SINGAPORE, Jan. 23 -- A 28-year-old Singaporean man who reportedlythreatened his mother with a samurai sword and ran an illegal vape business earning up to S$8,000 (about RM32,000) a month has been jailed and fined after a series of offences spanning more than four years.

Soon Yong Chao was yesterday sentenced to three months and 28 weeks' jail and fined S$4,600 after pleading guilty to six charges, with another 11 taken into consideration, according to Singapore-based New Straits Times.

The most serious incident reportedly occurred on February 22 last year, when Soon threatened his 57-year-old mother with a katana after she refused to help pay his car instalment and asked him to sell the car instead.

Soon became angry, poured water fr...