SINGAPORE, April 22 -- A man in Singapore who repeatedly locked his 74-year-old father out of their Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat, forcing him to sleep at the void deck, was reportedly sentenced to 13 weeks jail after pleading guilty to assaulting the elderly man.

Bennie Lee Wei Ming, 40, was sentenced after admitting to two assault charges involving his father, according to Singapore's The Straits Times.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Law Yan An reportedly told the court that Bennie had prevented the elderly man from returning home at night over the course of six months before the assault offences.

The prosecutor said Bennie would sometimes allow his father back into the flat only after requiring him to buy breakfa...