{"id":23466,"date":"2025-12-27T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23466"},"modified":"2025-12-27T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:07:23","slug":"woman-charged-with-vandalism-at-salvation-army-premises-in-upper-bukit-timah-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23466","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged with vandalism at Salvation Army premises in Upper Bukit Timah Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A 43-year-old Chinese Australian woman has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/43-year-old-woman-linked-to-salvation-army-vandalism-incident-to-be-charged-on-dec-27?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">charged with vandalism<\/p>\n<p><\/a> over an incident that took place on Christmas Day at Praisehaven \u2013 The Salvation Army.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Dianna Ong was charged on Dec 27 in the State Courts and will be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for medical examination. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In an earlier statement, the police said they were alerted to the incident at about 9.15am on Dec 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Officers found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/woman-arrested-after-graffiti-found-on-walls-and-vehicles-at-salvation-army-premises-in-bukit-timah?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">offensive words written with red spray paint on the premises<\/p>\n<p><\/a> and on properties belonging to Praisehaven \u2013 The Salvation Army.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A can of red spray paint was found at the premises, which includes a thrift store, and seized as a case exhibit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Images uploaded on Instagram page Sgfollowsall at about 2pm on Dec 25 showed at least three parked vehicles and two walls covered with large sheets of red and yellow cloth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to The Salvation Army\u2019s\u00a0William Booth Corps Family &amp; Friends Facebook page, a Christmas Day service was held at the premises at 10am.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Following investigations and with the aid of police cameras, officers identified a suspect. Officers from Jurong Police Division arrested Ong within five hours of the report, the police said.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In their statement, the police said they take a very serious view of such acts, and added that offenders will be dealt with firmly in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ong\u2019s case will be back in court on Jan 9 for further mention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those convicted of vandalism may be fined up to $2,000 and could face a sentence of up to three years\u2019 jail. Offenders may also receive between three and eight strokes of the cane. Women are not liable for caning under the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Vandalism\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Vandalism<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Police\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Police<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore religion\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore religion<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Religion\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Religion<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/woman-charged-with-vandalism-over-incident-at-the-salvation-army-in-upper-bukit-timah-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 43-year-old Chinese Australian woman has been charged with vandalism over an incident that took place on Christmas Day at Praisehaven \u2013 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}