Man who made 1,035 calls to neighbourhood police centres for ‘fun and enjoyment’ gets 23 days’ jail
Foo Jia Hong had made the calls to Yishun, Bedok, Geylang and Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood police centres.
Singaporean Foo Jia Hong, a 37-year-old man with mild intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, was jailed for 23 days in August after pleading guilty to making 1,035 prank calls to four neighbourhood police centres (NPCs) over a week in April. Foo obtained a SIM card from a second-hand mobile phone, registered to a foreign worker, and used it to call the NPCs for "fun and enjoyment".
His calls, totaling 425 to Yishun NPC, 308 to Bedok NPC, 278 to Geylang NPC, and 24 to Ang Mo Kio NPC, blocked phone lines as unanswered calls delayed the answering of subsequent ones. Foo was arrested on May 11. In court, the Deputy Public Prosecutor urged a sentence of up to five weeks' jail, emphasizing the SIM card's role in complicating police identification and causing the foreign worker to be investigated.
However, Foo's defense lawyer requested a two-week sentence, noting that his client contacted the NPCs, not 999.
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