When the Mandarin interpreter told him about the verdict and relayed to him the judge's question on whether he wanted to defer sentence or go to prison immediately, Ng sat in silence, shaking his head. He decided after a few minutes that he would begin his sentence.Justice Aedit Abdullah upheld his jail term of 10 months for one count of voluntarily causing hurt using a dangerous weapon.
The former actor had attacked the worker, who was cleaning a ventilation duct in a canteen area on Dec 11, 2018, with a heavy metal scraper.In the lower court, Ng. He claimed that the victim had asked him to beat him and teach him. Ng said he learnt how to throw fake punches during his acting days and did not actually hit the victim or injure him.
Ng appointed lawyer Chung Ting Fai for his appeal in the High Court on Friday. Mr Chung argued against the conviction and asked for a lower sentence, and for the prosecution to disclose video footage that purportedly showed Ng faking his punches and the victim pretending to be injured.Mr Chung argued that had Ng really used a metal scraper on the victim, his injury would have been greater.
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