A 49-year-old Singaporean man, Peh Choe Kong, was caught throwing a cigarette butt onto the ground in a public place, he was subsequently fined $3,600 on 7 May and sentenced to 12 hours of corrective work order, where he has to don a CWO vest and sweep the roads in public.
This is the man’s 8th time being convicted for littering, he was previously convicted between 2008 and 2018.
NEA officers witnessed Peh throwing a cigarette butt on the floor outside Tampines 1 Mall on 9 July last year.
Peh however, claimed in court that he actually threw it into a makeshift container on the floor.
The prosecution’s case was accepted in the end and Peh was convicted, with his 7 prior convictions being considered during the sentencing.
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