Singapore charges Germans
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TWO German men were yesterday charged with breaking into a Singapore metro depot and spray-painting graffiti on a train, offenses punishable by a prison time and flogging with a cane.
Andreas Von Knorre and Elton Hinz, both 21, were charged at a district court with committing trespass and vandalism in the early hours of November 8.
Both men appeared relaxed as the charges were read to them in German by an interpreter.
Prosecutors told the judge that the two men will be remanded in police custody until Friday “to assist investigations and re-enact the crime.”
The charge sheets said Van Knorre and Hinz broke into the depot and spray-painted graffiti on the exterior of a metro train cabin.
They were extradited by neighboring Malaysia on Friday after being apprehended at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as they were leaving for Australia.
For trespassing they face up to two years in prison, a fine of up to S$1,000 (US$770), or both. For vandalism, they face up to three years in prison or a fine of up to S$2,000, and between three and eight strokes of a rattan cane.
Singapore’s tough vandalism laws became global news in 1994 when American teenager Michael Fay was caned for damaging cars and public property despite appeals for clemency from the United States government.
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