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A man said he was fined $300 after leaving his extinguished cigarette butt on top of a rubbish bin on Tuesday (Nov 11).\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to Stomp, Sathais, a 30-year-old ad-hoc security officer, claimed that the incident took place along Stirling Road in Queenstown.<\/p>\n
He recounted the incident in a TikTok video uploaded the same day and captioned: “Woah seriously (I didn’t know) like this also can get fine. Can my life get anymore hard?”<\/p>\n
In the 73-second video, he claimed he was smoking on his way to the MRT station after work and had stopped to extinguish his cigarette, leaving the butt on top of a rubbish bin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said he was then stopped by a man, who identified himself as a National Environment Agency (NEA) officer, who informed him that he should have disposed of the cigarette butt in the rubbish bin instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The officer then asked for his ID and issued him a fine amounting to $300 as it was his first offence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“If he could have just told me to take the cigarette and throw it inside, I would have done it. And I didn’t even know that if you extinguish the cigarette and place it on top of a bin, it is an offence,” Sathais said.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never been fined in my entire life.”<\/p>\n
As at Friday (Nov 14) afternoon, the post has been viewed over 226,000 times and more than 5,000 likes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\n @iamwolfgrey<\/a> Woah seriously Idk like this also can get fine. can my life get anymore hard? #fyp<\/a> #foryou<\/a> #sgtiktok<\/a> \u266c original sound – Wolf Grey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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In response to AsiaOne’s queries, NEA said it is an offence to leave litter around or on top of bins.<\/p>\n
The agency said it takes strict enforcement action against litterbugs, who will be subjected to a composition amount of $300 for a first offence.<\/p>\n
Under the Environmental Public Health Act 1987, it is prohibited to dispose of any rubbish in public places, except in a dustbin or other receptacle provided for the deposit of refuse and rubbish.<\/p>\n
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