Indian jailed for nine months for Little India riot

July 03, 2014 13:05

A 28-year-old Indian was today jailed for nine months in Singapore for being a member of an unlawful assembly during the Little India riot last December, becoming the 13th Indian to be imprisoned in the country's worst street violence in 40 years.

Palanivel Dhasmohan, who worked in the construction sector in Singapore, pleaded guilty to one charge of being part of an unlawful assembly by show of criminal force aimed to intimidate public servants carrying out their duties to maintain law and order in the vicinity of Little India, a precinct of Indian-origin businesses, eateries and pubs.

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