Singapore — A district court heard on Thursday (Jun 24) that a man who used racist language in harassing two women on separate occasions is planning on pleading guilty on Jul 27 to the charges against him.
Fifty-two-year-old Periyanayagam Appavoo faces two counts of harassment and one count of using criminal force on a man.
Neither the accused nor his victims’ nationalities have been made public.
His first charge of harassment stems from an incident on Apr 23, 2020.
Periyanayagam reportedly told a woman only identified as Ms Kamsuna, “Be careful as I would return to beat you… You Chinese people bring the Covid into Singapore.”
This occurred in Sengkang, at a supermarket on Rivervale Drive.
Just two months later, on Jun 23, he was at Sengkang General Hospital when the next incident occurred.
Periyanayagam is said to have abused a nurse named Catherine Lam with vulgar language.
“You are Chinese, Chinese people are stupid. I want an Indian doctor,” he allegedly told her, pointing his finger at her.
Around the same time this incident occurred, while he was still at the hospital, he allegedly grabbed Mr Muhammad Faizuan Ahmad Juan by the neck, which is why he faces a charge of using criminal force.
The Straits Times (ST) says there are no additional details on Ms Kamsuna and Mr Faizuan.
ST also reported that in a separate case, a woman received a four-week jail sentence on Wednesday (Jun 23) for the racist insults and vulgarities she spoke at another woman on Sept 3, 2020.
Unprovoked, 40-year-old Siti Ai’sha Jaffar called a 33-year-old woman a “stupid Indian.”
/TISG
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