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SINGAPORE, Dec 25 \u2014 A 43-year-old woman was arrested today after offensive graffiti was found sprayed across the walls and vehicles at a Salvation Army compound in Singapore\u2019s Upper Bukit Timah area, police said.<\/p>\n
According to a statement cited by Singapore daily\u00a0The Straits Times<\/em>, officers were alerted at about 9.15am today to graffiti at Praisehaven \u2013 The Salvation Army Singapore, located at 500 Upper Bukit Timah Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n Police said offensive words, sprayed in red paint, were found on the premises, including the building\u2019s walls and three vans. Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n Images uploaded to the Instagram page Sgfollowsall later in the afternoon showed at least three parked vehicles and two walls covered with large pieces of red and yellow cloth.\u00a0<\/p>\n The post said a staff member had discovered earlier in the morning that several parts of the walls and vehicles had been spray-painted, and that police were at the scene.<\/p>\n When The Straits Times<\/em> arrived at around 3.30pm, workers had just finished covering up the graffiti on both the exterior and interior walls, as well as on the white Salvation Army vans.\u00a0<\/p>\n Remnants of red paint were still visible on the vehicles. No police vehicles were seen in the compound, which was largely empty.<\/p>\n Speaking to The Straits Times<\/em>, Marc Lee, the public relations head at the Salvation Army Singapore, declined to disclose the words that were sprayed, saying they were \u201csensitive in nature and concerned religion\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n He added that an officer who lives on the compound had discovered the graffiti at about 7.30am during a routine morning check.<\/p>\n In their statement, police said they \u201ctake a very serious view of acts that threaten Singapore\u2019s racial and religious harmony\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch behaviour will not be condoned, and offenders will be dealt with firmly in accordance with the law,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n The incident comes just days after a separate security scare along the same road.\u00a0<\/p>\n On December 21, a 26-year-old church volunteer was arrested for allegedly placing an item resembling an explosive device at St Joseph\u2019s Church. Mass services were cancelled after police were alerted at about 7am.<\/p>\n The item was later found to consist of three cardboard cylinders filled with stone pebbles, with protruding red wires and held together with black and yellow adhesive tape.\u00a0<\/p>\n The volunteer, Kokulananthan Mohan, was charged on December 22 with making a false threat of a terrorist act and is believed to have acted alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n Police previously said there was no evidence to suggest that the case was a religiously motivated attack or an act of terror.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n