{"id":81269,"date":"2026-09-01T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81269"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:41:02","slug":"repeat-offender-jailed-for-assaulting-colleague-in-coleman-street-causing-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81269","title":{"rendered":"Repeat offender jailed for assaulting colleague in Coleman Street, causing brain injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A recalcitrant offender who has been in and out of jail for crimes, including assault, is back behind bars after he punched a colleague, causing a traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The current case involved Muhammad Adli Amran\u2019s fourth violence-related conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Even though the 47-year-old victim has recovered, he still has not regained his sense of smell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Adli, 31, was also involved<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/15-charged-after-allegedly-letting-syndicate-use-their-singpass-to-set-up-shell-companies?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\"> in an unrelated case<\/span><\/a> in which a company obtained work passes for nine foreigners when it did not employ them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Aug 31, he was sentenced to nine months and 22 weeks\u2019 jail, and a fine of $1,200.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He had pleaded guilty to one count each of assault, and an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For the assault case, the court heard that Adli was a bouncer at a Coleman Street nightspot while the older man was a manager there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A commotion involving other individuals took place inside the club in the wee hours of May 3, 2025, and the victim yelled at Adli over the way he had handled the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The two intoxicated men got into an altercation, and Adli punched the victim, who fell and hit a glass panel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Their colleagues called for an ambulance and Adli was then arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">At the hospital, the victim was found to have suffered a traumatic brain injury, which caused him to lose his sense of smell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He was given hospitalisation leave until May 17, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In an unrelated case in 2022, the court heard that Adli had a discussion with two people, including one \u201cAh Boy\u201d, about opening a restaurant with singers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Adli handed Ah Boy pictures of his identity card, and the latter<!-- --> <!-- -->made Adli the registered director of a company called Chira King.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The two men later had a dispute over Adli\u2019s proposed share in the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ministry of Manpower (MOM) prosecutors Mohd Fadhli and Melanie Tan stated in court documents that Ah Boy took over and ran Chira King. Adli did not participate in its decision-making and was unaware of its operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">From around mid-2023 to July 2024, Ah Boy would occasionally send Adli QR codes through WhatsApp, asking him to scan them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On other occasions, Adli received QR codes from an unknown telephone number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He also provided Ah Boy with one-time passwords to facilitate logins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The MOM prosecutors said Adli knew that Ah Boy was making work pass applications for foreigners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Yet, he continued to scan the QR codes and provide the one-time passwords whenever Ah Boy asked him to do so, without ascertaining the work pass transactions being carried out under his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">By doing so, Adli had allowed others to access and use his Singpass and Chira King\u2019s Corppass details for work pass transactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Corppass serves as the digital identity used to access MOM\u2019s work pass system, and allows a business to apply for a work pass, the court heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On multiple occasions between February and July 2024, work passes linked to Chira King were obtained for nine foreigners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">However, the company did not employ them, and Adli did not even know where they worked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">However, he received $100 in cash each month from other parties, including Ah Boy, between mid-2023 and July 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">MOM arrested Adli in September 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/repeat-violent-offender-jailed-for-assaulting-colleague-in-coleman-street-causing-brain-injury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A recalcitrant offender who has been in and out of jail for crimes, including assault, is back behind bars after he punched a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81270,"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-81269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81269","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=81269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}