The charity headquarters had just reopened days earlier after refurbishment.
SINGAPORE - Less than a week after President Tharman Shanmugaratnam officiated a ceremony reopening the Red Cross House, a drunk woman spray-painted its walls with a profanity before posing for photos with her boyfriend.
She had been drinking with her co-accused, Keith Ong Wei Han, 27, at Stickies, a bar in Dhoby Ghaut, in the early hours of Oct 8, 2023. The court was told they were dating at the time. At about 1.50am, Leong used a can of black spray paint to leave a profanity and symbol on a pillar in Red Cross House. The couple also spray-painted other words on the walls.The court was told Leong appeared satisfied with the vandalised wall, and the couple then posed for photos in a tight embrace.
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