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.
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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.
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