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Feb 14, 2011
SMRT fined $50,000 for Changi Depot incident
ON MAY 17 last year, two foreigners had entered the Changi Depot and sprayed graffiti on train carriages.
One of them was Swiss national Oliver Fricker, who was later sentenced to five months' jail and three strokes of the cane.
He has since served his jail term and has been deported.
The second suspect has not been apprehended.
The incident was one part of the review by the Public Transport Security Committee, which initiated a comprehensive security review of the public transport network in June 2010. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
THE Land Transport Authority has imposed the maximum fine of $50,000 on SMRT for failing to 'exercise due diligence and vigilance expected of a public transport operator'.
On May 17 last year, two foreigners had entered the Changi Depot and sprayed graffiti on train carriages.
The incident was one part of the review by the Public Transport Security Committee, which initiated a comprehensive security review of the public transport network in June 2010.
The review, released on Monday, said, 'Security measures for the overall public transport system are generally adequate and robust.'
However, it added that there is scope to enhance security at public transport facilities such as train and bus depots.
In line with the review, SBS Transit announced on Monday that it will fully support security review recommendations made by the PTSC, the company said on Monday.
These include a 20 per cent increase in security guards at their train and bus depots, an increase in patrol frequency around these premises and the addition of more lights and CCTV cameras at the depots and interchanges.
SMRT fined $50,000 for Changi Depot incident
ON MAY 17 last year, two foreigners had entered the Changi Depot and sprayed graffiti on train carriages.
One of them was Swiss national Oliver Fricker, who was later sentenced to five months' jail and three strokes of the cane.
He has since served his jail term and has been deported.
The second suspect has not been apprehended.
The incident was one part of the review by the Public Transport Security Committee, which initiated a comprehensive security review of the public transport network in June 2010. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
THE Land Transport Authority has imposed the maximum fine of $50,000 on SMRT for failing to 'exercise due diligence and vigilance expected of a public transport operator'.
On May 17 last year, two foreigners had entered the Changi Depot and sprayed graffiti on train carriages.
The incident was one part of the review by the Public Transport Security Committee, which initiated a comprehensive security review of the public transport network in June 2010.
The review, released on Monday, said, 'Security measures for the overall public transport system are generally adequate and robust.'
However, it added that there is scope to enhance security at public transport facilities such as train and bus depots.
In line with the review, SBS Transit announced on Monday that it will fully support security review recommendations made by the PTSC, the company said on Monday.
These include a 20 per cent increase in security guards at their train and bus depots, an increase in patrol frequency around these premises and the addition of more lights and CCTV cameras at the depots and interchanges.
