SINGAPORE: Four teenagers entered a switch room and turned off the power supply to an entire Housing Development Board (HDB) block in Woodlands, ...
SINGAPORE: Four teenagers entered a switch room and turned off the power supply to an entire Housing Development Board block in Woodlands, cutting off electricity to its residents for an hour.
The court heard that the four 17-year-old teenagers met at 10pm on Feb 28 this year for supper at a coffee shop at Block 780, Woodlands Crescent.Cheang noticed that the lock of the door was flimsy and pulled on it. When it came off, he entered the room with Megat, while their other friends Cheok Kai Jie and Brian Ong Wee Leong stayed outside as look-outs.Inside the room, Cheang saw a large black switch and suggested to Megat to pull the switch.
The two teens ran out of the switch room. Electricity supply to all 114 units in the block was out for about an hour and was restored only at 12.37am on Mar 1. The crime was reported by a senior property officer from Sembawang Town Council. Megat pleaded guilty to one charge of mischief, with a second charge of switching the power supply of the second block in Woodlands taken into consideration.
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