AssMRT train vandalised

[Yukimura Sanada]

Swiss national charged


Jun 6, 2010
Swiss national charged

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Oliver Fricker, 32, a business consultant, was charged with cutting the fence of the depot and damaging public property. --PHOTO: FACEBOOK.COM

A SWISS national who works in Singapore was charged in court yesterday with trespass and the vandalism of an MRT train at the Changi depot.
Oliver Fricker, 32, a business consultant, was charged with cutting the fence of the depot and damaging public property. He was also charged with vandalism by spraying paint on two carriages of an SMRT train, and trespass for entering the Changi depot without permission some time between the late night of May 16 and the early hours of May 17.

Also named on the charge sheet was British citizen Lloyd Dane Alexander. It is not known if he is still in Singapore, and the police are still investigating.
The duo is believed to have cut through the fence of the depot along Xilin Avenue, although it was topped with barbed wire. Once inside the depot, they spray-painted graffiti on one side of a train. The graffiti had the words 'McKoy Banos', which is believed to be the signature of two persons who have vandalised trains in other countries too.

Read the full story in The Sunday Times.

 

[Hewlett]

Don't you all feel its a joke that the whole vandalism act was captured by someone from the HDB house instead of by the AssMRT? So now we know how easy that anyone can simply do any security breaches. The Pees kept mentioning how safe sinky is and how good the security systems is and all that, what a joke.

 

[kingrant]

Before this happened, MRT train depots have never been fortified beyond the perfunctory beer-belly or the ageing sickly security guards and a chain-linked fence. Now the govt wants us to believe the chap entered a highly protected security area and his act is a grand capital offence and a model for a terrorist attack against the State. If this guy had never done what he did, we'll still have our chain-linked fencing inadequately manned, the clueless Ministries concerned spouting empty cliches far away from Ground Zero, the SMRT still as clueless as ever and insulated in their aircon offices. Walk around the whole Paya Lebar airport area and the Changi airport and inspect their perimeter fences. All NSmen know that they have come so close to them during their night topos. Anyone with a homemade gun or rocket launcher can easily take down a Boeing airliner coming in to land (the take off area is far away so less threatenend).

After MSK, I thought everyone shld have taken out their security blueprints and gone back to the drawing boards.
Now it is clear that it was all a wayang and Home Affairs review was nothing but dismissing some lowly minion and demoting others, which you dont need extraordinary Ministers with extraordinary salaries to know or do. To think that we are in the hands of such incompetent nincompoops make my skin crawl.

Don't you all feel its a joke that the whole vandalism act was captured by someone from the HDB house instead of by the AssMRT? So now we know how easy that anyone can simply do any security breaches. The Pees kept mentioning how safe sinky is and how good the security systems is and all that, what a joke.

 

[Singapaporean]

Just hope the old man don't come out and BLAMED us again

 

[kingrant]

All this govt heightened frenzied "terrorist" pitch before the trial is to give them enough excuse to use the cane and to forestall possible diplomatic backlash with the foreign embassies esp the Swiss embassy and/or international media. Time for Shanmugam to shine again - Shinemugam!

 

[johnny333]

All this govt heightened frenzied "terrorist" pitch before the trial is to give them enough excuse to use the cane and to forestall possible diplomatic backlash with the foreign embassies esp the Swiss embassy and/or international media. Time for Shanmugam to shine again - Shinemugam!

The swiss will never accept caning as a justifiable punishment.

It's kinds strange that the PAP aspires to a Swiss standars of living & yet we still have caning. LKY better tread carefully because with his loot stashed in Swiss accounts,the Swiss might give him problems

 

[cocobobo]

i thot vandalism only apply to public property.

smrt is pte listed company what. not mischief meh?

 

[Received_by_Kings]

This one is absolutely disgraceful. Yuck.

 

[Yukimura Sanada]

Briton may have left for HK


Jun 7, 2010

MRT GRAFFITI CASE
Briton may have left for HK

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It is not known exactly when British citizen Lloyd Dane Alexander left, but it was before SMRT reported the vandalism incident to the police. -- PHOTO: YOUTUBE

<!-- story content : start --> THE Briton named in court documents for his involvement in spray- painting graffiti on an MRT train is believed to have left Singapore for Hong Kong. It is not known exactly when British citizen Lloyd Dane Alexander left, but it was before SMRT reported the incident to the police on the evening of May 19.

