A 25-year-old pregnant woman was forced to leap from a second-floor HDB flat in Woodlands after her boyfriend confined, assaulted, and threatened her. The dramatic escape left her with multiple fractures, bruises, and a lengthy hospital stay.
INCIDENT AT WOODLANDS FLAT
The victim, who was five months pregnant with her boyfriend’s child, arrived in Singapore from Indonesia on November 14, 2024, to stay with him in his rented room. On the night of December 1, her boyfriend, 28-year-old Indonesian Hans Pratignyo, a Singapore permanent resident, locked her inside the room. He shut the windows, drew the curtains, and blocked the door with a refrigerator.
Hans then lit tissue paper and charcoal, placing the burning materials near the toilet door where the victim was trapped. The smoke caused her pain and distress, and she feared for her life, according to ST report.
The following morning, Hans burned another stack of charcoal inside the room. He forced the victim into the toilet, made her sit on the toilet bowl, and repeatedly said, “Don’t kill my girlfriend”—as if he were addressing another person.
When the victim pleaded to step outside, promising to obey his instructions, Hans eventually allowed it. However, a scuffle soon broke out, during which he choked her on the floor. Desperate, she broke free and attempted to climb out of the window to call for help.
Hans tried pulling her back, but she slipped away, falling from the second floor and landing on her right hip. Despite her injuries, she managed to run toward a nearby gym for help before police officers arrived and arrested Hans.
The woman suffered rib and pelvic fractures and severe bruising. She was warded in hospital for 11 days. Court documents did not disclose the condition of her unborn baby.
Court Proceedings and Mental Health Assessment
Hans was charged with wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation, and voluntarily causing hurt. He pleaded guilty on September 15, 2025. Three additional charges will be taken into consideration during sentencing.
The court heard that Hans had been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), where a psychiatrist diagnosed him with delusional disorder of the persecutory subtype. The psychiatrist assessed that his mental condition contributed to the offences.
Given this assessment, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Tan Jun Ya did not oppose a Mandatory Treatment Order (MTO) suitability report, which, if approved, would place Hans under psychiatric treatment instead of jail.
Hans is currently out on $10,000 bail while awaiting sentencing, scheduled for November 6, 2025.
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