{"id":77410,"date":"2026-08-18T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77410"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:33:02","slug":"two-men-arrested-in-singapore-for-allegedly-breaking-into-balestier-temple-stealing-cash-from-donation-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77410","title":{"rendered":"Two men arrested in Singapore for allegedly breaking into Balestier temple, stealing cash from donation boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-body\" role=\"article\">\n                <!-- Content data --><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE: Two men were arrested on Sunday (Aug 16) after they allegedly broke into a temple in Balestier in April and stole cash from donation boxes.<\/p>\n<p>The police said that they were alerted to a case of housebreaking and theft at a temple in Tai Gin Road at about 12.30am on April 2.<\/p>\n<p>Cash of about S$300 to S$400 was stolen from the premises.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations revealed that the men, two Chinese nationals aged 43 and 50, had used a card affixed with adhesive tape to remove cash from the temple\u2019s donation boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers were able to identify them through the help of CCTV images.<\/p>\n<p>The two men had left Singapore on the same day of the offence, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested on Aug 16 when they returned to Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations found that the stolen cash had allegedly been used by them.<\/p>\n<p>The police said that the two men are expected to be charged on Aug 18 with housebreaking and theft with common intention.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, they could face up to 10 years\u2019 jail and a fine.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement, the police also advised property owners to adopt crime prevention measures, like using good quality locks and installing a burglar alarm. They should also not keep large amounts of cash or valuables on their premises. &#8211; The Straits Times\/ANN<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/aseanplus\/aseanplus-news\/2026\/08\/18\/two-men-arrested-in-singapore-for-allegedly-breaking-into-balestier-temple-stealing-cash-from-donation-boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: Two men were arrested on Sunday (Aug 16) after they allegedly broke into a temple in Balestier in April and stole cash from donation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"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-77410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77410","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=77410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}