Police said the break-in at SMRT's Changi depot, located opposite the Singapore Expo, occurred some time late on May 16 into early the next morning. The train went into service for two days in full view of commuters before the mischief was reported.

Mr Alexander is said to have arrived here a few days before the incident. A Swiss national was arrested about a week later. Oliver Fricker, 32, a business consultant working in Singapore, was charged in court last Saturday with trespassing and vandalism.

Read the full story in Monday's edition of the Straits Times.
SUJIN THOMAS

 

[Yukimura Sanada]

Swiss monitoring graffiti case


Jun 7, 2010

MRT GRAFFITI CASE
Swiss monitoring graffiti case

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Oliver Fricker (above) will appear for a second time in court on June 21 on charges of trespassing in a metro depot and vandalising a train, for which he could be jailed, fined and whipped with a wooden cane. -- PHOTO: FACEBOOK.COM

<!-- story content : start --> SINGAPORE - THE Swiss embassy said on Monday it plans to observe the court case of a citizen facing prison and caning for allegedly spray-painting graffiti on a Singapore metro train. Business consultant Oliver Fricker, 32, will appear for a second time in court on June 21 on charges of trespassing in a metro depot and vandalising a train, for which he could be jailed, fined and whipped with a wooden cane.

Peter Zimmerli, counsellor and deputy head of mission, told AFP the embassy would inform Fricker's family of the case, help him find a lawyer and visit him. 'Also, it is possible that this embassy attends court hearings as an observer,' the diplomat said. 'We do not, however, pay bails for our fellow citizens or interfere actively in a running law case.' A judge has impounded Fricker's passport and set bail at S$100,000, rejecting bis plea for a lower amount because prosecutors consider him a flight risk.

Zimmerli declined to confirm whether Fricker's family would be flying to Singapore. The court was told during the first session on Saturday that Fricker was with a Briton identified as Lloyd Dane Alexander when he broke into the depot, a restricted zone surrounded by fences topped with barbed wire. Sources familiar with the case told AFP that Alexander was in Singapore on a tourist visa and left before a police report was filed on May 19.

The Straits Times newspaper reported Monday that Fricker and Alexander spray-painted the words 'McKoy Banos' on one side of a train - believed to be the signature of two shadowy graffiti artists who have left similar marks on trains around the world. The train has been scrubbed clean but the clip taken by a commuter can still be viewed on YouTube. -- AFP

 

[Yukimura Sanada]

Swiss man charged with vandalising train released on bail


Swiss man charged with vandalising train released on bail
By Imelda Saad | Posted: 07 June 2010 2013 hrs
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SINGAPORE : The Swiss national arrested for allegedly vandalising a Singapore metro train with spray paint has been released on a S$100,000 bail.

It is believed that the passport of 33-year-old Oliver Fricker is still impounded to prevent him from leaving the country.

Fricker was charged in court on Saturday for vandalising an MRT train by spraying graffiti on it and damaging public property by cutting a wired fence.

The incident was said to have taken place between the late night of May 16 and the early hours of May 17 at the Changi Depot.

Fricker is said to have had an accomplice - British citizen Lloyd Dane Alexander. The Briton is believed to have left Singapore.

Vandalism is punishable by up to three years' jail or a maximum fine of S$2,000, plus three to eight strokes of the cane.

Fricker is scheduled to appear in court again on June 21.

- CNA/al

 

[Yukimura Sanada]

Arrest warrant out for second MRT vandal suspect
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SINGAPORE: A warrant of arrest has been issued for Briton Lloyd Dane Alexander, the man suspected to be an accomplice of the Swiss national charged with vandalising an MRT train in Singapore.

In a statement released late Monday evening, the Police said that, in consultation with the Attorney-General's Chambers, it applied for the arrest warrant and this was granted by the Subordinate Courts. It added that Alexander remains at large. It has been revealed that he left Singapore before the incident was reported to the police.

Swiss national 33-year-old Oliver Fricker has been charged with vandalising an MRT train by spraying graffiti on it and damaging public property by cutting a wired fence. He was released on Monday after posting a S$100,000 bail. It is believed his passport is still impounded to prevent him from leaving the country.

