Three months’ jail for Singapore man who kicked woman in racially charged attack


Wong Xing Fong was also ordered to pay the victim S$13.20 as compensation.- ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A man who racially insulted a stranger and kicked her in the chest in May 2021 was given three months’ jail on Monday (Aug 7), after a district judge stressed that racial and religious hostility can have dire consequences in Singapore’s society.

Wong Xing Fong, 32, attacked Hindocha Nita Vishnubhai near Northvale condominium in Choa Chu Kang on May 7, 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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