Taxi stomper jailed for drugs

By Khushwant Singh

SHE made the headlines by stomping on the roof of a taxi early this year and then lying down in the middle of Hougang Avenue 9, causing vehicles to come to a screeching halt.

On Tuesday, Huynh Thanh Ha appeared contrite in the dock of a district court. With tears running down her cheeks, the Vietnamese national pleaded guilty to taking drugs the night before her bizarre behaviour and was jailed six months for drug consumption.

The 19-year-old, who is married to a Singaporean, was also jailed two weeks for endangering public safety by acting rashly and lying down in the middle of a road. As the second sentence was ordered to run concurrently, she will serve only six months behind bars.

Asking the court to impose a lenient sentence on Huynh, her lawyer Tan Cheng Kiong told the court that his client had marital woes. She had married a 39-year-old Singaporean man in July last year but found it difficult to settle down here. She would try to drown her sorrows with liquor and on Feb 15 she met a Vietnamese woman who passed her a red pill which her new friend claimed would make her feel much better.

Instead, Huynh ended up intoxicated and committing offences such as lying on a busy road the next morning, the lawyer said. Two other charges for causing damage amounting to $428 by stomping on the roof of the taxi and ignoring police warnings to calm down, were taken into consideration by the judge when sentencing.

likeyou

27 Jul 10, 19:18

Heard many stories of foreign wife are like that.

dechang

27 Jul 10, 23:20

She should have divorced the guy and taken half of his assets..that is the smart thing to do..

ditzy

27 Jul 10, 23:23

There should be a separate law for FTs, one is to deport them back to where they came from, and banned permanently from entry into singapore.

dechang

27 Jul 10, 23:31

The PAP is so happy to have foreigners in the country so they won't deport them back lah

ditzy

27 Jul 10, 23:32

If I stomped on a taxi, created a public nuisance of myself, and consumed drugs, I'll most probably be hanged.

dangerboi

28 Jul 10, 23:23

20 years old difference...

Simple_Bear

29 Jul 10, 14:06

She not used to stress level in Singapore...

Rock^Star

29 Jul 10, 15:11

its so paradoxical lol. The taxi stomper stomped on the taxi and was stomped.