The incident was said to have taken place between late night of May 16 and early hours of May 17 at the Changi Depot. SMRT reported the incident to police only on May 19. Fricker, a business consultant who worked in Singapore, was arrested on May 25. Reports said his accomplice, Alexander, may have fled to Hong Kong.

Vandalism is punishable by up to three years' jail or a maximum fine of S$2,000, plus three to eight strokes of the cane.

Fricker is scheduled to appear in court again on June 21.

- CNA/ir

 

[Yukimura Sanada]

Arrest order out


Jun 8, 2010
Arrest order out

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Swiss national Oliver Fricker, 32, was released from Changi Prison yesterday on $100,000 bail. He had been charged with cutting the fence of the depot and damaging public property as well as vandalising an SMRT train. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

<!-- story content : start --> A WARRANT of arrest has been issued for the alleged accomplice of Swiss national Oliver Fricker, who has been charged with trespass and the vandalism of an MRT train at SMRT's Changi depot. In a statement yesterday, the police said that they had consulted the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) and applied for a warrant of arrest for Lloyd Dane Alexander, which the Subordinate Courts had granted. The Briton, however, had left Singapore before the incident was reported to police on May 19. He is believed to have fled to Hong Kong.

The warrant came on the same day that Fricker was released on $100,000 bail while awaiting trial on charges that could see him jailed and caned. His passport has, however, been impounded to prevent him from leaving the country. Business consultant Fricker, 32, had been charged on Saturday with cutting the fence of the depot and damaging public property. He was also charged with vandalism by spraying paint on two carriages of an SMRT train, and trespass for entering the Changi depot without permission some time between late night on May 16 and the early hours of May 17.

Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[middaydog]

Re: Arrest order out

Swiss national Oliver Fricker was released from Changi Prison yesterday

anybody check whether he left any art work on the prison wall

 

[Yukimura Sanada]

2nd suspect may be in HK


Jun 8, 2010

MRT VANDALISM
2nd suspect may be in HK
Facing arrest warrant, Fricker's alleged accomplice can be extradited: Lawyers

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Two individuals are believed to have cut through the barbed wire-topped fence of SMRT's Changi depot in Xilin Avenue and spray-painted 'McKoy Banos' on one side of two train carriages late on May 16. The train went into service for two days and was caught on video which was uploaded to YouTube. Swiss national Oliver Fricker, charged with trespass and vandalism, is out on bail of $100,000. -- PHOTO: YOUTUBE

THE alleged accomplice of Swiss national Oliver Fricker, who is accused of trespass and vandalism at SMRT's Changi depot, is said to have fled to Hong Kong. But Lloyd Dane Alexander, from Britain, can still be brought to Singapore even on a vandalism charge, lawyers told The Straits Times yesterday. The issue, they said, will depend on where the Briton - for whom a warrant of arrest was issued yesterday by the Singapore police - is caught and whether there is an extradition treaty between that jurisdiction and Singapore.

Lawyer Shashi Nathan said: 'Extradition is not dependent on the punishment but on the offence. As long as the deed is an offence in both (jurisdictions), extradition is possible.' Singapore has an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, which also cites vandalism as an offence. The second suspect may choose to fight the extradition but this may be difficult unless he can prove he has a defence such as diplomatic immunity.

Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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[simonsays]

Re: 2nd suspect may be in HK

Wow! Bail of $100K!

 

[liketogossip]

Re: 2nd suspect may be in HK

Wow! Bail of $100K!

$100k only

these are those high paid FTrashes that the sinkie govt has asked us to accept.

 

[JohnTT]

Will he be fined, imprisoned or caned? Most likely a fine, since he is a foreigner & a likely first-time offender. Can't wait to see the outcome.....will follow-up closely on this case........

Many SPGs in Singapore will weep for him............& probably criticise the authority for not appreciating art...........

 

[johnny333]

One hears of criminals being extradited for fraud, money laundering, murder, drugs,...

But this is 1st time I've heard of someone being extradited for graffiti

 

[Received_by_Kings]

One hears of criminals being extradited for fraud, money laundering, murder, drugs,...

But this is 1st time I've heard of someone being extradited for graffiti

Well, art always takes a hit in Singapore. There's no escape for the natives of the country it is forever trying to be (but can't) either.