A 69-year-old retired lieutenant colonel, while in a drunken state, assaulted a 70-year-old bus captain while on board the bus.
Six weeks jail for retiree after assaulting bus captain
The former military man, Seng Oh Kwang, who is now a retiree was sentenced to six weeks' in jail on Oct. 5, 2020 after pleading guilty to the incident which happened on Aug. 16, 2019, reported Shin Min Daily News.
He had consumed six bottles of beer before leaving to take a bus.
He was already drunk when he boarded SBS bus service 186 at around 11pm, and the bus captain, Thavamani Krishnan, took notice of him after he heard banging noises while driving along Farrer Road.
The bus captain stopped the bus, and requested for him to stop what he was doing.
Unhappy with the bus captain, Seng spent the next 13 minutes approaching the bus captain to question him, grabbed his shirt, and even slapped the driver.
Grabbed bus captain by collar, slapped and hit him
Thavamani could not continue driving the bus that evening due to the attack and some passengers remained on the upper deck to avoid Seng, reported The Straits Times.
After being hit by Seng, the bus captain locked the door of the bus and waited for the police to arrive.
In a 14-minute CCTV security camera footage taken inside the bus, Seng had approached the bus captain a total of 11 times, where he grabbed and shook the captain's collar, slapped him and hit him on the head.
When Thavamani took his phone out to seek assistance, Seng tried to snatch his phone, and pushed another passenger as well.
The bus captain was later taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He was found bleeding from a blood vessel over the whites of his right eye.
After being discharged the following day, he was placed on medical leave for three days, according to ST.
Seng pleaded guilty to one count each of assault and public drunkenness.
According to the Chinese daily, Seng has requested to postpone his date of serving his jail term to Oct. 14, as he hoped to celebrate his granddaughter's birthday with her this weekend.
The judge granted his request, releasing him on a S$5,000 bail.
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