{"id":87100,"date":"2026-09-23T02:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=87100"},"modified":"2026-09-23T02:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:24:04","slug":"contractor-jailed-for-damaging-rival-ads-in-bto-estates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=87100","title":{"rendered":"Contractor jailed for damaging rival ads in BTO estates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->To sabotage rival contractors, a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/3-men-charged-over-alleged-vandalism-damage-of-business-rivals-ads-at-toa-payoh-hdb-blocks?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">damaged and removed advertisements<\/span><\/a> they put up at new Build-To-Order (BTO) estates in Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Sept 22, <!-- -->Lee Sai Koon, 75,<!-- --> was sentenced to <!-- -->10 days\u2019 jail<!-- --> after pleading guilty to three charges of mischief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The court heard that the police became aware of his actions after residents living in Lorong 1 Toa Payoh alerted them in August and September 2025 that advertisements stuck on their doors appeared to have been intentionally damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Deputy Public Prosecutor Mark Chia<!-- --> said contractors competing for business at newly completed HDB blocks would cover up rivals\u2019 posters or cut them up with penknives to render their competitors\u2019 advertisements ineffective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lee, the sole proprietor of a firm called <!-- -->Tong Sheng Impex \u2013<!-- --> which designs, manufactures and installs metal racks for storage purposes \u2013 was one of the contractors involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He committed the offences at Block 403A Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, part of the Toa Payoh Ridge BTO project, and Block 246A Ang Mo Kio Street 21, part of the Kebun Baru Edge project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On June 29, 2025, Lee was in Ang Mo Kio Street 21 to put up posters advertising his firm\u2019s services when he saw six posters put up by a competing company on the noticeboard at a lift lobby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">When he failed to open the noticeboard to remove the posters, he took a can of black spray paint from his vehicle and sprayed it over all six of them. His actions were captured on CCTV.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"landscape inline-media-wrapper\" data-testid=\"inline-media-test-id\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start relative w-fit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/fb202c51e7e5bc0807387353ab388e6bf7fd009b57815fa9a1dd8822ade16562?w=480\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 720px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/fb202c51e7e5bc0807387353ab388e6bf7fd009b57815fa9a1dd8822ade16562?w=720\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 721px and max-width: 3999px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/fb202c51e7e5bc0807387353ab388e6bf7fd009b57815fa9a1dd8822ade16562?w=900\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 4000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/fb202c51e7e5bc0807387353ab388e6bf7fd009b57815fa9a1dd8822ade16562\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/fb202c51e7e5bc0807387353ab388e6bf7fd009b57815fa9a1dd8822ade16562\" alt=\"Lee Sai Koon committed the offences at Block 403A Lorong 1 Toa Payoh and Block 246A Ang Mo Kio Street 21.\" class=\"aspect-landscape flex items-start shrink-0 object-cover landscape article-landscape mobile:w-auto tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"mobile:mx-16 tablet:mx-00 pt-08 pb-16\">\n<p class=\"inline text-secondary font-secondary-captions-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">He committed the offences at Block 403A Lorong 1 Toa Payoh and Block 246A Ang Mo Kio Street 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline text-tertiary font-secondary-captions-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\"> <!-- -->PHOTOS: COURT DOCUMENTS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">When Lee was told by the police that his actions were being investigated, he returned to the block to clean off the paint but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On another occasion in August 2025, Lee and his wife removed the posters pasted inside the lifts at Lorong 1 Toa Payoh before putting up their own posters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lee then used a penknife to cut his own posters so they would come off in pieces, making them more difficult for his competitors to remove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lee was arrested in January 2026, while his wife was given a conditional warning for her actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those convicted of mischief can be jailed for up to<!-- --> two years, fined, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/10-days-jail-for-contractor-who-spray-painted-over-rivals-ads-at-toa-payoh-ang-mo-kio-bto-estates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 To sabotage rival contractors, a man damaged and removed advertisements they put up at new Build-To-Order (BTO) estates in Toa Payoh and 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