SINGAPORE – A man with a record of hurling vulgarities at strangers took out his frustrations on officials at the 2023 Presidential Election after finding it difficult to locate the entrance of a polling station.
His behaviour later escalated and he verbally abused a police officer at the scene.
On March 2, Chee Teng Yew, 60, was sentenced to two weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to harassing a public servant on duty.
The prosecution asked the court to treat Chee as a repeat offender, pointing out that he had previously hurled vulgarities at strangers on two separate occasions, in July 2019 and December 2022.
In total, four similar offences were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
