SINGAPORE: A man was charged on Wednesday (May 13) with making 1,035 silent phone calls to police hotlines over a week.
Foo Jia Hong, a 37-year-old Singaporean, was ordered to be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for medical examination.
Foo was handed four charges of obstructing a public servant in the discharge of public functions, and a fifth charge of using another person’s personal information to commit an offence.
According to charge sheets, Foo made the calls between Apr 21 and Apr 28 this year to the landlines of neighbourhood police centres in Yishun, Bedok, Geylang and Ang Mo Kio North.
