S'porean man, 32, released from jail early due to error, says he's 'proud' of early release

A 32-year-old Singaporean man was inadvertently released from jail on the same day he was sentenced due to a court administrative error.

On Oct. 27, 2025, Muhammad Fathurrahman Bin Mohd Adzlan was sentenced and then released.

He was subsequently contacted, after which he voluntarily returned to jail to complete his sentence four days later.

He has since finished serving his sentence.

In a Jan. 30 statement to CNA, a judiciary spokesperson said Muhammad was sentenced to 32 weeks' jail on Oct. 27, but it was wrongly reflected as 20 weeks.

This was because the sentences, which were ordered to run consecutively, were mistakenly recorded as being ordered to run concurrently instead.

Called '995' & said 'S'poreans behave like ISIS, how?'

Muhammad has an extensive criminal record and was previously convicted on five other occasions for a variety of offences, including harassment, nuisance, and violating a personal protection order (PPO).

On Oct. 27, he was sentenced to 32 weeks' jail after being found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from discharging their duty and using abusive language towards them.

According to court documents seen by Mothership, Muhammad called 995 on on Jul. 9, 2025, with the intent of annoying the operator.

He'd told the operator:

“If committing suicide is an offence… Singaporeans behave like ISIS, how?... Police can’t do anything…You will be receiving more calls later on, and some will be fire-related.”

Police then began investigating him. On Jul. 14, 2025, police officers located Muhammad at Pasir Ris Polyclinic.

While they were checking his particulars, he began behaving aggressively, refusing to sit or calm down.

He called an officer "a coward", referred to "ISIS" and "terrorist", and shouted, "police are always disturbing me", alongside other expletives.

He also pointed his finger in the officer's face and challenged him to a fight, throwing punches in the officer's direction.

During the arrest, he put up a violent struggle and punched both men, one officer on the left side of his mouth and the other on his right temple.

He then threatened to sue the Singapore Police Force.

The administrative error

Responding to Mothership's queries, a judiciary spokesperson stated that when Muhammad was sentenced on Oct. 27, his sentences were mistakenly ordered to be run concurrently instead of consecutively.

This was due to "an error in the preparation of the warrant of commitment".

The warrant of commitment is a court order directing law enforcement to jail a person.

After the error was made, it was identified "promptly", and Muhammad returned voluntarily to serve out his remaining sentence.

"The total time spent by him in custody, both before and after his return on 27 October 2025, complies with the imprisonment term ordered by the sentencing judge. This incident did not result in him serving any additional time in prison, nor did it result in the time spent by him in prison falling short of what had been ordered."

The State Courts have since conducted a thorough review, the spokesperson from the judiciary said to Mothership.

"Process improvements have been implemented to prevent similar administrative errors," the spokesperson said.

"This incident did not result in him serving any additional time in prison, nor did it result in the time spent by him in prison falling short of what had been ordered."

Muhammad, who was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, told Stomp that he believed he was the first in Singapore to be "accidentally" released from jail.

He said he was "proud" and "now I finished everything, and I'm a free man now".

"I feel God blessed me. Let the world know."

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