‘Talk to rich people nicely, you’re a poor girl’ – 2 women fined $3k each for verbally abusing auxiliary police officer
SINGAPORE - The victim was merely doing her job but had to suffer insults such as "talk to rich people nicely, you're a poor girl". These words came from two women after an auxiliary police officer approached them for smoking outside a designated area. Koh Lee Yen, 50, and Chee Kam Fah, 49, were each fined $3,000 on Wednesday (Sept 8). They pleaded guilty each to one count of using insulting words against a public service worker. Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority records show that Koh and Chee are shareholders and directors of jewellery retailer Gold Star Resources. They also hold shares in other companies while Chee is a director in various firms. The court heard that the incident occurred on Sept 21 last year, outside shopping mall Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road. Ms Asyikah Suri Kamsari was on duty with her colleague in the area. She was authorised under the National Environment Agency to carry out enforcement action against public health offenders. She spotted Koh and Chee smoking outside the designated area and approached them for their personal particulars, so that she could issue a summons to them. The duo started verbally abusing her as she was recording Koh's detai...
