SINGAPORE — A three-year jail stint and a fine in 2013 for harassing three women, including an American singer, did not stop Colin Mak Yew Loong from stalking yet another victim.

On Thursday (Sept 12), the 44-year-old was sentenced to two months behind bars after pleading guilty to unlawfully stalking a 31-year-old Kazakhstani woman. 

She cannot be named due to a court gag order to protect her identity.

The pair met in November last year, at the Asia Clean Energy Summit held at Marina Bay Sands.

The court heard that right from the moment they met, Mak began to send her text messages on WhatsApp. 

In a week, he had sent her 173 messages. She replied with only 20.

Mak also sent her 62 emails between last November and July 29 this year.

On Nov 7 last year, he asked for her shoe size, which she declined to give as she felt uncomfortable. She also stopped replying him altogether.

Despite that, Mak persisted, sending her another 105 harassing text messages for about a month. She ended up blocking his mobile number on WhatsApp.

ACCESSED VICTIM’S OFFICE FOUR TIMES

Mak did not stop there. From February this year, he began going to her workplace — its location was redacted from court documents — in attempts to give her gifts.

The first time, he asked someone who had an access pass to her office to open the door for him. 

Once inside, he tried to give her a soft toy, but she rejected it and told him she did not want to see him.

He did this three more times in July. She emailed him after his second attempt to say that she had never indicated interest in him and did not feel comfortable with his behaviour, but he continued to send her emails.

She finally made a police report at the Dover Neighbourhood Police Post on July 26. Mak was arrested a week later.

Mak, who was unrepresented by a lawyer, told the court in mitigation that he wanted to “take full responsibility and admit to the crimes”.

District Judge Luke Tan noted that while he may not have threatened his victim, he “caused distress to her”.

“If you think you need to do something about your situation, I would advise you to do it and not to commit this kind of offences again,” the judge added.

As a repeat offender, Mak could have been jailed for up to two years, or fined S$10,000, or both.