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SINGAPORE: An ex-inmate who featured in CNA’s prison documentary Inside Maximum Security has been sentenced to jail again for offences including the delivery of contraband cigarettes and importation of stun guns.<\/p>\n
Graceson Ang, 41, was sentenced on Thursday (Oct 15) to three years and one month’s jail,<\/strong> with an additional 510 days’ jail because he reoffended while he was on remission.<\/p>\n This adds up to just over four years and five months’ jail.<\/p>\n Ang pleaded guilty to six charges which included the importation of stun guns without a permit, making a false statement that he had lost his passport, failing to present himself for a urine test and conspiring to deliver contraband cigarettes.<\/p>\n Another nine charges were taken into consideration.<\/p>\n Ang had appeared in a documentary by CNA in 2022 that charted the journey of inmates in prison, sharing his background and his fears about his wife leaving him and his concern for his daughter.<\/p>\n Ang had previously served jail time for offences including drug-related crimes and criminal intimidation.\u00a0<\/p>\n The court heard that Ang was placed under compulsory supervision on Nov 15, 2022 for 60 months from Nov 19, 2022 to Nov 18, 2027.<\/p>\n During this period, he was not allowed to leave Singapore without the approval of the supervision officer.<\/p>\n However, he left Singapore for Malaysia without approval on Nov 23, 2022 and returned a day later.<\/p>\n Then, in February 2023, Ang bought two stun guns from an overseas seller from an online shopping platform.<\/p>\n The devices could emit an electric current and could injure a person. They fell within the definition of arms in the Arms and Explosives Act and were controlled imports as a licence was required for their import into Singapore.<\/p>\n The parcel was intercepted at SingPost Centre on Mar 7, 2023 by a screening officer with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, who noticed the parcel after it went through an X-ray machine.<\/p>\n Ang also admitted to engaging in a conspiracy with one Lim Jun Hong to deliver duty unpaid cigarettes worth more than S$175,000 (US$136,500) on Feb 8, 2023.<\/p>\n As Ang was under the supervision order, he was required to present himself for a urine test at certain intervals.<\/p>\n However, he failed to do so on Apr 3, 2023, and he had no medical certificate or valid reason justifying his failure.<\/p>\n He also failed to show up for his urine tests on more than 100 other occasions.<\/p>\n Ang returned to Malaysia again without permission and was arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint on Jun 17, 2025, after being deported from Malaysia.\u00a0<\/p>\n Shortly after, he was charged and remanded <\/strong>in Singapore.<\/p>\n Deputy Public Prosecutor Niranjan Ranjakunalan sought a total sentence of 36 months and six weeks’ jail to 42 months and eight weeks’ jail, along with an enhanced sentence of 490 to 550 days’ imprisonment.<\/p>\n He said that while Ang may have shown rehabilitative prospects while he was in a halfway house, he committed the first set of offences just four days after leaving the halfway house.<\/p>\n The reoffending points to weak prospects of rehabilitation, said the prosecutor, adding that it would be artificial to view such prospects “in a vacuum”.<\/p>\n Defence lawyer Anil Singh Sandhu of Kertar & Sandhu sought 32 months and six weeks’ jail instead, with an enhanced sentence of 355 days’ jail.<\/p>\n Mr Anil said his client has three children, the oldest of whom lives with his client’s parents. The two younger children are in the care of their mother.<\/p>\n He said Ang’s wife commenced divorce proceedings while Ang was remanded, and the divorce was finalised in November 2025.<\/p>\n The matrimonial proceedings became a source of significant stress for Ang, said Mr Anil.<\/p>\n He said Ang attended a programme at the halfway home before being released, working as a mover and a florist.<\/p>\n After he was released, he tried to secure employment which would allow him to contribute financially towards his parents’ household expenses and to assist his children.<\/p>\n He could secure only a sales assistant role at a car dealership, where he received a basic salary of about S$500, with a commission of the same amount for each successful sale, said Mr Anil.<\/p>\n Because of his inexperience, Ang’s base salary was lower than those of his colleagues. He was “ashamed” that he had been unable to carry out his responsibilities as a son and father, said the lawyer.<\/p>\n As Ang was new to the industry, there were months when he made no sales and earned only S$500, said Mr Anil.<\/p>\n It was against this backdrop that Ang asked a friend about employment opportunities and was referred to the job involving contraband cigarettes.<\/p>\n He was to act as a lookout, collect the sale proceeds and coordinate with drivers making the deliveries, earning about S$300 per delivery.<\/p>\n Mr Anil quoted a psychotherapy report prepared by the Centre for Psychotherapy, which stated that without stable self-worth, a lawful identity and structured employment, Ang became vulnerable to familiar peer or offence-linked environments that offered him a temporary sense of belonging, income, status or escape.<\/p>\n According to the report, he was especially vulnerable to opportunities that appeared practical, work-related or financially beneficial. He did not pause to check their legality, distance himself from risk or seek advice before acting, it added.<\/p>\n Mr Anil said Ang has benefited from therapy and the centre has put in place a plan to focus on his continued rehabilitation and reintegration into society.<\/p>\n “He begs for mercy, and he promises he will not reoffend,” said the lawyer.<\/p>\n In sentencing, District Judge Lorraine Ho noted Ang’s “recalcitrant behaviour” and the amounts involved in the contraband cigarette offences.<\/p>\n Ang, who attended court via video-link from his place of remand, furrowed his brow as he listened to the sentence.<\/p>\n He was allowed one phone call to speak to his family after the case concluded.<\/p>\n For making a false statement in his passport application, he could have been jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to S$10,000, or both.<\/p>\n For failing to report for a urine test while under a supervision order, he could have been jailed for up to four years, fined up to S$10,000, or both. He was also liable to receive an enhanced sentence for offending while on remission.<\/p>\n For conspiring to deliver contraband cigarettes, he could have been jailed for up to three years, fined, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE: An ex-inmate who featured in CNA’s prison documentary Inside Maximum Security has been sentenced to jail again for offences including the delivery of contraband…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--LqzU5tBi--\/c_crop,h_576,w_1024,x_0,y_12\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/07\/24\/graceson.png?itok=_5jHGO79","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9976,6281,31731,780,6445,7568,2293,563,1890],"class_list":["post-93200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-committing","tag-documentary","tag-exinmate","tag-jail","tag-maximum","tag-offences","tag-prison","tag-release","tag-security","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93200","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=93200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}THE CASE<\/h2>\n
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