A woman who caused a ruckus during a trial in a district court in 2021, and spat at police officers who arrested her a year later, was on Friday given five weeks’ jail for insulting a judge. This is in addition to
Tan was acquainted with Glynn as a fellow member of a community that shared similar views on being a “sovereign” individual.
She became irate and exclaimed: “This is ridiculous kangaroo court... The kangaroo court requires me to wear a mask... I do not respect the judge.” As part of subsequent police investigations into this incident, Tan was ordered to turn up for an interview at Central Police Divisional headquarters on Aug 10, 2022.A group of police officers went to her Bukit Batok home after a warrant of arrest was issued against her on Nov 10, 2022.Besides receiving an eight-week jail sentence in July 2023 for these offences, Tan was ordered to pay a fine of $4,200, failing which she will have to spend an additional 21 days behind bars.
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