SINGAPORE – A former Mediacorp producer was sentenced to two weeks jail for slapping, spitting and hurling vulgarities at two police officers.

Ms Zhao Xiaotian, 26, admitted to slapping Sgt Muhammad Fahmi Osman, and spitting twice at Sgt Muhammad Hafiz Kamsari on April 26 last year.

According to Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao, on the day of the incident Ms Zhao had gone to Tanjong Beach Club on Sentosa Island at about 1pm to meet her friends. They had drinks and remained there throughout the evening.

At about 8.30pm, a security guard heard a sound coming from the swimming pool area. When he went to check, he found that Ms Zhao was topless in the pool.

He asked her to put her bikini top back on, and she compliedd with his instruction. But she once again took off her top and went back into the pool soon after that.

Noticing this, the guard asked her to produce identification, but she refused to co-operate and started behaving aggressively, prompting him to call the police.

Ex-Mediacorp producer jailed 2 weeks for slapping, spitting at police officers

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When the two police officers arrived at the scene, they again asked Ms Zhao for identification. But she remained uncooperative, and started spouting vulgarities before placing her black bikini top on Sgt Fahmi’s shoulder.

When the officers warned her about her conduct, she slapped Sgt Fahmi across his face.

Following her actions, the officers decided to arrest Ms Zhao, but she continued to put up a struggle. When Sgt Hafiz tried to restrain her in the back seat of the police vehicle, she spat at him twice.

According to Shin Min Daily News, her blood-alcohol level was found to be 121mg per 100ml of blood.

Ms Zhao’s lawyer, Mr A. K. Nakoorsha, said that she was a first-time offender, and deeply regretted her actions. The New York University graduate also decided to give up drinking following the incident, Shin Min reported.

He added that she will be appealing her sentence, and was allowed bail of $10,000.

seanyap@sph.com.sg

If you felt that the weather was a little too hot to handle in the last couple of days, you were not overthinking it.

As forecast in Meteorological Service Singapore’s (MSS) fortnightly weather outlook issued last Friday (Apr 15), the country has been experiencing significantly warmer temperatures over various parts of the island over the last few days.

The highest daily maximum temperature recorded was 36°C on Tuesday (Apr 19) and as of 3pm today, it was 35.1°C. Both temperatures were recorded at Choa Chu Kang, announced the National Environment Agency in a joint statement with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social and Family Development and Ministry of Manpower.

For two days, Apr 17 and 18, the daily maximum temperatures recorded at weather stations islandwide ranged between 31.4°C and 36.4°C and between 31.3°C and 35.8°C respectively.

Also on the aforementioned days, the daily mean temperatures recorded were very high at 30.3°C and 30.9°C respectively. Both temperatures were recorded at Tai Seng.

But the highest daily mean temperature recorded so far this year was 31.3°C at Pasir Panjang on Tuesday. Over at the Changi climate station that same day, the daily mean temperature recorded was 30.6°C. This surpasses the highest ever recorded daily mean temperature of 30.2°C back on June 22 last year.

The long-term mean monthly temperature for April is 28.0°C.

According to the government agencies, warm temperatures are common during the inter-monsoon months of April and May when there is strong solar heating and the winds are generally light.

Climatologically, April is the warmest month of the year.

However, unlike how it has been in Malaysia, the temperature in Singapore is not likely to reach 40°C due to the moderating effect of surrounding seas.

MSS forecasts that high temperatures can still be expected for the rest of the week, although a gradual easing is likely.

Closer to the weekend, more showers may be expected.

Members of the public are advised to take precautionary measures to minimise the risk of heat-induced illnesses during warm weather.

ssandrea@sph.com.sg