Yin Zi Qin, a 23-year-old dental student from the National University of Singapore, was recently sentenced to 12 days of detention.
He was also subjected to a day reporting order for five months with counselling, and must complete 80 hours of community service over a year.
Yin had strangled his ex-girlfriend who refused to get back together with him, and pressed his thumb firmly against her left eye until it bled.
The victim passed out from the incident.
The People's Action Party Women's Wing has come out with a statement regarding the incident.
Here it is:
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