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Coronavirus: Woman caught not wearing mask in Sun Plaza tells court she has multiple personalities

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By Shaffiq Alkhatib, Court Correspondent, The Straits Times, 12 June 2020 at 5:33 pm SGT
Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamsamy was filmed taunting a man while demanding he remove his mask to speak to her.
PHOTO: Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamsamy was filmed taunting a man while demanding he remove his mask to speak to her. Appearing in court via video-link, Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamsamy said: "Even if I were to plead guilty, what evidence is there that I would be given proper help?"
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SINGAPORE - A woman who was caught on video berating at least two men in Sun Plaza shopping mall after refusing to wear a mask told a district court on Friday (June 12) she has "extreme rage" and "multiple personalities" issues.

Appearing in court via video-link, Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamsamy said: "Even if I were to plead guilty, what evidence is there that I would be given proper help?"

District Judge May Mesenas replied that Kasturi, 40, may be served a mandatory treatment order (MTO), which would compel her to undergo treatment for mental conditions in lieu of jail time.

The jobless Singaporean decided to admit to her offences when she heard this and added: "Show me some help... Give me some help."

Kasturi pleaded guilty on Friday to one count each of harassment, using criminal force on a policewoman and an offence under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act.

Three other counts of harassment will be considered during sentencing.

Kasturi was spotted with a mask in her hand while in the mall at around noon on April 29. When told to put it on, she refused.

Instead, she insulted mall staff and hurled vulgarities at a security officer.

The incident was caught on a video which was widely shared. It shows Kasturi taunting a man while demanding he remove his mask to speak to her.
Woman confronts man in shopping mall. Kasturi taunting a man while demanding he remove his mask to speak to her.
PHOTO: Woman confronts man in shopping mall. Kasturi taunting a man while demanding he remove his mask to speak to her. The man in front of her, wearing a red polo shirt, appears to be wearing a “safe-distancing” monitor’s pass around his neck.

“Are you all dumb? Or sophisticatedly stupid?” the woman says. Her outburst comes just days after another woman was charged in court for refusing to wear a mask because she was “sovereign.”

When a security guard approaches and asks why she refuses to don the mask, she doesn’t answer but rather tells him to maintain distance from her.
“You are security officer, you maintain the distance,” she says. The guard then walks off holding his phone to make a call.
The police came and that lady, identified by them as a 40-year-old Singaporean, has since been arrested for assaulting a police officer.
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She was back at the mall at around 2pm on May 7. This time, she reacted after mall staff, as a condition of entry, wanted to scan her NRIC to facilitate contact tracing.

"The accused threw her NRIC onto the table and was vulgar towards the mall staff. The accused was asked to leave the premises but proceeded to walk into the mall although her NRIC had not been scanned," said Deputy Public Prosecutor Stephanie Koh.

At the third storey of the mall, she sat on the floor and when a security supervisor approached her, she told him that she was "exercising".

Kasturi then abused him with vulgar language.

Police arrived soon after and she was arrested for verbally abusing the security supervisor.

While Sergeant Geraldine Quek Jie Yi was trying to handcuff Kasturi, she resisted arrest and scratched the officer's right forearm.

As a result, the policewoman suffered a 5cm scratch and sought treatment at Woodlands Polyclinic.
At the third storey of the mall, she sat on the floor and when a security supervisor approached her, she told him that she was 'exercising'.
PHOTO: At the third storey of the mall, she sat on the floor and when a security supervisor approached her, she told him that she was "exercising".
Police arrived soon after and she was arrested for verbally abusing the security supervisor. While Sergeant Geraldine Quek Jie Yi was trying to handcuff Kasturi, she resisted arrest and scratched the officer's right forearm.
As a result, the policewoman suffered a 5cm scratch and sought treatment at Woodlands Polyclinic.
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On Friday, Kasturi told the court: "I'm in a lot of pain. Hope we can get through this quickly... I do not trust the system because you are abusing me here."

She, however, agreed for defence lawyer Diana Ngiam to represent her pro bono (free of charge).

Judge Mesenas has called for a report to assess Kasturi's suitability for an MTO.

She will be sentenced on June 26.

For verbally abusing another person, an offender can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to ＄5,000.

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PHOTO: Let’s not be too quick to form conclusions before we know more the case. However, while the Sun Plaza lady might have her reasons for not wanting to wear a mask, her behaviour towards the mall staff and the police was indeed uncalled for, and she will face punishment under the law for her actions.

That doesn’t mean, however, that when we discuss this case with friends or online, we should make sweeping statements, or worse, point fingers at the wrong people.

While Sun Plaza lady wasn’t respectful, we shouldn’t stoop to the same level. [2]
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Most of us are not mental health experts, so we should stick to what we do know: God is good, loves us, and does not forsake his people.
Most of us are not mental health experts, so we should stick to what we do know: God is good, loves us, and does not forsake his people.
PHOTO: Most of us are not mental health experts, so we should stick to what we do know: God is good, loves us, and does not forsake his people. Pray with those who are struggling within your church. Treat them as fellow image-bearers. Encourage them to seek professional and medical help, if need be. Be available. Walk with them, shouldering one another’s burdens in order to fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). Only then will we love as Christ loved and care well for those who are hurting. [3]
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By Shaffiq Alkhatib, Court Correspondent, The Straits Times, 12 June 2020 at 5:33 pm SGT
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[1] Shaffiq Alkhatib, Court Correspondent, The Straits Times, Coronavirus: Woman caught not wearing mask in Sun Plaza tells court she has multiple personalities, posted on 12 June 2020 at 5:33 pm SGT, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/coronavirus-woman-caught-not-wearing-mask-in-sun-plaza-tells-court-she-has

[2] Jeremy Lee, mustsharenews.com, Sun Plaza Lady Who Didn’t Wear Mask Properly Is A 40-Year-Old S’porean, Police Arrest Her For Hurting Officer, posted on 09 May 2020 at 9:26 am, https://mustsharenews.com/sun-plaza-lady-arrested/

[3] Austin Maddox, What does the Bible say about mental illness?, posted on 08 August 2019, https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-mental-illness


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