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TYPICAL LOW SES UNCOUTH RETARDED YISHUN SINKIE.
Man, 48, arrested for series of thefts, CCTV caught him crawling along Yishun HDB corridor
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Amber Tay
August 31, 2025, 11:11 AM
A man seemingly attempted to steal a pair of shoes from an HDB flat in Yishun, after surveillance footage caught him crawling along the corridor in the early hours of the day.
A user posted the surveillance footage on TikTok.
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"Yishun watch out for this man," the caption read in all caps.
According to the timestamp on the footage, the incident appeared to have happened around 5am on Aug. 25.
In the video, the man can be seen crawling on all fours along the corridor of the HDB.
He stands up and proceeds to inspect a shoe cabinet in front of the flats.
When the man comes back into frame, he can be seen holding a pair of shoes.
He then begins walking off with the shoes, only to suddenly change his mind and put them back where he found them.
Many users commented that the man appeared to have initially crawled in an attempt to avoid being detected by surveillance cameras.
Some observed that he seemed to have put the shoes back after noticing the surveillance camera.
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Arrested
According to the Singapore Police Force media release, a 48-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a series of thefts.
The police received multiple reports of theft and a suspicious character loitering in the vicinity of Yishun Ring Road between Aug. 15 and 25.
On Aug. 15, one victim reported a man stole her jacket from the corridor of her unit.
On Aug. 16, another victim reported that his shirt and pants had gone missing from his laundry rack along the corridor of his unit.
Between Aug. 17 and 25, the police received several reports of a suspicious person loitering along the corridors of several residential blocks in the vicinity of Yishun Ring Road.
Through ground enquiries and the aid of CCTV images, officers from the Woodlands Police Division were able to establish the identity of the man.
He was subsequently arrested on Aug. 28.
The jacket he allegedly stole from the first victim was recovered.
He was charged in court on Aug. 30 for theft and, if found guilty, could face up to three years' imprisonment, a fine, or both.
