Woman Who Climbed On Cab Jailed

She was devastated when her husband told her that he wanted a divorce seven months into their marriage.

Huynh Thanh Ha, 20, took methamphetamine because she was in a "bad mood". In Singapore at about 8.45 am on February 16, the Vietnamese went on a rampage that lasted for more than half an hour. She lay down in the middle of the road, causing traffic to come to a sudden halt.

Then she waylaid a taxi and climbed on top of the vehicle, jumping, kicking and hammering the roof with her legs and fists. The housewife continued creating a ruckus even after the police arrived.

On Friday, she was jailed six months after pleading guilty to two charges, drug consumption and committing a rash act. Although her husband, Tan Thiam Chye, 39, bailed her out after her arrest and hired a lawyer for her, he told The New Paper that he is determined to get a divorce.

Accompanying his wife to court, Tan, an odd-job labourer, said their marriage was a mistake from the start. He said: "I didn't want to get married. It was my mother who pressured me to marry her. We are very different in terms of character, culture and our way of life. But she said she loved me too much to let go." He added, "She told me that she will never sign the (divorce) papers."

Tan said he had told her the night before that he wanted a divorce and that it would be better for both of them. His wife has a stubborn streak and can be unreasonable at times, he said. "We often argued and fought over trivial things. Whenever we fought, she would insist I was in the wrong while she was right," he said.

The couple met in January last year through friends when Huynh was in Singapore to attend to some personal matters. After dating for six months, they married on July 12 in a simple ceremony. Said Tan: "Her family is quite well off. Her mother used to own a karaoke lounge and her father works in Germany. After she married me, she behaved like a princess and refused to help my mother with the housework. She also refused to eat with my parents and wanted me to bring her meals into our room."

- The New Paper
Published July 31 2010

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