SINGAPORE — The prosecution’s appeal against the short detention order and community service order imposed on a former Singapore Management University undergraduate convicted of filming a woman in the toilet of his internship workplace in 2017 was dismissed by the High Court on Thursday .
With an SDO, an offender will be detained in prison for a maximum of 14 days, but will not have a criminal record upon serving the sentence. The SDO is a community-based sentencing option for low-risk offenders without the stigma arising from imprisonment. “I find it hard to say that District Judge was clearly wrong in his decision to achieve the right balance through a 14-day SDO and 130 hours of CSO. If the District Judge ordered probation as recommended by the probation officer, that would be wrong in the facts here. The District Judge decided correctly that probation was not appropriate in this case,” said Judge of Appeal Tay.
Arguing against an SDO, DPP Chua stated that a community-based sentencing was only appropriate if rehabilitation, not deterrence, was the primary consideration for sentencing. Story continuesDistrict Judge Ng had arrived at a sentence which was disproportionate considering the harm to the victim, contended the prosecution.
The lawyer also told the court that Hoon’s family is still strongly supportive of him and has put into action a 24-hour supervision plan for him.
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