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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/man-gets-detention-for-removing-bus-stop-bench-he-thought-was-just-the-ticket-for-his-new

 

 

SINGAPORE - A man who wanted to remake his new flat so it resembled a bus stop removed a grey metal bench from an actual stop in Braddell Road in June last year.

Tan Ke Wei, 22, took the bench - valued at $1,500 - home in a garbage bag.

He was sentenced to a seven-day short detention order on Tuesday (Oct 9) after pleading guilty in August.

 

The incident occurred near midnight on June 14 last year when Tan was waiting for a bus.

He starting meddling with the bolts that secured the metal bench and managed to unscrew all eight with his hands.

Tan then dismantled the bench, wrapped it with a garbage bag and took a taxi home. The bench was hidden in a riser unit near his flat.

 

An anonymous informant told the police the next day that they had seen someone unscrewing the bench.

When police raided Tan's flat, he showed them the bag containing the bench.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Ashraf Hassan said Tan had removed the bench because it looked nice and he wanted to check its dimensions.

He told the court that Tan had ordered a bench from a supplier as he intended to renovate his new flat with a bus stop design concept.

Committing mischief and thereby causing loss or damage amounting to $500 or above could have resulted in jail for up to two years and/or fines.

 

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Tianmo

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I have always wanted my home to look like the airport!!! [:p]

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and no, I am not going to steal from the airport to help my renovation, instead I have decided to move into the airport and make it my home. He sld have just moved to the bus stop and save the renovation. [:p][laugh][laugh]

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Ct3833

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WTF steal bus stop seat [hur]. How he can remove the bolts by hand and without tools? Someone didn't do a proper job.

Lossen the bolts and nuts using a spanner a day before..next day go back pretending the nuts are lossen and use hand to play with it.

 

He should have just moved his house to a bus stop so that he could literately live under a bus stop .

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Inlinefour

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wish he had wanted to copy the ERP gantry design and taked one home instead....

That’s true

 

He should have dismantled all gantry

 

All motorists will thank him

 

Dismantling bus stop bench sure kenna cursed and swear by communters

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Vratenza

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Smart lawyer

 

Stupid excuse

 

Gullible Judge

 

 

Stealing and damaging public property what is the offence vs "borrowing" the bench with "intention to return"? 

 

It's like Michael Fay saying that he is just practicing his paint spray can technique with intention to remove the paint later with paint remover.  :D

 

http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1554_2009-08-06.html

 

 

 

Michael Peter Fay (b. 30 May 1975, St. Louis, Missouri, United States–),1 then an American teenager living in Singapore, stirred up a media storm after he was sentenced to six strokes of the cane in March 1994 for vandalising 18 cars over a ten-day period in September 1993.2 His case attracted a lot of international attention, particularly in the United States (US), and even then US President Bill Clinton intervened to try and save Fay from caning as he considered it too harsh a punishment. The episode quickly escalated into a diplomatic crisis, and contributed to strained Singapore-US relations over the next few years.3

Background
Fay, who had been living in Singapore since 1992, was arrested and charged in early October 1993 for possession of stolen items, including Singapore state flags, road signs and various signboards.4 Later that month, he was also charged with vandalising a number of cars and committing several acts of mischief such as spray-painting the cars and throwing eggs at some of them.5 In total, he was charged with 45 counts of vandalism, six counts of mischief, one count of retaining stolen items and one count of possessing firecrackers – 53 charges in all.6

On 28 February 1994, Fay pleaded guilty in the district court to two counts of vandalism, two counts of mischief and one count of possessing stolen property. Besides these five charges, 16 other counts of vandalism and four other counts of mischief were also taken into consideration.7 On 3 March, Fay was sentenced to four months' jail and six strokes of the cane for the two vandalism charges, and fined S$3,500 for the other three.8 He was acquitted of the remaining 28 charges.9

Fay's appeal against his jail sentence and caning was heard in thehigh court on 31 March 1994.10 It was, however, dismissed by then Chief Justice Yong Pung How, and Fay began serving his four-month jail term that day.11 On 20 April, he petitioned to thenPresident of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong for clemency.12 Earlier that month, Clinton had also asked Ong to grant Fay clemency by commuting the caning sentence.13 

On 4 May, the government announced that the number of cane strokes would be reduced from six to four out of consideration for Clinton as it valued Singapore's good relations with the US. Fay was caned on 5 May.14 After spending 83 days in jail, he was released early on 21 June on grounds of good behaviour, and left Singapore for the US the next day.15

 

Michael Peter Fay (b. 30 May 1975, St. Louis, Missouri, United States–),1 then an American teenager living in Singapore, stirred up a media storm after he was sentenced to six strokes of the cane in March 1994 for vandalising 18 cars over a ten-day period in September 1993.2 His case attracted a lot of international attention, particularly in the United States (US), and even then US President Bill Clinton intervened to try and save Fay from caning as he considered it too harsh a punishment. The episode quickly escalated into a diplomatic crisis, and contributed to strained Singapore-US relations over the next few years.3

Background
Fay, who had been living in Singapore since 1992, was arrested and charged in early October 1993 for possession of stolen items, including Singapore state flags, road signs and various signboards.4 Later that month, he was also charged with vandalising a number of cars and committing several acts of mischief such as spray-painting the cars and throwing eggs at some of them.5 In total, he was charged with 45 counts of vandalism, six counts of mischief, one count of retaining stolen items and one count of possessing firecrackers – 53 charges in all.6

On 28 February 1994, Fay pleaded guilty in the district court to two counts of vandalism, two counts of mischief and one count of possessing stolen property. Besides these five charges, 16 other counts of vandalism and four other counts of mischief were also taken into consideration.7 On 3 March, Fay was sentenced to four months' jail and six strokes of the cane for the two vandalism charges, and fined S$3,500 for the other three.8 He was acquitted of the remaining 28 charges.9

Fay's appeal against his jail sentence and caning was heard in thehigh court on 31 March 1994.10 It was, however, dismissed by then Chief Justice Yong Pung How, and Fay began serving his four-month jail term that day.11 On 20 April, he petitioned to thenPresident of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong for clemency.12 Earlier that month, Clinton had also asked Ong to grant Fay clemency by commuting the caning sentence.13 

On 4 May, the government announced that the number of cane strokes would be reduced from six to four out of consideration for Clinton as it valued Singapore's good relations with the US. Fay was caned on 5 May.14 After spending 83 days in jail, he was released early on 21 June on grounds of good behaviour, and left Singapore for the US the next day.15

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Thought I heard of everything at my age but obviously not as first time I heard of a bus stop bench being stolen n the excuse is really out of this world

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