SINGAPORE, Aug 8 — A man made headlines recently for the unusual act of eating a cigarette. Ramamoorthy Reddiar Jayaraman was convicted and fined S$1,000 (RM3,372) after he...
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There is nothing legally wrong with eating a cigarette in and of itself, but eating a cigarette in order to destroy evidence of an offence is unlawful. This brings us back to the earlier point: context matters. In general, there is no law against eating cigarettes, or against eating any kind of inedible substance. Indeed, there are no laws against making bad decisions in general.
This could be seen as causing evidence of an offence to disappear, which itself is an offence under section 201 of the Penal Code.This covers a broad range of conduct that goes beyond just destroying evidence, including any act that has a “tendency to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice”.
Accused persons are not expected or required to admit to their guilt. The presumption of innocence is fundamental to our justice system, meaning that unless and until guilt is proven beyond reasonable doubt, the accused is entitled to be treated as if he were innocent.
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