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A 41-year-old Australian private jet pilot has been deported from Singapore after serving 10 weeks in jail for physically and verbally abusing police officers and causing a public nuisance while drunk.

What happened

On the evening of Jun. 14, 2018, Cameron Lachlan Milne had been drinking at a hotel in the Marina Bay Area, the Ministry for Home Affairs said in a press release.

The Straits Times reported that Milne had drank two pints of beer with friends in the Boat Quay area and then went on to share two bottles of vodka with his friends at a bar in Pan Pacific Singapore.

At about 1:30am on Jun. 15, Milne left the bar to buy water at a nearby mall.

Some workers were carrying out cable installation works nearby, and Milne approached a lorry involved in the cable installation works. He climbed onto it and began throwing around the equipment inside.

The supervisor of the works called the police when Milne refused to get down from the lorry.

Milne then tried to run away but fell down.

In the process of falling down, he pulled down a National Serviceman, who was escorting the installation works, along with him and tore the NSman's shirt in the process.

When the police arrived, they arrested Milne for causing annoyance whilst drunk.

In the police car, however, Milne continued to cause a ruckus as he repeatedly kicked the driver and front passenger seats where two officers were seated.

While an officer seated in the backseat with him tried to restrain him, Milne kicked him on the left side of the head behind his ear, which caused injuries to the officer.

Milne also tried to bite the officer's hand twice, and hurled abusive words at the three officers escorting him in the car.

Sentenced to 10 weeks' jail and S$5,000 fine

On Mar. 18, Milne sentenced to 10 weeks' jail and given a S$5,000 fine for:

• Two counts of using criminal force on a public servant;
• One count of voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from the discharge of his duty;
• One count of attempted voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from the discharge of his duty;
• Three counts of using abusive words towards a public servant;
• And causing annoyance whilst drunk.

After his conviction, Milne's Employment Pass was also cancelled.

He was deported from Singapore on May 11 after he served his sentence, and is barred from re-entering Singapore.

MHA said it has "zero tolerance of acts of violence against public servants who are carrying out their duties, and will not hesitate to take strong action against those who do so".

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