to Bikini Bar, where an assistant manager there refused to allow him to enter as he was unvaccinated.

Singh then suggested that the three of them head to Coastes bar and enter using his (Singh) TraceTogether app that had his vaccination status.

Utheyakumar went ahead with his suggestion and used Singh’s phone to enter with the woman, while Singh waited outside.

Utheyakumar was drinking there when the Bikini Bar assistant manager then spotted him and remembered that she didn’t allow him to enter her bar as he was not vaccinated.

She then told the staff at Coastes and a check was then done on Utheyakumar’s phone, and it was found that the phone belonged to Singh the matter was then reported to a duty manager at Sentosa Development Corporation.

The police were then alerted to the incident.

A Bangladeshi worker was killed on Wednesday after being hit on the head by a steel beam that he was repositioning.

The steel beam had toppled and hit him on the head, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday (28 April).

The fatal accident occurred at 7A Neythal Road in Boon Lay at about 2pm, and it is the 7th workplace death that occurred this month.

MOM said that the victim, a 42-year-old Bangladeshi worker, was repositioning steel beams to prepare it for storage and transportation.

He was trying to secure a lifting clamp onto one of the steel beams when it suddenly toppled towards him, hitting him on the head.

He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.

MOM added that the worker’s employer, Ace Surface Treatment, has been told to stop all repositioning works for steel beams, and that investigation are ongoing.

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