Jail, caning for man who pulled knife on stranger, bit officer

A man pulled a knife on a stranger at a shop on the first floor of a Housing Board block because he thought the stranger was staring at him.

- Andrew Wong

The man later bit a police officer during his arrest, as he believed he was being treated unjustly.

On Sept 25, Yoji Amashiro pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a weapon in public and another of causing hurt to a public servant.

Amashiro, 30, was sentenced to a year and 120 days' jail along with six strokes of the cane.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Hidayat Amir said Amashiro, a Singapore national, was at a shop in Buangkok Link at around 6pm on March 29.

At the same time, a 35-year-old man had just collected a parcel at the shop and was talking to an employee.

As Amashiro was leaving the shop, he felt the man was staring at him. He pulled out a flip knife with a 6.5cm-long blade, pointed it at the man and asked him "if he had a problem".