This photograph made available by The New Paper on December 9, 2013 shows rioters on a rampage in Singapore's Little India district late on December 8.-AFP/New Paper/ Jonathan Choo
The first man to plead guilty to rioting during last December’s unrest in Little India was sentenced to 30 months in jail and three strokes of the cane.
Ramalingam Sakthivel, 33, was also sentenced to 27 months’ jail for causing mischief by fire, after the court had earlier seen CCTV evidence that showed he had attempted to set a private bus on fire. The sentences are to run concurrently, and to be backdated to his remand date of Dec 8.
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