Tan Boon Lee was sentenced to five weeks’ jail and a S$6,000 fine on Dec 29, 2022. - SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A former Ngee Ann Polytechnic senior lecturer, who was seen in a viral video last year making racist remarks to an inter-ethnic couple, was on Thursday (Dec 29) sentenced to five weeks’ jail and a S$6,000 fine.
Tan Boon Lee, 61, had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges – one count of wounding an individual’s racial feelings and another of possessing obscene films. Two other charges were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
