Singapore, A 37-year-old Indian construction worker was fined SGD400 on Thursday for defecating on October 30 last year at the entrance to 'The Shoppes' shopping center in Marina Bay Sands, a casino resort.
Appearing in court, Ramu Chinnarasa pleaded guilty to a charge under the Environmental Public Health (Public Cleanliness) Regulations, TODAY newspaper reported.
An image of him committing the act went viral on Facebook last October, garnering more than 1,500 likes, 1,700 comments and 4,700 shares in about two days.
Before that, Ramu had drunk three bottles of hard liquor and was gambling inside the Marina Bay Sands casino, according to the TODAY report.
At approximately five in the morning he left the casino. He wanted to relieve himself but couldn't go to the bathroom because he was still very drunk.
Then, outside a restaurant near the entrance to Marina Bay Sands at 7.01am, Ramu took off his pants, squatted and defecated on the floor.
He then left the building and slept on one of the stone benches outside Marina Bay Sands until about 11am, before returning to his dormitory in Kranji.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Adelle Tai said a security officer at Marina Bay Sands saw a post containing a video of Ramu defecating earlier that day and made a police report.
The prosecution told the court that Ramu had left Singapore on October 31 last year and had returned "some time later".
On June 4 of this year he tried to enter the same casino and was detected as an "undesirable guest." A police report was made and he was arrested.
In response, District Judge Christopher Goh Eng Chiang said, according to TODAY: "Do you know how to get the lowest fine? Don't do this in public."
"Better yet, don't get so drunk that this happens. I want you to know that if this happens again, I hope not, the fine will be higher than today," the judge said.
Prosecutor Kiera Yu asked for a fine of SGD 400 to SGD 500, noting that Ramu had defecated in public for about 10 minutes.
"The offender made no attempt to clean up after himself nor did he inform any cleaner about the act.
"If it were not for the fact that his offense was filmed by a member of the public and subsequently discovered by the MBS security team, the offender's faeces would have been left out in the open for a long period of time, in a public shopping centre." with heavy traffic," added prosecutor Yu.
He also said the damage to public cleanliness was "significant".
Anyone found guilty of defecating in a public place that is not sanitarily suitable for such purpose can be fined up to SGD 1,000 for the first offense and a further fine of up to SGD 100 for each day the offense continues. after conviction.
Appearing in court, Ramu Chinnarasa pleaded guilty to a charge under the Environmental Public Health (Public Cleanliness) Regulations, TODAY newspaper reported.
An image of him committing the act went viral on Facebook last October, garnering more than 1,500 likes, 1,700 comments and 4,700 shares in about two days.
Before that, Ramu had drunk three bottles of hard liquor and was gambling inside the Marina Bay Sands casino, according to the TODAY report.
At approximately five in the morning he left the casino. He wanted to relieve himself but couldn't go to the bathroom because he was still very drunk.
Then, outside a restaurant near the entrance to Marina Bay Sands at 7.01am, Ramu took off his pants, squatted and defecated on the floor.
He then left the building and slept on one of the stone benches outside Marina Bay Sands until about 11am, before returning to his dormitory in Kranji.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Adelle Tai said a security officer at Marina Bay Sands saw a post containing a video of Ramu defecating earlier that day and made a police report.
The prosecution told the court that Ramu had left Singapore on October 31 last year and had returned "some time later".
On June 4 of this year he tried to enter the same casino and was detected as an "undesirable guest." A police report was made and he was arrested.
In response, District Judge Christopher Goh Eng Chiang said, according to TODAY: "Do you know how to get the lowest fine? Don't do this in public."
"Better yet, don't get so drunk that this happens. I want you to know that if this happens again, I hope not, the fine will be higher than today," the judge said.
Prosecutor Kiera Yu asked for a fine of SGD 400 to SGD 500, noting that Ramu had defecated in public for about 10 minutes.
"The offender made no attempt to clean up after himself nor did he inform any cleaner about the act.
"If it were not for the fact that his offense was filmed by a member of the public and subsequently discovered by the MBS security team, the offender's faeces would have been left out in the open for a long period of time, in a public shopping centre." with heavy traffic," added prosecutor Yu.
He also said the damage to public cleanliness was "significant".
Anyone found guilty of defecating in a public place that is not sanitarily suitable for such purpose can be fined up to SGD 1,000 for the first offense and a further fine of up to SGD 100 for each day the offense continues. after conviction.
