He was given a short detention order for 12 days, a day reporting order for five months with counselling and an order to complete 80 hours of community service over a year.
He would have been liable for up to twice the maximum penalty for voluntarily causing hurt: Up to six years' jail, a fine of S$10,000, or both. The criminal justice system reflects the values of society, and the starting point should be that such criminal conduct should never have happened, with"no excuses", said Mr Shanmugam.Beyond this, an inter-agency sentencing advisory panel will be set up to issue non-binding sentencing guidelines to help achieve more consistency in sentencing and better public education on such issues.
To help the public find out more about the sentencing process, the Ministry of Home Affairs and MinLaw have prepared a guide on sentencing in Singapore, with the help of the AGC and the Law Society.
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