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SINGAPORE: A recalcitrant prank who has been in court since 1996 made 31 unwelcome calls to the police the day he was released from prison.
For this reason, Pay Kiaw Keng, 59, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment on Tuesday (December 11).
Pay, who is unemployed, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of boring phone calls to emergency numbers, and 24 other counts have been taken into account.
The court heard that Pay was released from Changi prison on June 6 this year after being jailed for similar offenses.
He immediately went to a coffee shop in Hougang to drink alcohol, taking over 10 large bottles of beer for lunch.
He went to a nearby supermarket and bought nine more bottles of beer than he went to drink on an empty bridge nearby.
In doing so, he noticed a payphone nearby and began making many unwelcome calls to the 999 police helpline while he was drunk.
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The salary was largely inconsistent in the 31 calls he made to the police.
After making these calls, he returned to his brother's apartment, where he caused a ruckus and angered his brother.
He then went to buy beer and went back to the apartment where he again caused a scene, until his brother locked him up outside and called the police.
HE HAS BEEN CONDEMNED MORE THAN 10 TIMES: PROSECUTOR
Deputy Attorney General Tang Shangjun has asked for at least 21 months' imprisonment, noting that the law has been applied to the law by Pay since 1996.
Since then, he has had more than 10 sets of convictions involving either sending fake messages or unwelcome calls. In 2017, he was sentenced to 14 months in prison for sending false messages and making unwelcome calls.
The prosecutor added that Pay, who was suffering from the alcohol addiction syndrome, recidivated the day of his release and was intoxicated.
Abuse of emergency phone numbers is a serious offense, he said.
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Pay's attorney begged for clemency and leniency, asking the judge to impose a mandatory treatment order because the prison sentence "did not help".
In response, the prosecutor said: "If he really wants to get treatment, he can do it in prison."
District Judge Eddy Tham has imposed the sentence requested by the prosecution, asking Pay to "think about what you want to do with your life when you go out".
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