Two Indian nationals were each jailed for 18 weeks after pleading guilty to the amended charge of failing to disperse despite being lawfully commanded to do so during the Little India riot on Dec 8 last year.
Thangaiya Selvakumar, 25, and Thiagarajan Sribalamurugan, 23, had originally faced rioting charges, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years in jail and caning, as compared to two years and/or a fine for disobeying dispersal commands. Their sentences will be backdated to the date of their arrests on Dec 8.