{"id":37319,"date":"2026-03-18T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37319"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:30:40","slug":"man-in-remand-after-absconding-in-assault-case-earlier-jailed-over-post-on-then-president-halimah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37319","title":{"rendered":"Man in remand after absconding in assault case, earlier jailed over post on then President Halimah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> A man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/jail-for-man-who-called-for-then-president-halimahs-death-and-threatened-to-stab-judge?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">served a jail sentence in 2025 after calling for then President Halimah Yacob\u2019s death in 2023<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is now in remand after absconding in a separate case.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Vickreman Harvey Chettiar, 35, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-who-called-for-then-president-halimahs-death-on-the-run-after-being-charged-with-assault?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">had been on the run<\/span><\/a> after being charged with assault in 2025, <!-- -->appeared<!-- --> in court on March 18. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Singaporean was charged with failing to attend a court session on July 23, 2025, without reasonable excuse after being released on bail.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He allegedly committed the assault after his release from jail in the case involving Madam Halimah.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to court documents,\u00a0Vickreman was at a pavilion in Yishun Neighbourhood Park at around 7.30am on May 3, 2025, when he allegedly used a shovel to hit a man\u2019s chin and arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The alleged victim had superficial cuts as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Vickreman\u2019s pre-trial conference on his latest charges will take place on March 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For assaulting another person with a weapon, an offender can be jailed for up to seven years, fined, caned, or receive any combination of such punishments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In the case involving Madam Halimah and others, Vickreman was<!-- --> sentenced<!-- --> to 10 months and 12 weeks\u2019 jail in February 2025 after he pleaded guilty to three harassment charges. He also admitted to one count of fabricating false evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Fourteen other charges, including multiple counts of harassment, were considered during his sentencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He published an Instagram story\u00a0on April 30, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-charged-after-allegedly-making-online-post-calling-for-president-halimah-s-death?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">calling for Madam Halimah\u2019s death<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He did so as he felt aggrieved over the executions of drug traffickers, the court heard in earlier proceedings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The public could view the post, and one person alerted the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">After he was charged over the post, Vickreman<!-- --> <!-- -->told a police officer that he wanted to stab a female judge who was presiding over his case at the time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-in-remand-after-absconding-in-assault-case-earlier-jailed-over-post-on-then-president-halimah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A man who served a jail sentence in 2025 after calling for then President Halimah Yacob\u2019s death in 2023\u00a0is now in remand after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}