Man who left pork with offensive note outside woman's home given 4-month jail sentence for insulting religious beliefs
SINGAPORE: On Tuesday (Oct 6), Daniel Goh, who had placed a piece of pork along with an offensive note outside the home of a Muslim woman, was sentenced to four months in jail. Goh, a 37-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one charge of insulting religious beliefs under the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act for the incident that occurred on Mar 15 of this year. District Judge Kamala…
Singaporean Daniel Goh was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday (Oct 6) after placing pork and an insulting note outside a Muslim woman's home. Goh, 37, pleaded guilty to insulting religious beliefs under the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, as reported by CNA. District Judge Kamala Ponnampalam took into consideration Goh's mental health issues, noting he suffered from treatment-resistant schizophrenia with residual auditory hallucinations and anxious distress, as stated by CNA.
The judge acknowledged the potential for religious enmity and hatred his actions could have caused. In September 2022, Goh began having dreams about being arrested if he didn't act, court heard. He then researched where Muslim people lived, put the pork and note at an HDB block in Tampines around 5:35 a.m. on March 15, and the homeowner found it at around 3:00 p.m. that day.
Goh was aware of his wrongdoing and had deliberately planned the incident, according to court documents. The prosecutor requested a four and a half month sentence, emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace and harmony among Singapore's diverse faith communities.
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