Spitting water in MRT carriage a chargeable offence


A WOMAN who spat water inside an MRT carriage in Singapore has been charged with public nuisance, Oriental Daily reported.

If convicted, she faces a fine of up to S$2,000 (RM6,220), imprisonment for up to three months, or both.

The prosecution also applied to remand her to the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric evaluation.

The judge approved the application, ordering her to be remanded for two weeks,

An earlier viral video showed the woman repeatedly drinking and spitting water from a mineral water bottle about 10 times, causing surrounding passengers to keep their distance to avoid being sprayed.

The carriage floor was covered in water stains and the woman even spat water while spinning in circles.

> Singapore police officers posing as customers to inspect a nightclub on Selegie Road, were shocked to find Vietnamese women dancing erotically and offering sexual services, Oriental Daily reported.

This led to an enforcement operation and the arrest of those involved.

The nightclub director pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Public Entertainments Act and was fined S$2,000.

In their report, the officers said they were led to a private room where after ordering some beer, a group of women aged between 22 and 32 entered.

They reported that the women started dancing topless and offering the officers sexual services.

  The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.

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