Shaffiq Alkhatib<\/b><\/span> A man who scuffled with his neighbour over a longstanding parking dispute in a landed estate was sentenced to a week in jail and fined $7,500 on Feb 24.<\/p>\n Seah Chin Leong, 43, who has since moved to another property, pleaded guilty on Feb 9 to offences including harassment and fighting in a public place. A total of 14 other charges<\/a><\/span>, including multiple counts of harassment, were considered during his sentencing.<\/p>\n In earlier proceedings<\/a><\/span>, Assistant Public Prosecutor Chye Jer Yuan told the court that Seah and his family moved into a house near Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 in or around July 2022.<\/p>\n His neighbour Neo Shi Ming, 37, lived in a house nearby.<\/p>\n The prosecution had described Neo as a co-accused, but court documents did not say whether he had been charged or dealt with earlier.<\/p>\n Shortly before 3am on Aug 1, 2024, Seah confronted Neo over the parking of the latter’s vehicle outside Seah’s home.<\/p>\n A scuffle then broke out between the two men, and Neo’s sister alerted the police.<\/p>\n Around 12.45am on Nov 5 that year, Seah threw two glass bottles from his house towards a car belonging to Neo’s father, which was parked on a road outside Seah’s house.<\/p>\n One of the bottles struck the right rear passenger side, damaging a door panel and a low skirt panel.<\/p>\n The cost of the repair was around $900, according to the quotation provided, the APP said.<\/p>\n Neo made a police report shortly after 1am that day, saying he had caught his neighbour throwing glass bottles at the vehicle.<\/p>\n The following month, he alerted the police again, saying his neighbour had kicked his car.<\/p>\n On Feb 22, 2025, Seah was seen burning joss paper in a bin on a road outside his home around 3.30am.<\/p>\n Concerned the flames were near a car belonging to the Neo family, a person, who was not named in court documents, used a garden spray to douse the burning joss paper.<\/p>\n A dispute then broke out, during which Seah used a metal stick to hit the Neo family’s gate. The estimated cost to replace the gate was between $1,000 and $2,000.<\/p>\n Seah was arrested on May 6, 2025, and he has since paid more than $3,000 for the damage caused.<\/p>\n His bail was set at $15,000 on Feb 24, and he is expected to begin serving his sentence on March 4.<\/p>\n Have something to say? Join in!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See something interesting? Contribute<\/a> your story to us.<\/p>\n
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