http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/rooftop-graffiti-case-five-alleged-vandals-face-new-charges-offered-bail
Fresh charges were tendered against them yesterday for allegedly creeping into a construction site, the rooftop of other blocks in Toa Payoh as well as the rooftop of Marina Bay Suites on various occasions — alone or in smaller groups.
Boaz Koh Wen Jie, Reagan Tan Chang Zhi, Chay Nam Shen, David William Graaskov and Goh Rong Liang, all aged 17, had between four and nine new charges pressed against them yesterday. They may also face additional charges pending forensic investigations on digital devices seized, the court heard.
Court documents showed they purportedly hatched the plan to vandalise the top of the 22-storey Toa Payoh block less than an hour before their alleged deed, using four spray cans they are accused of having stolen from a lorry.
The five are said to be behind the graffiti at Block 85A, Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, on May 7, which included expletives directed at the People’s Action Party and the police.
They are also accused of have trespassed on the same rooftop previously — some time between the end of April and early May.
Before that, they had allegedly sneaked into Marina Bay Suites twice, with some of them spraying a fire extinguisher at the building’s rooftop on one occasion.
Koh, who now faces 10 charges — the most among the group — is also accused of vandalising another block in Toa Payoh on March 28. Graaskov is also charged with stealing a reflective vest from the rooftop of another Toa Payoh block.
Between last October and December, four of them also allegedly climbed over a metal fencing to enter a construction site at Jalan Rajah.
Yesterday, the five teenagers were offered bail of S$12,000 each. But they will have to observe a curfew from 10pm to 6am.
Their case will be mentioned again on June 27.
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