Cenotaph War Monument vandal gets 3 months’ jail, 3 strokes of cane

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A security officer who vandalised the Cenotaph War Monument has been jailed for three months and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane.

Mohamad Khalid Mohamad Yusop, 33, also had to foot the repair cost of S$208. He had used a can of red spray paint to write an “X”, followed by the word “Democracy” on the monument on April 23.

District Judge Lim Tse Haw yesterday described the act as “highly anti-social” and “very selfish”.

The monument was built in 1920 to commemorate the 124 soldiers from Singapore who were lost in World War I. It was later dedicated to the memory of those who died in World War II.

“These soldiers sacrificed their lives so that we can enjoy the peace that we have today,” the Judge told Mohamad Khalid. “By your actions, you have shown great disrespect to the memory of our war dead and hurt the feelings of their descendants.”

Mohamad Khalid could have been fined up to S$2,000 or jailed up to three years and caned between three and eight strokes.