Woman gets short detention order for assaulting boy, using racial slur on him
A woman was sentenced to a short detention order (SDO) after uttering a racial slur at a teenage boy and assaulting him.
Lynn Chan, 20, was given a week-long SDO. Offenders who get SDOs are detained in prison for up to 14 days. They will not have criminal records after serving their sentences. Chan was also given a six-month Day Reporting Order (DRO) and must perform 180 hours of community service.
DROs require offenders to report to a day reporting centre for monitoring and counselling, and to undergo rehabilitation programmes. Chan had pleaded guilty to one count of assault in August.
On 22 March, the 13-year-old boy (who cannot be named due to his age) was waiting for his mother to fetch him from his school in Yishun at about 5.50pm. Chan, who was on the second floor of a nearby block, uttered a racial slur at the boy. She also began shouting at him asking if he wanted to fight. The boy ignored her.
Chan then went down and confronted him. She hit the left side of his face with an empty plastic bottle. She also slapped his face at least five times. The two got into a struggle, and Chan bit the boy on his back. The boy’s teacher witnessed the incident and came to the boy’s aid. The incident was caught on video on the teacher’s in-vehicle camera.
The boy’s mother arrived and called the police at about 6.20pm. He was taken to a clinic for treatment. He suffered scratch marks on his face, scratches on his knee and bite marks on his right shoulder blade. According to The Straits Times, Chan wanted to give the boy $318 and an apology letter as restitution, but they were rejected by the boy’s father.
Chan will begin serving her sentence on 17 October. She could have been jailed for up to two years and fined up to $5,000 for causing hurt.
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