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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Former engineer jailed for OpenNet cable sabotage

A former SingTel engineer has been sentenced to 15 months' jail for taking revenge on his supervisors.

35-year-old Terrance Tan Khoon Shan was convicted of cutting fibre optic cables belonging to OpenNet, in various areas including Clementi, Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh, on more than 600 occasions between March and May last year.

The court heard that Tan's misdemeanour stemmed from his dissatisfaction after he was terminated by telco SingTel.

Tan joined SingTel as an engineer in Aug 2009 and was terminated a year later on Sept 2010.

Unhappy with his supervisors, Tan decided to sabotage them by damaging the cables.

The judge stressed that Tan's unhappiness with his supervisor was "not excusable".

She sentenced Tan to three months' jail on each of the 60 charges, with five to run consecutively, making for a total of 15 months' imprisonment.

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