Man who assaulted stranger wearing cap with Israeli emblem gets 3 weeks’ jail

Published Nov 02, 2026, 05:05 PM

Updated Nov 02, 2026, 05:05 PM

Muhammad Asyraf Said, 30, was sentenced to three weeks' jail after pleading guilty to assaulting Alan Sim, 55, in Sengkang on Oct 27, 2025.

Asyraf had earlier seen Sim wearing a cap with an “Israeli emblem”.

Police said Sim had received a stern warning over displaying a foreign national emblem in a public area.

SINGAPORE – A man who rained blows on a 55-year-old stranger wearing a cap bearing an Israeli emblem was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Nov 2.

Singaporean Muhammad Asyraf Said, 30, pleaded guilty to assaulting Alan Sim in Rivervale Drive in Sengkang on Oct 27, 2025.

In a statement in June 2026, police said that Sim had been given a stern warning in lieu of prosecution after he displayed a foreign national emblem in a public area – an offence under the Foreign National Emblems (Control of Display) Act .

However, the authorities did not give details about the emblem.

Asyraf had spotted Sim wearing the cap in the evening of Oct 27, 2025, and got into a verbal dispute with him.

He assaulted the older man , who suffered injuries and sought medical attention.

The police received a call about the incident at around 10.40pm that day, and Asyraf was charged in June 2026.

Pleading for leniency on Nov 2, he told the court that Sim had been verbally and physically aggressive towards him.

For assault, an offender can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to $5,000 or both.

Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.

发布于 2026 年 11 月 2 日下午 5:05

更新于2026年11月2日下午5:05

30 岁的 Muhammad Asyraf Said 承认于 2025 年 10 月 27 日在盛港袭击了 55 岁的 Alan Sim，被判处三周监禁。

阿什拉夫之前曾看到西姆戴着一顶带有“以色列国徽”的帽子。

警方表示，沈某曾因在公共场所展示外国国籍标志而受到严厉警告。

新加坡——11月2日，一名男子因殴打一名戴着印有以色列标志帽子的55岁陌生男子而被判处三周监禁。

30岁的新加坡人穆罕默德·阿什拉夫·赛义德承认于2025年10月27日在盛港河谷大道袭击了艾伦·沈。

2026 年 6 月，警方在一份声明中表示，沈某因在公共场所展示外国国旗而被严厉警告，而非被起诉——这违反了《外国国旗（展示管制）法》。

然而，当局并未透露有关该标志的详细信息。

2025 年 10 月 27 日晚上，阿什拉夫发现西姆戴着那顶帽子，并与他发生了口角。

他袭击了那位年长的男子，导致其受伤并接受了治疗。

警方于当晚 10 点 40 分左右接到有关该事件的报警电话，阿什拉夫于 2026 年 6 月被起诉。

11月2日，他请求法庭从轻发落，并表示沈某曾对他进行言语和肢体上的攻击。

对于袭击罪，犯罪者可被判处最高三年监禁，并处以最高 5000 美元的罚款，或两者并罚。

沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。