Man gets jail for insulting religious beliefs by leaving pork with offensive note outside woman's flat

The 37-year-old man suffered from treatment-resistant schizophrenia and claimed a voice told him to place the pork and note outside the flat so he could be arrested.

Daniel Goh arrives at the State Courts on Oct 6, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Ili Mansor)

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SINGAPORE: A man who left a piece of pork with an offensive note outside a Muslim woman's flat was sentenced to four months' jail on Tuesday (Oct 6) for insulting religious beliefs.

Daniel Goh, 37, suffers from treatment-resistant schizophrenia which contributed to the offence, as he heard a voice telling him to get arrested to avoid something bad happening to his family.

However, despite his psychiatric condition, he had acted with planning and premeditation, the court heard.

Goh, a Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one charge of insulting religious beliefs under the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act.

The court heard that Goh claimed to have dreams from September 2025, in which an unknown male voice said he had to do something to get himself arrested.

Otherwise, something bad would happen, such as the death of his family members, the voice had told him.

Sometime before March 2026, Goh said the voice told him to commit an offence by placing an offensive note about Islam and a piece of pork in front of a Muslim person's home.

Goh decided to act on his dream and went to a block of flats in Tampines to identify units where Muslims lived.

He looked for units with Islamic calligraphy displayed outside, and found two of them.

He took photos of the flats to remember where they were so he could return to carry out his plan.

He went to a supermarket, bought a piece of pork and wrote the offensive words on a piece of paper.

At about 5.35am on Mar 15 this year, Goh went to the victim's flat. He placed the pork on the doorstep and the piece of the paper on the gate.

The prosecution said this act insulted the religious beliefs of the 37-year-old female victim.

Pork is expressly prohibited according to the Quran and regarded as impure and unclean, said the prosecutor.

At about 3pm that same day, the victim opened the door to her unit and discovered the pork. She also found the piece of paper and got her son to pick it up.

The victim read the offensive words, along with her husband and her son. She then called the police, who attended the scene and took photos of the offending items.

Goh was arrested and assessed at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH).

He was found to have treatment-resistant schizophrenia, with residual auditory hallucinations and anxious distress.

His psychiatric conditions had contributed to his offending, but the acts were carried out with careful pre-planning, and he was "very aware of the wrongfulness of his conduct", court documents stated.

He was certified to be of sound mind and capable of making his defence.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Matthew Choo sought four to four-and-a-half months' jail for Goh, saying that Singapore's society is built upon the bonds of trust and mutual respect between communities of different faiths.

"These bonds are hard-won and must be jealously guarded," he said.

Goh's lawyer, Mr Mark Yeo, sought four to six weeks' jail instead.

He did not dispute that fact that religious harmony in Singapore has been hard-won.

However, Mr Yeo noted Goh's schizophrenia and the fact that the voice had told him to commit the offending act.

"It was a single note, a single piece of meat at a single household."

In highlighting the single victim, Mr Yeo compared the case to that of Bill Tan Keng Hwee, who received 15 months' jail in May for sending pork slices to seven mosques.

District Judge Kamala Ponnampalam said the potential for religious enmity and hatred arising from Goh's acts was significant.

She noted also that the offence was observed not just by the victim's family but by her neighbour.

However, she acknowledged Goh's psychiatric condition and gave it "due mitigating weight".

For knowingly insulting a person's religious beliefs, he could have been jailed for up to five years, fined, or both.

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这名 37 岁的男子患有难治性精神分裂症，他声称有一个声音告诉他把猪肉和纸条放在公寓外面，这样他就可以被捕。

2026年10月6日，丹尼尔·吴抵达国家法院。（图片：CNA/Ili Mansor）

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新加坡：一名男子在一名穆斯林女子公寓外留下一块猪肉和一张侮辱性纸条，周二（10月6日）因侮辱宗教信仰被判处四个月监禁。

37 岁的 Daniel Goh 患有难治性精神分裂症，这导致了他的犯罪行为，因为他听到一个声音告诉他要被逮捕，以避免他的家人遭遇不幸。

然而，法庭获悉，尽管他患有精神疾病，但他却是经过计划和预谋才实施犯罪的。

身为新加坡人的吴先生承认犯有一项违反《维护宗教和谐法》的侮辱宗教信仰罪。

法庭获悉，吴某声称他从 2025 年 9 月开始做梦，梦中一个陌生的男声告诉他，他必须做某事让自己被逮捕。

否则，就会发生不好的事情，比如他的家人会死亡，那个声音告诉他。

吴先生说，在 2026 年 3 月之前，他听到一个声音告诉他，要冒犯伊斯兰教，在穆斯林家庭门前放置一张侮辱伊斯兰教的纸条和一块猪肉。

吴决定将梦想付诸行动，前往淡滨尼的一栋组屋，寻找穆斯林居住的单元。

他寻找外面展示伊斯兰书法作品的单位，找到了两个。

他拍下了公寓的照片，以便记住它们的位置，从而能够返回实施他的计划。

他去了超市，买了一块猪肉，然后在纸上写下了侮辱性的词语。

今年3月15日凌晨5点35分左右，吴某前往受害者的公寓。他把猪肉放在门口，把纸条放在大门上。

检方称，这一行为侮辱了这位37岁女性受害者的宗教信仰。

检察官说，《古兰经》明确禁止食用猪肉，认为猪肉是不洁的。

当天下午3点左右，受害者打开房门，发现了猪肉。她还找到了那张纸条，并让儿子把它捡了起来。

受害者和她的丈夫、儿子一起看到了这些侮辱性文字。随后她报警，警方赶到现场并拍摄了侮辱性物品的照片。

吴某被逮捕后在心理卫生学院（IMH）接受了评估。

他被诊断患有难治性精神分裂症，并伴有残余的幻听和焦虑痛苦。

法庭文件指出，他的精神状况促成了他的犯罪行为，但这些行为是经过精心策划的，而且他“非常清楚自己行为的错误性”。

他被证明神志清醒，有能力为自己辩护。

副检察官Matthew Choo要求判处吴某四至四个半月监禁，并表示新加坡社会建立在不同信仰群体之间的信任和相互尊重之上。

“这些情谊来之不易，必须倍加珍惜，”他说。

吴的律师杨马克先生则请求判处吴四至六周的监禁。

他没有否认新加坡的宗教和谐来之不易。

然而，叶先生注意到吴先生患有精神分裂症，而且是那个声音指示他实施了犯罪行为。

“那只是一张纸条，一块肉，来自一个家庭。”

杨先生强调只有一名受害者，并将此案与 Bill Tan Keng Hwee 的案件进行了比较。Bill Tan Keng Hwee 因向七座清真寺寄送猪肉片，于 5 月份被判处 15 个月监禁。

地方法官卡马拉·蓬南帕拉姆表示，吴的行为极有可能引发宗教仇恨和敌意。

她还指出，不仅受害者的家人目睹了这起犯罪行为，她的邻居也看到了。

然而，她承认吴的精神状况，并给予了“应有的减轻处罚的考虑”。

他明知故犯地侮辱他人的宗教信仰，最高可被判处五年监禁、罚款或两者并罚。

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