The woman acknowledges that she poured coffee on the lion dance suit, disrupting the competition

Singapore: A 52-year-old woman has damaged a lion dance suit, pouring her coffee and hitting her head at the West Coast Community Center.

In a separate incident, Lim Sok Lay repeatedly pushed a man he suspected had scratched his nephew at a cafe in Punggol.

She pleaded guilty on Monday (February 3) for an accusation of each of the mistakes and criminal strength. Two other charges will be considered when convicted on February 26.

The husband of Lim, the 60 -year -old Cheang Hock’s husband, is also accused of pouring coffee on the lion dance suit and disrupted a lion dance show. He is about to plead guilty on February 21.

The couple made the news in 2022 when they were fined for harassment of neighborsOne of whom was a medical assistant, shouting “Covid scatter” and spraying disinfectant to their apartment.

On Monday, the court heard that Lim and Cheang were in a running dispute with their son in terms of his participation in a lion dance band.

Lim did not like her son who was associated with the band, because she thought it was a bad influence on him, said the public prosecutor Tin Shu Min.

On July 29, 2023, the couple knew that her son’s band played at the West Coast Community Center and went there to face them.

When they arrived, they saw the band preparing for a competition. Around 3.45 pm, Lim poured the coffee over the dance suit of the band, causing spots that could not be removed. He also hit the head of the costume.

These actions caused damages of $ 1,330 (US $ 970), because the costume could no longer be used in leu dance competitions.

A lot of about 200 people participated in the competition, and Lim’s actions disrupted the event for about 10 minutes. She had to be escorted from the place.

A previous incident of February 2023 involved him by pushing a man who thought he scratched his nephew’s nose.

On February 2, 2023, Lim and other family members were at a cafe at Waterway Ridge, an HDB property in Punggol. The victim, a distant acquaintance of the family, was there too.

The victim offered to wear the five-month-old Lim’s nephew. He wore the child as he queue for food in front of Lim’s family and also after he joined Lim’s family.

Later that evening, Lim saw a scratch on the child’s nose and thought the man caused her.

Research has shown that there is no evidence that the victim caused scratching, said Mrs. Tin.

The next morning, Lim faced the victim at the cafe and pushed him five times before leaving.

Lim’s lawyer, Nichol Yeo, said he could make the voluntary refund for half of the damages to the lion dance suit, after sharing the amount with her husband.

He told the court that Lim committed the crimes while he is “extremely frustrated” and at a “moment of madness” and was a remorse.

He said that Lim went to look for his son at the community center when he did not raise phone calls.

As for the use of criminal force to push the man, Mr. Yeo said that Lim did this because she was worried about her nephew.

The punishment for wickedness is a term of imprisonment of up to two years, a fine or both. The punishment for the use of criminal force is up to three months in prison, a fine of up to $ 1,500 or both.