Appeal judge ups jail term for man who punched cabby By Selina Lum THOSE who assault public transport workers will be firmly dealt with by the courts, an appeal judge warned on Tuesday as he tripled the jail term for a man who pushed and punched a cabby.
Wong Hoi Len, 50, was initially sentenced to one months' jail in March for the assault on 49-year-old taxi driver Toon Chin Joon.
The two men got into a scuffle after Wong threw up in Mr Toon's taxi. The cabby died at the scene of a heart attack.
Wong appealed against his jail term but Justice V. K. Rajah decided to stiffen his sentence instead to three months.
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Before I read the story my mind was the jail term was set at 3 years. So triple the sentence would mean 15 years. Fair, so I thought. Then when I read it, I was shocked to know it's only 1 month, times that by 3 = 3 months. WTF is 3 months. With good behaviour, he is probably getting less than 2 months jail term. WTDoubleF. Hey, don't forget we are the publics' servants too.
