30-year-old Kumaran Roy Rajendran was sentenced to one week in jail and a $4,700 fine for getting drunk while he was out on bail for breaching Covid-19 measures and shouting profanities at police officers after being hospitalized.
On April 18, Kumaran went to Commonwealth Crescent without a mask and used his shirt to cover his mouth instead, he was subsequently approached by SG Clean ambassadors to mask up but he insisted that him using his shirt was enough.
Kumaran then tried ordering food from a hawker but was refused service, he became agitated and hurled explicit verbal abuse on one of the ambassadors, who then called the police.
Kumaran walked to one of the ambassadors and pushed him (a 39-year-old man) on the shoulder before making his exit.
He was subsequently arrested and charged on May 15 with breaching Covid-19 rules and then released on bail.
Kumaran snuck out for drinks with his friends at 3am on May 24, during his night shift as a security guard at Science Park Drive and two hours later, he drunkenly fell down and paramedics were called and he was taken to National University Hospital (NUH).
When he awoke, he couldn’t find his belongings so he became agitated at the NUH staff, who then called the police.
The police arrested him on suspicion that he breached liquor consumption rules as he reeked of alcohol but he resisted arrest before eventually being subdued by 3 police officers and 2 security officers.
During his lockup at Police Cantonment Complex, he hurled profanities at police officers.
Kumaran was convicted of four charges:
- Breaching Covid-19 rules
- Using criminal force on SG Clean ambassadors
- Breaching regulations of the private security industry
- Harassaing police officers while they were executing their duty
Three other charged were taken into consideration during sentencing.