ITE student jail 10 days for threaten to burn school down
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I understand that gangster like behavior is not accepted but is this guy really capable of carrying out such an act? Welcome to yellow ribbon movement, Muhammad.
Fiery words = 10 weeks jail
By Desmond NgUPSET about your grades? Here's a lesson on what not to do about it.
Former ITE student Muhammad Faizal Noor Mohamed was so incensed by his results that he threatened to burn the school down.
The 27-year-old was unhappy with his grades and asked to speak to the lecturers. But the meeting at ITE College Central on Circuit Road didn't go well. Faizal stared at one lecturer, Mr Tammilmani Manickam and said: 'I will burn this place down'.
He was charged with criminal intimidation and sentenced to 10 weeks jail last month. He is appealing against his conviction.
Faizal, a former student of ITE Yishun, had met this lecturer together with ITE College Central lecturer Jessie Ong, an ITE College Central director and four other lecturers from MOE to discuss his grades.
The formal meeting took place last February, according to court papers. Faizal was unhappy that his grades could not get him into a polytechnic.
During the meeting, he became upset with Mr Manickam because he thought the lecturer was being blunt. He stared at him and uttered the fateful words.
Mr Manickam was taken aback. Ms Ong later called the police.
In mitigation, Faizal said he was supporting himself when he was a student at the ITE and had to do 'major part-time jobs' to pay his fees.
He had also planned to further his studies in a polytechnic, but his grades were not good enough.
Faizal had submitted a letter of apology to the ITE saying he regretted his actions, was remorseful and promised to be a law-abiding citizen.
In sentencing, district judge F G Remedios said Faizal had stared at a lecturer at the ITE and, in the presence of the lecturer and other staff, threatened to set the school on fire.
Said the judge: 'It was a threat to do serious damage and was being made by an angry young man whose future was being affected by the grades that he had received. The threat was directed at the lecturer and others whom the accused was holding responsible for his unsatisfactory grades.
'It was clear that the accused intended to alarm the victim, and there was every reason for the victim and the others present to be very alarmed.'
The court also took into consideration another charge of committing mischief for damaging a glass door costing about $940. He did this at 7pm that day, 21/2 hours after making the arson threat.
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topic say 10 days content says 10 weeks...make up your mind..
and 27yrs old still in ITE?
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Originally posted by alwaysbemybaby:
topic say 10 days content says 10 weeks...make up your mind..
and 27yrs old still in ITE?
lol...wait till you know how old old can get...
is that guy indian or something?
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Sorry its 10 weeks, I'm just trying to show that his "crime" doesn't justify for 10 weeks... 10 days is enough.
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He deserve a mega mac
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Originally posted by Deino:
lol...wait till you know how old old can get...
is that guy indian or something?
muhammad is malay!
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what a crazy world.
if you get angry and tell someone, "i'm gonna kill you!"
will you get death sentence for that?
crazy!!!
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Just imagine you hear this threat outside, would they care? Cos school under gahmen property mah...
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u better watch out!
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noob
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seriously suay.
but 27 years old???? ITE?? then want go poly... after poly want go uni is it? graduate at 35? -
Originally posted by sinicker:
seriously suay.
but 27 years old???? ITE?? then want go poly... after poly want go uni is it? graduate at 35?There is no age limit when it comes to education.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
There is no age limit when it comes to education.
ah ma collect cardboard should attend pri sch now to make themself employable!
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My condolences....
But I feel he shouldnt have been sentenced 10 weeks for that.
At most, some suspended sentence, and sent for counselling.
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since when ITE is government?
last time (VITB) Vocation Industry Training Board pte ltd.
ITE is not main stream school.
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Originally posted by Maith:
muhammad is malay!
indian muslim?
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Originally posted by sinicker:
seriously suay.
but 27 years old???? ITE?? then want go poly... after poly want go uni is it? graduate at 35?Precisely what I was thinking.
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Maybe he deserves to be punish for damaging the glass door, but 10 weeks in jail for a comment?
So if my mum says, 'argue, argue somemore and I'll sew your mouth shut!', can I sue her for that?
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The judge did consider of him damaging a glass door. This signals an intention.
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because of his anger, he's to wasted 10months in jail
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if i judge... 1 yr..
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fight fire with fire
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Originally posted by Maith:
muhammad is malay!
lol...i'm sure there's actually a chinese out there by the name muhammad also...
dun generalise...
i was assuming he wasn't malay becoz malays sch fee for ITE very cheap de...
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As a ITE student, I felt disgrace, but he deserve it anyway.