Singapore youth gets 15 months' probation for buying replica guns online to resell


SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network):: A tertiary student bought 19 replica guns from online shopping platform Taobao, with the intention of keeping or reselling them.

Tan Yan Rong, 20, was sentenced to 15 months' probation on Wednesday (Aug 10) after pleading guilty last month to a charge under the Arms and Explosives Act. Another charge under the Act was taken into consideration during sentencing.

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