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We read in the papers
Flower pot from HDB
block kills girl.
Man threw
bottles from flat.
Students held
over water bombs.
Mug hurled
down hits girl's head.
There are many reasons
why people throw things
from an apartment. In
many instances, things
are placed in a careless
manner and they drop when
the wires holding them
corrode, when the wind
blow, when they are
knocked down
inadvertently. Sometimes,
people throw things down
out of boredom or during
a quarrel. Sometimes,
people throw things such
as cigarette butts,
orange skins or coke
bottles because they are
too lazy to dispose of
them properly.
Offending parties can
be arrested and jailed.
Further, their flats can
be acquired compulsorily
by the HDB.
In one case, a man
flew into a rage during a
family dispute and hurled
eight kitchen items
including a three-litre
bottle of cooking oil and
a wok out of his sixth-floor
window. Other items
included a pot, two
bottles of soya sauce, a
claypot and a metal pot.
Later he assaulted his
children. When he left
the flat to go downstairs
he punched a friend
before smashing an altar
at a void deck with a
chair. He pleaded gulity
to three charges of
committing a rash act and
mischief and for punching
his friend. Two other
charges of causing hurt
to his son and daughter
were taken into
consideration. He had
pushed his daugher
causing her to hit her
head on the floor and
slapped his son on the
face. He was jailed three
months for the rash act
and three weeks for
punching his friend and
fine $1,000 for mischief.
The jail sentences are
concurrent (that means he
was jailed for a total of
three months).
