Woman who shouted racist abuse on bus jailed for 4 weeks
SINGAPORE - A woman who hurled racist insults and profanities at another woman on a bus for over seven minutes was sentenced to four weeks' jail on Wednesday (June 23). Siti Ai'sha Jaffar, 40, called the victim, Ms Danaletchmi Selvam, 33, a "stupid Indian" during her tirade, which the court heard was unprovoked. Siti Ai'sha, who was unrepresented and appeared via video link, frowned and lowered her head as two video clips of the incident were played in court. In passing a deterrent sentence, District Judge Tan Jen Tse said that "in no way can this (sort) of offence... stand in our society". The court heard that the incident occurred on Sept 3 last year at around 9.30am, after the victim boarded the service 182 bus from Tuas Checkpoint. She was listening to music using her earphones when she noticed Siti Ai'sha pointing and staring at her. In the two clips played in court, which were taken by the victim, Siti Ai'sha can be seen gesturing and shouting at the woman, calling her a "minority". In the first clip which lasted 15sec, she can be heard saying: "Your heart is also black... everything is black" and in the second clip, which was 4min and 21sec long, she said: "stupid Indians......
