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Source:
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Written Answer to
Parliamentary Question on (a) how many convictions were there for
offences under section 143 of the Penal Code; and (b) of these,
how many were sentenced to imprisonment and how many were
sentenced to 5 or more months of imprisonment for each of the last
ten years, 22 May 2007 |
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Mr Siew Kum Hong: |
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To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Home Affairs for each of the last ten years |
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(a) how many convictions were there for
offences under section 143 of the Penal Code; and |
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(b) of these, how many were sentenced to
imprisonment and how many were sentenced to 5 or more months of
imprisonment. |
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Mr Wong Kan Seng: |
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The number of persons convicted, imprisoned
and those who were sentenced to 5 months imprisonment or more under
Section 143 (Punishment for unlawful assembly) of the Penal Code, for
the last 10 years (1997 to 2006), is provided in the table below. |
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No. of persons
convicted, imprisoned and sentenced to 5 months imprisonment or more
under Section 143 of the Penal Code |
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
No. of
persons convicted
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571
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453
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486
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254
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217
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Imprisoned
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121 |
123 |
128 |
113 |
86 |
| 5 months
imprisonment or more |
24 |
8 |
3 |
15 |
18 |
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
No. of
persons convicted
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242
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347
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295
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234
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272 |
Imprisoned
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128 |
146 |
97 |
72 |
92 |
| 5 months
imprisonment or more |
24 |
30 |
21 |
11 |
3 |
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Source:
www.mha.gov.sg News Release 22
May 2007 |
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