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AGC Media Statement: Prosecution's Appeal Against Manifestly Excessive Sentence (PP vs Lim Choon Teck)
22 September 2015
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This appeal was heard and allowed by the High Court today. It was an unusual appeal. It was the Public Prosecutor’s appeal against a sentence that the Public Prosecutor considered to be manifestly excessive. The offender, Lim Choon Teck (“Lim”), was sentenced to 8 weeks’ imprisonment for committing a rash act to endanger the personal safety of others. As a result of the appeal, this sentence was reduced to 3 weeks’ imprisonment.