SINGAPORE: On Aug 26 (Wednesday), a 23-day jail sentence was given to a person who made greater than 1,000 cellphone calls to 4 completely different police centres in Singapore from April 21 to twenty-eight, 2026, however saved silent when the calls have been answered.
Thirty-seven-year-old Foo Jia Hong, a Singaporean nationwide, entered a responsible plea to voluntarily obstructing the officers at Yishun Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC).
In response to reporting from CNA, Foo made 425 silent calls to Yishun NPC, and a whole lot extra at police centres in Ang Mo Kio North, Bedok and Geylang, for a complete of 1,035. Three extra prices in relation to those calls have been considered for Foo’s sentencing.
The offence of obstructing a public servant within the discharge of his public features has a most jail sentence of six months and a fantastic of as a lot as S$6,500.
After efficiently tracing the place the calls got here from, the police arrested Foo in Could, after which he was remanded on the Institute of Psychological Well being for psychiatric evaluation.
Though he was identified with a light mental incapacity, the report from IMH mentioned this situation didn’t straight contribute to his offences.
The prosecution requested for a jail sentence of three to 5 weeks for Foo, with Deputy Public Prosecutor Ng Jun Kai mentioning that he had been convicted for one more offence at first of final 12 months.
Foo’s lawyer Daniel Atticus Xu, in the meantime, requested for a two-week jail sentence for Foo, declaring that he had made his calls to police centres, and to not the hotline for emergencies.
District Choose Koo Zhi Xuan acknowledged Foo’s gentle incapacity, however added that deterrence wanted to be thought of for his sentencing.
The backstory
The police first launched a press release on Foo’s case on Could 12, saying that he had taken elaborate measures to hide his identification, together with utilizing a overseas quantity to make the calls.
After his identification was established, officers from Woodlands Police Division arrested him on Could 11.
The quantity that Foo utilized in calling the police centres had been registered to a overseas employee, who mentioned he had thrown away the SIM card for that quantity.
Foo had discovered the SIM card at an evening market in Ang Mo Kio earlier this 12 months, when he bought a second-hand cell phone.
He admitted to having made the requires “enjoyable and delight.” /TISG
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