Two German men arrested for train vandalism at Bishan Depot
22 Nov 2014|6,143 views
The Straits Times reported that two German nationals, both 21, have been arrested for allegedly vandalising an SMRT train in Bishan Depot on earlier this month. Both men were nabbed by Malaysian police at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6:00pm on Thursday before they boarded a plane to Australia, and were extradited to Singapore yesterday.
They are expected to be charged today with trespassing as well as vandalism, which carries a sentence of up to three years in jail or a maximum fine of $2,000, and a mandatory three to eight strokes of the cane.
The police are still investigating how the first-time visitors to Singapore allegedly gained access to Bishan Depot to spray graffiti on a train, which was detected on the morning of 8th November.
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Tan Chye Hee, the Criminal Investigation Department Director, said at a briefing yesterday that the two Germans entered Singapore on 4th November. They flew off on the same day SMRT discovered the graffiti, which was made up of crude words and symbols of multiple colours scrawled across two train doors.
Preliminary investigations established that the men travelled to Bangkok at one point, and help from the Royal Thai Police was sought to trace them. SAC Tan said the pair were on a visa that allowed them to work and travel in Australia, but declined to specify which part of the country they were going to.
The Straits Times reported that two German nationals, both 21, have been arrested for allegedly vandalising an SMRT train in Bishan Depot on earlier this month. Both men were nabbed by Malaysian police at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6:00pm on Thursday before they boarded a plane to Australia, and were extradited to Singapore yesterday.
They are expected to be charged today with trespassing as well as vandalism, which carries a sentence of up to three years in jail or a maximum fine of $2,000, and a mandatory three to eight strokes of the cane.
The police are still investigating how the first-time visitors to Singapore allegedly gained access to Bishan Depot to spray graffiti on a train, which was detected on the morning of 8th November.
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Tan Chye Hee, the Criminal Investigation Department Director, said at a briefing yesterday that the two Germans entered Singapore on 4th November. They flew off on the same day SMRT discovered the graffiti, which was made up of crude words and symbols of multiple colours scrawled across two train doors.
Preliminary investigations established that the men travelled to Bangkok at one point, and help from the Royal Thai Police was sought to trace them. SAC Tan said the pair were on a visa that allowed them to work and travel in Australia, but declined to specify which part of the country they were going to.
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